Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-11-15

life. and Sunday afternoon a part.
Of six well-arIned men, including the
writer, went out there and found
overooat, which he had
lost Just after parting from Cum
mings, but though we spent several
hours and searched carefully for the
robbers trail. we failed to find il,
and failed to find the body Of Jesse
James or the seine of his supposed
death.
Sunday evening Marshal Ligget
was telegraphed to and arrived here
by special train about 2 O'Clock
Monday mOrniug. After hearing
Shepherds story he professcd to be-
lieve it, and said he would give SIS ,00C
reward if the blood of Jesse james
was found, and
$4,000 FOR HIS BODY.
And it was understood that half the
reward should go to Shepherd aud
the other half to the party or parties
making the discovery. No one ex |
pected to fiud Jessie's body .and many
believed that if found, it would he
the liveliest corpse ever found III |
these diggings. But to find blood |
was deemed among the possibilities. |
Blood was at premium. Five |
| thousand dollars for finding blood
somewhere out in the woods south |
| OF Short creek, was quite an induce |
ment. Sunday morning and Tuesday
one or other of the Clary brothers
and man named Dick Stapp, aided
by others, repaired to the vicinity OF
| the ''feld Of strife" and searched dill
gently for blood. Bat alas, their ef
forts were in vain Tuesday night
1 could see that the Clarys aud Stapp
were getting desperate. There was
blood in their eyes. They seemed to
have reached the conclusion that they
would find blood if they had to open
some creatures veins to obtain it.
Having good deal of leisure time,
and wishing to aid them, volun-
teered to accompany them Wednes-
day, aud borrowed Shepherds horse
for the purpose. When l so Informed
Tom Clary he did not seemed pleased
therent, but hesitated as though
was in some way Interfering with hia
arrangements. Wednesday morning,
however, at 9 o'clock, l mounted
Shepherds horse. aud, as the Clarys
we're not ready to start, went ahead
having ...m
AGREED WITH TOM CLARY
f to await for him on the road near
where the search would commence
4 | went by the direct road and waited
. an hour at the place appointed. Be
lieving they had concluded to remain
at home that day 1 started, accom-.
! panied by gentleman named Capt
: Farmer, who had joined me, and Ell
i tering the forest OH the route the
I robbers had taken. we continued tht
n search for the scene of Jesse james
:. death-if such plsce exists-umtil ;
i O'Clock in the afternoon, when tiret
:, and hungry we returned to Galena
n where we arrived few minutes
after o'clock. 1 have an object il
n being thus particular about the tim
+ of my departure aud return, which
n viii reveal further on. Shortly afte
e my return l met Tom Clary OH tn
n street, when the following CONVERSE
II tion took place between us:
u "Well. Tom," said |, "Why did yo
III "D,ck Stapp. Nike and l were Ou,
d with cunning smile.
Is "If you were OUT" asked why di
" you not meet ne as you agreed to ?
et "Oh," he replied, 1--WE did not g
D! that way. We went by the wav c
% Empire, then east toward Joplin an
v, crossed Shoal creek long way
ID above where you crossed"
1t "Well." says l,
le Ibid YOU FIND ANYTHING Z"
al eyes," he answ cred 1--WE found tl
r place where Jessie James was killed
p We found blood, and around it tn
footprints of several horses. I'll
R. place Is about two miles south or
little east Of south, of the plac
90 where the coat was found"
- "Did you mark the trees aroun
sr where the blood was found, 80 yo
o.. could lind the place again?"
% NO." says Tom II did not thin
IN of that, and don't know whether
,s could find the place again or not"
';s "What time was it when you g
back here ?"
about 2 O'clock" he answered.
';s l asked no more question; | W,
IN Satisfied that it was utterly imposs
i, BILE for them to have done what W,
W. claimed, for the following reasonl
.d They did not start until about
NJ. o'clock. BY the long, round-abol
% way they went IT. was at least fou
he teen miles to the point where tht
I'M would commence to search for tt
ID trail, and therefore they would IL,
nd have reached it before tweI,
n o'clock. From the commencement
hv the trail to the place where they clai
ii to have ''found the blood' is tW
he miles, according to their cstimat
,ce and, as it is through dense fore
nd and over ground covered with rock
~ logs and underbrush, and much of
ed almost impenetrable by team al
"a hack, it must have occupied two
m three hours more to have discovert
tn THE "POoL OF BLOOD"
,ra Tnen by the time they get out of t
~ forest and returned to Galena at les
,at three hours more would have be
spent, which would have made t
time of their return about five or e
nm O'Clock. Aud it is my candid opini
m. that the trip alleged to have be
nf made by tins party of blood hunteI
of considering the late hour at WIN
nr @ they started, could not have been ma
an' in less time than | have above sp'
I'd I'd flied. Then when consider the I,
re. that Capt. Farmer and myself, fro
t,,s eleven O'Clock until three, rode oy
ou- the very ground the Clary's claim
d. have traversed, and that we ne,
rod saw them, am forced TO the conc
~ sion that their claim to have fuu
bs the blood of Jesse James,
I'm is A FRAUD,
the perpetrated for the purpose of sec
Ha ing The promised reward. The Op
aud ion has become general among
oyc classes here that the true lnwardn
ne OF this Jesse James affair has not
dil. been made public. 1t is hard to Fl
.ss. man now who believes that Je
'ck. is dead or has been injured.
i'm most prevalent opinion regard
Who the'shooting affray is that Jesse Jam
mo. having been notified that Sheph,
was was in his company to betray h
rod commenced shooting at Shepherd
ard moment he approached them on S
,ar' day, and he succeeded in escap
nm. with bullet hole through the leg
nv GALENA
,en. @ COMPARE THE SENTIMENTS.
, the Republican Paper 1.-The republi
her party never intends that democl
heh shall get full control OF the governm'
u | hoc ,,,ct fNr hot tho