The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-11
THE YOUNGER BOYS.
BILL NYE ON THE VERY LATEST
"LIFE" OFFTHE BANDITS.
lie Finds that They We're Mild aud Geaile a
Lambs and that Cole. Especially, wasa
Devoted Chrlstian--The PabIic
Responsible for Their Acts

know the truth about OOth the oung-
ers and the Jameses. and that while
they were at times unconventional aud
almost rude they were really at heart
refined and devout Coleman Younger,
or Cole. as he was called by his pub
fishers. was tho son OF Henry Washing
ton Younger. native OF Kentucky.
who afterward moved 10 jackson
county. Mo. Cole Younger has be-
come such an earnest consistent chris
tian since his incarceration In the peni-
tertiary that his past ought not TO DO
raked up here, except 1t be, perhaps,
TO show that no has had great deal
TO overcome in trying 10 lead chris
tian life in peuitentiary, where there
are so many temptations TO be frivolous
and gay.
Some sears ago there was robbery
on the Rock Island Road. Cole Young
or and Jesse James planned to throw"
the east-bound train at this point 1t
was In the drowsy dawn OF beautiful
summer Sabbath that these now kind
ly and gentle natures pried up the rails
and let the flying engine pillow into the
cut and wreck the train. 1t was the
sunrise OF that Sabbath morning when
poor Rafferty,, the engineer, with ashy
face and stirring eyeballs turned to-
ward the quiet sky, lay dead beneath
his engine. He lies in an unknown
grave to-day because he foolishly tried
TO reverse his engine and save his
traini whereas II he had been engaged
in wrecking IL people would have
come for thousands OF miles TO see him
and hear him tell how he found saliva
ton and helped himself to It.
The boys now had the train to them
selves They began to feel in the
pockets OF comparative strangers. and
get the time OF day from people with
VIII ON they could have had but
slight acquaintance. Sometimes n
lady who had never been robbed ut all
before, and who had not read tho ETH
quette of the thing. would thought
lessly Shrek, but before she could
apologize Mr.. Younger. who. it is said
carried bible with him through all
his train career. and always had
good voice for exhortation, said: "Sit
down, damn you'll Keep still or you'll
go TO hell" These are the words
testified to by those present Mr..
Younger always read one OF the
psalms just before robbing train,
and one OF his prayars, it is said,
would have sounded we'll even in the
house OF representatives..
After the Rock Island train robbery
the Youngers and Jameses scattered
In order to avoid detection. Each
took peach basket full OF gold
watches, so that he would know what
time II was, and started off in different
directions. Curiously enough, four OF
them came together, viz, Cole. Jim
and John Younger and Moore.
The four outlaws had halted In
thick grove OF trees TO rest their
horses. swap watches and pray. when
late in the afternoon two deputy sher-
ifs and a constable who were looking
for the train robbers suddenly came
upon them. In an instant Cole Young
or took in the situation, and revolyers
were drawn and leveled on the officers,
says the narrator while with terrible
threats and oaths. indicating that IL
they did not hold their hands as high
as possible they would. almost at once,
look like the zodiac man in the front
OF the almanac, they were halt ed.
"Where arc you goiugp" asked
Coleman Younger, in n rich Union
depot voice.
I'VE are hunting for the Youngers,
who robbed the train on tho Rock
Island Road said the deputy,
''You werer' exclaimed Coleman
Younger. ''Well, d--n you. prayl"
He was almost morbid on tho sub
ject OF prayer. Coleman Younger.
what do you meanp' asked the
trembling wretch.
II mean you have just ton minutes
by our large and choice assortment
OF watches TO get ready for tho other
world. and don't want 20 send any
man TO the other world unprepared.
He was always that way. He did not
want TO sec peputy sheriff die In a
crude state. Ten minutes soon passed
and then the men were blindfolded.
They were not far from tho stec
bluffs OF the Missouri. some OF which
were 500 feet high. Three men, with
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