Great Train Robbery (1963) were getting hot, he decided to get rid of the money to avoid being found in possession with it". Hatherill does not mention Williams at all in his book. He retired on the last day of the trial at Aylesbury. The ten gang members who were arrested shortly after the robbery had to spend a large amount on legal fees (approximately £30,000 each). The robbers who spent much time on the run overseas—Reynolds, Wilson and Edwards—had very little left when finally arrested, having had to spend money avoiding capture and indulging in lavish lifestyles without finding employment. Much of Jimmy
Great Gold Robbery on from 1855, Michael Robbins wrote a detailed feature about this incident called "The Great South-Eastern Bullion Robbery" in "The Railway Magazine" May 1955 issue. Michael Crichton's novel "The Great Train Robbery" and subsequent feature film presents a highly fictionalised version of the event, portraying Pierce (played by Sean Connery), as a gentleman master criminal who eventually escapes. The true story of the robbery can be found in the book by David C. Hanrahan: "The First Great Train Robbery". The robbery also featured as one theme in the Victorian mystery novel entitled "Kept", written by D.J. Taylor; however in this