Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-01-19
Missouri and California.

press to our Eastward seize upon it with
especial JUNCTION, and deduce thereform
the inference that California Is lawless
in the extreme. A st. Louis paper de-
votes column to malignant comments
upon a murder lately perpetrated In Los
Angeles county, and becomes frantic in
general denunciation of the morals Of
our section. The whole State is repre-
sented as stepped In barbarism and
whose merry pastime is assassination.
We are disposed to quarrel with such
Wholesale accusation. 1t is unfair.
We propose to parallel Missouri with
California. 1t was not very long ago
that one Jesse James was extinguished
at st. Joseph, in that very State Of
Missouri, under impulse Of reward of
$50, 1000 offered for the body of the out
law--"dead or alive" His confederate,
Ford, thrust O lethal bullet into the
head Of Jesse. cody pocketed the bribe
of blood, plead guilty to an Indictment
ior muraer' was sentenced 70 10 h"hs'
was forthwith pardoned by Governor
Crittenden, and is now at large, ailluent,
and with cigar in his mouth, when not
ehgaseu :" .eo'ur'nH a''a' MS own anu
.he ohor'h'''es Oh ms ia'e associates
i"''.'onS vi '''o ha''efn o'a'e''
ms ee'p'iA'o, 'esSe 'a'nes' was 'N0
'niei Oh q large DANG Oh raiuing ropoers
""u "'u.uv'e' "no nAa 'Vo"e' ~ an.
su''''siu''y aeneo 'no ,Aw io' So"'' y"
'een years INC annoiy sans o'ei
wh'ch ne Pres'ded had iha'n'a'heu ai
uhorokch organization IN u o1"'e CON
tanning popuiaioh esoeeu'ns .ao mn,
iiohs anu III 'ne shauow vi oi''eS anu
large towns. In tne latter por'ioh Oh
MS career train robbing was the speci-
atty OF TINS charming pandit. IL neces-
sary 10 the purpose nc never hesitated
TO dispatch a conductor or express mes
senger or defiant passenger. Ills
dauntiess ana alert movements nj
Mnncie' Glendale, WINSTON ana Due
Gut, accompanied with reckless assassi-
nation, diffused vast terror. Ills spoil
mounted into millions. 1t is impossible
to estimate the number OF persons mas
sacred through his agency. They nave
been computed at thousands. The his
tory OF crime pauses with relish upon the
exploits OF the French Claude Duval
and the English Jack Sheppard to trick
out their cunning and audacity' They
were dwarfs and Lilliputians IN con
trast with our Missouri hero. He ter
rorized nm entire state. Never before
such an exquisite ana daring piece oil
foguery as tine piucking oil the treasurer
Oh 'he hansas City Exposition IN the
presence OF some forty thousand people
eonee'eu Ut race eourse' Inc h'os'
aurois ueteetiVes were constantly on
MS track-iyhS-eyed ana win the
scent oil the sleuth-honhd' But ne pai
heo them AL "hether from tear OF
oonieueraey' lie FOUND sympathizlhg
lriehds III every oirectioh VINO ahorueo
MN and ms numerous crew complete
shei'er' refhaps IL iS charity 10 CON
esoe that many men ana womeh' some
Wha' CONSCIENTIOUS on inc matter Oh
piuhaer ana MURDER projected THESE
monsters OF crime to AVOID their nos
ui'y. Inc regimen OF jesse james was
quite severe ana rapio' IL hehipcr vi
MS assoc"''oh ieil uhoer Suspicion,
'hcre was snort shriit-a ie"ueh pai'
crashed through his BRAIN Our oanai'
hoa'ea around 'he o'ate Oh missouri
very loosely ana careiessiy' ana with no
necessity OF disguise. CARRIED In eie'
CANT attire and with the hammered
poush OF raul Ciihord, ne Is equally
reared ana fascinating at tue FESTIVE
poaro' ae the entertainments OF the eii'e
Ut "' 'ne rustic oahco upon the green
swafa' IL would seem that jesse james
was enid OF "raee-such Trace as the
membership OF missouri bap'ls' chureh
oohiers' ana ehat IN pauses Oh MS hioe'
GUS Vhiaihy ne would ME nun 10 the
Town Oh hearhey' ana Washing 'he
human piood from MS hahos' "ouiu
repair 10 tne bapust ehurch' III winch
ne was converted IN 1000, ana become
US aeVouohai ana supuueu as inc
meekeSt follower OF the Lamb. VINO
can doubt but that his old mother was
'ognizant oil his crimes, and yet what a
stream OF vlrtuous Indignation did the
respectable Old lady pour over the re-
mains OF her hendish offspring, linked
with thousand crimes. They killed
him for goldi for money! for money!
she shouted forth, ''God will judge
them for it
This is the condition of things in a
State that has been member OF the
Union for over sixty years. Jesse James
and his hideous crew committed more
robberies and murder in q week than
are perDetrated IL non the entire Pacific
coast in a decade; and the robbers and
murderers were feted and caressed for
their enormities. And yet what re.