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Doc Hines: Captured Mexican Central Train Robber

The robbery occurred at Mapula, a small station 14 miles below Chihuahua [2]. Beatty’s Biecho ranch, 45 miles nearly south of Chihuahua [4]. Hines was later killed at Hachita; according to one account, he was called to the door of a shaft house and shot, hit by a single bullet [1]. He had formerly worked on a section for the Southern Pacific company [3].

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  1. The story of the killing as told above from… (1889)
    The story of the killing as told above from the Liberal, is probably not correct. The Enter- prise learns on what it considers fairly good authority, that Hines was in the shaft house, was called to the door
  2. Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-01-13 (1888)
    ican Central road near Chihuahua, and that Charley Small was the leader of the gang that committed the robbery. It took place at a small station 14 miles below Chihuahua named Mapula. There were five men i
  3. There are so many rumors in regard to… (1889)
    There are so many rumors in regard to the killing at Hachita, that it seems almost im- possible to get at the real facts in the premises. From all that can be learned, it looks very bad for those who are
  4. I was in this robbery… (1888)
    I was in this robbery. The leader of the band was Charles Small. There were five of us in the robbery. Besides Small and myself there was a man named Charles Hudson or Hutchinson and two others whose names I
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