The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-02
THE YOUNGER BROTHERS.
The Rewards for Cole AeercGnttna e27.50O
Killing All the Men who Killed Their
Fnther-In the Prison In EaribnuIf.


Killing All the Men who Killed Their
Fnther-In the Prison Ia taribnuif.
fSon ne e. PuH Hone0.Tress and tribune, Sent es
The Youngers are probably most known
OF the gang who pcrpctrated the raid at North
m N ~ some note AVID worth. lie was born IN
CRIB orchard, =. but at an early day moved TO
Missouri. and in 1850 IN rried. The fruits Of the
union b, Ing a ,rc family Of girls nd boys. Of
Henry. ,Iohn. and Robert Ewing attain
Ing their majority. Col. Younger figured
somewhat cun>uicuously in local politics. mean
time attending closely To- business. and at the
breaking out of the rebellion In 1861 owned
large livery stable In IiMrisOnvilic, Cas- county,
aud was also doing a good merchandising busi-
Col. Younger espoused the cause Of the
Union. out. Notwithstanding so bitter was the
feeling against him resulting from his active
pafticip anon ~ poltlcs thai IN one on the raius
into Missouri in 1881, by the Kansas iayhawkers,
led bY JenuisOu, Col. loungcr's livery stable
was smoked. aud property valued at $2OOOO run
on In september ~ tho following year. while
going TO llarrisonvllle to deposit large sum Of
| nancy, he was waNlaid and ass ,ssinated.
From this event II il claimed bv themselves
dates the criminal career Of the Younger Bro
Tiers. swearing revenge, they joined their for
tunes with those Of Quantrell, the bloodiest
cut-throat ngurng I'm tue history Of the rebel
lion, In 1854 Cole joined the Confederate army,
going South with Gen. Price as captain OF
company. finally going into Louisiana. where he
claimed. the brothers mad killed all the men
supposed to have been engaged In the assassina-
ton u their father; After the close Of he war,
Mexico on mission of robbery and pilage, but
soon rcturnei to settle ia his ola home.
Soon alter his return from Mexico, the pc pie
and authorities Of Missouri begdn war Of ex-
termina lou upon QtAntrell's bandits, resulting
III soon making the Younger brothers aud others
homcless wanderers and refugees rom justice.
Since then their career been one of u1exini-
pied criue, having been guilty in an exaggerated
decree ol almost every crime known 10 the laws
Lir2e rewards have been onered for their cap
ture, dead or alive, the rewards for Cole alone az
grcgating S21.5CO Cole. VINO Is the spokesman Tor
tho captlvos at tariOault, pleads III oAtenuation
that az first he only sought Vengeance. out that
AFTER career with Quautrcll's guerrlas he found
hiuseli so hunted aud charged with hundreds
Of crimes a. to Drive hin into outlawry. And
more, that since the Youngcrs and am eses have
been known almost every offence OF the char1c-
ter of thO-e IN wuich they have been engaged,
has been iaid at their door. whether guilty or
Innocent why, he remarked To ourrepOrier
" AN accused - enough crimes TO weigh me
down, not one Of which | nave been guilty Of
with a whole country infested with men who
make their living as have |, every one OF their
ACES nd my own have been attributed to me-"
| hose who converse with the foungers con-
cude they are artful liars a. they are reckless
mutdcrcrs, and no cftdeuco can he pat ia the
much talk IN when they indulge.
