Part 1. The Gold Rush era Wells Fargo's pioneer messenger: Pilsbury "Chips" Hodgkins The first Wells Fargo detective: Henry Johnson From first stage driver to shotgun messenger: Henry C. Ward Twelve-gauge justice: Daniel C. Gay Part 2. The stage robbery era From Pony Express to Wells Fargo: "Shotgun Jimmy" Brown The rifleman: Steve Venard A shotgun messenger in old Montana: John X. Beidler "Honest, faithful & brave": Eugene Blair Chief Special Officer: James B. Hume Riverman, expressman: Andy Hall The man who captured Black Bart: Harry N. Morse True grit: Mike Tovey Vigilante vengeance: Buck Montgomery Double-barreled death: Billy Hendricks Part 3. The train robbery era "I ain't afraid of any man": Aaron Y. Ross Train robbers' nemesis: John N. Thacker "Die, damn you!": J. Ernest Smith Shotguns and dynamite: Charles F. Charles "Send a coffin and a doctor": Jeff Milton Fighting wages: David Trousdale Epilogue: A legacy squandered
