Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-05


a finger off; told Ford to get his brother to
assist him.
Dick Little was sworn: l have seen the
body and recognize 1t as the body Of Jesse
James; have no doubt of it; the general APP
pearance is that of Jesse James; his finger is
off as James was, and recognize the scars
in the side and thigh.
James Finley testified; was not acqqaint-
ed with Jesse James; | went to the house
after the shooting and found two horses;
sent two officers to the Johnsons, as they
were then called; Ford came and acknowledged
the shooting; he described the wounds on the
body, and claimed the man was Jesse James;
Ford told me there were watches and jewelry
at the house; found watches, jewelry, pis-
tolls, cartridges and purse; gave the purse
to Mrs. James; it had some small change in
it, scarf-pin was found, with the marks
rs. w. j."
Mrs. Samuels, mother of Jesse, was called.
As she entered the room all eyes were turned
upon her; men stood in the seats, craned their
necks and used every endeavor to gain view
of the woman who, although the mother OF
an outlaw, had the respect of every one in the
room. She moved with slow step and bowed
head to the witness stand. She Is large
woman with kindly face and eyes and a
rather prominent nose. She was dressed in
black with black straw hat and black veil
that hardly covered her face. When she took
the stand her face had resolute appearance,
but as the examination progressed that disap.
peared and she was very much affected. She
testified that she was the mother OF Jessie
James and she had seen the
body but moment before. els that
the body of your son." asked the
coroner. "It is" she answered, and then
Placing her hands on the heads of the little
son and daughter of Jesse James, who were
standing in front of her, she continued, ''and
these are his
ORPHAN CHILDREN"
As she said this she was moved to tea:s. Mrs.
James was asked to raise her veil, and as she
did so Mrs. Samuels was asked If she recog-
nized her. She answered, that she did>and it
was the widow of Jesse James. Mrs. James
testified that she recognized the preceding
witness as Mrs. Samuels. When Mrs. Samuels
retired from the court room thrilling incl
dent occurred. Dick Little was standing near
the door, and as she neared the opening She
saw him. Her eyes tested on him moment
then she turned upon him with the ferocious-
ness of tiger.
TRAITOR, TRAITOR, TRAITOR"
she exclaimed excitedly, "God will send
avengers on you for this. You are the cause
of all this. Oh, you villain, would rather
be in my poor boys place than in yours"
Little covered like a whipped dog before
the towering rage of the bereaved mother and
turned pale and red by turns. "Idid not hurt
him. he answered; .I thought you knew
who killed him. Mrs. samuels' only answer
was, ooh God! my poor boyl my poor, poor
boy!''
She then retired from the room and the jury
retired to make up verdict.
THE VERDICT.
The jury returned the following verdict:
"We, the jury, find that the deceased is
Jesse James, and that he came to his death by
a pistol shot, in the hands of Robert Ford"
The two Ford brothers are confined in Jail
charged with murder, under warrant sworn
out by Mrs. James. They will not be inter-
viewed and they refuse admittance to all
Corners.
Robert Ford who did the shooting is %
Robert engaged in the detective business in
Kansas City. He soon got his credentials as
detective and engaged in the hunt for Jesse
James. Charles engaged to help. The one
who did the shooting is rather slender, not
over robust. yet wlry and certainly
capable of great endurance as well as being
shrewd and brave. His eyes are sunken and
hazel ofcolor, large restless and piercing.
His forehead is rather bald and high, and lis
udlr is GulD, SuOTU anu OI u llSut oTOWu. llc
wears neat brown suit sack coat. He
would never be sought out ola crowd as a
youth of qualities, worthy of especial notice,
yet he would be taken for man of iron will,
courage of action, and abundance of self con-
troll. His brother Charles is considerably
larger, taller and broader. Hia hair is dark,
eyes hazel, dish-faced, his lower jaw protrudes
and he has decidedly bull dog look,
and is if anything more brutal
Charles would be a bad man in fight. and,
while Robert is perhaps the "slickest" and
the schemer, Charles will come in for cold
blooded and brutal work. The boys are cool,
possessed and move up with firm and solid
head. The city is full of strangers who have
been attracted from every direction by the
news of the tragic death of the notorious out