Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-09-06

my uncle by marriage, in Logan
county, Kentucky. While ct Hite's,
and On Sunday, some one saw thrse
men coming towards the house, and
my mother, who is m excitable wo-
man, at once said they wers detect
ives. l said no, hut Dick Lidiifl said
yes, you must remember Jessie and l
borrowed horses near Nashville.
iela TENNESSEE DETECTIVES.
''They went down stairs, and /
implored them not to kill any Of
them unless their lives were in danger.
! went up stairs. Wood Hite follow
ed the men, and found out they were
as we suspected, detectives.
Sat the time we we're at Hite's,
there were there g. B. sHite, Mrs.
Sarah Hite,. Wood Hite, old Mr..
Harris and wife, should Judge
Wood was 33 or s5 years old at the
time. My recollection Of him is that
he was five feet nine to five feet nine
and a half inches tall; his eyes, can
not remember; his whiskers were. on
the dark, sandy order; be had q large
prominent nose and high forehead !;
as near as / recollect, he was about
my build, little heavier, / should
judge; he weighed $50 pounds, while
I weighed 140; can be no Judge of
the family resemblance, though am
told there was strong one. z d
From Hite's We went to Nelson
county KY, within forty miles of
Louisville. l stopped at a Mr.. Hos
kln's, and there I separated from
Jesse james and Dick Liddil and saw
| them no more. I know Hall, Robert
Hall. z7 a........ .-s..t5 m
never agreed with the others at
his house to 60 to Missouri and rob
the express opposite Kansas City; on
the contrary, I tried to dissuade
them, saying 1t would jeopardize the
life of our mother; they knew what
had occurred, and there was no safety
for our families in Missouri, let alone
ourselves; they talked of going back
TO Missouri all along the road from
Macklinville, Dick Liddil especially
being anxious to get back to his re-
puted wife, Matte Collins; they said
they would, and would not, and we.
separated; I saw them afterwards at
Halls, however; Jesse was not there.
On about the 18th of May 1 went
to Louisville, and from there to Tex,
as, by rail. From Texarcana I went
to Dallas, and then took the road to
Northern Texas, and got to Mrs.
Palmer's the last of June. l re-
mained there possibly five weeks.
When l heard of Garfeld's assassin
alton, it was after I left my sisters
the first time. went then to the
Indian nation, and was there about
fifteen days. I went on horseback.
The Indian nation is thirty miles
from my sisters. travelled, how
ever, 120 miles. si.... ...-..-
1t was about the time of the Win
ston robbery think / read it in a
paper-saw l was accused, and think
ing it was time for me to get back, l
went to my sisters and remained
there the month of August, and left
there the 1st of September, or about
there. I am satisfied 1 left there not
later than the 18th, and in going back
heard of the Blue Cut robbery.
That fixed the time in my mind.
When I left Tennessee I sent my
wife to General Shelby's to see il I
could not surrender. / was ready to
surrender then and told her to inform
me in Texas what had been the result
of her mission. II she failed, as the
time was not propitious, she, should
60 on to California to, her brothers.
While in Texas lounged around the
house; When I left my sisters /
went into the nation north Of Denni-
son and remained there three weeks.
Then I went to Kentucky by the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas to St.
Louis, and over the Baltimore and
Ohio to Louisville. and thence to
Samuels station in Kentucky. I re-
ceived no word as to my surrender in
1881. 1t was in the next April i
heard Of Jesse James assassination.
My wife learned it first. I watched
the papers closely, and saw that in an
interview Governor Crittenden said
There was q chance for me to surren-
der. but my friends had made no ap-
Iplication. This gave me hope, and
at once 1 returned. leaving Lynch
burg May 10, 10 Nelson county, KY,
by The same route, and stayed there
until all arrangements were made for
my surrender, and came into Mis-
souri and surrendered October s,
1882. Ineyer was in the State Of
Missouri from the time I left it and
went TO live in Tennessee in 1876, ex-
cept to pass through it by rail, as l
said, until summoned in 1892"
There is one good thing about this
Etwo-eent postage. The swarm Of
Ispring poets won't be compelled to
face the dreadful fact that the stamp
on the envelope is worth three times
as much as the poem inside. 1t will
Ionly be worth twice as much.
Little George, age four, saw and
heard q violin for the first time. He
thought it very funny, and this is the