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	Great Train Robbery (1963) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mills recovered fully from the attack and died in 1970 from leukemia.
		Despite the attack on Jack Mills, many hold fond memories of the story of the robbery and the escape, and Ronnie Biggs is treated affectionately by some of the British tabloid press.
		Drivers of mail trains were not to leave the cab at signals and were also required to keep the doors locked.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_train_robbery_(1963) (819 words)

	The Biography Channel - The Great Train Robbery Biography
		However, the train driver, Jack Mills, was struck on the head with an iron bar during a struggle.
		The robbers were to board the train, disconnect the locomotive and the first two carriages from the rest and drive them to a safe location where the valuables could be transferred to waiting trucks.
		Despite his injury Mills, under threat of a further beating, was required to release a vacuum break that prevented the train from being moved after it had been uncoupled from the mail cars.
	www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_home/944:0/The_Great_Train_Robbery.htm (2355 words)

	Jack Slipper; 'Great Train Robbery' made gumshoe famous \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Jack Slipper, the Scotland Yard detective who pursued one of the fugitives from Britain's "Great Train Robbery" across many years and two continents, died Wednesday at the age of 81.
		The retired detective chief superintendent was known as "Slipper of the Yard." He came to public attention for his role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, one of Britain's largest and most audacious heists and a crime that still fascinates the country.
		The train's driver, Jack Mills, was hit over the head during the robbery.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050828/news_mz1e28lawles.html (418 words)

	BBC - Crime Case Closed - Great Train Robbery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He was the youngest member of the gang and a friend of Bruce Reynolds, he was in the gang largely because of his connections to a retired train driver.
		In the grey light of morning, the train pulled to a stop at the false signals and a group of 'railway workers' appeared on the tracks wearing uniform blue overalls.
		Mills, who was still bleeding at this point, was forced to take over the controls and move the train in front of four gang members.
	www.bbc.co.uk /crime/caseclosed/greattrainrobbery.shtml (1775 words)

	Great Train Robbery Detective Dies - CBS News
		He came to public attention for his role in the "Great Train Robbery" of 1963, one of Britain's largest and most audacious heists and a crime that still fascinates the country.
		Mills never returned to work and died of cancer in 1970.
		The Metropolitan Police said that despite his high-profile association with the train robbery, Slipper had gained the most satisfaction from bringing to justice the killers of three London policemen in 1966.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/08/25/world/main794522.shtml (553 words)

	Mills - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mills is a surname, and may refer to many people.
		Ann Mills, British woman of the eighteenth century, was a disguised sailor
		Scott Mills (born 1974), British DJ Stephanie Mills (born 1957), African-American singer
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mills (602 words)

	Guardian \| How the great train robber has eluded justice
		Biggs was part of a gang which stole £2.6m from a mail train in the early hours of August 8, 1963.
		Train driver Jack Mills, 57, was coshed with iron bars during the robbery.
		But the train robber successfully argued against extradition because he had a Brazilian dependent, a young son, Michael, by his girlfriend Raimunda.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4179990-103690,00.html (533 words)

	Welcome to Greenleas Rail History - BR
		At the same time the train driver found a man climbing into his engine, the driver was attacked, hit over the head and fell to the floor unconscious.
		Unable to move the train themselves they dragged the injured co-driver back to the train and forced the driver to drive the train along until a white sheet marked the place to stop.
		The driver and co-driver were tied up and the robbers forced their way into the HVP Coach where the frightened staff were pushed into a corner of the carriage.
	clutch.open.ac.uk /schools/greenleas-rail01/BRrobb1.html (508 words)

	Guardian \| Great train robber back at scene of crime, for charity
		The family of train driver Jack Mills, who was coshed over the head during the robbery, have said they are "sickened" at some of the events.
		The train was driven up the line by Mr Mills to Bridego Bridge where the cash was loaded into the lorry and other getaway vehicles.
		Mr Mills died of pneumonia after suffering leukemia but his family say his health declined after he was attacked.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4729729-103690,00.html (682 words)

	Wikinfo \| The Great Train Robbery of 1963 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Great Train Robbery was the name given to a major real-life robbery, which happened on August 8, 1963 in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.
		Some members of the gang coshed the train driver, Jack Mills, with iron bars; he never fully recovered.
		Despite the injury to the train driver, the robbery and escape are regarded by many as highly romantic, and Ronnie Biggs is treated affectionately by some of the British tabloid press.
	wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=The_Great_Train_Robbery_of_1963 (347 words)

	Jack Slipper, British detective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		LONDON - Jack Slipper, the Scotland Yard detective who pursued one of the fugitives from Britain's "Great Train Robbery" across many years and two continents, died Wednesday at the age of 81, police said.
		The retired detective chief superintendent came to public attention for his role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, one of Britain's largest and most audacious heists.
		An armed gang held up the Glasgow-to-London mail train, stealing 125 sacks of banknotes worth 2.6 million pounds, valued at $7.3 million at the time, or $50 million today.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/local/articles/0826death26.html (297 words)

