TRAGEDY AT SOUTHERN OREGON TUNNEL 13 Deautremonts Hold Up The Southern Pacific

Softcover. The DeAutremont brothers were looking for a big score. They brought dynamite, guns and a getaway car. On October 11, 1923, at the summit of the Siskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon, the 3 young men held up a passenger train, with disastrous consequences. Their rash actions resulted in the tragic deaths of 3 Southern Pacific trainmen and one US Mail clerk, unleashing a public outcry that still rings through Oregon's history. In this riveting account, the author, a rail historian, draws on interviews, in-depth research and previously unpublished maps and photographs to document the events at Tunnel 13. Join the author as he chronicles the resulting 4yr manhunt and eventual conviction of the DeAutremonts and provides insight into the lives derailed by the robbery's bitter legacy. Illus., Notes, Bibliog. and Index. 207pp. trade size softcover. F. with no creasing to covers.