The Bessemer indicator., 1894-01-27
A MEMBER OF GANG.
HE MADE A VERY BAD BREAK
ANo GOT PiNcHED.
How soms Of Jesse Jamcs' oatiaws
Wore CAuEht-story OF the Glendale
r Train Robbery By . Particip1ns-us
West to Work with . Gun.

Bill Henry never became quite as
notorious as the James brothers, but
he was every bit as bad. and II no
would tell. without exaRgeration,
tho number Of men hc had killed.
and aided in killing, 1t would make
very startling record. Henry was
moro cunning than any other NOM
ber OF the gang. and II there was
any loophole for escape he was the
trst to take advantage OF It The
most prominent members OF the
James gang. when Henry was with
1t, wcrc Creed Chapman. Charlie
DeerduH. John Mott Hen Bugler.
Ed Miller. James Cummings. John
Land, Dick Little and Frank and
Jesse James. Their speciality was
holding up trains and citizens on the
highway. and stampeding horses
"Wo had been going little slow"
said Henry to a New York
Recorder reporter. not long ago.
..because the sheriffs were out
on the run night and day
with gangs, carrying pretty stiff
loads OF shooting tools. and all owing
to the tapping OF n few cash boxes
on the Northern Pacific. The worst
Of 1t was that they had got on tho
right trail in some way and we had
to go under cover to keep from got
ting dose OF lead or going to fail
Keeping quiet was about the hardest
thing that Jesse James ever had TO
do. and long before 1t was safe to go
on the road he told me that ho was
going to do little work right under
the noses of the sheriffs and their
swamp angels. just 30 teach them q
lesson for fooling with his business.
1t was way that Jesse had OF play
ing jokes. and nearly every joke that
! ever knew him to work OF always
had something like shooting iron
at tho end Of it. l told him that he
was foolish. as the way things looked
to me there was danger In the air.
but danger was what Jesse loved
more than any thing else that know
OF.
1.-The next time saw him he had
the plans all fixed TO take a train at
q little place near Glendale. just out
side of Kansas City. Mo. What
made this very tough job was the
fact that Police Commissioner Craig
OF Kansas City. who was very
plucky follow. and handy with q
gun. had taken personal interest
in running us down. Jesse had got
a fair sight at him with u Win
chester. but 1t was coming dark, and
instead OF boring hole in his head
the ball only clipped piece out Of
his ear. The game that jesse had
picked out was the Frisco flyer. and
he had got information that it was
carrying load Of yellow metal,
worth big sum 1t was on q
Wednesday night. and we all met on
the edge OF swamp. just outside Of
Glendale. whero there were lot OF
big rocks.
Just before midnight we got a
whistle from the flyer and jesse
went ont on rock near the track
and waved red light when the head
light came around the curve. We
could hear the swish OF the sirbrake
as the engineer. without suspecting
anything wrong. put on the brake
hard to check the train, which was
a-humming, before ho reached the
red light. We had It all arranged
what we were to do Frank James
went on ono side OF the train with
Dick Little, Jim Cummings and Ed
Miller, while Jessie and l and Hen
Bugler. John Mott. Charles DecrdufY
Greed Champman and Johnny Land
drew up on the other side. Jesse
mounted the engine and called OF
tho engineer with gun under his
ear. He directed the engineer to
order the express keeper to open the
door under penalty of death for re-
fusal, and. just to make things look
pretty blue we all fired volley in
the air. The noise sounded like a
regiment Of soldiers. Some fellow
jumped of the train with light and
started back on u run. Greed drop.
pod him as some one shouted that he
was going to flag the freight.
"The messenger opened the door
and we raided the safe and pouches.
Some of the sports in the car got a
bit lippy. and just to make them feel
easy We went through the coaches
and lifted all the yellow watches and
dust that there was in sight. 1t wns
too clio TO kansas City to take any
chances. 50 We cut the engine loose
and rode about ten miles on it. leav-
Ing Land off ut his home. We agree