Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Preview
Preview: Season 26 Episode 4 | 30s
Separate fact from fiction regarding the bank robbers whose exploits captivated America.
Aired: 02/11/14
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The Chinese Six Companies
On May 28, 1900, San Francisco policemen formed a perimeter around Chinatown as officials diagnosed bubonic plague in the neighborhood and wanted to quarantine the nearly 20,000 residents. As tensions flared, an influential group of merchants known as the Chinese Six Companies sprang into action.
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