Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-04-08
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Jesse James Shot Dead. 81
The shooting of the daring out /
law, jesse James, by the Ford /
brothers, two of his pals, at ST Jo-
seph, Mo-, on last Monday. as might |
have been expected. created no lit |
tie excitement in Missouri, Ken
lucky and other States which have !
been the scene of nost of his bold /
robberies. The details OF his horrid i
death have formed almost the chief
topic of conversation during the |
week, among all who have ever
heard (and who in this country has
not of his wonderful and desperate
career. 1t did seem strange indeeii
that man over whose body, dead
or alive, rewards aggIegating nearly
fifty thousand dollars daily hung,
should have gone on for years in
his unequaled career of robbing
banks and railroad trains, and the
strong arm of the law powerless 10
check his career. The treachery of
an accomplice, who turned assassin,
has at last put an end to his mar
Vicious life of rapine and outlawry.
That he is dead viii doubtless bring
a sense of relief TO all law-loving
people, but the brave and human
cannot help but feel Il sense of re-
volt at the cowardIy planncr Of his
taking off. We give the particulars
of his death.
ST.. JOSEPH, April "a great
sensation was created in this city
this morning by the announcement
that Jesse James, the notorious ban
dit and train robber, had been shot
and killed mere in St. Joseph. The
news spread with great rapidity,
but most people received it With
doubts until investigation eStab-
lished the fact beyond question.
Then the excitement became more
and more intense and crowds of
people rushed to that quarter of the
city where the shooting took place,
anxious to view the body OF the
dead outlaw and to learn the par
ticularS.
In small frame shanty, in tho
southeast part of the city, on the
hill, not far from the Worlds Ho-
tel, jesse James has lived with his
wife, Lucie, since some time in No
vember last. Robert and Charles
Ford, two of his gang, have made
their headquarters at his house, and
Charles, it is said has lived with
| him in that shanty ever since No
vember. Robert arrived about ten
days ago, and the three have been
making preparations for Il raiding
expedition, on which they were to
start tonight. james and the two
Fords being in the front room to-
gether about 8 O'Clock this morning,
the former took off his belt and laid
his pistols on the bel, preparing to
wash himself, when Robert Ford
sprang up behind him and sent n
bullet through his brain.
The ball entered the back of his
! head at the base of the right brain,
coming out over the eye. The Ford
brothers ut once made known what
! they had done, and gave them
selves up. They are now under
guard at the Courthouse. The body
of Jesse James was conveyed to an
undertaker'S, where il was prepared
for burial, and where il photograph
! was taken.
James wife has telegraphed to
his mother the news of his death.
4 number of men have identified
the body, and there is no question
of il being jesse James. y Herald
reporter reviewed the body ut the
undertaker's, where it was being
photographed. He was Il fine-look-
ing man, apparently forty years
old, with broad forehead, and his
physiognomy was that OF an intel
Iigent, as well as Il resOlute and dar-
ing man.
The house where James lived and
in which he was killed has the APP
pearance of an armory. a number
of guns and pistols, including re-
peating rifle, Il needle-gun, navy re-
volVers. with a good store of ami
nItlon, We're found there. Jesse
James was in the habit of wearing
two belts, with brace of very fine
reVOlverS and twenty-five extra
cartridges. In Il small stable near
by were discovered several fine
horses, the property of James.
The Ford brothers claim that they
are detectives, and that they have
been on James track for long
time. 1t is believed that they were
with James in the Blue-cut robbery,
and that they were influenced in
killing him by Il hope of getting the
big reward which had been offered
for james, dead or alive, by the
Government and by the express and
railroad companies.
KANSAS CITY, April 3.-The
news of the killing of jesse James
created intense excitement in this
city, although generally treated
with incredulity, and even at this
| late hour many unbelievers can be
| found. This afternoon as soon as
! the news was received here, Police
Commissioner Craig left for st. Jo-
seph with heavily armed posse Of
men, to guard the body of James
and afford protection for the man
who killed him. AT the police sta
ton it was learned that Bob Ford,
| Il young man who had been hanging
| about the station for several weeks
| past, was the person who shot and
killed Jesse James. Ford left this
city about Il week since and joined
James in the vacinity of St. Joseph,
remaining with hin until an Oppor-
| tunity to kill him was found. From
the police it Is learned that Ford,
who is said to be Il member of the
| gang, was under the control of
| Craig, and has been used as an in
strument for James destruction.
Ford is young man about twenty
| two years old and looked like a YER
dant youth from the country. In
appearance he is mere boy, and is
| the last person in the world to be
taken rs the slayer of the famous
! outlaw.