Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

In the spring OF 1913 lheY rhlueu
bank nj ST. Genevieve, Mo. During
the fight the outlaw who had The bag
OF money in charge dropped II. and the
pursuit was 80 hot that they had to
abandon the booty, 1t was while they
were smarting under this disappoint'
ment that their first train robbery was
planned, which took place on the Rock
Island road 10 Juue of the same year.
About seventy-five miles east OF Coun-
Gil Bluffs they took up rail in a sharp
curve. An express train was thrown
IF the track. The engineer and fire.
man were killed aud a number Of
passengers badly wounded. The gang
robbed The express car, carrying away
gold bricks, specie and notes 10 a very
large amount, A large reward was off,
cred for their apprehension, but they
found sale refuge in Indian Territory.
After this affair they commit
ted a number of siage robberies,
one of them on the route TO Hot
Springs, Arkansas. Ia January, 1874,
the gang made lis appearance al Gad's
Hill, fag station on the Iron Noun
tain road, IN Wayne county, Mo. They
tagged the train, robbed the express
out of ell, 900, and plundered a number
of the passengers.
The railroad and express compar.
now determined to hunt the gang down
at any expense. PInkerton's Agency
took the case, and a corps Of de!ec-
tives were sent to Missouri under the
command OF Louis L. Lull, formerly
lieuteE ant on the police force OF Chicago.
Que of his detectives, by the name OF
Wel:her, went to the rendezvous of the
desperadoes ID the garb Of German
immigrant, and applied for labor. On
the morning after he was found dead,
with several bullet holes in his body,
tied TO a tree near the road, few miles
from Mr.. Samuels's house, and also
upon bis person was found card, say-
ing: This shall he the fate Of all Of
Pinkerton's detectives who come into
Missouri"
Soon after this Lnll had a desperate
fight in the Monigah woods, in south
western Missouri, with the Younger
brothers, in which John Younger, the
| acknowledged leader in the band, was
killed. and James Younger, his brother,
was seriously wounded. Daniels, the
sheriff ofSt. Clair county, was also in-
stantly killed, and Lull was mortally
wounded, dying a few days afterward.
The pursuit was so hot that the James
and Younger boys ought refuge in
Texas.
In January, 1875, Mr.. Pinkerton learn
ed that Jesse and Frank James had re-
turned to their mothers residence, and
an attempt was made to capture them.
A large body of men, well armed, ,procee.
ded TO the residence Of Mrs. Samuels
about midnight. The house was sur
rounded, and a hand grenade was
thrown into one OF the rooms. A little
son OF Mrs. Samuels was killed by the
explosion, and she had ono Of her hands
torn of. Neither OF the outlaws was
at home. They belived that a man
nomed Daniel Ookey, living at Liberty
Mo-, was con cerned in the visit, so they
rode over to his houes, called him tC
the door and shot him.
In the spring Of 1875 the gang perpe'
trated another train ROBBERY, this tint
on the Kansas Pacific road, at small
station near Kansas City. The passen
gers were not troubled, but money and
gold dust TO the amount of a25 .0C0 VA
taken from the express car. the tral
Of the robbers was followed to Indiar
Territory, where th0y again eluded cap
ture. Following this came the robbery
Of a bank at Huntingl on, W. Va. Thel
came another train robbery. On Jul.
7, 1879, the gang stopped a train ol
the Missouri Pacific road, in rock
cut, in Pe;tis county, Mo. Jesse Jane
and Cole Younger entered the expires
car and compelled the messenger tt
open the safe, which contained $4,000
As usual. the robbers escaped capture
The country was one that they wer
familiar with and which abounds IN bic
lug places. The Valley Of Grand rive
10 region thickly covered with timb'
and underbrush. and full OF swami
and bayous, furnishing the outlaws vii
a a safe retreat so long az their depreda
4 tjons were carried on 10 this rssiol
When they leli it to 90 into an uniaml
>, liar country for their next great enter
n prise they met with reverse.
n They planned a raid on bank
lr Mortified, MINI. On September
h 1879, they rode up in their usual sty
y and took possession of the bank. Jes
:, James killed Cashier Haywood in co
i. blood for refusing 10 opea the vault.
!. happened 10 be in the midst OF the pr
If rie chicken season, and every body WI
,e came to town was armed with a she
r GUN or rife. The outlaws had consl
10 erable difficulty in getting out OF tow
er and for the first time they met wi
It. something like an organized resislanc
" Clel Miller and Bill Chadwell were lie
- dead in the street. and several othe
d were hurt. They were pursued into
a swamp, where Stiles was killed al
ID Jesse James and all three OF The You
nd eers we're wounded. Frank and Jes'
James made their escape into Dako'
but The Youpgers we're captured. Jes
~ was seriously hurt, but he managed
III pull through, aud eventually the oro'
&C. era made their way back 10 Mlssou