	The Scotsman - UK - Slipper of the Yard dies aged 81 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		JACK Slipper, the Scotland Yard detective who dedicated much of his life to trying to extradite Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs from Brazil, died yesterday aged 81.
		The train driver, Jack Mills, was hit over the head during the robbery.
		Train robber Bruce Reynolds said: "He [Slipper] was a gentle giant and that sort of weight carries some force in the underworld.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=1838422005 (884 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Echoes of the Great Train Robbery
		The 15 robbers had stopped the train by switching a signal from green to red near Cheddington in Buckinghamshire.
		They had played monopoly there using some of the £1, £5 and £10 notes they had stolen from the mail train - and the monopoly set was among the places the gang members left giveaway fingerprints.
		In passing sentence, Mr Justice Edmund Davies focused on the violence against train driver Jack Mills, who was coshed over the head when the gang stormed the train and never worked again.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/4761952.stm (576 words)

	European Trains Library Catalog
		In this photograph, the locomotive is propelling the train from the rear.
		The train is waiting in the platform on a short local train on this early morning shot.
		The locomotive having hauled the train out of a siding to the right of the line is now propelling the train to the site of a freight train derailment on the branch line.
	www.trainnet.org /Libraries/catalog019.htm (10961 words)

	Train robber’s great reunion - [Sunday Herald]
		The policeman and the thief rejected criticism, from the family of train driver Jack Mills, who was coshed during the robbery and died seven years later, that the event glamorised crime.
		Reynolds, who was accompanied by his son Nick, said: “I have made a public apology on TV to the family of Jack Mills.
		Woolley added: “Jack Mills is the blot on the copybook of the Great Train robbers.
	www.sundayherald.com /35884 (456 words)

	BBC - Beds, Herts and Bucks Read This - 40 years after the Great Train Robbery
		When the driver, Jack Mills went to investigate he was assaulted with a blow to the head.
		They uncoupled the first two carriages and attempted to move the train using their own driver, but he was unable to restart the train, and instead they had to rely on Jack Mills.
		However, despite the hype and legendary status of the gang members, the reality is that it was a serious crime and the driver, Jack Mills, never returned to work and died six years later.
	www.bbc.co.uk /threecounties/read_this/2003/08/great_train_robbery.shtml (1356 words)

	The Great Train Robbery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Great Train Robbery was the name given to a train robbery that was committed on August 8, 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.
		Although no guns were used in the robbery, Edwards struck the train driver, Jack Mills, on the head with an iron bar.
		He was one of those who believed Ronnie Biggs should not be released after returning to the UK in 2001 and he regularly appeared in the media to comment on any news item connected to the robbery.
	www.scoundrelsforum.com /index.php?topic=255.0 (1180 words)

	ERA Online \| Swindler Transit News
		Jack Myers, a private developer who is building a residential tower on land needed for the expanded terminal, said in a complaint filed Thursday that the environmental impact report approved by the Board of Supervisors was not sufficient because it failed to take into account his project.
		But as the train zooms by, cars trying to cross Hiawatha that might have expected a green light in 30 or 40 seconds, now have to wait for the intersection cross arms to go down, the train to pass and the arms to go back up.
		Trains take a long time to start, stop and back up, and are restricted by the track network, much of which runs on a single track.
	erausa.org /swindler/2004_0717-0723.php (20854 words)

	ON THIS DAY \| 16 \| 1964: 'Great Train Robbers' get 300 years
		Sentences totalling 307 years were passed on 12 men who stole £2.6m in used bank notes after holding up the night mail train travelling from Glasgow to London last August.
		But the judge said the robbers' crime had in no way been "romantic" and was obviously motivated by greed.
		The attack on train driver Jack Mills was proof of their violent tendencies, he added.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/low/dates/stories/april/16/newsid_2488000/2488041.stm (411 words)

	ABC News: Scotland Yard Detective Jack Slipper Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Famous for his role in the investigation of the Great Train Robbery, the retired Detective Chief Superintendent died Wednesday Aug. 24, 2005, aged 81, following a long illness, police said.
		LONDON Aug 24, 2005 (AP)— Jack Slipper, the Scotland Yard detective who pursued one of the fugitives from Britain's "Great Train Robbery" across many years and two continents, died Wednesday at the age of 81, police said Wednesday.
		An armed gang held up the Glasgow-to-London mail train, stealing 125 sacks of banknotes worth 2.6 million pounds valued at $7.3 million at the time, or more than $50 million today.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1064319 (494 words)

