The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-04

this man, for the first time, that there
had been one man killed and two
wounded at Northfield, and we were
at loss to make out who the third
one could be. but we learned after
our capture that a man had been shot
somewhere in the south part of the
city. The mans name / have forgot
ten. DIR. Wood, of Faribault, examin-
ed the wound and said it was caused
by bullet which had struck and
glanced from a brick house near by.
Of this 1 know nothing, only on hear
say, but know that neither Jim nor
myself fired shot in that part Of
the city. We were in front of the bank
and our stray bullets went north over
Bridge square. 1 believe that the
bullet that wounded him was fired
by citizen at us, the ball passing up
the street southwark.
Now, as to the man we took pris-
oner near Mankato. The story he told
in the presence of Capt. A. Barton, at
Faribault, was true. He said that my
brothers and myself had saved his life
The question of how to dispose of this
man was discussed, and in view of our
desperate situation, it was proposed by
enc of our party that we shoot him,
to which l said: "No, we will not kill
him. 1t will be easier to run away
from all the men he can put on our
track, than it would to get rid of the
man, who had never Wronged US, and
who says he has a wife and children
depending on him for their support
The one who made the proposition
compromised by leaving the mans
fate to the decision of Bob Younger.
He walked up to where Bob and Jim
Younger were sitting with the man,
and the following statement of the sit
uatiOn was made to Bob: "If we turn
this man loose, he will have the whole
country after US in twelve hours, and
with your broken arm, we cannot pos
sibly get away" To this Bob replied:
I would rather be shot dead than to
have that man killed, for fear his tell
ing might put a few hundred men aft
er us. There will be time enough for
shooting, if he should join in the pur-
suit" In the meantime, the man was
swearing by all the gods that he would
never speak of having seen any one.
l cut the cords from his wrists and
told him that knew no oath that we
might administer to him, would have
the least weight, so that to swear him
would be but a waste Of time; but, Of
course, we would be glad and thank
full If he would say nothing of having
seen US. However, whether he would
or would not, he was free to return
to his home, and we saw no more of
the man until he came as witness
before the grand jury at Faribault,
That night, we all together crossed the
Blue Earth river on the railroad bridge
and the next night we separated, Pitts
remaining with myself and brothers.
In regard to our capture at Made
liza Sept. q, 1861 I only wish to say
that the account of it which appeared
recently in the newspapers to the eff
feet that Sheriff Mcdonald with q
hundred and fifty men of Sioux City,
Iowa, took us prisoners, is incorrect.
We were captured by about fifty citi-
ZenS of WatoWan county, led by Sher-
iff Gillespie and Capt w. w. Murphy.
of the same county; Capt. B. G. Yates,
now of st. Paul, was also one of the
party. AT the time of our capture
Pitts was killed and my brothers and
myself were badly wounded. Bob has
since died and Jim and myself, for
more than twenty years, have been
prisoners. I will leave it to Sheriff
Barton and the wardens of this instl-
tuition to speak Of us during the past
twenty years. I have often met Capt.
Yates, and also most of the men sew
eral times that were directly concern
ed in our capture. They have been
most kind in word and feeling toward
us, and since our capture we have
never felt towards them any other
feeling but that Of friendship.
The above is a true statement in so
far as I can speak from personal
knowledge; what occurred in the bank
I can speak of only as it was told to
me- COLE YOUNGER.
Saltwater, Mimi. March 3, 1897.
LEE OF T. COLE YOUNGER.
1 was born in Jackson county, Missouri
on the 18th day Of January, 1874. My father,
H. M Younger was a farmer. Our family
consisted of father and mother and four
teen children, nine of whom are now living
in Missouri, Texas and Arkansas. My
brother Jim, who is here in prison with me-
was born on the 18th day of January, 1S4S.
During my younger days I attended a little
country school house in Jackson county,
and in 1858 our family moved to Harrison
vile, Mo-, where father had a contract to
carry the mails a distance of 300 miles, l
frequently assisted him and became thor
oughly conversant with every road and cross
road in that part of the country. When the
war broke out l was attending school and
Stephen B. Elkins.
There had been trouble along the Mis-
souri, and Kansas lines for many years that |
Is since 1856, and when the war broke out |
the feellng grew more intense. In the spring |
OF 1862, father was killed by the red legs |
and freebooters of Kansas, who were robbing,
stealing and killing all through that part of
the state. Owing to the depredations and |
murders committed by these freebooters of |
Kansas and refugees from Missouri who had |
the border counties Of Missouri, the leading |
these men removed, and father went to |
Washington with the petition, which proved |
to be the cause Of his death. Father was |
we'll acquainted with many of the members !
Of congress. and the parties that were re- |
moved from Missouri upon application Of |
the Union men, were, as we believed large
H responsible for all the trouble in that
vicinity. While father was at Washington |