Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-08-30

Mr.. Norris, wife and girl, and Wood
.Hite, aud stayed until some officers
came after us. We were all armed
and left on Sunday night for Nelson
county, KY, $50 miles of. We went
#on horseback. / knew no one there.
We stopped at Johnny Pence's, Bud
Halls and Doc Hoskins'. We agreed
to take the express tram there; but
were too late and arranged to take
the train somewhere else. This was
talked over at Halls. Wood Hite
was at his fathers. This was In
April or May, 1881. Jesse's wife
came to Nelson county and went
thence to Missouri. I never saw her
again until after Jesse was killed. /
don't know about Franks wife.
Jesse told me she came on a train
with sewing machine to Gen. Shell
by's. Frank and Jesse shipped two
guns to John T. Ford, and Jesse and
1 came on the cars TO Kearney on
May, 1881. We went to Mrs. Sam
uels and found Clarence Hite there.
Wood came afterwards. We chang
ed names many times. From Mrs.
Samuels' / went to Clay county. 1
found Frank James and Wood and
Clarence Hite. Jesse came along
afterwards. We four, Frank, Jesse,
Wood and myself, in pursuance of an
agreement, started out week after
wards on horseback. Clarence went
on the cars to Chillicothe. We got
to Ray county about 8 o'clock in the
morning. From there we went to
Chillicothe. We got dinner on the
way, and at night staid in a church
on the prairie. We got to ChillicotAe
about ten O'Clock, stopping near by
in the timber. Wood Hite went in
after Clarence and found him. The
roads were SO muddy we returned,
Jesse ana myself to old lady's and
Wood and Frank to the Fords. Short
ly after we started out again and
came to this county to look up place
to stop the train. We camped at
night and were to meet Wood at Gal
latin. We took dinner with dutch
man that sold milk at Kidder. At
that time I had short whiskers. Jesse
was foot IL 1-2 inches high, had a
round face, pug nose, dark, sandy
whiskers and blue eyes. He weighed
1876 pounds and stood very straight.
Frank had burnsides and a NOUS
tache. His whiskers were darker
than his moustache. From the Ger
mans we went to Gallatin, stopping
in the timber about mile out on
the Winston road for Wood Hite.
have never been to the place since.
We met Wood there and started back.
Jesse took the toothache and had to
go back. In week or ten days we
went on another trip. We all had
horses. We started at night. I as
sisted in robbing the Winston train
on this trip. We waited till dark and
hitched our horses and went up on
foot to the train. Wood and I went
together and met Frank, Jesse and
Clarence at the depot. The arrange
ment was that 1 and Clarence should
capture the engineer and the others
do the rest. Clarence and got up
on the tender and over on the top to
the engine with pistols. We kept
quiet till the train stopped and then
hollered, "Go ahead" We shot to
scare those fellows and both ran on
to the pilot. The engineer had open
ed the throttle and we could not stop.
Frank came out and shut off the
steam and as the tram Stacked we
jumped off. I went after Jesse who
was still in the express car. Jesse
jumped and ] followed. We got 500
or $500 that night in packages. We
then all got together except Wood,
who had been knocked down as Frank
pulled the baggage man out of the
car and we never saw him. Frank
talked to me about the robbery after
wards. He said he thought they had
killed two men. Jesse said he had
shot one he knew, and Frank had
killed one. He saw him peep in at
the window and thought he had kill
ed him. From there we went to our
horses, talking all the time. We
all unhitched except Clarence, who
cut his halter strap. We went thence
to Crooked river. The money was
divided in a pasture, just before day,
light, by Jesse. who gave US about
$3.50 apiece. Wood and I went to
Ford's; the others went towards their
mothers. Jesse and Frank came to
Fords week later, and we all went
in a wagon towards Kansas City.
Jesse and Charley Ford got out at
Independence; Frank and Wood
Hite went to Doc Reeds, and Clar-
ence and I to McCraw's. Three or
four weeks after Frank James left for
Kentucky with Charley Ford and
Clarence Hlte. 1 have never seen
him since. We were armed with pis-
tolls at Winston. I had on q plaid
suit; Frank had q blush suit all
alike. I don't remember Jesse's
suit. He had a dark striped coat
and pants and big duster. Clarence
had dark suit, all alike; Wood had
pants and coat Of different cloth.
Cross-examined. went to Jefferson