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Besides they were all pretty hard up . `` Let 's hear about it , '' said Cole Younger . `` Well , I was in Kansas City and there learned that the Fourth National Bank sends a keg of $ 10,000 in gold coin on the tenth of each month , to the banking firm of Bradford & Co. , in Springfield , Illinois . That train will reach a point between Polo and Cowgill , according to the timetable , shortly after midnight . As it is the only train which carries an express car bound for Springfield , it must be the one we are after . '' `` That 's fair to presume , '' said Frank . `` We had better stop it and see ! ''