Mr. Trimm is a bank manager sentenced to 12 years of prison for financial malfeasance; as the marshal is taking him to prison on the train, it wrecks, and he is presumed to be among the burned bodies in the wreckage. Actually he is at liberty in the woods. But he's still wearing handcuffs and needs to find a way of getting them off before his escape is complete.
First published in The Saturday Evening Post, Nov. 27, 1909.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1913 | The Escape of Mr. Trimm: His Plight and Other Plights | George H. Doran | Collection | 3 | |
| March 2008 | The Escape of Mr. Trimm: His Plight and Other Plights | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| 2013 |
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Making Tracks: 23 Classic Railroad Stories | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | |
| August 2016 |
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Fishhead: The Darker Tales of Irvin S. Cobb | Parallel Universe Publications | Collection | 22 |
| 2022 |
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Making Tracks: Revised Edition: 24 Classic Railroad Stories | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | 159 |