The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-09-06
THE MODERN ANANIAS.
Detailed Statement of q Lunatic
Who Sojourned in Kansas
City.


Pittshurg Leader.
Did you see anything Of the noto-
rious James boys while YOU were in
the west?"
This question was asked by a Leader
reporter, and the person spoken to
was q Pittsburg dentist, who recently
returned from an extended western
trip.
'.N0;" was the answer. "nor was l
particularly anxious to see them, but
their names are in everybodyis mouth
there, and l learned more of their
characters than has ever been pub
lished about them; why, when ! was
in Kansas City week or two ago it
was as much "a q mans life was
worth to say anything against them"
"HOw was that; not because Of
the love Of the people for them, /
suppose?"
"Well, partly because the people
like them and partly because they are
afraid Of them. There is not thing
goes on in Kansas City that they
don't know; they are kept posted
somehow, and \ man who is suspect
ed to be inquiring about them there
with a view to their arrest carries his
life in his hands. Why. when l even
mentioned their names to a friend he
took me to one side and in absolute
fear told me to be cautious how ]
spoke Of them. While the PEOPLE do
not dislike the James brothers be-
cause they were never known to rob
an individual. always going for
higher game, yet they are inundated
and terrorized. The brothers are
we'll known there az desperate men
and dead shots, and they never for
give an injury. They are two of
them, Jesse aud Frank. / was in
formed that one Of them was running
a ranch in the Indian Territory, and
nobody knows where the other is.
They are both men of splendid ply
sique, tail, athletic, and from all &C
counts they fear neither God, man
nor the devil. In their time they
have killed a number of Pinkerton;s
men, and in such cases they have al
ways pinned tag to the dead mans
breast marked. lone of Pinkerton's
detectives" There was some time
ago quite sporting young man named
Budd McDaniels, the son of hotel
proprietor in Kansas City, who was
supposed to be connected with the
James, and was looked on with fear
accordingly. He went out riding
with girl one night, got drunk and
drove through the town recklessly. A
green policeman arrested him, al
though had he suspected that Nc
Daniels was connected with the
James brothers he would sooner have
cut of his right hand. Upon being
searched about 81 900 in money and
a gold watch were found upon him,
and this money and watch were iden-
titled as part Of the proceeds of rob
berry in which the james brothers had
been concerned. McDaniels was
tried, and sentenced to q term of i'm.
prisOnment. but he and another con-
vict broke Jail. and was supplied by
the James brothers with horse and
needle gun. While he and the other
convict were riding through field in
their efforts to escape, the owner of
the property became enraged at their
trespassing upon his ground. and dis
charged a blunderbuss at McDaniels
with such effect that he fell from his
horse MORALLY wounded, but grasping
his needle gun he attempted to return
the fire but. finding he was too far
gone to level the piece, he handed the
weapon to his companion, who made
his escape, but McDaniels died in a
few minutes. This Is one of the
numerous stories that are told con-
fidentially to strangers in Kansas
City, but always with the addenda
that vengeance is sure to overtake
those who injure the James brothers
or those connected with them. / am
informed that they are adopts in the
matter Of disguise themselves, but
their safety does not consist so much
in that as in the fact that not one in a
hundred would dare to betray or try
to capture them, even if the disguise
failed to conceal their identity. Not
long ago, a tall man with a heavy
black beard and a linen buster was
seen to enter q hotel at Kansas City.
The proprietor knew him to be one
of the James boys, but in a short
time he passed through the hotel
again, having an entirely different
dress on and presenting a greatly
changed appearance. There is =