, 1890-08-31

RoBBISG INNOCENT PASSENGERS.
entire book carefully because l did not de
SIRE to Judge it unfairly. My attention
was especially called to it because | had
heard so much of the deyout spirit mani
tested especially by Coleman Younger,
both before and since his Incarceration.
IL Is onlY fair that the world should
know the truth about both the Youngers
and the Jameses, and that while they
were at times unconventional and almost
rude they were really at heart refined and
deyout. Coleman Younger or Cole, as he
was called by his publishers, who OF
course naturally feel most intimate with
him, having no doubt often exchanged
ideas with him as to methods OF working
that would be profitable without involy-
lug too much risk or brain flag, was the
son OF Henry Washington Younger, a
native of Kentucky, who aitorward
moved to Jackson county, Mo. Mr..
Younger. Sr never did much, aside from
becoming the father CT the Younger
brothers. that would serve to pass his
name down in history. Having success
fully done this be died suddenly by request
of many citizens The elder Younger, If
aAhA a cru hN iAulIAf btEau ~ Nitlh a
lasting Influence over his sons,
however, before his death; for
while Cole was ct school he was
quite rude. aud sometimes fatally in
jured his playmatos in thoughtless glee,
and as a result Of pure animal spirits
which he carried almost constantly
concealed about his person. As a result
of this the teacher threatened to whip
Coleman. The elder Younger then in
formed the little paid tutor that il he did
50 he, the elder Younger, would whip
the little pale teacher. Many boys with
parents like that have grown up, gone in
TO society. and at last put on the beauti-
full ennis suits worn so extensively at
Sing Sing. Later on, growing heated
over a discussion with the teacher regard
ing the question whether ''pollena' was
or was not tho correct photography OF the
style of overskIIt then being largely worn
in Clay county, the Younger brothers in.
serted tho tutor in the river headfrst
through a hole in the ice, and left him
there in a most compromising position.
This was the origin of the expression
getting a man IN a hole which has since
come into popular favor, having been
used by Undertaken MERIT this summer
when DR.. McGonigal brought him the
body of Annie Goodwin at 8 a. IN. IN his
gig and asked him to kindly bury it for
him.
The tutor was pulled out by spectators
finally and he said then TO those about
him that if the Younger boys didn't do
different" they would come to a bad
end. possibly several OF such.
Cole Younger has become such an earn
est, consistent Christian since his incar-
c~eratiOn in the penitentiary that bis past
ought not to be raked up here, except it
be, perhaps, to show that he has had a
great deal 10 overcome in trying to lead a
Christian life in a ~penitentiarY, where
there are so many temptations to be friy'
olous and gay.
Some years ago there was a robbery on
the Rock Island road, about fourteen
miles east Of Council Bluffs. Cole
Younger and Jesse James planned to
throw" the east bound train at this
point. 1t was IN the drowsy dawn of q
beautiful summer Sabbath that these
now kindly and gentle natures pried up
the rails aud let the flying engine pillow
into the cut and wreck the train. 1t was
the sunrise of that summer morning
when poor Rafferty,, the engineer, with
ashy face and staring eyeballs turned to-
N1AA u lAANA Eh9s FAY dNad ONutaAh hAs
engine. He hes in an unknown grave to.
day because be ioolishly tried to reverse
his engine and save his train; whereas if
he had been engaged in wrecking 1t
people would have come for thousands of
miles to see him and hear him tell how
be found salvation and helped himself
TO 1t.
The boys now had the train to them
selves. They began TO feel in the pockets
OF the comparative strangers. Inc get the
time OF day from people with whom they
could of had but n slight acquaintance.
Sometimes a lady who had never been
robbed at all before, and who had not
read the etiquette OF the thing, would
thoughtlessly shrek. but before she could
apologize, Mr.. Younger. who it is said
carried a Bible with him through all his
train rnbbing career. and always had a
good voice for exhortation, said: "Sit
down. damn you Keep still or you'll 20
to hellI' These are the words testified to
by those present. Mr.. Younger always
read one Of the Psalms just before robbing
a train, and one OF his prayers, il is said,
would have sounded well ever in the
house of representatives.
After the Rock Island train robbery tie
Youngers and Jameses scattered in order
TO avoid detection Each took a peach
basket full Of gold watches, so that he
would know what time 1t was, and started
Of in different directions. Curiously
enough, four of them came together, viz:
Cole. Jim and John Younger and Moore.
The four outlaws had halted in a thick
grove OF trees to rest their horses. swap
watches and pray, when late in the after
noon two deputy sheriffs and a constable
who were looking for the train robbers
suddenly came upon them. In an instant
Cole Younger took in the situation. aud
revolvers were drawn and leveled on the
officers. says the narrator, while with ter
rible threats aud oaths, indicating that if
they did not hold their hands as high as
possible they would. almost at once, look
ike the zodiac man in the front Of the
almanac, they were halted.
Where are you going2' asked Cole