The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-09-26
FRANK JAMES.
The Present Whereabouts of
the Noted Bandit.
Wandering Through Michigan and
Ohio in Search of the Ford
Boys.

The following appeared as a special tele-
gram from Chicago to the Kansas City
Star of Yesterday afternoon:
Frank James has been seen about the
CITY today and fully recognized by parties
who have known him for years. He rec
oguized and held q long conversation with
Independence, and who served In the con-
federate army with the James BOYS under
Marin aduke. The famous bandit is de-
scribed by bis old army friend and asso-
ciate ss looking very thin and careworn
and is evidently i'm the d. cline OF life.
Frank has been residing in Michigan for
some time past, ard is IN the city ell route
east. liz is not definitely known how lar
east he will gu as that is a secret that he
probably did not contide To- his friend. No
effort was made to arrest james although
HE WAS RECOGNiZED
bv several ami could easily have been
pointed out To- the detectives. Dick Lid
dill recently stated To reliable PERSONS that
Frank James would visi: mi, city and
carry out a long planned We. %: rel erge
by shooting Allen Pinkerton. His pres
ence he r. in connection with Liddirs state
ment has caused considerable excitement
although il is not generally believed that
he will make an attempt To carry out his
threat
AT ADRIAN, MICH.
The Adrian Mich Times of the 18th
publishes an interview with A. ID. Ellis,
merchant oi Biissii-id, who says that while
nj Toledo, Saturday, while waiting for the
Lake Shore west-bound train he met on
the platform no less parsonage than
Frank James.
Frank told him that he had been at To-
lrdo to get even with the Ford boys, bu,
that he had no opportunity. IL had been
ad yertised that play entitled ''The Kill
ing of Jesse James, would be produced in
one oi the low variety dives of the city,
ANA that Bob Ford and his brother would
appear as tue heroes of the thrilling
tragedy. This rescaed the ears of Frank
James, aud he at once visited Toledo Tor
the purpose OF killing the For,!s when
they appeared upon the stage. Reaching
Toledo Frank learned that the boys were
not in the city, and con,equen ~ his
TINE FOR REVENGE
had not vet arrived. D.sa ppointed at not
being able to accomplish the great mission
oi his lie, henceforth the great outlaw
took J. AXE Shore train for thiS city.
Ellis besan q conversation with a keen-eved
stranger during n delay i'm leaving Toledo,
hut Was unable to receive any cordial an.
swer in return. Alter the train started,
Ellis and the stranger occupied the same
seat, and got into conversation, during
which the merchant minated that lie
lived in BIissiield. At this snnounce ment
tine stranger became very communicative
~, mi. cd Eli. fhat H. IL
with several Biissield parties, mentioning
them by maine ana accurately describing
their places ui residence. Al last the
strange: informed Ellis that he was sitting
with Frank James, the great Missouri out
law, on whose head
had been sci, and whose name had pro-
ducvd terror i'm more than one stale. James
intimated that he took ms companion TO-.
a gentleman. hat that any attempt to cause
MS arrest world lead To ,loodsheti, as he
wss constantly under the eye Of me faith
lul cOmpaniOn. An accurate description
of the self-styled bandit corresponds with
the one furnished by Liddil, although The |
Of Ellis w,s somewhat
heavier mau than Frank is said to he.
Frank said To Ellis that the gang had
planned to rob Gilmore's bank a, Blisstield, !
hu, that it WIS tinal,y abandoned because |
the leaders thought but little money would !
be- secured. The plan to rob GiImores
b. nix vas made long before the famous raid |
on Mortified, which, the outlaw SAID, was
badly anaged. Before parting company |
with Ellis, the famous bandit said that he |
Was done robbing trains, bur should haunt |
the Ford boys until he had killed the one !
who slew his brother, whom he styled "as
brave a man aud true gentleman Us ever
walked on Gods earth