Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
fhe Last 1fthe IOanghrs.

tl hoNlaN NOV. .i'1, ll' l'Nt
public scene 10 the cvcd;ful au: bloody
lives ~ the Younger bguthrrs WaS
enscred bv raci: appearance III court
al Fa.tbAui;, MINI, and cutpriuS =
Il plea Of guilty to tie Indifferent ol
murder in the first d.Ercr, after which
they "rrc SrnlcGc"d 10 imprisonment
al bard labor in he State prison Tor
the remainder "f their natural lives.
fnc Sccne is thus described hy cor
responder, Of he Ch!ruIo later
Ocean:
The court opened AT 10 O'Clock to
iav but long before that hour the
courtroom was filled with spectators,
aui the STREETS wrTe throng"d VIA
people watching the coming Of the
Ynungcrs from the Jail !r jail the
three brothers were haniculi,.,i To-
-c' Der, C"!r in the middle, Jim un
Coles lcn, anl Bob uD the light.
sheriff Barton aud ,wo deputies, with
a squad Of guards armed with needle
guD-, made M lie escort, Mrs. ivy
man aud Mis-, Younger accompanying
them The ;rOHs had beel Removed
froG, .he legs of he III : bandits ana
they marched viii. easy, huoYant
steps iGto The crurI room, where they
took seats. the aunt aud sister sitting
hy their side. The sister looked very
sad and turned her gaze into vacant
space There was 10 betrayal OF
nervousness on the part OF The boys.
Bob turned to Cole ant! SMILED family
a. be whispered something. to which
hc responded hy Il slight expression of
amusement jim seemed to defer to
Cole, "a usual, aHd hey occupl"d the
time untii court Wa, called to order.
Mr.. Baxter advanced to tue ! at and
said
The State calls flr the arraign-
trent Of Thomas Cole Younger, jane,
Younger and Bob Younger upon in-
diri,uent number one found against
them on The iTrh, for the murder
Joseph Heywno1."
Mr. kuttiedge rose and responded
as follows:
~ he prisoners are here ready iu
the court to plead to the charge"
IL suppose" said Mr.. Baxter, that
, the irons should be renovcd "
I've waive tha, ceremony" re.
spon,lrd Mr.. Batchrlder ii is only
ceremony ami makes 10 difference. y
/ The lawyers mad few moments
conversation. which resulted 10 the
irous being removed.
| Cal them up one by one" said
'he consul
II cali Thomas Coleman Younger
TO plead" said Mr.. Baxter.
+ CYie rose slow ". walked cool!v 10
be bar, and stood with hands behind
+ uIm, with no signs Of ncrvGu-n-ss.
You understand 10 which inGici.
ment you are /" plra!-'he ona fer
Tie iuu:ier nf J L. Haywood :" ask
ed Mr.. Baxter, "a the ~" stood aear
together facing each other.
Yes" waS the response, Il plead
guilty"
The words were spoken in low
tone of voice, but clearly AID distinct
! iv. and the suspense of expe. ia;i"i
WAS ut an end. Tie prisoner tnrnrI
and walked hack 10 bis eat. with ~
cXpre ssiun ut satisfaction and relief
Then Jim adv;-,cei in The san,
manner and pleaded a. had Cole, an
Bob more indifferent than ever, follow
ed their example
After they had taken their seat
Mr. Baxt, said address n. The cour'
Il shall move that IA iu' ' he lnpan
elcL to inquire into the drgrec "f tin
guilt Of the prisoners thai have jHS
plead. understand that The cria-''
desire tn argue The p"!nt 1 >haI! b
prcpa cd 20 Do 80 any lisnc this after
, a,un."
Il will hear the argument o. tw
o'clock 'hi- s.i-rHp'".' t"-pnIt,d ~
court, aud The sceur in the court va.
, ut an eUd
Ut " pUS WtTt ~ W III cu, du ~
prisoners marched into III. Jail, III
. crowd SurgiBy nut Of Tho cour, rnn'
Inside The jail he ir"u- were aInl
u removed. and the prisoners ,ha I"
' with the reporters ard c"n''c''
. who had hi- train stopped by thr'
" once dnwn in Missouri
GA" said Colr. we might s?"n
V 81, ,0UO M So 900 fighting ihe in'sic
g; meur, aud perhaps gei verde,
! murder in The SECOND drrgrec whi'
= would have been The sane pun,>
. men; aS though We plead guilty, al
% If ve,dct of murder in the ihl
~ degree WAS found, ,ta' would
p thirty years which gould be about 1
~ same hing"
- Cole said be had seen most OF Il
20 world and nigh, as well retire a"
way.
In the afternoon be Tniioh of \
}. Baxter Was overruied. and they WI
=, ren,eucrd hy Judye Lord.