, 1881-11-03
The Rendezvous Of the Despera-
does in Kentucky.
What Was Learned by a Visit to
the Locality.
How Jessc's Wifo Visited n Sheriff AMI
Swin,lled I.iyerymaM.
a Late Unsuccessful Attempt to Capture
the Outlaw Brothers.
NJ. f.1ltts Ftrt.HGlfe,tu, .S,r. I.

$,uie, yoli nrriye Mt tnrslsuwE, tho county seat
ar Nelson County. You nrc now within hf'ceh !!
mites If tho rDr.tfczvulis or tho Jatnes boys.
within lies In il brnkn,! un1 tianvily wuue1 region
almost die r,.at Ut Ilarstowii. ctOsn to ono ut
tho nrurst forks Of tho Snlt ftivcr. Tito LOCATION
crrtnlIy saps credit To tho Judgment Of thoso
WIN Gh0sn It. \ man pOsseasc'l Of Il thnrt'iikh
nc.]ninugu viii, tho acrrnt hooks, the i,rl'lfc-
Mltl,s. tho short cuts by which ellis Rtih rA-
lt,rx ,nny hn asni.lcL tn gnln9 fnmn oc Itn!nt to
anotlur. nnsl II few friends ano,ts the TURNER'S
III the surrounding country. saM ucry tho efforts
Ut regiment to cMtltute hl1n.
Al III Btutlents Vt nsln,innl history IN tho
West aru we'll nwnre. Frank aid Jesse James
wera both members of tho famous and boutls
thirsty Qnnntrttl guerilla u,lt'g, win mat9 II
record IF 1luu1 and rlllnH, during tho Wnr
wbrh will oullivo tho list pr ttlnso WIN llctprd
to tuake II. At tho ctoso Of the WAr great
many nIc,nl'crs or tho Hanx raturncl to Ken"
tuGky, which Htatu hud furnished tcArly
all tho material OF which tho body WIS
cunposrtl. AnuisE thnsu who tuok up their
hnnlcs fhero wrro the twn Janlcs Goyst
who found eunlort atn' good living niuuI'H
t1cir fnto cD.nrfsles. aHt weru ilotnbly we'll
cured for y tho prpsciIt Sheriff Ut Nelson Chlll-
ty, Mr. INN rcnsc. and by tho thrre brolhers
1al ono of wi1oin still lives tlerc, aud tho ator
two Of wtuut nro supposed to ic living in fen
tlrsscc. p1nse1lvGs Mbont six n,ies to tlEu saith
rAst Ut ftrist0wn. Oh tho rDntl leading from tho
hitter to tho Hills. nl Hull tIycs ilboltf tnfiv
Alst.n, fsnM h,tM a,l ths HAtno rn@.!. The J%ines
hoya. with Shepherd, .turslstt, Cummings. nid ~
tew ,Il,re Ut ths,se ottltIh,ors. went to this rf
Etun originally merely lis IL refuge, MS they Ind
nut surrendered tu tho Union i0rccs. Hut ns
tna pusstt, ami thu dlstnste Tor MI honest pratt
tlccs md employment which l,s..l been
HORN OF TllEl1. NCSnwHAcKlSG< ExiEH1- !
ESCis
grow upn1' thon,, they adopted tho profession Of
highwaymOn.
"Whr, nrst snw Frank and Jesse Jnincs,''
saisl MI uid resident Ut that region to Rcptti'-
lcuM rcporter, "tt WIS Just nltcr tho WAr, and
Qu,lntrels sang hui Just isbandcd. | was a
soldier In thu Confederate nr1ny, and Wien
tho JK VIII up. l cntt,e home. got on tle
cars ut sntnuol's depot. which Is n few mics
1utth of itAristuwu. yuuilcr, atid tho two
Iuncs buys, With tlircu or four others whom
knew, wcru having little plstol pruesicu closo
by tito stntlun Thnt wis III MAy, lsG5, Or Hix-
teen ycars lgo. ] lavo tloyer seen tho boys
slilcc although hnvp heard very frequently Of
lhoar coItlug and going In tho hIl's yantlcr, nlld
thorc huve bCon lots or times wl10n could hMvu
rccn tlsotn. unity TINT knuw thoy wcru wanted
and /, like good many othcrs, didn't GIRO to
know
ANY MDtst: OF THEM THAN / lad 70.
