The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-17
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most faded into the nimbus Of a
dream, and it may be that the two
still living shall go free again, says the
New York World of Sunday.
For twenty-one years they have been
in Saltwater prison under a life SEN
tence. Bob, the youngest, died there
Cole, the elaes-~ n IS now ffty-three
years old, and Jim, who is forty-seven,
have never lost hope Of pardon.
Powerful friends are working for
these men, who were once the terror of
the Mississippi valley, senator's, gov
ernors and men of great influence. 1t
is aid that Gov. Clough, of Minnesota.
has lent a willing ear. He is not pledged,
as former governors have been, not to
liberate these middle-aged men who are
still called boys.
There were eight men in the North
field bank raid, Cole, Jim and Bob
Younger, Jesse and Frank James, Cell
Miller, Charley Pitts and Bill Caldwell.
The methods pursued show how care
full was Cole Younger in his para
tons and explain his former successes.
More than a month before the raid
the gang appeared in the ~vicinity Of
Mortified. They posed as surveyors.
as lnGeed they We're. They studied the
topography of the country for miles
ABOUT Mortified, particularly to the
south and southwest. They marked
places where thsy could make q stand
II 1t should prove necessary. They laid
tie course they would take to Gain a
place OF safety.
When the band of robbers appeared
III 81. Paul Sept. 5, 1876, the members
appeared to be eminenrly respectable
Ihey bought eight of the finest horses
they could find, animals that had
strength and speed. Then thew RODE
leisurely to Mortified that the ami
mails might not be tired.
IL was at Eoon Sept. 7 that tbrae
men rode quietly up to the First Ma
tIonal bank and hitched their horses
1hey we've wen-dressed and their faces
Mele pronZed like those of honest
These men were .Jesse
James, Bob Younger and Charley Pits
AS d cyclone comes without Warnin
ana with a roar. hoTsemen dacha1
Gown ire main street at full speed
inree came from one direction 10
rom the other. They made noise
enough Tor a hundred. In each mans
49, was a which he fired as
rapidly as possible.
OH the streets on your lives"
hoWied the robbers, and the neonin
S:ood paralyzed with amazement unti1
1ylnS DULLES bade them seek cover
IN the panic and excitement which
Sitsueu, Jesse James, Pitts and Bob
Younger walked into he hank II II
Hayward, the cashier, Frark Wiicox
ana "A. Bunker, clerks, were at their
desks. They looked up into the norIZ-
zles of revolvers. "N
James. Jesse
Cashier Hayward refused, saving
10 II was a time lock and he could
The outer door of the vault was omen
ana Jesse James started to trv the
inner door. Hayward jumped forwar ri
ana tried to shut him in. Pitts STONED
tne cashier and then Bunker broke for
the door. Bob Younger fired two shots
Gnu oAe stfdck the clerk in the shouId-
The reviewers and guns were rop,
swapping and barking outside ana il
was not the robbers who were doing ali
the firing. Frontier citizens were nor
wholly u~nprepared.
hurry up there, it's getting hot out
Here: shouted a warning voice.
The three hurriedlv ransacIad +bo
drawers, secured very little money and
started for the door. AS Jesse lanes
VINO was the last, leaped over tho
counter, he saw Cashier Harvard
reaching for a revolver. .HaywsrG
dropped dead.
FROM a corner room in the Dampier
house, Or. Wheeler first opened the
return fire. He caught Bill Cha dweIj
as he was mounting, and the man fen
dead. 'i"i ieli
manning, a townsnan, stood on the
sidewalk and fought from the onnn
lie Killed Cell Miller as he was riding
away, and brought down Bob Yorne7
e[s morse. Another by DR.. Wheeler
shattered the outlaws shoulder.
Younger shifted his pistol to the
oIher hand and sent a bullet through
Wheeler's cheek. Cole Younger cooI1y
Walked to the side OF his fallen men
and took their rexolvers from them
Nlcholas GustafSon, a Norwegian. was
Kliled, probably because he did not nm
derstand English n the r.
get off the street. Cole OUNCE or
dered a retreat. AS they started off
Jlm shouted: Boys. don't desert me:
I'm shot"
Cole Younger lifted his brother onto
his horse and rode after the others,
Every outlaw left a trail of blood. AT
Dtnoas, three miles from N%orthfeId,
they stopped to dress their wounds
Then on again.
They met a farmer named Empey
driving a pair of fine horses. They cut
the trace Of his horses, cut off the
harness and took his team, leaving
their wounded ones instead.
Cole Younger had a bullet in his
thlgh Jesse James was not badly
hurt. Frank James had a bullet wound
IN his leg. Jim Younger's mouth was
partly shot away and his arm was
broken by a bullet. Bob Younger's
shoulder was shattered and he had
other wounds Pitts bled freely and
was growing weak.
Within a few hours the whole coun-
try knew of the raid. For 500 miles
around the telegraph told that the
state offered 1000 for each OF the gang
dead or alive; the Mortified bank S700
and the Winona & ST. Peter railroad
$500.
The six wounded men plunged along
for -four days without interference,
Then a posse Of fourteen overlook them
in a ravine near Shieldsville. They
were driven back, but one outlaws
horse was killed.
The defeated posse gave the alarm
INC it drew out more than 400 men.
The outlaws entered the woods at
Lake Elysian and were driven out of
it the following day. Within wenty-
four hours more han a thousand men
were searching for them.
Jim Younger was staring death in the
face. He no longer had strength to
move. Because of his condition these
men, who were used to fly like the
wind, found themselves, on the morn
ing of Sept. 13, six days after the raid,
surrounded in timber near Mankato,
Every point was guarded. There
seemed to be no escape.
From that day to this Cole Younger
says that he has felt the gorge rise
in his throat at the mention of Jesse