From February 1866 to September 1876, twelve banks, five railroads, five stagecoaches, and an exposition ticket office were all robbed by the _______.
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Jesse
Frank
James brothers
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Bob
Jim
Cole
John
Younger Brothers
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Clay County Savings Association
In 1866, when they preyed upon the _______ in Liberty, Missouri, the gang is credited by some historians with committing the nation's first daylight armed robbery.
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passengers
The gang only targeted _____ twice during all of their train robberies, both times when their profits were particularly slim.
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maps and compasses
It was challenging to track down the gang because they used ______ and steered clear of heavily trafficked roads.
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3 June 1871June 3, 1871
On ______, they committed a bank robbery in Corydon, Iowa, but were discovered. They were then referred to as the James-Younger Gang.
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Corydon, Iowa
On June 3, 1871, they committed a bank robbery in ______, but were discovered. They were then referred to as the James-Younger Gang.
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Pinkerton National Detective Agency
In 1874, after their train robbery in Missouri, the ______was hired by the Adams Express Company, which lost the most money during the theft, to find the gang.
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Lan Pinkerton
Pinkerton National Detective Agency Founder
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Joseph Whicher
In March 1874, Lan Pinkerton (PNDA’s Founder) ordered detective ______ to find James, but Whicher was discovered dead the next day.
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1876
In _____, they disbanded when the Younger brothers were caught while trying to break into the Northfield First National Bank in Minnesota.
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Northfield First National Bank
In 1876, they disbanded when the Younger brothers were caught while trying to break into the _______ in Minnesota.
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Robert Ford
The James Gang was in power until 1882, when _______, a fellow gang member, betrayed them and shot Jesse in the back inside James's home in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Samuel "Wolfman" Mason
In 1790–1802, ______ and his gang prey on riverboat passengers on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in the United States.
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William "Bloody Bill" Anderson
In 1863–64, During the American Civil War, ________, a pro-Confederate guerrilla leader, leads a band of outlaws against Federal soldiers in Kansas and Missouri.
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Al Jennings
In 1897, ______, a former prosecutor became an outlaw and forms the Jennings Gang, robbing trains in Oklahoma, United States.
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1790–1802
In _____, Samuel "Wolfman" Mason and his gang prey on riverboat passengers on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in the United States.
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1863–64
In _______, During the American Civil War, William "Bloody Bill" Anderson, a pro-Confederate guerrilla leader, leads a band of outlaws against Federal soldiers in Kansas and Missouri.
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1897
In _____, Al Jennings, a former prosecutor became an outlaw and forms the Jennings Gang, robbing trains in Oklahoma, United States.
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