The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-13
TO BE AVOIDED.

VI
The latest from the scene of the doings of
the James boys and the detectives Of Allan
Pinkerton is thus given in telegram to the
Chicago Times two or three days since: The
apprehension and excitement in western
Missouri, and particularly in Clay county,
has increased sinco 1 telegraphed the Times
from Liberty a few days sgo, of the circum-
stances attending the killing of Daniel
Askew, and of the warnings received by
ot.lsr parties supposed to have been imDll-
Gated in the midnight attack upon the farm
house of Mrs. Samuels last winter. The
whole county is aroused, and a clash
with bloodshed is looked for almost
every day. Pinkerton, within the
past month, or since the killing of
Askew, has redoubled his efforts to get hold
of the Jameses, but has made radical
change in his tactics. With headquarters in
Kansas City, his men are searching for
every bit of valuable Information respect
ing Frank and Jesse James and their
friends in Clay and Jackson counties. He
has now Is men at work down here, raid
ing out from Kansas City on the different
railroad lines. Most OF them are already
spotted and as well known as the Times
correspondent, who has made himself
thoroughly familiar with the country and
the people, and has yet 10 receive the first in
suit or threat from even the most partisan
ground OF
THE JAYHAwKER AND THE GUERRILLA.
In these days of excitement, when every
pair of coat tails dengled over six shooter,
and every stranger becomes an object of
suspicion, have gone over Clay county,
meeting with nothing but good treatment,
because the papers have time and again
copied from The Times the news about the
Jameses, finding simply facts stated without
prejudice or coloring. They don't take
many papers here, but when The Chicago
Times with something about the Jameses
comes down, it goes through half s-hundred
families, and then everybody who
has read il talks about it. Piukerton has
stopped sending his men out through the
country and locating them on farms. There
is one or more otthem now in every town
in this part of the state, and all they can
pick mp is sent to Kansas City by cipher
and then a general message is forwarded to
Chicago. l fell in with one of these de-
tectives the other day, and under the in
fluence of little corn juice, he talked
freely. 'This is to 60 no further" he said,
''but / don't mind telling you that we made
that attack on the Samuels house last winter.
Neither Billy Pinkeiton nor the old man was
down. 1t wasn'6 the original plan at all,-
but the old man thought that 1t was the
best way. He and Billy had some words
and disagreed about it. Billy wouldn't
have ANYTHING to do with the attack, and
doesn't take much interest in working up
the case now, although he advises and the
old man pays more attention TO him than
he did before that miserable fasco. WHO
puts up for all this work, +" interrogated.
"Well, the Adams Express company does
most of it, aud then you see the old man
has pride in the matter. His blood IS up,
and he asks nothing but expenses paid.
He'll
FOLLOW THESE FELLOWS To THE DEATH
if the corporation can stand the cost. Aud
then you see the railroad officials are in
structed to show US every facility. We go
all over the country on passes, and when
ever the time comes to strike blow we
shall have a clear track and ali the special
trains we need, Just as we did last winter"
"You are still confident?" 'Oh yes. We
are bound to get them. That express COM
pany will spend almost their last dollar, and
besides they've great faith in PinkertOn.
You remem Der the Reno gang and how they
were wiped out? We did that and were in at
the lynching, although that last is secret,
you know. The old man has no idea now of
capturing the James boys alive. The plan
now is 10 get them located and kill them.
We are getting in with SOM of their best
friends gradually, and money will do almost
anything" With this my laxative detec-
tive shut up like clam and declined TO be
pumped any further. This dangerous ex-
element in Clay county has not been a lit
tie increased by the action of some OF the
papers Of the state, which, without sug-
costing recourse or remedy, assail the
people of Clay county for permitting
the Jameses to exist among them,
and suffering the murder o. Askew to go
unsvsnged. 1 have visited in the imm ediate
neighborhood of the Samuels and Askews,
49, Il - l.
enveloped in great deal of mystery. There
was working upon Askew's farm man
named Jack Laid, who had been there
long time, was on familiar terms with all the
neighborhood, and often visited the Samuels
farm house, which is only a quarter of a
mile or so across the fields from Askews.
This man was
BOUGHT UP BY The DETECTIVES, :
and gave information to Sam Hardwick,
Pinkerton's attorney and aid in Liberty. IL
was through his information that Pinkerton
was led into making the attack which re-
suited so unsuccessiully. He met one squad
OF the attacking party, concealed them in
Askew's hay-stacks, aud then led them at
the appointed time, over to the farmhouse
Whether Askew knew of what was going
on and consented to Ladd's operations, is a
mystery. Lsdd says that he did, that he
himself told Askew as fast as the plans were
laid. Askew, on the other hand, be-
fore his death, most strenuously denied that
he had any knowledge OF Lsdd's work.
This man Laid lett the county with the de-
tectives and went to Iowa. He afterward
came down into Missouri, and at good,
safe distance has been watching the prog
ress- of events. He hac been talking about
the affair and limiting OF what he could tell
ii he wished, and this came to the ears OF
some OF PinkertOns men. They went to
him and pretty effectually frightened him
into silence. He, however, told them that
while he was working for them be had told
Askew OF everything going on, and
that Askew was about to make an
open avowal of all he knew about Ihe
attack upon the Samuels home, the