Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-04-04
JESSE JAMES AlLLED.
Only Two Of the Missouri Train Robbers at
Large.

JESSE JAMES hlLLED.
Only Two Of the Missouri Train Robbers at
Large.
In a small frame shanty in the south
east part of St. Soseph, Mo, on the hill,
not far from the Worlds hotel, Jesse
James has lived with his wife since some
time in November last. Robert and
Charles Ford, two Of his gang, had their
headquarters at his house. Charles, it is
| said, has lived with him in the shanty ever
since November Robert arrived about
| ten days ago, and the three have been
making preparations for a raiding expedi-
tion on which they were to start last night.
James and tue two Fords were in the
front room together about Q o'clock Mon
day morning. James took off his belt
and laid his pistol on the bed, prepar-
ing to wash himself, when Robert Ford
| sprang up behind him and sent bullet
through his brain. The Ford brothers at
| once made known what they had DONE,
and gave themselves up. They are now
under guard at the courthouse. A look
| at the body while it was being photo
graphcd at the undertaker's showed that
he was a tinelooking man, apparently 40
years old, with broad forehead, and his
| physiognomy was that of all intelligent as
we'll as q resOlute aud daring man. The
house where James lived and in which he
was killed has the appearance of an armory.
A number of guns and pistols, including a
repeating rifle, a needle gun and navy re-
volvers, with a good store of ammunition,
were found there. Jesse was in the habit
of wearing two belts, with a brace of very
fine revolvers and twenty-five extra car
tridges. In 2 small stable near the house
were discovered several very fine horses,
the property of James.
The Ford brothers claim that they arc
detectives, and that they have been On
James track for long time. 1t is be-
lieved they were with James in tho Blue
fluenced in killing him by the hope of get
ting the big reward which has been offered
for James, dead or alive, by the governor
and by the express and railroad compa-
MES.
But two Of the band Crank James and
Jim Cummings are now ut large.
| AMERICANS IN BRITISH PRISONS
A Great Indignation Meeting In Now York.
| a great mass meeting was held in
Cooper Institute, Now York, last night, to
protest against the action of the English
government in OBTAINING American citizens
in English prisons. The hall was crowded
to its utmost, and thousands were unable
gain admission. On tho platform were
many ladies and number of Catholic
clergyman. Mayor Grace presided, and
Patrick Ford was secretary. Addresses
wero made by the mayor, Representative
S. S. Cox, ex-Speaker Randall, Represen-
tative Godlove s. Octh, Of Indiana,
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sentative Lord Of Michigan. Congress
General Roger A. Pryor, General Samuel
+. Cary. of Ohio. and Congressman Rob.
inson of New, York. Resolutions were
adopted declaring the disgust of the meet
ing at the sycophancy of Minister Lowell !;
that the honor of the nation demands his
recall that England is still an enemy, her
professions of friendship being hollow
pretence that "the present is not all
Irish or an English question, but decided
]y an American question:" and request
the president, Gin compliance with the
duties imposed upon him, to demand the
release of the American citizens now un-
Justly deprived of their liberty" Let
tiers and dispatches were read from
Tilden, Conkling, Seymour, Herman and
others sympatizing with the meeting and
its objects.
! The Two Sunken Steamers.
The Douro had on board ESQ, 900 in spe.
Gle. Her crew numbered 81. The loss of
life would have been much greater if the
collision had occurred earlier on her voy-
age, as 175 passengers from Brazil were
landed at Lisbon. It is known that of
those on the Douro, the captain, four off,
GERS, the first and second engineers and
four passengers arc among the drowned.
The Liverpool agents Of the Yrurac Bat
state that she had only nine steerage pass
engers, all of whom were Spanish and were
saved. A dispatch from the agent of
Lloyds at Corunna, Spain, says the consul
and his family, from Pernambuco, were
saved. The name of the consul is not
given.
Thirty two persons are missing from the
Douro and nineteen from the Yrurao Bat.
Beating Out Baby's Brains.
About 3 O'Clock, seven miles east of
Knoxville, William Vance murdered his 8
year-old stepdaughter by crushing the
child's skull against the floor. The child
was in bed with it's mother and father and
became fretful during the night. Vance
got out of patience, jumped up seized the
child by its hair and beat.its head on the
floor until it's skull was crushed to pieces.
The screams of the mother brought two