Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1881-08-13

vengeance. OuGlaWry mas Deon Crlou III
Indiana, in Illinois, in Minnesota, and
other states where the authority hap
pened to be in the hands OF the republic
cans, and it has never been repeated"
But 1t would tire the patience OF Job
to see papers published here in Mis-
souri, lndorsing this kind OF talk, and
like the Globe. Democrat still holding
the state government and people OF
Missouri responsible tor sort ot SYM
pathizlng toleration of notorious gang
OF robbers and murderers, who are
falsely spoken of as having homes and
finding safe asylum in this state.
Now, II this imputation Is true, it DIS
graces the 10000 republicans OF Mis-
souri, 40 much as it disgraces the demo-
Gratis. and it disgraces the republican as
much as it does the democratic admin
istrations of our state government. For
while the republicans ruled Missouri
with rod OF iron during the war, and
alter the war to 1871, they neither killed
nor captured any of the James and
Younger gang, nor were their outrages
prevented or punished. These despera-
does pillaged, burned and murdered in
more ir, quent raids during the war than
since. anu did 1t under the very noses of
federal garrisons and scouting cavalry.
1t they can be said to have made their
homes.ln Missouri and found safe har-
Dor here at any time since the war, 1t
was under republican administrations
Just after the war.
The fact is that they do not live here,
and have been known by sight to q very
few OF our present population since the
war broke out twenty years ago while
they we're mere children. 1t is we'll
known that they live in hiding places in
wilds OF the Indian Territory and Wes-
tern Texas, and that they prefer to make
raids in western Missouri, because their
knowledge OF the country enables them
to pounce upon train or bank unex.
pectedly and escape by 80 many secluded
routes that they are safe, from pursuit
before their trail cdn be found and fol-
lowed very far.
They have robbed trains and banks in
Iowa and Kansas with the same success
that has attended their exploits in Mis-
souri,. The ill-success they met with IN
Minnesota was simply due to the fact
that they struck the bank in N0rth6eld
at time when the streets Uf the town
happened to be full Of armed men re-
turning from chicken hunts. Though
they were fred upon, two OF their num-
ber killed and several wounded, yet one
of the Jameses escaped and took his
wounded brother to place Of safety in
spite OF the fact that the whole country
was raised to intercept their flight.
Facts like these show That this band is
composed Of men exceptionally fitted
and trained tor their business, and who
conduct it with q system OF tactics
against which ordinary. precautions and
legal machinery are Of no avail. That
they will be eventually exterminated,
We have no doubt, but not by the ordi-
nary hue and cry OF the county officers;
and not by any power which Asy stete
governor in this Union can now exercise. !.
When 1t IL done, Il viii be done bT pro.
cesses not previously recorded in the
papers. The men who extermlnate them
must strike as unexpectedly as they do.
In the meantime, pufsuers are assapt
to find them in Illinois, Kansas, Oolora-
do or Nebraska, IS in Missouri. They.
recognize this as the most unsafe place
on earth for them. At one time the re-
wards offered Tor them in this state
amounted to $75. 900. No resident gang
OF cut throats and robbers has ever held
q reign of terror over any section OF
Missouri as long as the Reno boys ruled
southern Indiana under republican gov
ernors and county officers.