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 Improved proposal 

  
 On April 3, 1882, Jesse James was shot in the back of the head and killed by Robert Ford, after James left his revolvers on a sofa and standing on a chair at home to clean a picture frame above the mantle. Ford brothers were convicted members of James gang, who were released so they may assassinate James, upon a full pardon and 10.000 reward money promise by Missouri Governor Thomas T. Crittenden