Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-08
STAND AND DELIVER
The Easy. GenJlemanly Way Ian W hteh
the James Boys Committed Their
Latest Highway Robbery.

STAND AND DELIVER.
The Easy, Gen.lemanly Way in which
the James Boys Committed Fheir
Latest Highway Robbery.
Yesterday Sunday evening. sb put O'Clock
the omnibus started from North Lexington de
pot to tie ferry with eight gentlemen passen-
house which was the scene OF the recent John
son murder, three masked horsemen dashed out
Of the woods, revolvers In hand. One stopped
the ous horses and sat st their heads, while the
other two thrust their heavy army rev0Ivers into
the windows and threatened instant death TO
sny one who resisted. One of them, who after
wards proved TO be the illustriOus chevalier,
Frank James, dismounted, while his brother
Jessie held his horse and stood guard. Frank
tneh ordered al the mae passengers to get out
AID bold up their hands so as TO prevent tue pos
s.bility Of sccreting vauables or drawing
weapons. The command was promptly Obeyed,
and in a trice eight very disconsoiate looking
gentlemen were ranged in q row aoRg.ids the
IoacsiCe, with their sixteen hands held high in
The air. The work CT going through them began
In the meantime the third man. who turned out
70 be Will Younger, noticed several parties who
had crossed the river for Sunday afternoon
stroll, and at once gallOped mp 70 them and au-
thoritstiyely eXhorted them TO fan into the
handsome little militia muster line which Frank
and Jesse James were putting through the new
bandtti drill beside the road. Among these
parties were George Nance and Miss Matte
Hamlet. Of this place. Miss Hamlet has
known the James and Younger families for
years; her brother served with the famous
boys" during the war, and she herself nursed
Frank James when he was badly wounded In
one of the fights OF 1864. She Immediately rec
ognized the masked horsem an who was urging
ard said: "I know you, in spite of that dirty
old veil over your face" He asked: 0Who am
|, them" She replied: why, you are
Of yourself" ;swsn,a he laughed, You
are the same saucy girl you always were"
By this time they had reached the bus, and
just as Frank James pulled a watch and chain
out of the pocket or w. Il. Singleton, railroad
agent at North Lexington Miss Hamlet stepped
up and laying her hand on his arm, exclai med,
"WEy, Frank James, I'm astonished to see you
have come down to such small work; L thought
you never did anything except on a big scale"
He shook hands cordially with her, and said,
"Wen, am a little ashamed of Ii myself. It's
the first time we've ever stopped to such small
gane-but," he added, "yOu nesdn't call
names quite so loud here" Miss Hamlet then
asked him to give Singleton back his watch.
why" be said, sis this man any kin to you?''
She answered that he was, aRd she dat want
him robbed. James promptly banded the watch
10 her, but keDt the chain which was a very
handsome and costly one. "No," she ex-
claimed, "give back the chain, too; won't have
murring he returned both watch and chain, and
at her request gave up John Young's watch
which he had confscated before she arrived
Among the passengers was our handsome young
friend, Prof. j. l.. Allen, of Lexington, Ky,
who is to open a male academy in this city.
Frank took from him $50 in money and a fine
gold watch which belonged to his grandfather.
He next proceeded to strip Off Aliens inc coat
and vest, when Miss Hamlet again interfered,
saying "Oh, Frank, don't take the mans cloth
ing. Your mother would be grieved to death ii
she knew how you are doing. / nursed you
when you were wounded during the war; and
now believe ought TO have let you de- He
rather sadly replied: "lt's a pity you dtdn't;'
but went on with the peeling- off process saving:
81 need good clothes myself, and mine will do
for him 70 go over 10 town in" After the men
had been thoroughly gone through, Frank or
dered the lady passenger in the bus TO get up,
so he could see whether she had any yalise or
other property concealed about her. Miss Ham
HokT an=.g -
not disturb a Iady?'' "No.,; he REPLIED. "N,s.
Matte, we never have done that, ana we won't
DO 1t row. and the lady, Mrs. Graham, OF
Bowling Green, KY, niece Of Col. Lewis
Green, Of this county, was left uEmolestad.
They realized by the whole performance in mo-
n0y. goods and chattels, about $3.50 to $500.
Ibis Is the smallest operation in which they
baVe ever been engaged, aud but foE the fact
hat Miss Hamlet knew them we'll. we sheuld
never have believed that they were the real
James boys. Their exploits have always been
on a sort of grand scale OF yiilsiny and audsc-
ity. But it seems that they expected to catch
Person Jennings, OF MAYHEM, who had just
ceived some $500, but he had got home the
evening before. Their dissppointme nt was
shown by one OF them exclaiming, Oh it,
he isn't here" as soon as they glanced over the
crowd In the omnibus. The whole proceeding
was conducted In the coolest and most gentle
manly manner possible; and Professor Allen
doubtless expresses the sentiments of all the
victims when he tells us that he Is exceedingly
glad, as he had to be robbed, that it was done by
Drst-clasS Ar tSts-Dy men OF national reputation.
At the close Of the impTomptu matinee, the
trio assured the feeced individuals along the
roadside that no attempt to pursue them would
avail anything. as they were riding the finest
horses in Missouri, and would be IS miles away
before morning. AS they started OFF they called
back TO Miss Hamleu:-"Good-by bye, Miss Mat
tie; you'll never see us again." and quietly rode
down the river bank, in plain view OF hundreds
of people who had got wind OF the affair and
locked down TO the bluffs on this side. Taken
altogether, it was an exploit which in cool
audactty was worthy of its distinguished per-
petrators-the James boys and one OF the i'm
mortal Youngers. Rob Roy and Claude Duval
must hide their diminished heads abashed.
her soil, her climate, her minerals, her glorious
women, her-everything. Big Muddy forever!
Ldter.-The bold horsemen passed through
Brownsville this Monday morniDg.-EeriRgt0R
(Ry) CGacossiGH, Aug. 81.
A LETTER in the Springfield Republican says
of the Beechers:-"Miss Catharine Beecher il
the Oldest child of DIR. Lyman Bsecher, and
now nearly "a years of age, having been born ia
September, 1900. Rev. William Beecher is ",
and DIR. Edward Beecher about 10; both were
educated at Yale college, and settled In New
England before they went west. These three,
with Mary Beecher Mrs. Perkins), Mrs. Stowe,
George, Henry Ward and Charles Beecher,
were all children of DIR. Beecher's first wife,
Roxano Foote, while Isabella MRS. Hooker),
Thomas and James Beecher were children of
There was third wife, Mrs. jackson, who
left no children by DIR. Beecher-JRmes being
his youngest child. Neither Thomas nor Mrs.
Hooker, therefore, is full brother or sister to
Henry Ward Beecher. or to Edward. Thomas
was the favorite son OF the Doctors later years,