Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-10


others gave themselves up and served
short TERMS The last 20 surrender. and
4 curiously enough. about the only one
OF any prominence who ~ still alive
was Frank James. Only last week I
saw . little paragraph in one OF the
! st. Louis papers about how Frank
James. "she notorious reformed out
law had tainted ON being vaocnated
/ 81 that city. strange. for | don't think
/ that cooler. nervier man ever lived,
Jesse waa much Of coward ut
heart. but | don't think that Frank
james over knew what Il was 70 be
AFRAID In his life He was at Jeaae's
funeral and thcro wcre great many
people who know IL, But they were
most of them his friends. and then.
too. ! DONE think any one would have
/ cared to mention tho fact at the time
"'rhe surrender OF Frank James show
ed that not only did tho outlaws rec
4 ogiize that the DAYS OF their reign was
/ over, hut that Governor Crittcndcn had
/ by this courageous coursc won even
their respect ana confidence. one day.
about year after the death of Jesse
tie governor received q letter from
4 Frank james. asking on what tcrms
he might surrender The governor am
bwered It. directing the letter 10 81
Louis, IN cnro of the pernon named
/ ~ ANhhNt F0NlNk AHNA nv ANNlt
no terms except that he would suarah,
tee James fair trial. and that he
would protect him IN all the rights
which the law Afforded HIN. THIS and
no moro.
Nothing was heard OF the matter
| until Two months later whrn one dull
| day IN Jefferson city two men came to
| call on ths Governor The firpt OF
| these was Major Edwards. the Kansas
| CITY editor, now dead and the other n
very quiet, ordinary looking man,
whom he introduced to the governors
private secretary Phlry' Farr, as Capt.
| stiles. OF Saline county
while Edwards went In TO talk
! with tho governor F'nrr and Stiles uut
/ down and had long talk about pots
sons they knew. after the fashion OF the
natives OF that state, whenever they
| Vet together. Fnrr described his Vis-
itor as rather slight commonplace
nort OF fellow, with nothing Yer,
| notable about him except "A hard, steel
| gray eye, which had an unpirnannt
/ trick 81 looking nt you ntoudlly with
| out winklnp. | remember Fafr'a do.
scripuon OF that interview James
roomed 10 know everybody IN Missouri,
ana what haiiiod mo was that man
/ with such a wide acquaintance was ~
! utterly unknown 60 me that | could
| not recall over hearing hia name mon
toned,
After "A while Edwards came out,
his friend Stiles Joined him. and thcy
/ went away, Half hn hour later I'd.
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