The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-04-13

Gallatin. Mo-. was robbed Of $1,000 by tho James
and Younger boys. The following spring the
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walked into tho bank and while three Of their num-
Der kept the cashier: the only person i9 the bank
quiet the went the se tor
Missouri but none were caught. They again
went to Texas, Waere after COM
hitting o,1 several ~ mnFd Len they were
In the fall Of 1870 they robbed the Columbus
bank in the day time. numbering the cashier. In
1872 Jesse James robbed the treasurer of the
Kansas City fair: The money was placed in a sack
carried by one Of the party, and they rode calmly
down Twelfth street in full view Of the popuace.
The cheek displayed can oaly be appreciated when
at the least calculation 10000 people on the
grounds, and men were passing in and out the gate
every minute. Their next exploit was the
robbery Of the bank at sainte Genevlexe
Gers covered with revolvers and the safe emp
tied Of it's contents. The next month, June
1878, the James boys left Kansas City where
they had been several weeks, and went TO a
small town this side of Council Bluffs, where
they we're Joined by the Younger brothers On
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threw the train from the track, creating ter
rible confusion. The engineer and fireman
were both killed and several passengers So
verely injured Every dollar in the express
car, beside quantity OF bullion were carried
away. Officers Of tho law secured the country
next December the boys again showed up in
front Of q stage which ran between Malvern
and Hot Springs The passengers, in
stead Of going to Hot Springs. returned to
Malvern to telegraph for remittances. Two weeks
stopped ct 0ad's Hill on the Iron Mountain road.
the ordinary Formally gone through with, and
$11, 900 taken from tho safe. No one was killed.
detective named Witcher detailed for the duty.
Witcher went to Clay county in the disguise Of an
emigrant and applied for employment a. farm
DAY
holes card on his breast bearing tho following in
scription: This shall be tho fate Of all Of Pinker
tGn ThS come into Shortly
gether with several Others. ran tho Younger broth
ers to earth in Monaghan's woods in southwestern
Missouri. A desperate battle followed. in which
ed. Sheriff Daniels Of St. Clair county was shot
dead and Lull MORALLY wounded.
Shortly afterward Daniel Askew. OF Liberty,
from his house and shot dead BY Jesse James.
In the spring of 1875 the Muncie robbery, six
u4AAOD ONs VI tA0 SASy6 Va GA0 Aaub00 10C4no
occurred. The express car was entered, tho mes
of $25 600. while the train was in motion. After
securing tho wealth the robbers pulled the bell cord
Jumped on, and got away IS usual. July 2. 1876.
Missouri Pacific train was robbed at Otterville,
Pettis county. Fifteen thousand dollars were tax
On from the safe and tho robbers with their usual
good fortune. escaped.
THE NoRTHFIELD RAID.
~ In August, 1876, tho James boys. tho snree
Vnnr 0rH$ hraA ~ <ho}~
Mankato. Mimi, where they remained for SEINE
time, purchasing the best saddle horses that were
to be found in the They claimed
was recruited to the ranks Of tho Missouri band
from the Indian Nation. was an outawed horse
th!et from minnesota, and was undoubtedly the
almost total determination Of the entire party.
There were plenty of banks in Missouri and Iowa
as easy OF access as the ono at Mortified. and
to draw the James boys ard Youngers on that
fated TRIP 80 far from home. into country of the
topography Of which they knew nothing. Chad
body of the expedition leaving Clay county. Mis-
JAMES, 5 'q S Boz M You GS. }ssss and md r r9t
SO successfully. at 0tteryille. At little station
near Mortified the eight desperadoes held consul-
9TH they entered the last named town at furious
pace, shooting their revolyers right and left in
order to intimdate the people on the streets With
fecty in front Of the BANK Whe Frank R and jesse
James and Bob Younger entered, the other five
remained outside to guard against attack. j. L.
institution at the time. For refusing to open the
time lock Jesse James sent ball into Hayward's
BRAIN Meantime the citizens on the street realized
Chadwell was shot from his horse by man from
the court house window. just opposite the bank,
and in few seconds Clell Miller, who had escaped
dozens Of times in Missouri, was also killed. By
this time
THE FIRING BECAME GENERAL
and Jesse James was in the highest place Of his
life. Jim Younger had bullet in his mouth and
Frank James one through bis left leg, but the en-
tire six succeeded in mounting their horses and
Gaping from the town. Then became a fight and
pursuit which for persistence and endurance is al
most without parallel. The robbers we're in q
strange and unknown country, followed by fifty
armed men. When it was seen that the chase waa
to DO to the death proposition was made to sepa-
rate. Before this time Jesse James wanted Bob
Younger killed as the blood from his wound made
plain trail. but Cole Younger would not allow 1t,
and said he would kill the first man who dared lay
finger on his wounded brother Jesse and Frank
James vent off in a northerly direction, while the
body. As on all previous occasions luck followed
the James boys, for while they escaped after being
pursued nearly 500 miles, the Youngers were shot
down and captured, and Pitts was killed. The
VuIco AOImoE WoIo loEI}Uly WOuuuou UolOEo tHoy
would surrender. and now serving life sentences
ir the Minnesota penitentiary at Saltwater.
Jesse and Frank James. after being chased for
weeks, succeeded in reaching Texas, and at Waco
Frank had surgical operation performed on his
lee in consequence Of the bullet he received at
Mortified. The wound was 80 many days without
care that 1t made Frank cripple for life
THEIR LATEST EXPLOITS.
On the 9TH OF October, in 1879. three years after
the famous Glendale robbery occurred, the spoils
estimated from $4,000 to $4,000. After this
one of the gang named Sheppard claimed to have
killed Jesse James, but it now transpires that he
tried to put up job on the authorities being Sec
onded by James, to secure the reward offered for
Jamos. and the two worthless had body fixed up
for that purpose. During 1879 and 1880 it is
thought the bandit brothers were in Baltimore. In
the fall of 1880 the robbery of a coach near Nam
moth Cave, Ky, was ascribed to them, but since the
Empire City affair, which flashed in the psn, moth
ing definite has been known Of them until the Win
son robbery. and tho robbery Of tho train at Blue
Cut, near Independence: which was the last exploit
of this redoubtable robber, and which has been
fully described by the confession Of young Laird.