The Russellville Democrat., 1880-02-26
HUNTING THE OUTLAWS.
Some of the Secret History of il,e War on
 the James Boys.

St Louis Times.
 X man, whose manner showed self l possession and considerable worldly ex- perience, accosted Times reporter yes terday, and introduced himself as D. J
 Browne, formerly detective in the em-
 ploy Of Allan Pinlerten. He had seen something of the controversy about the midnight raid on the farm house of Mrs.
 Samuels, the mother of Frank and Jesse James. In his book on the bandits, ex-
 tracts of which were given in the Times,
 Mir. Dacus had good deal to say about the efforts of the Pinkerton detectives to
 capture or exterminate the James boys.
 These statements came to the attention
 of Robert Pinkerton; the manager of the
 New York branch of the service, "Bob''
 took occasion to deny some of the mat
 ter contained in the book, and intimated.
 if he didn't say it, that "the old man"
 hadn't tried so hard to capture the James
 boys as was reported All of this, MT.
 Browne had seen, and feeling inclined to take part in the controversy, he said to the Times reporter:
 The cry has been raised that the James boys are protected by the people of this State. This is backed by the assertion that Wiener, one of Pinker- tons men, was betrayed by the citizens of Clay county, and a banker of Liberty was openly charged by the Pinkerton's with giving away that unfortunate de- tective. Now, happen to have some acquaintance with Pinkerton, having been at one time in his employ. l know little about the workings of private detectives and their agents. If Pinker- ton would tell what he thinks )f an em- ploye he had about this time 1t would throw some light on the subject. It will be remembered that at the time of the death of Lull, killed by one of the Youngers, q young man named Allen, who accom- panied him, escaped. Who was this man? To Pinkerton he was known as Boyle. He was picked up at Mike Me Donald's in Chicago and givena commis- sion to arrest the Missouri bandits" Boyle was in charge of six or seven men in Western Missouri for some time. Of course he effected nothing. That the James bows knew who Wicher was, and that they expected him days before he came, is to the Pinkertons now an un- questioned fact. But rather than show their system of finding Operatives, "they prefer naligning q whole community. If the James boys took measures to keep themselves posted on detective matters, surely Missouri can't help that. Boyle disappeared anyhow, and Chicago knew him no more.
 "The much talked of raid" continued Browne, "took place as last resort Pinkerton, finding that he had been baf-
 fled, and being in mortal terror for his own safety, as last effort devises the famous raid. That some of the James gang were in or around Chicago at that time, the Pinkertons are fully sure of now Mr. Dacus comes near the truth in his book with reference to the raid. Indeed, Billy Pinkerton did not lead the gang. He has better sense. And nature has endowed him with due amount of caution. He made one attempt, and. after going as far as Clay county, failed for want of courage. He returned to Chi cago and Lieutenant Linden took the charge. Linden is well known in Penn sylvania and in Chicago. He was &C., accompanied by Robertson, clerk of Pinkerton's. There were six others, but as they were mere mudlarks, it is unnecessary to men, mention their names. One of them Is in iail now. How they threw the hand grenades and their subsequent action is well known. During the raid old Pink erton went to New York, and when the Missouri Legislature adopted resolutions, old Pinkerton was preparing trip to Canada. The Governor knowspa little about this and perhaps he will tell what he knows. mean the governor of Mis- souri in '75. It may seem wonder how such an institution as Pinkerton's can pass investigation. His income from the governments of England and Spain is alone sufiicit mt to enable him to buy up everything. His men in the Irish soci- cities of New York and Philadelphia though paid for by Britain, are great help to him in his American business. Then he has flying column for Spain, Russia, or Germany. The eye that never sleeps is open for more purposes than the public generally is aware Of"