, 1890-08-31
Highest of all in LeA,enlng POwer-U. S Govt Report, Aug ~ 1850
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man Younger, in a rich Union depot
voice.
We are hunting for the Youngers,
who robbed the t-ain on the Rock Island
road, said the deputy, who had once
empaneled a jury, but aside from that
had never mixed up much with carnage.
You were exclaimed Coleman
Younger. We'll, d-n you. prayl'
He was almost morbid on the subject
of PRAYER. Coleman Younger. He did
much harm. | think, by suggesting it at
tho most i%nopportune times, aud showed
great intolerance that way.
What do you mean?'' asked the trem-
bling wretch,
Il mean you have just ten minutes
BY our large and choice assortment of
watches TO get ready for the other world,
and | don't want 10 send any man to the
other world u%nprepared."
He was always that way. He did not
want to see a deputy sheriff die in a crude
state. Ten minute soon passed, and then
the men we're blindfolded. They we're not
far from the steeD bluffs Of the Missouri,
some of winch we're 800 feet high. Tho
three men with their eyes bandaged. were
taken to a cliff and swung owes it so that
they caught by their hands. Below was a
perpendicular wall.
Hold on as long as you can. - said the
eccentric robber, and when you fall that
will be the end Of you"
With that the helpless men were left,
and above the tumultuous beating OF their
own hearts they heard the clatter of re-
treating hoofs. You can diInly imagine
the horror of such a situation. The cold,
glittering stars looked down upon them.
but they saw them not. With bandaged
eyes and sinking hearts they chung to the
verge of life until their nerveless fingers
one after another relaxed and with a deep
moan they fell tothe bottom,a distance of
nearly four feet
As soon as they recovered they went
home with a feeling toward the Younger
boys which almost amounted to resent
ment.
The book is full of interest, aud shows
that the James and Younger people re-
gard themselves as more sinned against
than SHINING. They always excused
themselves Tor killing people on the
ground hat society had not treated them
well. They ioolishly kept alive the old
war sentiment, and instead OF burying
their sectional |animosities they allowed
their strong political likes and dislikes to
warp AntlI uNNlCI luuElutui-
John Younger was less digniiied than
Coleman. He was more apt TO be mer-
curial, and also impulsive. One night in
a barroom at Dallas he was feeling quite
clipper under the influence Of Texas
vintages when he proposed to shoot Just
near enough 10 brush the nose of an old
gentleman who sat arouud the place.
John made a bet with another man that
ha ant,lI ID ~ rtNhAnf glAntfnu Of tho
nose. The bet was accepted. but greatly
to the general regret, o regret which
was also shared by the old man, John
lost
The volume contains a good, full page
picture OF Jesse James taken after death.
1t is well worth the price OF the book. and
has been a source OF great comfort to
many people who survive him.
1t is doubtful if this country will ever
again produce the same aggregation OF
highway robbing talent again. Mr.. Gould.
with his active little Western Union tele.
graph. did much to cut short the career
of these men. and for this, il for nothing
else, ] feel for one like taking him by the
hand and saying to him, "Jav, you are
the foe of crime, and with your justly
celebrated electrical appliances, penetrat-
ing even TO the heart Of the forest and TO
the depths Of the desert, you place the
burning brand OF Cain upon the brow OF
the fleeing felon, till every child even
seems to read it, and the warning thus
precedes the aIrIva! OF the criminal
The author says. The fate of the
Younger brothers should be a terrible
lesson to jackson, Clay and Galloway
counties. Had they-the Youngers-not
been petted and practically encouraged,
at least had they not been harbored and
their sins condoned because they were
once with Quantrell, they might have
been stopped early enough in their career