The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-04-13
FOR OUTLAWS FAMILIES
a Home to He Established for the
Dependents OF Desperadoes
Behind the BaFs.

forty odd years been the great night
mare of every outlaw in the west;
man who, in his time. has brought to
earth more bandits than any other sin
gle man in the world, and who has al
most single-handed arrested over $50
famous desperadoes, such as the Dali
tons, the James boys and others, has
now turned a new leaf in his life. He
has turned philanthropist. Not only
that, but he has the strangest scheme
imaginable into which he has now be-
gun to pour his wealth.
jenkins is counted as very wealthy
man out around Wichita. Kan, where
he lives, for he, has over $4,000 at his
personal disposal, and men with sum
like that are scarce out there.
Jim Jenkins accumulated this great
sum as prizes for running to earth some
Of the most notorious outlaws the wild
west has ever known. Jim is still at
work running criminals to death, but
in the meantime he has planned and is
putting into execution one OF the queer
est schemes of philanthropy that have
ever been known.
It is estimated that there are still in
prison in this part of the world nearly
100 men who would not have been be-
hind the bars were it not that jim
jenkins caught them and had them
placed there. In most of these cases
the wives and children Of these prison.
ers are eking out miserable existences
in various ways, but none OF them can
afford to throw away a cent, and still
others are in actual want. This is where
Jim jenkins great scheme comes in
For capturing these men, who are now
| in prison, he has received from the gov
| eminent, the state and county authorl-
ties, and the express and railway COM
panies, prizes which have made him
| wealthy. Jim is getting old, and he
| knows it. He knows that in a COM
paratively short time he will be laid
| under the sod, with no one to weep over
| what is left of him. He has no near
| relatives, and his money would get all
twisted up in the courts. Therefore he
| has decided to do what good he can in
this world, and he has begun to buila
a very nice home, which will cost him
$4,000 in cash. In this building ans!
| with the odd $4,000 which he will have
left Jim will found home to which the
| wives and children of the criminals who
are now in prison because Jim got the
best of them will always be welcome,
where they can live. eat and be merry.
The home is to be open to all OF them,
free of charge. It is to be located at
Pryor Creek, Indian territory.
During his forty odd years as a scout
jenkins has helped capture Jesse
James, Bob Ford, Bill Dalton. Bill
Cook. and many other lesser lights
among the outlaw fraternity. He was
leader of the crowd of deputy marshals
that captured Cherokee Billin 1895, and
he ran to earth both Jennings and the
Williams gangs. Jenkins said without
boasting that he had assisted in the cap.
ture of over $50 real bad men, that is
men who had gained reputation as
train robbers, to say nothing of the
other criminals. IN the Dalton raid al
Coffeyville Kan. when that gang was
nearly extinguished, Jenkins was shot
eight times in various parts of the body
and laid out for dead, from shot in the
shoulder:
'Guess I was too tough to die then.
he said with smile when recountins
his experiences. "Any way l lived, bu
it was a mighty close call
| When young Bill Cook started out OF
his train robbing career, jenkins wa:
among the first to start after him, ant
finally assisted in his capture in Ari
IONA several years ago.-Chicago Inter
| Ocean