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The speaker denies saying that they did not love women and children, explaining that they left only to learn.

The heading's train robber is not corroborated by an event in the body. The speaker's denial and explanation remain claims within the poem.

'Mexicam Traim Robber' says 'All for the sake of it / I never said / I did not love women and children / I only left to learn / That is all'.

A short self-defense in a character's voice; the heading's m endings remain provisional.