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How The Great Train Robbery Worked

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The Importance of Jack Mills

The public perception of these guys is working class heroes doesn't jive with the violence because they weren't you know the English still aren't really into violence as a whole. Especially if you're the bowler hat gang. And that was Jack Mills. He was like you said the conductor and two guys jumped on the train at the very front there and cost him which is smacked him on the head a bunch with this Billy Club. I thought it was a crowbar. Oh well it's an iron cosh which is English for crowbar.

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