The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-09-19
JESSE JAMES SLAYER.
The Bandit Who Subscribed FOL
Five Newspapers.
And Read the Accounts Of His
Misdeels With Pleasure.

From the Cincinnati Inquirer.
The Ford brothers arrived in tOwr
Yesterday morning. and will appear
on the boards at the Vine Street
rpera-house tonight i'm a drains
written for them. entitled the Out.
laws of Missouri" Naturally there il
much curiosity to see them. but those
who expect to look upon two swagger
ing buliies of the border ruffian type
will be greatly disappointed if their
behavior on the stage answers to their
appearance in private life. They Are
quiet, modestIy behaved young men,
neither rough nor rustic in their car.
riage, use fairly correct English. above
that of the average city boy, and are
very mild of countenance. The elder,
Charles, who is twenty-four years old,
seems rather weak, and is retiring in
disposition, and allowed his brother to
do most of the talking in an interview
with hum yesterday. His appearance
betokens iIi-health. His younger
brother, Robert. is 90. His COM
pIexinn is smooth and. clear. and his
expression frank aud boyish. On the
whole he is quite a handsome boy.
and if seen amid number of average
boys of his age, would be accounted a
nice, quiet, good HUNDRED lad. The
nerve that is in the boys is expressed
principally in the lines about the
mouth of the younger.
Have you any fear OF Frank
james,"
Il don't think Frank James is in
the country. believe he has gone
to England. He talked last fall as
though he was about going to Eng
land. Shortly after Jesse was killed l.,
Franks wife came from Lynchburg,
Va, where they had been living.
You see that was the way they did.
when they had to leave any part of
the country because it was too hot for
them they left suddenly. and their
wives arranged their affairs for them.
teen packed up and went home for a
while. So when Franks wife showed
herself We knew Frank had taken the
alarm. We knew he was not in Mis-
souri,, for We worked faithfully TO find
whether he was there, and could find
no trace of him. We are not afraid
of him doing US any harm, unless one
of US should happen to meet him.
then the best man would be- the quick
est. But We are not afraid of any,
unless it is some cranks who would
like to gain some notOriety."
Said Bob Ford. speaking of the
bandits habits: "Jesse James always
hid in the cities. Whenever he COM
mitted one of his robberies ne always
made for the nearest town, and lived
quietly until the search for him was
over. If he lai gone to the
bush he would have been captured.
But while they were looking in the
woods for him he was in town under
an assumed name, reading the papers
and keeping himself informed After
a robbery he always tried to get the
newspapers and read an account of it;
so he always found out who the officers
were who were after him, and laughed
at the steps taken to capture him..
He wasn't known in St Joe then. J"
"No one knew him in St. Joe. He
rented house there and was living
quietly with only his wife and children
and Charley with him. The next
norning after the Blue Cut robbery,
near Independence, he was at home
reading the papers. While he was
sitting there at the open window, with
his feet on the window sill. reading a
newspaper account of the affair, lot
of officers went by, talking of what
they were going to do to capture him.
One Of the officers said: We are 60
ing to get him this time He was not
twenty-five feet away from them at
the time. He laughed heartily at
this"
"Would Jesse James betray his
men p asked the reporter.
Jesse killed one that we know of
and suspect him of killing another
He killed Ed. Miller while Miller was
asleep. He was jealous of Miller. who
was more thought of by the boys than
he was. He said himself that he had
killed seven men. If he grew jealous
Of man he would turn loose and kill
him, and excuse himself afterwards by
saying they were going to betray him
He has been known to kill his own
men for their money. After the Glen
dale robbery. three years ago, he talk
ed to his cousin of killing Dick Little
and Ed. Miller for their money and
going back to Tennessee. They only
got $1,000 apiece in that robbery"
"Were his men afraiL of him ?"