Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-31
The Jameses and YOungers.
From the Faribault Democrat.

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Tho newspapers still speak OF the
two escaped Mortified bank robbers as
the james brothers. This was denied
by Cole Younger when he was first
ca ptured, and sufficient evidence, per-
fectly reliable, has since been received
to convince the most skeptical that
| Cole told the truth La the first place
the two robbers who escaped do not
| in the least resemble the James boys.
They are larger, coarser AM much
heavier men. One of them wore full,
heavy red whiskers, and he was one
| of the men WHO entered the bank and
the one who shot Haywood; toe other
wore fall and heavy black whiskers.
Before the robbery these men braided
their whlskers and tucked them In
under their vests, and after the rob-
berry they took them out. al persons
acquainted with the James brothers, of
whom there are several In this CITY.
say that unless wonderfully dguised
these men could not have been the
Jameses.
Cole Younger stated that they were
not the Jameses; and, further, that
they had not spoken to one of the
James boys in six years, and that if
he ever did speak to one of them, 1t
would be with revolver. This was
fully confirmed by the statement of
Mrs. Twyman, aunt of the Youngers,
who told Seriff Barton before she was
admitted to an interview with her
nephews, that she had hoped the
Youngers were not of the party, be-
cause the Jameses were mentioned
She knew if the Jameses were in the
party the Youngers wore not, for the
reason that deadly feud exists be-
tween them. Photographs of the
James boys do not bear the slightest
resemblance to the men who escaped
1t Is, therefore, probable that the
rascals who got away were like the
t. rec who were killed. ordinary horse
thieves enlisted for the raid After
his sentence Cole reiterated his state
ment, but refused to tell even his aunt
or sister who the men were, sim pl7
remarking "they are men whom noue
of you know.
Just before leaving for Saltwater,
Cole talked freely of the men and said
said they were drunk at the time of
the attempted robbery TWAS planned
that Cole, the black whiskered man
who escaped and Charley Pitts, were
to enter the bank and demand the
money; but when the time came Cole
discovered that two Of the party had
been drinking to excess, and after he
had looked the ground over carefully
by entering all the stores on both sides
of the street and getting a $40 bill
changed at the bank, he signaled the
band and they retired from the town
to talk the matter over. He then pro-
posed postponement of the robbery
until the next day, to give two of the
men chance to sober off, aud he re-
fused to enter the bank with a man
who Was drunk, knowing him to be
ioGhiOOo anu vel iidOiC " Nil SUiuG-
body, which was no part of the pro-
gramme. Cole was, however, over
ruled, and it was decided that Bob
Younger, Charley Pitts and the red
whiskered man should enter the bank.
Bob Younger stood over Wilcox, Pitts
guarded Bunker and shot him In the
shoulder, and the red wniskered man
shot Haywood. Cole called to them
to come out of the bank. Bob Skin
mlshed with manning in order to get
his (Bob's) horse which was tied down
near the corner. He finally mounted
Chadwells horse Cole took the
pistols from the dead robber, and the
two who rode out Of town double were
the two who escaped. Before they
reached Dundas quarrel arose over
the shooting of Haywood, the perpe-
traitor of that dastardly act being Sc.
verely denounced by Cole Younger