The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-08-15


',s-.s CLEAN BREAST OF THE AFFAIR
He said that he was young man, and
through Bruce Younger had been led in
to It, and would have to stand the cons.
Que,lces of his crime. Chief McDonough
kind would be made him In the promises;
that his statement must be voluntarily
made, and without hope OF reward. The
prisoner, whether with hope Of saving
himself from portion Of the punishment
Justly due for his crime, or In sheer des-
peration, made full confession of his con.
nection with the robbery, and of the part
PLAYED in It by the several actors engaged.
The statement was taken down, sworn
and subscribed to, in room No. As Of
the Ives House, Sedalia, August 4. II Is
a. follows:
kerry's Confession.
FIRST of all, I left CRANKY and went to
Joplin In the early part OF the winter, or
latter part of the fall, and there got ac-
quainted with Bruce Younger. Bruce
told me about these boys. and was all the
time talking about what they would do
about the bank ut CRANKY. The boys
came there once while he was there-I
mean Bob and Cole Younger, and | re-
fer to Joplin. We stayed there all win
ter-that is. Bruce and land I'm the
Spring MAY Of this year, we went to
CoalGeld, aud there ] went to work in
coal bank holding scrapers. Bruce did
not like to work and went to Parli,
while remained and worked eight or
nine days. Then | went to work for
ScammOns, mile from Coalfield, at
Scammon's switch. worked there UNI
til sometime in June. Don't know when
quit work. Bill Chadwick came. He
had been where the Younger boys were,
and said they were coming down. We
staid there about week. as they did not
come. Charley Pitts. who was with me
and see the Younger boys. We got on
our horses and started. This was in the
latter part of June. We went to None
gaw Springs. but did not find them
there. nor had they been there for some
time. We then kept on up into Jackson
county, and went to Mr.. Donyman's,
who Is relative OF the Ioungers.
Charlie Pitts went into the
house and left me and Bill
Chadwick outside. The Younger boys
| were not there, but on the way back
when we had got within halt mile
of Independence. and were riding abreast
| in lane. We saw man riding in the
direction we had come from, in lane
| some distance away. When he saw us
he turned into a cross lane and went
| north. We went to the road lie had
| started north on, and saw him riding off,
| though he turned about frequently to
| watch us. had never seen
ONE OF THE YOUNGER BOYS
Nd to that time in my life. Bill Chad
wick said he believed it was Bud Younger
that is. Cole Younger. Charlie Pitts
/ SAID he did not believe it was. and Bill
said he was going to see. He rode some
distance toward the man. who when he
got close enough, threw his pistol down
on Gill and made him stop. Bill stopped,
and the man made him throw w hi.
hand and demanded TO know what he
wanted and who he was. Bill replied
"lt's me, Bill Chadwick. The man then
made him come up and tell who that wa:
| with him. He told him il was Charlie Pitts
and did not name Inc. He told me to
90 back and tell Charlie TO come up &c
him. When Bill first went up to the
man he said his name was Frank James
aud said also that he thought he Bill
was a damned detective and had a notion
to kill him. He told Bill TO tell Charli,
Pitts TO come TO him. and &c
come alone. Charlie went up 10 where
I've was. James told him to go To Dick
Tyler's, in Jackson county. We straied
to Dick Tyler's that night. aud. as ii
rained hard. we stopped in a school
house all night. Next morning we went
to Tyler's and found
COLE YOUNGER AND JESSE JAMES
there. They knew Charlie and Bill
| though they did not know me. We
stayed there that day, and in the evening
| saI he Of
| three or tour miles and met Bot
Younger and man named Glen Miller
The four that were at Duval's house
were me. Glenn Miller, Cole Younger and
Charlie Pitts. | state this to show who
was the four. We divided up, three in
one gang and four in another. We four
| went TO Mr.. kelly's, a brOther.in-iaw OF
Cole Younger, and got there at daylight,
| next morning after our start. We stayed
there all day and night, and started next
| morning alter breakfast. Before we left
Bob Younger and Charlie Pitts came up,
they having stayed at the house OF a man
| named Butler. We started out and rode
| five or six miles. There were me. Cole
Younger, Charlie Pitts and Bill Chad
| wick. Glenn Miller and Bob Younger
| stopped at kelly's and waited for Frank
and Jesse James to come up. After we
had ridden five or six miles-we four
the rest caught up.
THE GANG COMPLETE.
We were now eight in number, and all
that were directly or indirectly connected
with the robbery. l did not know what
| was going to do, nor did they not a
particle. Cole Younger, Frank James
and Jesse James and Bob Younger did
the talking. 1 judge the James boys
were leading the party, because l heard
Cole say to them: you fellows sug-
gested this" He was then talking to
Frank and Jesse, land | am Just going
with you" he said. We all got on our
horses and started four in crowd. Me
and Glen. Miller and Cole Younger and
Charlie Pitts went together; Bill Chad
wick, Bob Younger and Frank and
Jesse James made the second crowd.
We met, don't know what day il was
| at California, on the Missouri Pacific
| railroad. 1t was on the 4th OF July, |
think. On the 9Th it rained very hard
and We staid there all day. On The 9Th
we started back west. We met about
two miles from the Laramie bridge, on
the east side, about 2 pm. on Friday, the
Z inst. We staid there until evening, and
then Bob Younger, Glen Miller and
Charlie Pitts went down to take the
Waterman at the bridge. Me and Bill
Chadwick rode up to the end of the field
and tied our horses, and they told us to
stay there. This was about fifty yards
A.1.