The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-10-11

went by the Santiago de Cuba IN June,
/ 1868, and on board made the acluaint-
ance of 4 United States officer named
Major Gregg, who, upon reaching Call
tornia, introduced the guerilla to hal
leck, with whom be bad e long conuer-
sation respecting the border warfare ana
the deeds of Quantrell and his men.
Jesse spent some weeks at the San
Luis (Obispo county, Sulphur Springs,
: in California, and then came back 10
! Missouri healed His is the leading mind
/ in the bandit gang and he will probably
BIZ the last man captured. In personal
appearance these outlaws are all tall,
! muscular men, with cOunteRances ex-
pressive OF great determination and bear
ing no evidences of dissipation. They
very seldom drink anything. but are
gamblers.
THE roUSGERs.
The history of the James boys is in the
main that Of the Youngers. The latter
were four in number. Their father
Henry n Younger, was strong Union
man, but in the early days of the war
the dividing line between Kansas and
Missouri was the only distinction recog-
nized by the jayhawkers on one side and
the guerillas on the other. The elder
Younger was killed near Harrisonville
by Jennings. He was wealthy;
and money supplied the motive
for his murder. He left an
estate worth over 100000 but most Of
it had disappeared before the war closed.
Before the murder Coleman Younger
had Joined Quantrell. During the pill
lace of Harrisonville he had been sem
fenced to death by Jennison men. The
execution was delayed till morning, and
Younger, taking the rope provided for
his death, let himself down
from window, and joined the
guerillas. Mrs. Younger keeping the
children with her, moved from place to
place, but wherever she stopped the mill
tia burned the house over her. On one
visit they found John Younger and hung
him up until he was nearly dead, to ex-
tort from him the hiding place of Cole
and Jim, who had become notorious for
their bloodthlrstiness under Quantrel.
On one occasion fifteen OF the jay
hawkers were taken prisoners, and the
question arose among the guerillas as to
what disposition should be made of them.
Cole Younger settled it. The guerillas
had just captured an Enfield rifle. 1t
was the first they had seen, and discus.
sion arose as TO its powers. Younger
took the fifteen captives and formed them
in row. Then at Ri teen PAGES he 'front.'
ed them with the rife. The first fire
brought down three Younger fired with
great deliberate, the guerrilas standing
around and discussing the test OF projec-
tile force, until after seven shots the last
man had fallen.
John Younger was the third one of
the brothers. In the fight at Osceola
with the detectives two years ago, 1t Is
told by eye-witnesses that after Lull had
shot Younger in the jugular vein, and
with the blood squirting from the wound
in a great jet, John Younger straight
ened himself on his horse, lifted his gun,
took deliberate aim and shot LuIl through
the lung, and then dropped from his
horse dead. The mans vitality was
something almost unheard of.
| have sketched thus hastily the re-
markable career Of these men. Stories
are told of them ali over the West, but
most of them are mythical. What l
have given is gathered from authentic
sources and is true.