In 1915 preamble and resp ution were Intro
| dUcCd into the Missouri Legislature the pre-
anble reciting the VARIOUS crimes charged
against the brotuets, aud the resolution grant
| inc them amnesty nd restoration to CITIZEN
ship. The moveu ent was ably advocated. and
resulted in most exciting debate aud WAS de-
/ fcdtcd ON nut = small uHJ 'tity.
| The third OF the bandits IN DURANGO at Fart.
| Ia Il has been identified a. Cal; Carter, noted
| Texas de-perado. lie l. considsted the worst
man ~ the three. and II he i.n't he Is 81 udered
| ~ mis- ftcc. lie looks 1t al. lie has wife and
! cidldr,n. and the rcput ton of being the
" ..best' horse thief in Texas. which abOunis
| IN character. OF mat class. lie has for years
| opciNcd more or less with the Jdmesos and
! lpuusers. uakiug his house the ueadquIr'ofs
| ~ the gang while o. Grating In Texas. lie WIS
| Ia tine GaO's Hill robbery aud the Iowa bank
robbery.
nom ne 81. Pnui D,spatcA, sept 30.
In reference 10 the identity OF the man claimed
| by tue detectives to be Carter. the Dlsilt,h re-
| porter T. OF the opinion that the bandit ~ no
| other than James Younger. lie was spoken Of
| a. such by the gang from the nrst moment ~
their confessing to be the Younger brothers.
| cole. IN conversation with The reporter, said
| many things OF his bed companion as he lay at
| the hotel III Madeiia, which could only apply To
| Inn a. Jim Younger. what seems to doubly
confirm the idea, the man Is wounded In the hip
eN.ctlv = the detectives say jim Younger was
wounded
Ihis doubt seems to arise from the fact that
not consistent with the detectives theory Of his
| movements. but then; according To the same
theory. none OF the lounger-James gang OF
DIES ,erldoes could have had hand IN the
| Nurih0cld tragedy.
nom Lle 81 P,uI Pioneer Press and Tibnne.
The man killed at Madela has been identified
as Charlie Pitts. ard by Mr.. bunker AZ the man
| should r. lie l. simply known As a member OF
| the confcueraied bandits. and ~ a daring anu
desp rae william. lie also telong- m lex :.
OF the identity OF one OF the robDeru killed at
| Nurtuf la there seems to be some DOUBT. IL
| " generally supposed unul recently that M
name Nas Chadwei', nut II IS now asserted that
] ~
J state. rud that mis- name was 1911 stiles. Stiless
father nov lives at Grand Forks, ID. l., and vs.
! that bis son has Tor some time hyed In lexas.
| ne father expressed no surprise at the fate
| Il d son. AMI remarked that he had ALWAYS
| beeu via boy, ana tnat ne could do nothing
| with hiu. ABOUT twn months ago a man living
| near Cannon fails received from stiles a letter.
| dated It Niddletown, lexa-. -at ING he had MADE
| good haui. and II Won want tluO or $40. saw
| 500 lie also wrote that he was coming up
! into tins northwestern co Intry la few weeks.
| and Kuew vii re thee could make another good
naul. and would give bin some more.
Under date Of sept. -. however, sheriff F. A.
| X ldgers Of BrunneVille, No., who has charge OF
! Hobbs krrry. member Of the gang VINO par
ucipated in the Otterville train oOcrv, and
y no was Afterwards captured. writes the chief
| Of police OF 81. LOuis that Kerry Identifies chad
| well ty the photographs Shown MIN. taken
! altogether are Inclined t. believe the dead
| bandit 20 be thadweli ana not stiles.
Gel. Miller T. a desperate N Jackson county.
| No. H. Wa an active member 81 the James
| and Younger gang. lie WIS IN the OtierViue
| roDnery and, IN faci. in nearly all the MUIR
dernus aud thieving foray- II the nand Of
| desperadoes. II Is said OF nin that in the dis
| tiict where he operated. whatever he did was
| law to- The terrified iuh tDitnnts,
FARtBAULT. scot. 2y.-COle Younger has had
one ride paiI extracted from ms leg. Al Carter
ia fe-hns better, aud Bon Younger is decidedly
animate. rhev are all dong well, with good
| appetites, wnlcn sheriff Barton duly grdtines.
MORE amour mar LETTER.
| Why 4. =. Grant Did Not Become a n ONCE