Rube Burrow, king of outlaws, and his band of train robbersFront matterReading editionChapter navigation26 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterRUBE BURROW, King of Outlaws,PREFACE.Chapter I · LAMAR COUNTY, ALABAMA—THE HOME OF THE BURROW FAMILY—BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF RUBE BURROW’S ANCESTORS.Chapter II · RUBE LEAVES LAMAR COUNTY, ALABAMA—HIS EARLY LIFE IN THE LONE STAR STATE—HIS BROTHER JIM JOINS HIM—THE BELLEVUE, GORDON AND BEN BROOK, TEXAS, TRAIN ROBBERIES.Chapter III · THE GENOA, ARK., ROBBERY, DECEMBER 9, 1887—ARREST OF WILLIAM BROCK—HIS CONFESSION.Chapter IV · THE PINKERTONS AFTER RUBE AND JIM BURROW IN LAMAR COUNTY—THEIR NARROW ESCAPE.Chapter V · LUBE AND JIM BOARD AN L. & N. RAILWAY TRAIN AT BROCK’S GAP—THEIR ARREST AND THE SUBSEQUENT ESCAPE OF RUBE.Chapter VI · RUBE BURROW RETURNS TO LAMAR COUNTY—JOE JACKSON JOINS HIM IN MARCH, 1888—THEIR TRIP INTO BALDWIN COUNTY, ALABAMA.Chapter VII · THE RIDE INTO ARKANSAS TO LIBERATE JIM BURROW—FAILURE AND RETURN TO MISSISSIPPI.Chapter VIII · RUBE BURROW AND JOE JACKSON LEAVE ARKANSAS—THEY TURN UP AS COTTON PICKERS IN TATE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.Chapter IX · JIM BURROW ARRAIGNED—TRIAL POSTPONED—HIS RETURN TO LITTLE ROCK PRISON—LETTERS HOME—HIS DEATH IN PRISON.Chapter X · THE DUCK HILL, MISS., ROBBERY—THE KILLING OF PASSENGER CHESTER HUGHES.Chapter XI · THE COLD-BLOODED MURDER OF MOSES GRAVES, THE POSTMASTER OF JEWELL, ALABAMA.Chapter XII · RUBE SMITH JOINS RUBE BURROW AND JOE JACKSON—THE BUCKATUNNA ROBBERY.Chapter XIII · THE CAPTURE OF RUBE SMITH AND JAMES M’CLUNG AT AMORY, MISS.—M’CLUNG’S CONFESSION—A PLAN TO ROB THE TRAIN FALLS THROUGH—A SAFE ROBBERY NIPPED IN THE BUD.Chapter XIV · A FALSE ALARM—THE OX-CART TRIP TO FLORIDA—THE SEPARATION—RUBE LOCATED AT BROXTON FERRY—HIS ESCAPE.Chapter XV · CAPTURE OF JOE JACKSON.Chapter XVI · CONFESSION OF LEONARD CALVERT BROCK, ALIAS JOE JACKSON, MADE AT MEMPHIS, TENN., JULY 19, 1890, AND CORRECTED AND AMENDED AT JACKSON, MISS., OCTOBER 16, 1890.Chapter XVII · RUBE SMITH’S PLOT TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON—HIS PLANS DISCOVERED—THE TELL-TALE LETTERS.Chapter XVIII · RUBE BURROW HARBORED IN SANTA ROSA—THE FLOMATON ROBBERY.Chapter XIX · RUBE ROUTED FROM FLORIDA—THE CHASE INTO MARENGO COUNTY, ALA.—HIS CAPTURE.Chapter XX · RUBE’S LAST DESPERATE ACT—ESCAPE FROM JAIL—THE DEADLY DUEL ON THE STREETS OF LINDEN—THE OUTLAW KILLED.Chapter XXI · TRAGIC SUICIDE OF L. C. BROCK, ALIAS JOE JACKSON—HE LEAPS FROM THE FOURTH STORY OF THE PRISON INTO THE OPEN COURT, SIXTY FEET BELOW, CAUSING INSTANT DEATH—HIS LAST STATEMENT.Chapter XXII · RUBE SMITH’S TRIAL FOR THE BUCKATUNNA MAIL ROBBERY—AN UNSUCCESSFUL ALIBI—PERJURED WITNESSES—MASTERLY SPEECHES—CONVICTION AND SENTENCE.Chapter XXIII · CONCLUSION.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →RUBE BURROW, King of Outlaws,All chapters and sections (26)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsRUBE BURROW, King of Outlaws,PREFACE.Chapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223RUBE BURROW.◇RUBE BURROW, King of Outlaws, →