Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1876-08-19

intercepted by the officers. The letter
in question was written by Hobbs Kerry
to Richard Stapp, the CRANKY saloon
keeper who, after being taken into the
confidence of the Jameses and Youngers,
betrayed them to the police. The letter
reads as follows:
THE LETTER TO STAPP.
COALFIELD, Kas., June 9.
R. P. STAPP: SIR-I received your
letter to-day and was glad to hear from
you. Well, Dick, am in little better
spirits than was when wrote you be-
fore. I heard from them again yester-
day and they will be here in day or
two, and we are going to do something,
but they are very cautious and are
afraid of me and you both. They think
that it may be that we are fixing some
trap to grab them. As it has be en- tried
so often they are afraid of everybody.
Charlie says that he will fix that all
right when they get to see me. and il
will be all right when we get acquainted
with them. When we get acquainted
with them we will give them a good
talk and they won't be afraid Of us
then. You know it stands them in hand
to be careful. for they are not like us
They have to be on the lookout all the
time and we don't, Dick. You keep VI
courage and we will have it some day
before long. Charlie and
ONE OF THE sY." BOYS
will come in a day or two, before it take:
place, and see yeu and look at every
thing, and / will bring them right tt
you and they will talk to you about how
it is to be done, SO you rest easy, for
will see them day after tomorrow. W.
will all strike out for some place and i
is as liable to be CRANKY as any othel
place, so, Dick, if you see Bruce, yol
may tell him it is all knocked in th'
head, that you got letter from me ant
l was going to the Nation to my brother
for 1 don't think he will get here any
more with US, for have not heard from
him since l wrote to you before, but
HE WILL KEEP EVERYTHING DARK.
will not have time to let him know
about the boys being here. One of tn
boys that stay with me here got bacl
yesterday land came right from the boy
Monday morning, and rode one of thei
horses back here, so you know he hear,
straight news from them, and Bill say
they are red-hot to do something, ant
you bet when see them will convinc,
them that '
GRANNY IS THE BEST PLACE
and the easiest to get at; and they vii
come sure. Dick, don't you make
track that you can't cover up again
and don't get out Of heart, for, as yoo
said, if l can stand it you ought to, 70
something is bound to turn loose, fo
Charlie is getting wild and so am l, an
Bill won't do d-n lick, and is beg
ging us all the time to go by ourselves
But we want to get them boys with u
before we start. Well, Dick, it ha
any paper would write more, but a
it is, will have to close. III KERRY.
KERRY IDENTIFIED.
Kerry had already been identified b
Mr.. and Mrs. Duvall, who lived som
twelve miles south of Sedalia, and whe
this letterwas read to him he immed
ately weakened and made the followin
confession:
KERRY's CONFESSION.
First of all left CRANKY and went t
Joplin in the first part of winter or la1
ter part of fall, and there l got acquaint
ed with Bruce Younger. Bruce tol
me about these boys and was all tn
time talking about what they could d
about the banks at CRANKY, and th
boys came there once while he wa
there. I mean Bob and Cole Younger
and refer to Joplin. We stayed thcr
all winter in Joplin. That is, Bruce an
I. and in the spring, it was in May (
this year, we went to Coalfield, an
there l went to work in a coal banl
holding scrapers. Then Bruce, he di
not like to work, and he went to Parl
and worked there eight or nine days
coal bank. Then went to work ft
Scammon, mile from Coalfield, :
Scammon's switch. worked there III
, til some time in June. l can't tell no
: when I quit work with Scammon.
BILL cHADwELL
came there. He had been there whe
the Younger boys were there. He sai
7 that the Younger boys were comir
3 there in about week, and they did n
come. And Charley Pitts, who w
with me, said that we would go up the
and see the Younger boys. We got {
our horses and started. This was
I the latter part of June. We came on
g to Monegaw Springs, and they were II
:: there, and had not been for sometim
i and we went on up into Jackson cou
( ty. We went to DR.. Twyman's, who
4 a relative of the Youngers. Charl
! Pitts went in the house and left II
D and Bill Chadwell outside, and Il
Youngers were not there. AS we we
coming on back, and Just as we g
!, within a half mile of Independence
e were then all riding together in a lar
lane running north and south. and '
were coming west-we saw a man col
: ing into the lane. When he saw us
turned and went to the north lane. v
: rode up to where he turned and 81
him riding Oft and looking back. h
never seen one OF the Younger BOYS
to that time in my life. Bill Chadw
said he believed 1t was
. BUD YOUNGER,
l. that is Cole Younger. Charlie said
# did not believe it was, and Bill Chandl
: said he was going back to see Bill ro
n back little ways. This man had turn
o and resumed his course, the first one
had taken. When he saw Bill conf
back he threw his pistol down on h
t and made him stop. Bill stopped a
|, this man made him throw up his han
: and asked him who he was Bill repli
n that it was Bill Chadwell. He tn
If made him come up to him and ask
d who il was that was with him. He tc
), him that it was Charlie Pitts. lie d
l. not name me. The man told him to
n back and tell Charlie Pitts to approat
i He came back to Charlie and me. VIII
d Bill first went up to the man he said
IS was Frank James and he told Bill Cha
= we'll that he believed he was
IS ADD DETECTIVE,
and that he had notion to kill him.
>. told Bill to tell Pitts to come to him
- himself. Bill came back and told Char
= ~ Pitts, and Charlie went to him. He tt
+ Charlie to go to Dick Tyler's, in Jacks
=. county. I don't know how far it is frt
:. Independence. We started to Di
- Tyler's that night, and it rained har
:. and we stepped in 4 schoolhouse
:. night. Next morning we all went
a, Dick Tyler's. When we got there
r. went in. Cole Younger and Je.
~ James were there. They knew Char
4 and Bill. Of course they did not kn,
Ia me, and we stayed there all day II
IN IN evening. about 5 or 6 o'clock, we start
u away, me and Charlie, Jesse Jam
~ Cole Younger and Bill Chadwell. '
- rode three or four miles and met L