1 June

The gang robs a Santa Fe train at Red Rock.

Dalton Gang at Coffeyville Killed before trial

On 5 October 1892 the Dalton gang tried to rob two Kansas banks at once in a town that knew their faces. In about ten minutes eight people were dead.

Lizzie Borden dies of pneumonia in Fall River; Emma dies nine days later in New Hampshire.

Lizzie Borden Acquitted

Andrew and Abby Borden were killed in their Fall River home in 1892. A jury took barely an hour to acquit his daughter Lizzie. No one else was charged.

Governor Fuller appoints the Lowell advisory committee.

Sacco and Vanzetti Disputed verdict

Two Italian anarchists executed in 1927 for a Braintree payroll robbery and double murder. Their guilt is still argued; their unfair trial is not.