Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-04

hood revered the name of his father and
refused to believe him the guerilla which
he was. He had himself photographed
by his fathers grave and in his room
were numerous pictures of the dead man.
Meanwhile, except for this idiosyncrasy,
young Jesse worked hard and faithfully
as clerk for the Armour Packing COM
pany of Kansas City, and for six years
held a steady position with the firm. Dur
! ing his time he earned nOugh money to
pay for the home on Tracy avenue and
to keep his sister Mary in school. She
! graduated a year ago from the Kansas
City High school.
A few years ago young Jesse, not max
ing enough money to suit a young man
of his ambition. decided to give up his
position in the Armour company, and to
take a cigar stand in the corridor of the
court house. His mother opposed this on
the ground of evil associations, but young
Jesse persisted and while there he made
the acquaintance of the young men who
got him into trOuble
Among his many friends was a switch
man on the Missouri Pacific; and he also
knew several of the trainmen. One of
his acquaintanceS was William w. Lowe
a switchman.
Five days after the Missouri Pacific
train was blown up by dynamite Lowe
was arrested on suspicion and he made a
full confession. This statement. which
he signed, implicated young Jesse James
in the robbery.
Young Jesse was arrested and so strong
was the evidence against him that he was
indicted by the grand jury.
AS soon as this occurred ~anthropolo-
gists, phrenologists and such wise folk
began Analysing the boy and showing
why he became a criminal. His head
was pronounced the type of all that was
evil and each feature indicated his hor-
rible nature.
Now comes the confession of StOwell
which says that young James was in no
way concerned in the robbery. That the
young man, Handicapped with a bad
name. haS-On account of that name
suffered the horrible experience of be-
ing sentenced and imprisoned for a crime
of which he was innocent.
IF he had borne a different name it
would never have happened,' his counsel
said at the time.
Jesse James can now go back to his
home and take up the thread of his life.
What will be his future? Will he find
himself so hampered by the name of his
father that he cannot obtain a poS1tlon?
Will he find business doors closed to him
and places of trust out Of the question::
Will he. now that the door Of the prison
is opened to him through TO fault of his
ON IL, luIH lHlO d ueSptlh W diNi I"l
the career which seems mapped out for
him by nature and by fate?
Few can blame Jesse James if he does
so.
The elder Jesse led a wild career from
1862 to 1882. For twenty years he was
the most famous bandit of the world. de
started by Joining QuantrelfS guerillas.
Here is the story of the career Of the
father of the young man, from the be-
ginning until his death:
1S62-Frank James, brother Of Jesse
joins Quantrell's band of guerillas. Jesse
James joins the band several months
July. 1S63-Frank and Jesse James with
George TOdd's company of GUAM
trelrs guerillas. meet Major Ransom's
cavalry IN the Pleasant Hill and
Springs road and several Federals
are killed.
July, 1S63-Frank James and other
guerillas surround a house four miles east
of Wellington, Lafayette county, and Kill
ten Federals.
August p, 1S63-Frank and Jesse James
in the sack of Lawrence, Kan.
July, 1S64-Jesse James and Arch Glenn
shoot four Federals in an apple or
rhard.
August ". 1S64-Frank and Jesse James
kin seven Federals in Ray county.
September q. 1S64-The massacre of Cen
ralia Frank and Jesse James and other
take 2S unarmed Federal sol
diers and four citizens from a train of
cars, stand them in line and kill them.
October, 1S64-Jesse James goes with
George Shepherds band of guerillas to
Texas.
December 4, 1S64-Frank James, GUAM
trell and other guerillas meet five miles
west of WaVerly, Lafayette county, and
start by way of Kentucky for Maryland
to organize a band of guerillas there.
May, 1S65-Jesse James and Arch Glenn
ents, returning to Clay county from
Texas. capture old man Hardness. a Fed
eral sympathizer in Benton county, Mo-,
and cut his throat from ear to ear. Jesse
James kills Duncan in kingsville, John
son county.
May, 1S65-Members of Quantrell's
band ~surrendering at Lexington, Mo.
Jesse James refuses to surrender and
joins his mother in Nebraska.
Autumn of 1S65-Horses stolen in Ohio.
Frank James, on his way from Kentucky
to Missouri, is suspected and surrounded
at Brandenburg, Ohio. He shoots two of
the posse and escapes. Frank James re-
turns to Missouri and finds he is pro-
scribed because of the Ccntralia mas
Sacre.
February IA, 1SG6-Frank and Jesse
James and their band of outlaws com.
nit their first great robbery. Commercial
bank in Liberty, Mo-, robbed of $40. coo.
February Is, 1SG7-Tive home guards
surround the home of Jesse James near