The Butler weekly times., 1882-10-11
main until this whole affair is set


tied. I have come in voluntarily
and surrendered. and of course
there can be no doubt rs to my in
| tentions. | am fully resolved to
| abide the result, whatever that may
be, and face the issue like a man. -
.'Havc YOU been hunted much
latelv?"
"Ies, if the newspapers tell the
Truth, perhaps have been. With
in the past SIN months | have seen
and talked with six we'll known de-
| tectives, and have talked with them
| freely about myself at that. SuS-
pected me: No, of course not. 1t
l had even revealed my identity they
would have laughed at me for being
! an inpostor.'
''How do YOU account for this i'm
munity from recognition -
''In quite simple manner. In
the first place eI have never had a
picture taken of myself since 1863.
That portrait of mine in Edwards
"Noted Guerrillas" was taken from
that picture If you ever have seen
it, YOU will admit, think, that I
have changed greatly since then.
Again. have been very little in Mis-
souri, for the past ten years. Those
who knew me in Clay and Jackson
counties knew me as beardless
soldier. You will he astonished
when | tell you that | have lived in
Texas, California, Arkansas, Louis
lana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Vir-
ginia, Maryland and New York
lived four years on one farm in
Tennessee and worked as hard as
any man ever worked. l would |
have been there to-day but for
events in Missouri over which I had
no control, and which brought men |
to my house whose presence would
have destroyed me. l was forced
to move on in selfe-defense, and |
look out fos another hiding-place.
"People IN Missouri think that
you do the most of your hiding in
the brush. 1t is there that the au-
thorities look for you. lIow about
it all.''
"The best place in the world tor
a man with money is some big city.
Most people look alike there. If he
will use ordinary precaution there he
is comparatively safe. He must lie
close, go out hut little, make no ac-
quaintances, have nothing peculiar
in dress or manner. and above
else never talk. Ninety l.
nine times out of hundred it is the
talking men that get caught. P" i
''Have you secured any lawyers
yet to defend you"' .. /
.'No, l haye not. My friends
will attend to that for me. They
will endeavor, / understand. to OBJ
.ain the services of Col. John F.
and the Hon. Charles P.
johnson. am poor man, and
nave but very little money l must
10 the bestI can Il
'sIf you have no objections will
you tell me something about the
F Fords!''
81 have nothing to tell you about
hem. prefer not to talk of myself
n any manner, or of any one ever /:
with myself. am to
De tried, you know. and then you
IAN see what will be developed"
"Have you perfect confidence in
he good faith of Gov. Crittenden9"
eff had not" ne replied, with a
significant smile, would | be here
II this private Officer Yes. | do (
rus. him fully
Here the reporter was interrupted ;
~ quit a number OF persons who
yathered about Frank James. and
subjected him to a multitude of ques-
ions on a number of subjects, to all
IF which he gave calm and consid- f.,
rate answers.
He came from the west last night ,
IN Conductor Hooten's train, and 4,
uch was the confidence of Franks
riends in Hooten. that they made
linn acquainted with his real char
lcter, and told him frankly who he
vas. Notwithstanding the tact thGt
1ooten had an immense train
welve cars crowded to their ut
most capacity-he found an iso-
ated seat for Frank in the rear OF
he car, where, complex ly in the
hadow, he would have been free
rom all recognition, e'en though
here might have been aboard those
Who knew him perfec ,ly. |.
On arriving at Jefferson Cit, he 1
lid not get off at = lie depot. bu. at
Jefferson street, ?. square above, and
valked down to the old McEartv ,
House. where he registered as b. F.