Morris tribune., 1882-04-13

ben samuels a respectable citizen, and he is still
under her dominion. At the breaking out OF the
rebellion Frank and Jesse James ..r@ .-
JOINED QUANTRELLS s BAND
of guerillas and TO eminence by reason Of
their personal hardihood and daredevil reckless
ness. They We're absolutely regardless of life,
either their own that of any one else, and in
sequence Of their ability and daring they were each
to the command of company.
After the killing of Quantrell and the dis
banding Of bis force in 1865. the James boys
retur ned to their home in Missouri, where they
lived quietly for two years. when. having effected
sort of partnership with the Younger brothers who
were also with Quantrell, and others OF that ilk.
they entered the business OF wholesale robbery on
a MAGNIFICENT scale. lu the fall of 1868 the party
went to the Lexington lhy races. On their jour-
ney home they stopped at Russelylle, NY, where
they robbed bank of $l4, 900, and Went to Texas,
where they invested in stock, and remained quies.
cent until the following year. In 1864 the bank Of
Gailatin. Mo-. was robbed OF $1,000 by the James
and Younger boys. The following spring the
James and Younger boys and others rode into the
town of Corydon. H., in the forenoon. dtsmounted,
walked into the bank aud while three OF their num-
Der kept the cashier. the only person IN the bank
Quiet the others went through the safe for several
thousand dollars. The robbers were pursued into
Missouri but none were caught They again
went TO Texas, where after COM
mitting several murders they were
OBLIGED TO FLEE FOR SAFETY.
In the fall of 1870 they robbed the Columbus
bank in the day time, numbering the cashier. In
1872 Jesse James robbed the treasurer of the
hauSaS OlIy lalT. 1ue uOuSY WAS plaCSu III u SACK
carried by one Of the party, and they rode calmly
down Twelfth street in full view of the popuace.
The cheek displayed can only be appreciated when
the fact is taken into consideration that there were
at the least calculation 10000 people on the
grounds, and men were passing in and out the gate
every minute. Their next exploit was the
robbery Of the bank at Sainte Genevleve
which was entered in broad daylight, the OFF,
GERS covered with revolyers and the safe emp
tied Of it's contents The next month, June
1878, the James boys left Kansas City where
they had been several weeks, and went TO a
small town this side of Council Bluffs, where
they were joined by the Younger brothers. On
the 2lst of the month they displaced a rail,
threw the train from the track, creating ter
rible confusion The engineer and fireman
we're both killed and several passengers Sc
verely injured Every dollar in the express
car, beside quantity of bullion were carried
awav Officers Of the law secured the country
for weeks with the customary result The
next December the boys again showed up in
front Of stage which ran between Malvern
and Hot Springs The passengers. in
stead Of going to Hot Springs. returned to
Malvern to telegraph for remittances. Two weeks
atterward, in January, 1874. an express train was
stopped at Gads Hill on the Iron Mountain roae.
the ordinary formality gone through with, and
81 900 taken from the safe. No one was killed.
Pinkerton was to work up the case, and German
detective named Witcher detailed for the duty.
Witcher went to Clay county in the disguise of an
emlgr2nL ana GppDeU employment ae q 1afm
hand on Mrs. Samuels' farm. He was refused
work and the following day was found shot full of
holes. card on his breast bearing the following in
scrption: This shall be the fate of all OF Pinker-
tons detectives who come into Missouri" Shortly
afterward Capt. Lull. one of Pinkerton's men, to-
gether with several others. ran the Younger broth
ers to earth in Monaghan's woods In southwestern
Missouri desperate battle followed,in which
J ohm Younger was killed and jim seriously wound
ed. Sheriff Daniels Of st. Clair county was shot
dead and Lull mortally wounded.
Shortly afterward Daniel Askew. Of Liberty, a
we'll known and popular young man, who had guild
ed the detectives to the James farm. was carried
from his house and shot dead by Jesse James.
In the spring Of 1875 the Muncie robbery, six
miles out Of the city, on the Kansas Pacific road
occurred. The express car was entered, the mes
senger intimidated and the safe robbed of upwards
or S25 1000. while the train was in motion. After
securing the wealth the robbers pulled the bell cord
jumped of, and got away as usual. July 7. 1876,
a Missouri PACIFIC train was robbed at Otterville,
PettlS county. Fifteen thousand dollars were tax
Oh from the safe and the robbers. with their usual
good fortune. escaped.
THE NoRTHF1ELD RAID.
