The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-12
PARDON FOR THE YOUNGERS
Big Petition Asking Clcmency for
the Noted Train Robbers.
STATEMENT MADE By COLE YOUNGER
Says the Northhcld Hnnls Robbery
Was the Only one In Which He
Was Implicated.

A dispatch was received from Kansas
city yesterday stating that monster pc
tition had been forwarded to Minnesota
requesting the pardon OF the Younger
brothers. who had been serving life SEN
tonces for the murder of Cashier Haywood
in the Mortified bank robbery in 1876
News comes from St. Paul that tho
board of pardons will meet July IL. and
the general opinion is that the Youngers
Will be liberated.
Cole Younger has recently issued long
statement concerning the robbery. After
telling how the gang robbed Northiield
having planned the raid, he said Just at
this time some one across the street shout
cd. Robbers in the bank | jumped into
my saddle and fired my pistol into the air
TO let those at the bridge know that tue
alarm was given. At this moment 4 man
came up to the bank and then started to
run away. whereupon Miller drew his pis-
tol down on him and cried out. stop or
III Kill you. The man halted, but soon be-
gan to move slowly. and seeing that MIL
Ter intended 10 shoot him, i called OUT
Don't shoot him. Let him GO, the man
meanwhile running off down the sidewalk
AS this happened the three men left at the
bridge entered the street on nun run
Stiles. ms he is called met the man whom
Miller had permitted TO go and command
ed him 10 stop, threatening 10 shoot him
If he did not. ] shouted 10 stiles 10 let the
man 10 and not shoot him, whereupon
Stiles and the man on the bucksklh MORSE
passed on up the street fifty or 100 yards
south OF the bank, Jim stopping IN front OIL
the bank -
jumping on my horse, rode to the
back door and told the boys to hasten OUT
as the alarm was given, and thought the
citizens were arming themselves BOD
Younger came out and thinking all were
coming. got on my horse and started north
10 the corner of the Bridge square when
saw man at a window upstairs across
the street with gun. To frghteh MN
away | shot Pane OF glass ont above his
head, whereupon he stepped back out oil
sight. Tho man was. | think. DIR. Wheeler
/ then fired into the corner of the building
on Bridge square TO frighten the people
away from our horses, and they ran around
the corner out of sight.
Bob went on down the sidewalk to the
stairway, intending 10 get his horse al
that point. noticed that Bob WAS the
only one who had answered my call, 80
again turned and ran back to the bank
and shouted to those inside: For Gods
sake, come Just then Miller called 10
me, saying he was shot, and looking ut
him ] saw blood running down his face.
"The firing by this time had become
general, and, as the two in the bank had
not come out, was forced for the third
time to ride TO the bank and call to them
TO come out and this time they did so. In
the meantime Miller had been shot again
and had fallen from his horse. jumped
from my horse, ran TO Miller TO see how
badly he was hurt, and while turning him
over was shot in the left hip took MIL
ler's pistols. remounted my horse and rode
toward Bob, who was standing near the
stairway jim being with Ice.
at this moment Bob was shot. ] saw
him change his pistol from his right hand
20 the left, and from tho way his right
arm hung limp al his side / knew it WAS
broken. | called 10 him to come from there
md turning TO Jim. told him to catch
Miller's horse for Bob. This was done
Bob ran up the street and Jim helped him
o mount. | then called on Pitts 10 help
nc get Miller up on my horse, it being
my intention 10 carry HIM before me, On
fitting him We saw he was dead, so tod
Pitts 10 lay him down and run up tho
street out OF range and ! Wild take him
ip behind me- / then cried to the rest OF
he party TO move on ahead and they
tarted, Jim leading the horse that Bob
hundred yards. where he mounted behind |
ne, and We rode out of town on the Dun !
lac road
when We got out OF town the last man |
o leave the bank told me that IS he |
umpod on the counter and was leayGg the |
'ank he saw Miller lying In the street,
nd at the same moment one OF the clerks
prang up and ran toward desk. Think |
ng he was going for a pistol. he ordered
i'm to stop and sit down, but he kept
n, and as my informant jumped from the
ounter. he leyeled his pistol and fred
he man fell. but how badly he had hurt
i'm he could not say. We learned after
70 were captured that 1t was Cashier J.
!. Haywood.
'Mv intention after the Mortified. roh-
cry was to 20 TO Cuba. South America or
australia TO settle DOM. After the am
esty bill had been killed In the Missouri
episature could see no hope for me. and
could plainly see that ] had to gei out.
thought II could get $4,000 or $40 900
rom some one worth millions, ia take y
nd 20. pleaded guilty Of the murder q
Ieywood because Of the excitement OF Inc