The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-22
BUTTE MONTANA: SATURDAY. APRIL %. 1892

RDAY, APRIL %, ]
THD PIOUs bA1GDIT.
A Story That WIN Discount An
0shero Told About tho
James Boys.
FrOn tho Kansas City Times.
Now that the excitement attending
the death and burial of jesse James
has about subsidized, conversation
has become less reserved, and the citi-
izens Of the vicinity are less guarded in
their expressions. Some claim that
Frank James was the mysterious man
who figured SO prominently ut the ftl-
neral, while others scout at the idea,
claiming that Frank was q taller and
Simmer man, slightly lame from the
effects Of bullet wound in the hip or
tnigh, and stopped in the shoulders.
At the fun ,ral the ''mysteriOus" sought
to quiet Mrs. Samuels when she was at
the height Of her indignation and re-
I!yiOl's frenzy. She addressed him as
Mr.. SanIuels, and by many anacquaint-
ctl will, the family, he was supposed to
he Dr. Samues, her husband. Sheriff
Timlerlnke denies that this individual
was Frank James, and those who have
had long acquaintance WITT the !ami-
ly .lO likewise, although their denial
li,uSr he taken as matter of course, for
it is not all probable they will dare to
give the officers Of the law any point
ers.
AN INTERESTING DISCLOSURE.
Said one gentlemen to your c0rre-
Spunlciit: / would not tell where
prepared! either to leave kcal ney or die.
There arc many people here who are
heartily glu.l Of Jesse James death,
in catching Frank James, hut they (1O
moi know very often who they ale talk
ing to, hence it is policy to keep very
quiet.
am told that the religious business
another an.' wife is not new with them.
;ls the wife Of the Rev. Mr.. James.
vines roof she was Il constant attendant
very meek Ur lOwly, her religion was of
the cff.rvcscent order, ahd her conf
n,anding presence was often seen
to rise in church meetings. She
could pray with fervOr, and
mint the way to salvation, accompanied
oy descriptions Of the locality now in
the revised edition called Hades that
would make the listener quake AMI trcll.
lie. l unA also informed that Mrs.
Sumuel's maine has never l,ecn stricken
from the roll of membership Oi the New
Hope Baptist Church, located u couple
u; miles from her farm, and which she
jOine,: several years ago. Following in
r., O:d lady's footsteps was the inmOrt-
al hanOit, jesse. When hc came home
after the war from his bush wl,acl<ing
tour through the Southwest under Guam
trell, he for about two years, DIR. Price
tells us, lived Oh the farm, and to all up
.,earances conducting himself as became
II respectable young man. During the
winter Of 1876 he attended the revival
meetings held in the Baptist church In
Kea rney and was converted and bal'-
tiZed.
NOTED FOR HIS MODESrY.
He was then noted for his t,Oy:sh mod
| esty and retiring nature. After he had
been u member for f3w months, he
would come to the prayer meetings All
parentiy very much depressed, and
would pray aloud, with fervor of de-
! s,a.ir, accusing himself Of being u vile
sinner, but never specifying his crimes.
have heard him, said the doctor, make
an eloquent prayer. During the years
1865, 1856 and 1857, Frank James was al-
20 seen in kearney, but not SO frequent
ly as Jesse. In 1870 they disappeared al.
together, and have since been lost sight
Of, except by those on the inside. Mrs.
Susie Palmer, then susie James, sister Ot
the james boys, was also u member Ol
the Baptist denomination, and both
herself and mother have on more than
one occasion asked the prayers OF New
Hope Church for the erring Jesse and
Jessie James caught the religious fever.
Possibly the mothers and sisters may
have infected her will, it, or possibly
Jesse during the interim,s bs. ween his
nl:lr:lu.llng expedition and killings may
have settled down to- tasting and pray
ing. Certain it is that all the female rel
ative can pray fervently, and denOunce
in the name Of God vehemently. 1t is
thought by some that the deep religious
feeling which they have manifested dur
ing the past week is all hypocrisy. Your
correspondent however, IL of the opin-
on that it is D sort Of mania with them.
He Couldn't be Fooled.
About O'Clock on Sunday morning q
lager beer wagon belonging to Cosgrave