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New 2024 Bachmann Lineup!
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New 2024 Scalextric Lineup!
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The Revell overseas container arrived!
The Great Train Robbery!
April 26, 1901 was a fine day in Clayton, NM, except for Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum. Tom Ketchum was born in San Saba, Texas in 1863. Tom left Texas in 1890 under mysterious circumstances and began working as a cowboy in the Pecos River Valley. He continued working around NE New Mexico until 1892 when Tom was named as one of a group that robbed a Sante Fe train near Nutt, NM, a key watering station of the time. A (false) murder accusation sent Tom’s brother, Sam, from Texas to New Mexico where they joined the “Hole-In-The-Wall-Gang”. They operated primarily in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado and crossed paths with other famous outlaws like Butch Cassidy, Elzy Lay, Kid Curry, and the Wild Bunch. The Ketchum’s fatal flaw was they regularly robbed the Colorado & Southern train that ran between Folsom and Des Moines. After one such robbery on July 11, 1899, a posse pursued the gang (without Tom) and wounded Sam in a gunfight. Sam was apprehended and later died of his wounds. On August 16, 1899, Tom tried to single-handedly rob the same train at the same location and was shot in the arm by a Colorado & Southern agent on the train. Tom was apprehended and his arm was amputated…without anesthesia (to save his life, not as punishment…karma is a b…). In 1901 Tom was sentenced to death by hanging, and on April 26, that sentence was carried out. It turned out to be a messy one, as the Clayton Sheriff had never conducted a hanging before. The rope was too long and the force of the fall decapitated Tom (karma again). Poor Tom is just one more example of the gangster lifestyle not being a long-term career. And like Spike Lee demonstrated in “Do the Right Thing”, when you bring it into your neighborhood, you are only hurting yourself. So this week at King's Hobby Shop, 7801 N Lamar Blvd, Suite E-188 we have a selection of trains not to be trifled with! Or you can log in to kingshobby.com to see all the great train items in our virtual warehouse.
King's Hobby Shop Staff
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