Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-06
JESSE JAMES.
same interesting Information Re-
rarding That Parsonage His Recog-
milton in south Arkansas by n Prom
iuent Ni.sOurian--His Residence in
ae,dviIie and Vicinity.
Leadyille Democrat.

The subject of the life, deeds and
misdeeds of Jesse James seems to pos
.ess more interest and fascination for
the mass of the people than the histo-
~ of any other man of the times. For
4 the past decade he has occupied more
Il space in the public eye and ELECTED
q more attention from the press of the
a entire country than any other individu-
q n of whatever station in life while he
q mas been the ignis fatuus of the detect
YES and thiefcatchers generally for
I years III twenty sections of the country
as much as was ever Dick Turpin, Paul
i Clifford, or Jack Sheppard in We olden
time In states where he has operated
themere mention of his name is as eff
fectual in soaring unrnly childhood in
to submission rs the threatened advent
4 Of the "bOgie man. Hundreds of
Il stories of his exploits pass rs current
81 Is the dollars of our daddies, which
Hare as marvellous as any recounted in
8the Arabian Nights, and nothing short
&of AIaddin's magic carpet could have
&enabed the greatly magnitied Jesse to
transfer himself to the different scenes
of his cruises rapidly enough to accom-
monate the dates of their commission,
i a. stated by his veracious chroniclers.
! He has been killed and oftener, and
i suffered death il Il greater variety of
ways than any malefaCtor ON record.
These remarks are elected by some
fresh information of his whereabouts,
obtained by Democrat reporter from
gentleman who has arrived in Lead
4 vile from James native state of Mis-
3souri. The gentleman is Mr.. Dan
4 Dougherty, of Independence, Mo, a
Imam of wealth and afluence, and
4 prominently identified with politics in
4 his native state. Mr.. Dougherty was
Informally a resident of Clay county,
n Aissouri, where the James boys began
Atheir career of lawlessncss, and where
they first became known to the world.
81 Mr.. DOugherty left his home some
time since and started for Leadville,
with the intention of making investi-
3ration into the mines in this district,
with Il view of investing some of his
ii mple wealth where so many millions
~ ave been produced il so short time.
~ Tearing mention, while en- route to
n his city, of the immense mineral re-
Sources of the country in the vicinity
H. f South Arkansas, he concluded to
4top over ut that point for a short time
8or the purpose of examining some
8ninng property which had been
Brought TO his notice. After the ac-
omplishment of his purpose, he pre-
AIRED to resume his journey, and it
RaS while seated on box on the plat
orm Of the depot that Mr.. Dougherty
~ pas brought once more lace to face
#@S nth the man he had once known fam
|sz ary. and with whose history he was
= Ultimately acquainted. He was
n wkened from reverie by observing
N Women walking rapidly toward the
pot where he was seated. One o the
wo men scrutinized him keenly, and,
Nhen, while ostensibly addressing his
companion, though undoubtedly talk
ng at Mr. Dougherty, said: why in
! do you suppose the package don't
omc? our pals amt dom the square
hing; but, you can bet yer life, we'll
balance the account when we meet"
he voice Immediately struck Mr..
poughertv as familiar, and, hastily ris-
4. ng, confronted the man whom he had
ot seen for years. but whose identity
u ashed upon him almost instantly.
d eSSe confessed to having recognized
n hc gentleman as native of his former
lone, and mad employed his abrupt
3pproach an inquiry simply as a ruse
|4o attract his attention and obtain a
e5ccognition. Jesse Immediately in
ST. ulred, with visible emotion, after the
Il efare of his old mother, Mrs. Sam
Il els, for whose happiness and comfort
Is solicitude has gained for him the
imirariOn and sympathy of hundreds
noble hearts throughout the west,
nd in his native county his name has
most become a synonym for iilial af-
antion. His mother, it will beremem-
cred, lost her arm at the time of the
lDl on her house by the 'kansas Jay
lwkers. in Osceola, Kan. In recall
ag this terrible misfortune to his moth
Jesse was affected to tears, and in
u liged IN some threats against the
n erpeTatorS of the outrage, which
u Omlng rom a man Of his known de-
II animation, were not without certain
mount of terror. He said he had
ONE TO this country with the hope of
scaping detection by the authorities,
nd of being able to gain an honest sub
,tence and competence for his moth
? in her old age.
1t has been an open secret in Lead
lie for the past two or three months
ut the James boys and two or three
ore of the gang have been mining
the vicinity Of Leadville, and have
,ted this city numbers of times for
nnLles. atc. A number of detectives