The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-05

The killing OF jesse 'ihnt- III u.
Ioseph. No, on Monday, 10y two Of his
former pals the surrender 81 Dick Lit
,lc with the understanding that through
his fundamentally the rest Of the gang
sboud be captured, and the confession OF
John Land. all indicate that this terrible
lend Of outlaws j. forever broken up.
TASD's CONFESSION.
oven at independence on the 3lst ultimo,
in uroyc o. interest at this iuncture.
:. II 2 O'Clock A. VI. two men csme TO
oe. they were John Bugler and Creed
Cbapmsn. and said John. what do you
amt 10 work 30 hard fory We don'twork.
Ian, ,et lots IS money easy Buglcr said.
IIow would you like 10 20 help US to rob
,ra,ny' I said am making forty dollars
- month. and don't believe | will make
more money robbing trains than digging
'Tsn.. Yugler said, II you viii go We
viii insure You nora money i SAID,
.povs. who's going in with you Blu
,lsr aid Jesse James. Frank James,
n,rt Little. James Cummings. Ed.
Miller. Henry Bugler. John MATHS.
Ig,rlie Decrdun. Armstrong, Creed, and
,,r.sY, said all right; | viii 20 in with
1cp cult work ai once, and all three 81
y. .,arted mp the railroad toward Glendale.
ti,er walking a short distance they left me
81 .irlck OF across the country. while |
49,, an ~ Glendale. think it was about
"o'clock when reached the platform Of
49, eaton. went inside and John Mats
~ ~. ,n,re We had a short conversation
-, q drirI which ] wanted 60 Use, and
-, .tenned out Of the depot on to the plat
, ,nsr. and saw a man riding down the
- ,o,,ar,l the DEPOT on large bay horse.
a." a;,.l,eA nj. horse, came up To IL, shook
- ~ 9th Mats. who turning 70 me said
, M fond will introduce you 70 Jesse
James. - Mt ,,.,,,-,a
...,.,., a. ,i,e other end Of the platform and
MA a short conversation. Jesse then came
,,,' n me and said. Mr.. Land, under
mi Won are going In with US 10 rob the
-, to.nighty' | said, YES, SIR Jesse
ssid lave YOU any arnsy' answered,
vs. brcqch-loading rifle He said.
re si,rc and bring Il with YOU. and meet
NJ nj, the crf. back Of Jack Coles farm. as
soon after \ O'Clock a. convenient; come
alone. when you get within 200 or 300
wards 0f The spot signal Us by whlstling
twice: the answer VIII &c once.
then turned and went back home.
Nv folks. except MY brother, who
vas not at home at the time, re-
fired soon after shutdown. He had
no lime-piece. | think my brother got
home alout o'clock. then went to bed
With bim-he on the back and | on the
front side. As near a. | can judge il was
little after when | got up, got down my
rife. and slipping out in my sock-ieet. got
away without rOusing any OF the family.
Tpop arriving M the cut | gave the signal
agreed upon II was answered, and I
,tcpped forward. and was met by Jesse
James Al The old gang were there-six
Of thcm-aud Armstrong and Deerduh. I
who 1 knew before. and who had joined Z
the regular gang o short time before, but ! I
was the only one 81 the neighbOrhOOd boys 4
who had eot there. shortly after Creed I
Chapman and John Bugler gave the signal /.
and came In. Following them came I
John Mats Alone Pretty soon the train /
was heard coming. and Jesse said Boys, 7
we who are older hands at the business I
will stop the train. 20 through the ears. /
and get what there is there. You fellows 1
run along the outside and ire fifteen or /
twenty shots apiece 10 scare the passengers I
Jesse stood upon a pile Of rocks on the I
track and swung a lantern, and the train /
came 70 stop within few feet of the OBJ /
,tructi0u. Chapman, John Bugler, and I
myself stood on the south side Of the track. I
while John Mats and two others were on 4
the other side The first thing they did 4
was 20 break into the express-car. We all 4
had on white masks, and As began at once /
10 fire and the excitement raised, / did not I
notice who II was weRt into the ears. Be- /
fore we had been long at work ] saw a man I
come from The train with a lantern and /
start 10 run east. John Bugler called out : !
Look there What does that means' /
creed Chapman 10 once fired at him. fol- /
lowed 10y Bugler, and took the third shot. (
Just then some one called out from the ,
train. Don't shoot him; he Is going 20 I
tlag the freight After the men in the cars /
got through they came to the head Of the .
engine and were Joined by those on the /
north side, and then al Of them came over /
and Joined Us on the south side.
We all started OF together. went
through the wire fence. and went due south 4
Tor some distance, when we were halted lv I
Jesse james. who said, Bows. its death to !
any man who gives this away: 20 10 your
homes IS though nothing had hapnened.
and meet me on the east fork Of The Blue
next "Wednesday night Zone week from
that night. and we win divide equal We
then separated, and I went home 10 bed
without disturbing The family. went to
WORK next day, taking my gun with me,
ana That Is what gave me away. for some
one saw me and told the officers Of Il. and
when they came 70 where was at work
they found Il and took me and put me in
jail here Independence. We had all
agreed not TO give the thing away. but the
thing got too hot for me. aud so | now tell
the whole story just As il was"