Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-26
Jesse JAMES.
SAFE RETREAT, August 1s, 1876.

SAFE RETREAT, August IS, 1876.
To the Kansas City Times:
l have written a great many articles
indicating myself of the false charges
that have been brought against me. But
last fall. after | proved to the world that
the James and Youngers had nothing to |
do with the West Virginia robbery and
branded old Detective Blythe as one of
the biggest liars and poltroons that ever
lived, l thought l would let the public
press say what it would, and | would
treat it with silent contempt. Detectives
have been trying for years to get posi-
tive proof against me for some criminal
| offense, so that they could get n large
reward offered for me dead or alive;
and the same by Frank James and the
| Younger boys, but they have been foiled
on every turn, and they are fully con-
WINGED that we will never be taken alive,
and now they have fell on the deep
laid scheme to get Hobbs Kerry to tell
a pack OF base lies. But thank God l
am yet 4 free man, and have got the
power to defend myself against the
charge brought against me by Kerry. a
notorious liar and poltroon. l will give
a full statement and prove his confession
to be false.
Lie No. 1. He said Il plot was laid by
the James and 1oungers to rob the
CRANKY bank. l am reliably informed
| that there was a bank in CRANKY.
Lie No. 2. He said he got with Cole
Younger and l at 4 Mr.. Tyler's. If
there is a man in Jackson county by
that name / am sure that l am not ac-
quainted with him.
Lie No. ). He said Frank James was
at a Mr.. Buffers in Cass county. 1 and
Frank don't know any man in Cass
county by,that name. 1 a prove my
innocence by eight good citizens of
Jackson county, Mo-. but l do not pro-
pose to give all their names at present.
If l did the cut-throat detectives would
find out some of my friends that they
think are my enemies. l think the names
l gave in nv article of the 4th are suffi-
cient at present.
Will the Times please correct one
mistake they made in my other state
ment. 1 saw Mr.. Gregg and talked
with him, but l only met Mr.. Pitcher in
the road and we passed the compliment
of the day and rode on.
NV opinion is that Bacon Montgom-
cry, the scoundrel that murdered Capt.
A. j. Clemment, Dec. Is, 1866, is the
instigator of all the Missouri Pacific al
lair. l believe he planned the robbery
and got his share of the money, and
when he went out to look for the rob.
bers he led the pursuers off OF the rob
bers' trail. But one thing I know he
did do when he was in command of Tom
Netcher's cut-throat militia. He had
I Arch. Clement, one of the nOblest boys
and the most promising military boys
of his age. murdered in cold blood, and
if poor Clement was living to-day he
would be worth more to his country
than. old Tom Fletcher and all the
militia that yer were in Missouri. ]
i would like for the Times to send a re-
porter to Lexington and Dover and ask
the good citizens about Montgomery and
his thieves that were there in 1866. II
the truth was half told about Montgom.
cry, it would make the world believe
that Montgomery has no equal, only the
Bender family and the midnight assas.
sins that murdered my poor, helpless
and innocent ~eight-years-old brother,
and shot my mothers arm off and l an
of the opinion he had a hand in that dir
ty, cowardly work. Montgomery, roll
in your special trains, and break down
doors and arrest quiet citizens and pu,
them in irons. Everywhere you turn
makes friends for me.
Now a word to Mr.. Garrison. AIM
you afraid those special trains will injure
the Missouri Pacific railroad! You are
liable to have trouble if you don't stop
such weak brain work. / can't believe
that Gov. Hardin has any hand in this
special train work. / give him too mucf
, credit for that. Gov. Hardin is u man
of too much brains to act in a manner
that would kill him in the eyes of thu
T majority of the people who have elected
him, and l think he is the best governor
Missouri has had since the war. But
can't vouch for Mr. Bingham's innocence
If we (the James and Youngers) haC
T. been granted full amnesty, ! am SURF
we would have been ut work, trying Il
, be good, law-abiding citizens. Ii W,
. have a wise congress this winter, which
/ believe we will have, / am sure the,
/ will grant us a full pardon. I will no
. say pardon, for we have done nothing L
be pardoned for. But they can pass
i law having all those bogus warrants tina
are out for US destroyed, and let us g
home and live in peace. What sense i
/ there in spending so much money t.
have us arrestedP l am sure we hav,
thousands of friends that can't be bough
n although the detectives think they ar,
aging things very fine. Poor fool
9 they are. If the express company want
to do a good act they had better Civ
n the money they are letting thieving de
v tectives beat them out of the poor. Now
e take my advice, express companies, ant
a give your extra money to the sufferin,
a poor, and don't let thieving detective
beat you out of it. The detectives ar
@ a brave lot of ~boys-charge houses
break down doors and make the gra.
+ hairs stand up on the heads of their un
armed victims. Why don't Presiden
Grant have the soldiers called in an,
send the detectives out on special train
) after the hostile Indians? Arm
Pinkerton's force with hand. granade
and they will kill all the India,
women and children. and as 500
. as the women and children are killed
!, will stop the breed, and the warrior
will die out in a few years. But if Mont
q gomery gets in with the Indian as he j
with the Otterville boys he would be
r. bad man on the trail: If Montgomer
If gets offended at this and comes out ON
s scout, l hope he and his party wont g
drunk as they did on a previous occasio
and shoot and yell as they did at Brow
nington, on Grand river, and scare We
men and children as they did there.
q A few words to Mr.. OH Garrison, so
of Mr.. Observation-Disclosures Pacific rail
e road officers-have you forgot the tim
J, when you was paymaster on the Sedali
IS and Lexington railroad? Yes; well d
d you remember how you proposed to &C
some one to rob You and give you hall
e and You failed to get your job put up
| got this from IL friend OF yours that get
" drunk, but he was not drunk when h
j. told me. But probably the old ma
don't know what a rascal you are or h
would send special trains alter you.
It believe the railroad robbers will yet b
sifted down on some one ut St. Louis G
. Sedalia, putting the job up and the
trying to have it put on innocent me
as Kerry has done.
Hoping the Times will publish just q
l have written, l will close.
eel JESSE JAMES.