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Mystery – October 6

“Two men entered his car from the front platform, presented revolvers at either side of his head, took his key, opened the local safe, and rifled it of all moneys.”
– The Indianapolis Daily Herald, reporting that the Reno brothers carried out the first train robbery in U.S. history on this date in 1866.

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is called to solve the first infraction of its kind ever committed.

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