The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-31
THE TRAIS
Desperate Career ofih Younger Broihcrs
now ~Pinkcrion's Detectives
Were Fooled.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette,

alter most OF the bold train robbers Of
late years, that is in an attempt to cap
turc the famous Younger and James
brothers. That the endeayor will be
successful this time is by no means GER
tain, The desperadoes are successfully
hidden for the present, and IN the wild
regions Of the Missouri, where shot guns
and democratic majorities are the chief
products, they have hosts Of friends who
look upon them ~ heroes, and who stand
always ready 10 warn them Of the APP
proaCh Of danger. That Cole Younger
WA the leading and controlling spirit in
the Otterville train robbery, is nov be-
lieyed tolerably certain, and some hith-
ertO unpublished particulars in the life
Of the man foremost in such an act, be-
| come at Oncc interesting.
BY those who know him, the man is
regarded as Of unqucstionabIc daring
| and Il rare address. lie is no ordinary
character, but a sober, schcming indiyid-
ual, who goes about his work cold
bIoodedIy, and who is sufficient Of Il
| reader of character to make no mistakes
in his associates. His personal
pcculiaritics are numerous. lie always
goes about armed with two heavy rcYOl-
vcrs, in the use Of which he is an expert,
being able on occasion to draw both
from his belt, one in each hand, ut the
same time, and to fire them with equal
accuracy. Physical accomplishments,
indeed, seem to have been made the
boast and pride Of this freebooter. He
shoots apistoI over his shoulder with per
feet skill, and at MOnegow Springs has
been seen to ride ut full speed around
the race track and shoot at Il mark on Il
tree, hitting it easily without checking
his hor c's speed. He has also the In
dian trick Of hanging down ON one side
Of his horse, and while cIinging to the
neck with one hand firing under the
horses head with his usual skill, Natll-
rally such an artist in the use Of fire
arms must be one pursued with caution
either by the average detective or aver
age Missouri sheriff.
As a matter Of fact, since the Younger
brothers became open outlaws, they have
not been constant residents Of Missouri,
keeping out Of the state most Of the time,
and finding Il refuge in Texas, where
they occupy a rancho, or occasionally, it
is believed, in Kentucky. 1t has been
their custom to revisit their home in ST.
Clair county in the spring and fall,
making Il sudden appearance when no
one had suspected them Of being in the
country, and then as suddenly making
their disappearance.
One remarkable fact in the recent his
tory Of Cole Younger, and one not here
totorc made public, will surprise many
people, among whom, possibly, will be
rinkcrtOn's detectives. A gentleman,
now u resident Of st. Louis, who oncc,
for Il purpose OF his own, bcfricndcd Cole
Younger, gives the particulars; Last fall
Cole, Notwithstanding the price upon his
head, accompanied Il party Of stock
dealers to New York, taking a thousand
head of cattle, Cole Younger spent
sometime in New York, and subsequently
visited Chicago, and, while there, in Il
spirit Of IoOIhardincss, probably, had an
actual interview at length with a mem
Der OF Pinkertm's force. His appearance
and address were such as TO enable him
to cludc all suspicion, and to leave the
cry F"lIn'y W''aouV H'N'"E amy one II
cue 10 ms luchl!Iy' 'IE'?ihc inc lce'-
,'47 u l'c oeirct,Gca upon I'arl'hg t''at
inc man o. alI olhcr5 llicy most want
was th''3 Wllllll thc!r rGach' coming To
~ lOulS a'trr ms New ork trip,
lotlngcr caIicd on inc Irlchd already re-
irrreG TO, ana was not rrc"SniIcd, so com,
PIctc'y was ne dlN9IllScI lllIIi ne opened
Il conversation; lie related his adycA-
lure ana 'hch departed
The gentleman vino gives this inform
alton says Cole Younger always assured
him he would never be captured alive.
Why it is the Younger boys still remain
in a state which has become SO uncom
Portable for them is found in an odd cir
cumstancc. The administrator of their
estate at Bonneville has, it isslid,