Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-10-17
TRE FATE or TIVE JAMES cARc.
"THE WAGES or SIN n DEATH.

the friends and acquaiutances OF the
gang Of plunderors known as the
james boys and Youngers. To be
sure il has taken a good deal Of pa.
thence and many lives have been sac
rifced, but in the end the majority Of
the men who for years lived in open
defiance Of the law have been made 10
feel its power AMI are now either dead
or in the penitentiary.
Every man named in the following
list was at one time friend, abettor
and associate Of the james boys and
known in connection with Missouri
train and bank robberies.
Bud Mechanics was one Of the gang
who robbed the Kansas Pacific train
at Muucie, seven miles from Kansas
City. lie was arrested on Main st.
Kansas City and for safe keeping was
taken TO Lawrence, Kansas, where he
broke Jail. Being hunted to the
woods he was at last shot by Ger
man farmer and died in the Lawrence
Jail.
Thompson McDaniels was also a
Muncie train robber, with his brother.
lie assisted in the robbery ofthe Hun.
tington, w. Va. bank aud was shot
and killed while fleeing from the off
GERS.
Cole, Jim and Bob Younger were
in numerous train robberies and al
Mortified, Mimi, were captured and
are now serving life sentences in the
Saltwater ponitentiary.
Chas. Pitts, Bill Caldwell and Clel
Miller went from Missouri after tn,
0tterville train robbery, on the Mis-
souri, Pacific. aud were killed at tn,
time Of the Mortified bank robbery.
Hobbs Kerry was one Of the green
horns" engaged in the Otterville train
robbery on the Missouri Pacific road
in 1876. He was sent to the peniten
tiary for ten years.
Clarence Hite, cousin Of jess,
james, was both at the Winston and
Blue Cut robberies. He was betray
ell by Bob Ford, arrested in Tenness
60, plead guilty and was sentenced I,
the penitentiary for twenty FIVE years
Wood Hite was at the Glendale
Winston and Blue Cut robberies, ant
at Glendale was the mysterious Bob
at that time going under the name Of
Robert Grimes. After Blue Cut h
fed to Kentucky. killed an officer aud
returned TO Ray county, Mo-, wher'
in turn he was killed by Bob Ford anC
Dick Liddil.
Ed. Miller, whose brother was kill
ed at Mortified, joined Jesse Jane
in 1877. He was at the FIRST Glen
dale robbery and in the spring of 1888
was murdered by Jesse james Will,
asleep.
Bill Ryan was arrested in Tenness
ee and brought back to Jackson eoun
ty and tried for robbing the Chicago
x Alton train at Glendale aud is nov
serving a twenty five years sentence.
Tucker Basham was also Glen
dale train robber, but was pardone'
that his testimony might be used 4
convict Ryan. He is supposed to hav
been killed near Great Bend, Kas b
a member Of jesse James gang befor
the latter's death.
Dick Liddil was raised in jackson
county and joined JesseJ james in 1877
lie took part in the three followin
train robberies and at Winston wit
Clarence Hite, crawled out upon tn
engine and fired some shots into tn
cab. He surrendered to Sheriff Tin
berlake in January, 1882 and his sui
sequent history is familiar to all. ii
is now awaiting trial for the Muss'
Shoals robbery at Huntsville, Ala.
Charles Ford made his debut as
train robber at Blue Cut aud wa
present at st. Joseph when his brothe
shot and killed Jesse James.
Jack Keene was arrested for pa
ticipating in the Huntington, w. Va
bank robbery when Thomp. McDar
iels was killed. lie is only known b
his alias, Jack Keene, and is serving
fourteen years sentence.
George Shepherd was one of III
gang who robbed the Russellville, Ky
bank in 1868 and being arrested sci
we'd his sentence in States prison |
1879 he claimed to have shot Jes
James in the back of the head, b
the story was false, as has been prove
Shepherd is now living in Kansas [
ty.
Frank james, since the war, h
been an able second to his broth
Jesse, and in all the bank and ira