Reuben Houston "Rube" Burrow

GEDCOM Note

≤p>Rube Burrow was killed in Linden, AL by sheriff J.D. "Dixie" Carter.≤/p>≤p> ≤/p>≤p>Rube Burrow was born in Lamar County, Alabama in 1855. During the 1800's he was one of America's most notorious train robbers. During his short but infamous lifetime, he robbed passenger trains in four states. His habit of sharing the loot with the poor earned him the nickname, "The Robin Hood of Train Robbers". ≤/p>≤p> ≤/p>≤p>Rube robbed his first train with the help of his brother, Jim Burrow and two cowboys on December 1, 1886 in broad open daylight.≤/p>≤p> ≤/p>Rube Burrow once stopped at a farm house to ask for food, while he ate the widow told of a $700 mortgage on her property that was past due and the banker was coming any minute to forclose. Rube left after giving the widow enough money to pay the mortgage, telling her to be sure and get a receipt. And the rest of the story.....Rube waited in the nearby woods for the banker when he left the widow's house and recovered his money!!