	Union Jack's unnatural axe - Business - Business - smh.com.au
		UNION JACK would be quick to admit that his first name had not been ideal for the year just gone.
		Now, Jack brooded, expect to hear the sooks mewing all the long day that, in a civilised society, one citizen's taking an axe to another's aspiration is unarguably unnatural.
		However, he knows that most, if not all, employers are just good blokes who want their workers to get a giga-gilt-edged deal, even if it means they themselves may need to forgo a fortnight in Paris and a new Beamer.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2006/01/01/1136050342899.html?from=rss (4949 words)

	'Great Train Robbery' Fugitive Wants To Return To UK, Face Charges
		Biggs, 71, one of the country's most notorious criminals, confirmed in a statement issued through a family friend in Britain that he had decided to hand himself over to the authorities on his arrival.
		Biggs faces immediate arrest and the prospect, in theory at least, of having to serve all but 15 months of the 30-year sentence imposed on him for his part in what became known as The Great Train Robbery.
		He was part of a gang that escaped with a then record 2.6 million pounds -- estimated to be about 50 million pounds (80 million euros, 75 million dollars) in today's money -- after holding up a mail train.
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		In 1963 Mr.Gerald Green was one of the first on the scene after the Great Train Robbery in which an armed gang stole more than £2.5 million from a Glasgow to London mail train.
		Green was driving a parcel train from Rugby, when approaching Leighton Buzzard, he spotted the raided train stationary ahead on the tracks.
		Mr.Green drove the train to Cheddington and raised the alarm.
	www.asmallpieceofhistory.co.uk /commended2.php?page=&theid=theid&subid=34 (83 words)

	The Detective Jack Slipper, 81, of Great Train Robbery Fame, Dies - New York Times
		LONDON, Aug. 24 (AP) - Jack Slipper, the retired Scotland Yard detective who pursued one of the fugitives from the Great Train Robbery across many years and two continents, died here on Wednesday.
		Known as Slipper of the Yard, he came to public attention for his role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, one of Britain's largest and most audacious robberies and a crime that still fascinates the country.
		The Metropolitan Police said that despite his high-profile association with the train robbery, Detective Slipper, who retired as detective chief superintendent, had gained the most satisfaction from bringing to justice the killers of three London policemen in 1966.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/08/25/international/europe/25slipper.html?ex=1282622400&en=53fe7f8933fac16c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (523 words)

	Streatham Guardian
		The Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs could be freed from Belmarsh high security prison to an address in Stoneleigh within weeks, the Epsom Guardian has learnt.
		Solicitors are appealing for the 75-year-old to be released from the hospital wing in south-east London on compassionate grounds in view of his "age and infirmity".
		Letter writers to the Epsom Guardian have previously shown little sympathy for Biggs' plight as train driver Jack Mills never recovered after being struck by a cosh during the 1963 robbery.
	www.streathamguardian.co.uk /display.var.610080.0.0.php (359 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Great Train Robber Biggs turns 75, sick and behind bars
		When the Great Train Robber turns 75 this week he will not be raising a pint in an English pub and saying “Cheers” to his son.
		English carpenter and 14 accomplices halt the overnight mail train to London from Glasgow on August 8, 1963 and escape with 2.6 million pounds - a fabulous sum at the time.
		Many Britons see the Great Train Robber as a lovable rogue who eluded his pursuers with guile and skill, forgetting that the beating the gang gave train driver Jack Mills with iron bars meant he never worked again.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/todaysfeatures/2004/August/todaysfeatures_August11.xml§ion=todaysfeatures (761 words)

	About Ronald Biggs, a very distasteful man.
		It was published in the Jornal do Brasil, and it was written by the daughter of a brakeman on the train that was robbed.
		As for the daughter of the brakeman who received a blow during the robbery, unless you are referring to Jack Mills (who was the driver and not the a brakeman) you have completely screwed up the story!
		Jack Mills made a 100% recovery from the mild concussion that he received and died some 20 years later of chest cancer (I guess your going to draw a link between the two incidents and distort the truth even further?).
	www.brazilbrazil.com /biggs.html (2936 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Ronnie Biggs - Ronnie Biggs prepares for jail wedding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Biggs, partly paralysed and unable to speak after four strokes, has 27 years left to serve in prison for his part in the 1963 robbery of the Glasgow to London mail train.
		Biggs was part of a gang that ambushed a Glasgow to London night train in August 1963, escaping with £2.6 million in cash, worth about £50 million today.
		During the robbery, train driver Jack Mills was hit with an iron bar and his family say he never fully recovered.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=921&id=743032002 (602 words)

	Force museum \| Great Train Robbery
		The audacity of the crime and the criminals’ flight from justice made celebrities of many of them.
		However, it is often forgotten that the Great Train Robbery was not a 'victimless crime'.
		The train’s driver, Jack Mills, was hit over the head during the robbery and left badly injured.
	www.thamesvalley.police.uk /news_info/info/museum/great-train-rob2.htm (358 words)

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