In August, 1876, the James boys, the Enree
Youngers, and three Of their companions went to
Mankato. Mimi, where they remained for SEINE
time, purchasing the best saddle horses that were
to be found in the neighborhood. They claimed to
be upon hunting expedition Bill Chadwell, who
from the Indian Nation, was an outlawed horse
thief from Minnesota, and was undoubtedly the
originator of the fatal journey which ended in the
almost total determination of the entire party.
There were plenty OF banks in Missouri and Iowa
as easy of access as the one at Northfeld and
Chadwell must have used some powerful incentive
to draw the James boys and Youngers on that
fated trip, SO far from home. into country Of the
topography of which they knew nothing. Chad
we'll and one of the Youngers were sent IN advance
Of the others several days 10 reconnoter, the main
body Of the expedition leaving Clay county. Mis-
souri,, some time during August, 1876. Cole,
Jim, and Bob Younger. Jesse and Frank
James. Clell Miller, Charlie Pitts. and Chad
well comprised the party, the same who operated
so successfully at OtterVille. At little station
near Northfeld the eight desperadoes held consul-
taion on September 6, and on the afternoon of the
9TH they entered the last named town at a furious
pace, shooting their revol7ers right and left in
their horses on dead run, the party halted di-
recty in front of the bank. While Frank and Jesse
James and Bob Younger entered, the other five
remained outside to guard against attack. J. l..
Hayward, the cashier, and two clerks were in the
institution at the time. For refusing to open the
time lock Jesse James sent ball into Hayward g
brain. Meantime the citizens the street realized
what was going on, and opened fire on the robbers
Chadwell was shot from his horse by man from
the court house window, just opposite the bank
and in few seconds Clell Miller, who had escaped
dozens of times in Missouri, was also killed. By
this time
THE FIRING BECAME GENERAL
ana Jesse James was in the tightest place OF hi.
life. Jim Younger had bullet in his mouth an6
tire six succeeded in mounting their horses and es.
Gaping from the town. Then became fight and
pursuit which for persistence and endurance is al
most without parallel The robbers were in
strange and unknown country, followed by fifty
armed men. When it was seen that the chase wa.
to be to the death proposition was made to sepa.
rate. Before this time Jesse James wanted Bot
Younger killed as the blood from his wound made q
plain trail. but Cole Younger would not allow It,
and said he would kill the first man who dared lay
finger on his wounded brother Jesse and FRANK
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three Youngers and Charlie Pitts remained in .
body. AS on all previous occasions luck followed
the James boys for while they escaped after being
pursued nearly 500 miles. the Youngers were shot
down and captured, and Pitts was killed. The
three former were terribly wounded before they
would surrender, and are now serving life sentences
in the Minnesota penitentiary at Saltwater.
Jesse and Frank James, after being chased fol
weeks, succeeded In reaching Texas, and at Waco
Frank had surgical operation performed on his
leg in consequence OF the bullet he received al
Northfeld. The wound was SO many days withou,
care that 1t made Frank q cripple for life.
THEIR LATEST EXPLOITS.
On the 9TH of October, in 1879, three years after
the famous Glendale robbery occurred, the spoil.
estimated from $4,000 to 100000. After this
one of the gang named Sheppard claimed to have
killed Jesse James, but 1t now transpires that ht
tried to put up job the authorities, being Sec
onded by James. to secure the reward offered fol
for that purpose. During 1879 and 1880 It Il
thought the bandit brothers were in Baltimore. II
the fall Of 1880 the robbery Of coach near Nam
moth Gave, KY was ascribed to them, but since the
Empire City affair, which flashed in the pan, moth
ing definite has been known of them until the Win.
ston robbery and the robbery Of the train at Blue
Cut, near Independence, which was the last exploi
Of this redoubtable robber, and which has beer
fully described by the confession OF young Laird.
The Dead outlaw.
KANSAS CRY, April 4.--The death of Jesse
James, the real great Missouri bandit, is now
beyond question fact Gov. Crittenden
arrived here this morning and says posi-
lively that it is he, and that his death is the
result of an understanding between the au-
thorities and Bob Ford who killed him, and
Dick Little who surrendered to Sheriff Timber
lake at the same time Ford did. The inquest
at St Joseph was concluded at noon to-day.
Mrs. Samuels, mother of Jesse James, his
wife, Dick Little and Sheriff Timberlake iden-
tilted the body, and during the proceedings
Mrs. James and Mrs. Samuels made highly
sensational scene, attacking Dick Little and
calling all manner Of curses down upon him
for having conspired to betray his leader.
The coroner'a jury returned verdict OF
MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
against Ford, and the authorities of Buchanan
county refuse to give him up. The body OF
Jesse James will probably be taken to the old
farm near Kearney, Clay county, for burial.
The confirmation of James death has created
Q profound sensation in western Missouri, and
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