Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-12
End OF a Notorious Outlaw.

End Oh a Notorious Outlaw
Tremendous excitement was caused at st.
Joseph, Mo-. on the Sd inst, by the announce
ment that jesse James, the notorious bandit
and robber had been killed at his temporary
residence in that city. The news spread with
great rapidity and crowds of people soon as
sembled at the little frame shanty il the south
western part of the city where lay the dead
body of the notorious freebooter whose name
had grown to be terror IN the southwest. The
shooting. which was done 10y Charles and
Robert Ford, who had long been intimates of
James, was accomplished in cowardly man
ner, and although the country is well rid of a
dangerous character by their act, fair-mnded
people cannot but harbor contempt for the
Fords.
Jesse James and wife arrived in st. Joseph
in November last, since which time tbev lived
quietly in the little house where the tragedy
was enacted The Ford boys occupied room
in the rear of the house, and while they pro-
fessed friendship and loyalty to their chief. and
even planned with him to rob bank at Platte
City, they had a secret understanding to kill
Jesse since last fall and thus secure the
$50, 900 reward offered by the state of Missouri
for the body of the outlaw, either dead or alive.
The opportunity presented itself on the morn
ing of the Sd inst Breakfast had just been
eaten and Charles Ford and Jesse James had
been in the stable grooming their horses pre-
paratory to then nights ride. On returning to
the house james complained of the heat and
Invested himself of his vest and belt which COR
tanned two revolvers and a quantity of cart
ridges. He then picked up a buster, stepped
up on chair and commenced busting picture
which hung on the wall, his back being turned
to the FOrds. Both Robert and Charles I'M
mediately drew their weapons, but the former
was the quickest and sent ball crashing
through their chiefs brain. Mrs. James, who
was in the kitchen, Immediately rushed to her
stricken husband and was loud IN her lamenta-
tons. MIS-. James acknowledged her hus-
bands identity, saying that she long expected
the tragic event which would make her
widow. ring taken from the dead mans
finger, marked 'EJesse James is also taken as
convincing evidence that the deceased is none
other than the famous bandit. The Ford boys
Immediately surrendered themselves to the
sheriff and made a statement of their action.
They said they had been on James track for
long time. 1t is believed they were with James
in some Of his exploits and were influenced to
kill James by the heavy rewards offered.
MurderOus Deeds.
Thomas Fishburn, farmer near Grafton,
O., who had been immured in the insane
asylum, killed his wife with stick of wood and
disappeared on the 18th inst. Next morning he
was found dead in nelghboring field, having
slain himself with knife.
At Surrey County, Va, on the 9Th inst, Mrs.
Gray and Mrs. Jones we're fatally poisoned by
drinking coffee in which arsenic had been
placed by some unknown person.
Patrick Shelley, of HopkintOn, Mass, while
laboring under fiji of dependency on the 18th
inst, chopped off the head of his sixteen-year
old boy.
Joseph Heis, an Allegheny City, Pa saloon
keeper, murdered his wife on the 7th and at
tempted suicide.
A mob broke open the Jail at Winfield, West
Va, on the 9Th inst, and took therefrom a
negro named Joseph Smith, who outraged
white woman. After extorting confession from
the prisoner they hung him to a tree.
Developments since the slaughter of Jesse
James have led to the discovery of the body of
Wood Hite in spring near Richmond, Mo. Lit
is believed that Dick Little and Robert Ford
were concerned in the murder.
Theo. Gebhard, drunken brute, living IN
New York city, Drained his nine-year-old son
with a hammer, on the 9th inst, because he re-
fused to go for beer. The miserable wretch
then cat his own throat and died.
Soldiers entered Jews liquor store at Dou-
bra, Russia, ON the 9Th inst, and quarrelled
with the proprietor, whom they killed. They
then murdered two sons and an infant. They
wound up their orgie by outraging the mother
and the daughter and plundering the house.
At New Albany, Ind, on the 9th inst, Lee A.
Beercham, assistant superintendent of street
car company, had an alteration with driver
named Chas Chapman, and shot him fatally.
Near Marengo, Kansas, on the 9th, Chas.
Mcmillan, Scotchman, killed Nellie Lapham,
daughter of his employer, and then suicided.
Patrick Meehan, the FIRST settler in the town
of Glencoe, Buffalo County, Wis, was found
dead in the streets of Arcadia, on the morning
of the 9Th inst, shot through the body and
with bad bruise ON his right temple, Meehan
and companion named Olson, were in town
electioneering and were returning home, be-
fuddled with liquor, when the shooting oc-
CURED. The affair is wrapped in mystery.
Richard Long, elias Jimso n, who outraged
three year-old girl at Kokomo. Ind, Ind, was
taken from jail, on the night of the Sd inst, by
band of masked men, and hung. His last
words were Hang me decent"
At station near Marquette, Mich. an I'M
known man murdered his mistress and then
killed himself Both bodies were discovered in
their hut.
A Bohemian named Joseph Jonas shot his
wife dead on the streets of Omaha, Neb., on
the Sd inst, and then shot himself through the
heart. Domestic infelicity.