The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-04-09
Jesse JAMFa.
rho NoteI nosb,r Ku,ea.

SNNN Ae0DNT N tAACo.
Jesse James. the notorious outlaw,
was SHOT and Instantly kill, i at 81.
Joseph. or Monday morning q, Q
o'clock. lay Robert Ford Of Riehmond
County. Jesse. it appears, has been
living in that city since the Sih Of last
November, under the Eame O. Thomas
Howard. Robert Ford. the slayer Of
Jesse. anil his brother. Charles. had
been sh,dowinr jesse James for many
months past. following him from place
TO place, their purpose being to Kill
hin the first time an opportunity uf-
ford'd, but they never succeeded in
finding him unarmed until ;ha, morn
ing. The boys wen to ST. Joseph abau,
n week aco. Previous to this they had
ingrHtiAt-d themselves into the cani.
dence Of James. pretending they were
train robbers aud horse thieves. For
once the reioubtab;e Jesse WAS c,ros,
mapping. and he seems TO have be.
hoTed all that the Fords told him. and
paid with his life tho penalty of his
eFednlisy. Tho Fords, immediately
upon their arrival in St. Joseph. wer,
to the house at the corner Cf Tair.eeu,L
aud Lafayette streets. where jesse was
h'Ins under the name OF Thomas How.
nri, and r.mained there unit! the lts..
cdy occurred. Itsso a. Ford -.-e
talking ,og ther, aud Jesse had Just laid
his pistols on the table for n moment.
when Ford pulIei his pistol and sho,
him. Tho revolver wal a i2-calibre
smith x Wesscn. The hall entered
JeSse's head, behind the left ear, and
passed GU. over the forehead.
The assassin. who admits that his
only obj Ct in staying Jesse. was to ob.
tain the $4,000 reward offered, is de.
scribed as a verdant looking country
youth "bont % years old, a mere bov in
appearance, lie is said to have been n
member Of the JAMES gang, aud used
by the officers rs an instrument for the
leader destruction. james wife, who
vas with him, is handsome brunette,
o JIG years Of age, and has txo
children. Her maiden name was
aiimms. She grieves at her husbands
death. and VOWS that she will prosecute
the Fords 10 the litter end.
Jesse was a son OF Rev. DR.. James,
aud born in Clay County. Missouri, in
1915. He lad !i.,le education, and b.
fore the age OF sixteen joined Quan,
ireil's gang and took part in the
butchery at Centralia, and the. sacklng
OF Lawrence, Kansas. Iu 1866 he made
his first bank robbery. which was at the
Bank Of Liberty, Missouri. Iu 1867 be
robbed the Russsrille, kentucky, bank,
and the Huntingdon. Virginia, bank
Duling 1866 aud 1868 40 was connected
with two stage robberies in Texas.
Frank James and JESSE, in 1869, robbed
! The Gallatin, No. bank, and killed the
cashier. In 1872 he roLbcd the Kansa.
City Fair office in broad daylight o.
SIC, 900. In 1873 the ST. Guneyiey,
bank was robbed. AMI 1873 the Muncie,
Kansas. bank, In that year he also
robbed n stage at Hot SprirGs and par.
ticipntcd in his frs. train robbery OIL
tho Iron Mountain Railroad. 1t 1876
tho Minnesota bank was robbed a
Worthdeld. Mimi, the cashier kil!ct
and also three of the James gang. The
Glendale train robbery occurred in 1879
and tho Winston and Blue Cut roJberiei
last yenr. Since these, officers hav,
boon in pursuit of tho desperate. IL,
has bern aided in all his exploits by {
gang from hts " noighborhood. Iii,
estimated that his robbories amount tc
near'y 81, OO0, 900.