The first in a series of caches dealing with the infamous Reno Gang who carried out the very first moving train robbery in the world at Seymour, Indiana, 1866, and terrorized the citizens of Jackson county. This cache is placed near the location of the fourth attempt to rob a railroad express car. The daring attack took place on July 10, 1868, less than two miles east of Brownstown. The group was led by gang member Frank Sparks as John Reno was behind bars in Missouri, Frank Reno and Charles Anderson had fled to Canada to hide, and Simeon Reno was in the New Albany jail. They decided to let the train engineer, James Flanders in on the robbery for some of the loot. Instead, Flanders contacted the Pinkerton agents that foiled their attempt. Gang members Freiling Clifton, Volney Elliott and Charles Roseberry were caught. They were clapped in jail at Seymour awaiting removal under heavy guard to Brownstown. Frank Sparks and John Moore, another gang member, had escaped for now. On July 20, 1868, the three captured bandits were to be taken by train to Brownstown for trial. The train was stopped by vigilantes where the tracks cross the old Brownstown road. The three were hung from a large beech tree located 256 ft south of the track. The area would soon be dubbed Hangman’s Crossing. Later more of the Reno gang would meet a similar fate at Hangman's Crossing.