Telegram-herald., 1889-09-18
FREED By Death.
Bob Younger. The Noted Bandit
Bxsatnss HIS Last
Els DsYS EsDED PRISey CELL
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Younxer = dead TIE acted bandit wss
seatsncsd 10 tie saltwater psnitsnfisry
fer 1rs IL is76 for u zrcsr committed VILE
ate mps1ag - rob tas sorthneld MINI
esEk He vas . model prisoner, BAT con
sQnynos az izst elAiLast hIz. and Tor =
year past As AAs been slowly dying HIS
Two brothers. jim and Csls. 4isO lie prls-
C1eEs fox ras same cElEas. had been "ltn
hsnn "a hzc his sister. for two weeks past
He eegaa fstiisg rapidly az o'clock non
day night Atfe g bis eyos closed forever.
ana the nost plcruresq0s nEure In modern
oatlasry closed ais career OF earth
Governor Merriam was pstitioned 10
pardon Bob when IL va found that ne was
doomed 10 ais et consumption. but elena
ency vas refused
lBco Younger was born n jackson County,
Mo. Ossessr a.. 1854 Ne sas one Of family
OF toartesa ehilaren. s.x OF them boys His
father sAs Uhiea DsL, ttsusA = slavsaOider.
and Nas killed IN thc trouDleus times ~ The
outbreak og the civil W@E TIE boys older
than Boa were members OF QusntFells .
guerrilla band and Itef tie war hey TO
tur1ed 70 Jackson ceunty and started s. I've
IRE quiet NE Q, farmers. But the border Was
stll fe with passions snd The rough young
men soOn wsaFled of their uneventfui life
They are said 70 have adopted q career OF
violence IN rsyense fSr tbs fate OF their
father. Wheiher tbs excuses them or
nob they earned reputation FOR
daring deeds ant hard riding and one night
whea . Rock Island train was rObbes near
Casey. Ia. tbs work was promptly credited 10
tho Iounxers and ths James Brothers A
month Istsr . stags robbed IL Nevada,
yielding rich booty IN what was believed 10
be the sane gang Ia January
following the Hot Springs ark stage
was robbed. and . few months later came The
Iron Mountain train robbery Then came the
fght 81 oseeola, Mo, where Captan Lull .
Chicago man, was shot and the Gads Hlll
train robbery followed quickly. Then the
Shreveport train robbery. the looting OF a
train az Blue Cut. Mo. ths capture OF eSo. 900
on the Kansas City fair grounds Ia the pres
ence OF SO, 900 persons
The Youngors and the James boys got credit
win good show OF reason. for each OF these
crimes Hut the last was the greatest. Septem-
Der 3. 1879 ten horsemen gailoped into North
asld. MINI, shooting right and left and COM
manding citizens 20 stay indoors. They pulled
up in front Of the bank, three men en-
tered while the rest kept the streets clear oy
pistol practice. Tic men leapcd over the coun-
ter and ordered Cashier Haywood to open The
safe. tie refused, and in the struggle which
followed he was shot dead Meantime fusil-
lade from doors and windows had been opened
on the gang. and ono rohber fell dead from his
horse. Another was badly wounded as they
rode away. The bandits were pursued, and,
after nearly q month OF such a chase as puts
all romance 10 the blush, the three men
James. Cole aud Bob Younger-were captured
They were tried for murder pleaded guilty.
which saved the N from The death penalty, and
were sentenced for life.