| 词条 | Brack Cornett |
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Braxton "Brack" Cornett (29 January 1860– 26 September 1888) was a prominent Texas outlaw from 1887 to 1888. He grew up in south Texas, in and around Goliad County. He is most well known as a member of the Bill Whitley gang (though it is today sometimes referred to as the Brack Cornett gang). The gang was formed in February 1887 to rob trains, but their first outing in early May 1887 was a bust.[1] However, on 18 May, they robbed the Missouri-Pacific train while it was stopped at McNeill Junction, thirteen miles outside of San Antonio, getting away with about $4,000.[1][2] The next month they robbed the east bound train from San Antonio near Flatonia, in Fayette County, getting away with over $7,000.[1] In 1888, Whitley, Cornett, and the gang robbed the bank in Cisco, Texas, escaping with $25,000. Several days later they stopped an I&GN train and stole $20,000. On June 18, 1888, Cornett, using the alias "Captain Dick" led the band that robbed the Southern Pacific near Schulenburg, Texas.[3] It was "the most daring train robbery that ever occurred in Texas", according to The New York Times.[4] Later that same year Cornett and the gang planned to rob a Southern Pacific train out of Harwood, Texas, on September 22. U.S. Marshal John Rankin somehow received advance notice of the robbers' plans and hid himself, Deputy Duval West, and a number of Texas Rangers on board the train. Just three miles outside of town, the gang stopped the train and attempted to rob it but were driven off by the lawmen. However, the gang then went on to successful rob another train near Flatonia, Texas. On September 25, 1888, in Floresville, Wilson County, Texas, the gang was run to ground by a contingent of U.S. Marshals. There was a massive shootout in which Bill Whitley was killed and one other gang member taken prisoner. Cornett himself fled alone on horseback. There are two stories about how Cornett met his death at the hands of Texas lawman[5] Alfred Allee near the town of Frio, Texas. In one version, Cornett was tracked down and shot dead in a gun battle; in the other, Cornett, on the lam, sought out his childhood friend Allee on his La Salle County ranch just south of Frio; Allee welcomed him with a six-shooter instead of breakfast.[6][7][8] Regardless, Allee collected various express company rewards of $3,800 for bringing down Cornett.[6] Notes1. ^1 2 {{Cite book|author=Wilson, R. Michael|year=2006|title=Great Train Robberies of the Old West|location=Guilford, Connecticut|publisher=TwoDot (Globe Pequot Press)|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=AmxprMhkAxQC&pg=PA61 61–63]|isbn=978-0-7627-4150-2}} 2. ^{{Cite news|date=26 May 1887|title=Train Boodlers: The Missouri Pacific North Bound Train Robbed Last Night|newspaper=The Austin Weekly Statesman|volume=16|issue=27|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth278075/m1/3/sizes/xl/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415210908/http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark%3A/67531/metapth278075/m1/3/sizes/xl/|archivedate=15 April 2014|deadurl=no|df=}} 3. ^{{Cite book|author=Parsons, Chuck|year=2011|title=Captain John R. Hughes, Lone Star Ranger|location=Denton, Texas|publisher=University of North Texas Press|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=lOBK9XJ-RlcC&pg=PA34 34]|isbn=978-1-57441-304-5}} 4. ^{{Cite news|title=A Daring Train Robbery|date=18 June 1888|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/06/19/104011691.pdf}} 5. ^Alle at the time was at best a county deputy sheriff, and may have lacked jurisdiction as a lawman. {{Cite book|author=De la Garza, Beatriz Eugenia|year=2003|title=A Law for the Lion: A Tale of Crime and Injustice in the Borderlands|location=Austin, Texas|publisher=University of Texas Press|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SM4O9492F3IC&pg=PA34 34]|isbn=978-0-292-70189-2}} 6. ^1 {{harvnb|De la Garza|2003|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SM4O9492F3IC&pg=PA34 34]}} 7. ^{{Cite book|author=Bushick, Frank H.|year=1934|title=Glamorous Days|location=San Antonio, Texas|publisher=Naylor|page=256|oclc=2413471}} 8. ^{{harvnb|Wilson|2006|pages=66–67}} Sources
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