The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-09-30
TOO LATE.
A louisville Dotcctiye's Attempt
to Discred;t the Death
of McDariclS.
Jesse james Latest Expistoiary
Effort---A Poor Opinion
OF III gh and Pinker-
ton.

Inc LOUISVILLE COtrlsg-J0lu'ldi still hugs
Detective Bligh's delusion, that the dead
bank robbsr was Jesse James. The identity
Of the dead man as Thompson MeDaniels
was first made known in the ST. Louis Times,
and the Associated press dispatches of yester-
day confirmed the statement on the very evil
dence which Detective Bligh forwarded to
Kansas City. The following, from the
Couuier-JoTsai, was written before the news
was received from Kansas City, and had it
been delayed another day would probably
not have appeared. With reference to the
statement about the Times special, it need
only be said that the Times correspondent.
did visit Pine Hill, saw McDaniels and
fully identified him, After endeayoring to
detect some inaccuracies in the Times spe-
cial, the Comie,-Jouunol says:
"The correspondent does no: think that
either the James or Younger brothers we're
In the Huntington bank robbery, and pre-
tends that he recognized the dead man as
Thompson, alias Charley" McDaniels a
noted desperate. The description of the
men leaves no doubt that two of the
Younger brothers were there, and possibly
a third. While although the fourth
might have been jesse James, yet it was
not McDaniels, as the description of the
latter is entirely different from that of the
dead man.
Thompson McDaniels is described "a six
feet high, sparely made, light or sandy
complexion, light monstache, and thirty
two years of age. The dead robber was
not over thirty, but rather younger, was
dark compleHioned, and had no light
moustache.
Now comes the Nashville Ameriean with
another letter from ST. Louis, OF which
jesse james is purported to be the author.
The letter is sent as special from Nash
vile, and is published below. 1t will be
perceived that it is devoted 70 denuncia-
ton OF Captain Bligh and Detective Pinker-
ton, the two best detectives in the country.
Captain Bligh is especially denounced in
the severest terms in the letter. Coming
a it does, from st. Louis, the authorship
looks rather suspicious. The letter is en-
tirely different in phraseology and spelling
from any oil Jesse James former letters,
the grammatical construction and spelling
being generally good, although there is an
attempt at a poor formation OF sentences.
while all OF his former letters were lily con-
structed and very badly spelled.
| Especial dispatch to the Courier-Journall
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 24.-The fol-
lowing letter has been received BY the
1merioan:
ST. LOUIS, Sept. q, 1875.
To THE EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN:-In
1 \ e 1
the Jameses and Youngers had been lied on
by Biigh, the incompetent detective OF
Louisville, Kentucky. l will take the
present opportunity to inform YOU that
Blights recent statement about the james
and Younger boys, robbing the Huntington
bank, is false. Instead of my being shot
and captured, i am in St. Louis with nv
friends, well, feeling much better than l
have for years. l can't see what motive
any one can have in reporting such ma
licious lies as detective Blight is certainly
doing. know that Jarrett and the YOun-
gers had no hand in the robnery, and ii the
wounded robber is ever recognized, it will
undoubtedly be seen that he is not ames,
a Younger, or jarrett. Bligh is per
feet gas-pipe, and Is unworthy of the
title of detective. lie has never cap
tured but one man and he slipped on the
blind side of him. As for shooting, he
doesn't know what that means. am thank
full that at least one rObber has been got
who was published everywhere by Bligh as
: being first Cole Younger and afterwards
jesse James. The world can now see that
neither one OF the Jamcses and Youngers
are the men shot and captured. Every
bold robbery in the country is laid on Us,
but after a few OF the robbers have been
caught, and when it is seen two or three
times that other people are robbing banks,
bay he We will get fair play from the
newspapers.
In lew days it will be seen how
the Jameses and Youngers have been
lied on by such men as Pinker;on
and Biigh. / and Cole Younger are not
friends, but l know he is innocent of the
Huntington robbery, and feel it my duty
to defend him and his innocent and perse-
cuted brothers from the false and SANDER
Gus reports circulated against them. !
think the public will justify me in denounc-
ing Bligh, as now do, as an unnecessary
liar, a scoundrel and poltroon.
Very respectfully,
JESSE W. JAMES.
Courier-Jou7,oi, St. Louis Times, Globe
and Kansas City Times please copy.
Mr.. EDITOR Please publish this letter
for me. l am innocent of the Huntington
robbery, and this is the only way have to
defend myself. J. W. J.