, 1875-07-16


nAT YpwS, Juckhun County, No.. Juty o.
gentlemen, ns m., attention has beer called,
rcscutr, to tho notca Of several sensational
pieces Copycd Il ON the Nashville Union j. 1lner-
!can. Stating, the James and Youngera are 1T
Ks DC, ask space in your valuahIo paper
to say. few words in my deiense. !
would treat those reporta with sllens co.,
tempt. but ! haye many friends In IL
i Nashville shas I wish 70 know that
those reports aro false L uitLou. foudation I
have never been out Of Mo sIncs tho Amnesty
bill WAS introduced into tue ,io Legislatur laat
march asking for pardon for ths James d
Iouugefs am IN constant communication. with
Gov Hardin HhoriN Groom Of Clay
Co slo d seyerel other honorable county
l. 8ssto Officials. l. tloy aro bum
dreda Of people in Mo who will
gncar l haze not been in KJ. thoy bc dcs-
parlatoes 1aying round in Ey. and. 1t IL 1rotily
very important iur tho Officials ot ky to be very
yigllant IL q lobbery Mas COMMITTED In ky. to
day Detective, Ulyths Of, Louisville, Would lelc-
graph ali over tho U, y. that the Jau.os l. Young
ers did Il just as as he 1id when tito Columbia
Old By tbs Sherman pummar. who arc
keeping up al thcss sensational reports
In Ky. d and Ii tue truth WAS known 1 am
satisfied some Of the lnfoi nars ia eoreo1ncd IN
tnhuy rnbberys charged to tie James + Ionnaess
for 10 ycalH tue Radical papers in Mo aid other
States have charged nearly every daring robbery
In America TO tho James And iouuEcra it IL
enough persecution for tue northern paperd
TO pesBecuto III without tho pRpo1B in
tho South prosecuting us. tho land
We fought for four yeRra 10 save from
Northern tyranny. 10 be prosecuted by papers
claiming to he Democratic, is against roaaon.
the people OF the South have only i.eaed one
aide OF tho report. s1!l give sruo history ot
tho livea Of tho James l. YouugeEs to tho Ban
ner IN tho future, or rather . skotch Of
our lives. We have not ouly heen pctse-
cutcd. hut on tho night Of the 18th Of Jan.
1875. ut the midnight hour. uiue Chicago
aAsassus and Sherman humnlers lvi by
Billie PlnkeEton Jr. ctep up to MY mothers house
room among a family Of innocent women and
cheldren numbering uy eight year old brother
and toro nv mothers right arm on T. wounded
seye1a! othess Of the family. l. thou ttrod tho
Sss T. II itns.sy 9s I.s' cssss
tue Ruseellvile KY Bsnk robbery to
the james Il YoungerB, while it ID well
known. that on the day Of the robbery march tho
a0th 1s65, was At the Chaplin Hotel iu Chaplin
Nelson Go Ky. Which | eau prove, By MF. Tom
that lAv my brother Frank, was at work. on the
LRponau Aauch in Sau Louis 0bsBpo co Cs!ifog-
Mis- fur D. J. Thompson which Gnu be proven.
by tho sheriff Of San Louis obispo co
tho wiutes previous to the robbery,
hut he loft Alex 6eayefs In Nelson co. Jan the
25sh 1868, and sAilod from N. T. city Jan the o6sh
xhich the Books ot tbe U. s. mail limo OF ateaul-
eEs will show prohtly have written too much
aud prob,bly not enough but hope to write
much moro 10 ths Banner. IN tho fnt,lrc. w,u
close by aeudins my kindest reesrds to old Dr.
Eve and 1nany lhAnks TO him for his kindness to
mo wAau VIA wounded and under htH cure,
JhsaK JAMES.
T s.-3fr. Editor plcaue put this colnmnncs-
ton u from / publish it, | have never had ~
opportunity OF receiving ~ education. whel,
you will sac BY my composition plea4 send ons
copy Of the Tanner 10 my mother atrs. ps. Baln-
uel, keAruoJ, Clay Co, Mo.