Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-10-14
WHOLE NO. 2,444.
FRAEK JAMES
The Surrender Of the Rote5 Outlaw to tho
Missouri Authorities.

fhS oHFfeHder oT fbe H0fe9 Outlaw 10 fhl
Missouri Authorities
(. HiS Qmst Life on Farm Near Nashville
D KANSAS CITY, Oct g. In accord
t ance with a dispatch received from
) Gov. Crittenden last night, a party
Z, including Prosecuting Attorney
5 Wallace, Marshal Murphy. who
/ carried the warrant, Sheriff Timber.
! lake, of Clay county, and Police
| Commissioner Craig, left the city
) early this morning to meet the Gov
ernor's Secretary, with Frank
} James in charge, in Independence,
the county seat OF this county.
: From Independence a number Of
reporters of the Western ASsOciat-
cd Press, were on thc road, and met
the incoming train at Pleasant Hill.
On the train We're Mr.. Farr, Gov.
Crittenden's Secretary, and Frank
James, accompanied by Mai. John
Edwards, of Sedalia. At the Sta
tion was an anxious crowd at the
car windows and filling the aisle
inside, eager for glimpse Of the
man, who, for twenty years, has
apparently defied the law. Once
here and several times along the
route James was
RECOGNIZED BY OLD LDCoNFEDERATEs
men who had known him in guer-
rilla days. He had evidently
changed much in appearance, as
none of them recognized him until
he had been pointed out. James is
five feet nine inches in height, OF
spare build, with rather thin face
and prominent check bones, light
blue eyes, small blonde mustache
and hair somewhat dark. His com
plexion is that OF man who has
been sometime in confinement,
weight 125 pounds. His manner
and quiet talk Is that Of man in
the ordinary walks of life. His
dress is altogether unobtrusivc, his
only jewelry being gold watch
and chain. In an Interview he
stated to an Associated Press re-
porter that although receiving no
promise of clemency from Gov. Crit
tenden, he had
AT LAST NERVED HIMSELF
to an act which he had long con-
templated, and surrendered himself
to the State. He is confident that
If he he tried on any single charge
he will not be convicted, and al
though having received no prom
ises, he seems to hope that in case
of conviction, clemency will be
shown him, because of his volunta-
ry action. He says his desire is To
lead hereafter a quiet life with his
family, and instead OF an outlaws
life, 10 aid in the protection OF the
State against criminals. He declar-
ed that from April, 1877, until April
1881, he lived with his wife on re-
tired farm in Tennessee,
NEAR NASHVILLE.
This, he asserts, he can prove by
staunch business men of Nashville.
Regarding his whereabouts since
April, 1881, no il silent, but says,
however, that he read the news OF
the shooting Of Jesse in the New
York Herald the morning of its
publication, indicating he was I'm
that vicinity, and admits that he
has been east of the Alleghanics
and in Kentucky during the past
year. Regarding the various crimes
charged to rim, he declines to speak,
thinking this not the proper time,
but declares he has been much ma
ligned that he has never written
the letters which appeared in print
and never threatened vengeance for
his brothers death.
As the train swept through the
timbered country James spent much
of the time looking cut of the win
dows. Pointing toward the wood.
ed hills and thickly grown PASTURES
he remarked "Thats a mighty
good
USHWHACKING COUNTRY
know every foot of that ground.
Many a time have watched from
those hills and seen the soldiers pass
up and down."
AT the stations all along the way
from Jefferson City, MIR. Farr sta
ted, the same strained interest was
manifested, and the depot platforms
were crowded with peOple-men,
women and children. Speaking OF
the
SCENE At JEFFERSON CITY.
Yesterday, Mr.. Farr said: 1t was
one of strange history conn ected
Herewith, long to be remembered.
The voluntary prisoner was the
coolest man in the hall where the
Governor, surrounded By q number
of officials, received him-a man
who has lived for years, moving
about through the heart of the coun-
try, with an enormous price on his
head. lie bears the mark OF many
a battle He has seventeen sears To
show for as many wounds. lie has
been twice shot through the body
with minnie balls.
MEETING WITH HIS FAMILY.
The last member Of the most ro-
markable gang of bandits that ever
infested the country, he comes at
last voluntarily to place himself
within the hands of the law. When
the train reached Independence the
crowd fell back. On the meeting
of James with his mother, wife and
child, a boy OF four years, Mrs.
Samuels wept aloud, and her sons
eyes were wet. The wife seemed to
think only OF the joy Of meeting her
husband again, The child looked
from his fathers
shoulders on the scene. The wait
ing officers joined the party, which
then drove TO the courthouse.
With all the sentiment which
necessarily surrounds history so
and an event 80 dramat-
c, there rests the conviction among
,itizens generally that the law
should take its impartial course and
ustice be metcd as seems best.
The feeling expressed, however,
mas nothing Of open violence, and
here is no possible danger Of an at
.empt In that direction.
IT was found impossible 10 hold
he examination, to-day. Conse-
Iuently James was taken 10 tho
iotel. Two indictments have been
against him in this county
or about Il year, one for completely
n the murder of young Witches,
near Liberty, in 1874, and the other
IN account of the Blue Cut train
The Criminal court does
lot sit regularly for some time, but
Judge White will probably give
rearing upon the indictments In
chambers next week. James was,
his evening, removed TO cell in
he Jail at Independence, and will
here remain until the court grants
hearing, and no formal proceed
ngs will be held this week. an
immense crowd remained about the