You scn It wouldn't .bo safe. For IL thoy knew
TINT |, for instuncc, h4h possession OF my ln-
forinntiUn Ut rcKlial til t0ir n1uvclunnts, aud II
that Information WIS to Yet out, maybe they
would thluk gllvu 1t away, u,1d II thpy did
thlnk 50 that Hcttlul 1t. FOR they. wuuld never
COMO 70 t,u to ask u'ly questions nr nuke sure.
would Ho ut tho tHercy Ut ehot Aslh their iri-
.,lsd!atc lr!en,ls IN and y,,, kaioW ~, what that
ttttlu nb,ns Aueh f1it0ls persutuHcs, whom they
tll,.y oven !,ow 90 wlthin rltle. slot Of me- rs
understand they ArC, nI1l when hayo had TN
opportunity to know su nllcn.
".Essl:'s WIFE
wMass horo In juno lust. Didn't you hcar nbont
"Weal. ivr often wondered why tho pnprrs
kept still nbuGt tue .,nttor. i wls tlcG!tlt:dly
intstsat,nx @ r. % Y1,. SEQ 1hm penss our shorlts'
IND i u,llvrstund tlnt thoy tlId lin gri,,t
eco Of knaasts d"snE ra .o @ bis
mighty deecltt aii!t Squire kln1 Ut fellow III
! most things, und I !iont know nnt what ho
xa1 S 10 npHk y 1;s
ind .ef,, ir!a,.t,s 10 him when ho WAS Ii, ,,ee
a @ IT, Theros The tSs ef Il sors
feeling BY tlio .y,y. IN tho South nna West. nnd
is to lc mud horo s!ny day whc,t tho boys aro
tasy S ase shsse @ II IL i jast "' '''''' '0''N' "
THE NEXT THING TO IMPOSSIBLE
for y stra!Her 70 ride fn thas dlrseton without
iiMa WI WhaI @ hIs Tlisness1 ! i: And i thoy ~
tns sxh!ss s t at, h 9tsStys , :,s ~ ns
messenger to nIaku Il short cut to wl,oro tho
information WI! DO thu most xood. And q
!M,s aheutl 1t ono ut. ,noso raesseuacrs.
WY tn's systsem ~ q % r..nr.ls ., cxton.s
sny rvoces aboa TIC TIC as,s'h puiss nS
there thht thu t,pterttvcs nrv nt,uut to innku IL
eHtnpugn of Mny Burt. the News comes duw.!!
U.ssspiy ii! ii. Il n,'pt ayas.i. Wali. ~ ! wns
say,ns, about TINT risIt 1r Jcsas's wife. 1t WIS
rltaGf funny. u WAE 80lHu uinu III Jung tGue
shu hxouxht her ctliuren dawn altd
-. TOOK ur HER QUANTITIES.
at Don Fonso's house. We'll, Dou, whtlo Of
course he ,y!sa as xood frleud ~ shu had ln tho
und DO gave It out that shG w!ts hIs bfothcr's
vito. WGll, number Ut iadlea nj tho surrs,nnd
Inv country begun ~ call M her. ut!d thuy vii
tiIb wru,1y wollinn cnllcd And recognized hur nj
!ssses w'fs jmaxna she was sS'n9wat 5, 9s
lung it,r thu nows to tiy thr,,uHh tho noghbor-
hood. And you hctter bet &he women
purr CAlIiSN MIGHTY SUDDEN.
Mrs. Jn1nes sAw that the Tutuo wns up. md nj
main MI summer. shu suddenly cut her ylsl
short 4nA dt.uppearo,l ul4ut f!a.r dnys beturt
ay "r tS s"fors W. lvrc! siat 1asss @ q''p n
Htuppsd ior d!nnor witt, II friend or the faniy
nna.r kat!s!s Guy. Mrs. Jntnos went to f1'nIs'
ia"I Tho l"'ulsyI''o pnltco. u sconls that ILL
ls,'!y run shurt Ut mnsey. auu Ahs hui 4, l'sl.p
lna "aual q tho en,vrgsic;, hnwcsor. and i'rovs,
t "ss @ t nsa W eyss Sso SSa. wh 'y,1.
Jenkins ana stuffed that xho wAtltost ntcn hors,
nnl htl9Ey II, take herauf and hcr .wt' chiltlroI
ps "npcsf';co r. 'd I'D drcss @ ts @ Jenks a ahaSt 81.
,,.ist 1n ~ right, est'ss,nliy " sue tad ter sh
,s w, IT, og e sns tas 9Isr x lii i, e. 5 FIX ssr Il x%@f 5
wMsn't necessary. .shn theli stil siie ,nght KEN
[%r 'w ,.ys 5 =; s' sa 'i .: % e d
| lAtH hGturU no utKnn to &hluk thu$