Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-31
Young Jesse James Seems tc be Following in the Foot
 steps of His Father.
THE NOTORIOUS GANG.
Sons of a Baptist Minister They Developed an Amazing Ca
 pacity for Crime.


 Fair.
 The dominating power of heredity over the individual is once more forcib- ly Illustrated by the arrest in Kansas City, of Jesse James, Jr., for the al- legged participation in the holdup and robbery of a Missouri Pacific express train.
 Not yet has the elder generation Of the public forgotten the criminal ex- ploits of the famous James Boys, re- speetiyely, and father and the uncle of Jesse. Jr. who for q quarter of century headed gang of train rob- bers and bandits that terrerized the Southwest.
 They were the sons of a respectable Baptist minister The father went to California in 1849 and died there in 1851, driven away from home. it is said, by his wife, from whom the sons seem to have inherited their deyiltry. The latent evil in them was brought out by the war. Early in 1861 Frank James. who had just reached his majority, joined QuantrelIs band of gueriIlas. in which he soon became noted for feros eious daring. Jesse joined a year later, and soon eclipsed his brother and all other members of that gang of murder CTS and cutthroats, masquerading as soldiers. Both brothers participated in the sacking and burning of Law renee. Kan, when nearly every male inhabitant was Cuthlessly murdered. and in the massacre at Gentralia. Mo-. where. after the village itself had been plundered, the, guerillas wayIaid an east-bound train. robbed the passen- gers and killed thirty-two sick soldiers en route for the St. Louis hospitals be- side fifty members of 9 company of Iowa volunteers, who had hurried to Inc rescue.
 When the war ended the State be- came toe hot to hold the guerillas. ;. Jesse James, with a eongeaiaI spirit named George Shepherd. fled to Texas. while Frank followed the fortunes of QuanreIl into Kentucky where he es- i eapea by the merest accident from be- ing ia the fight when Quanlrell was mortally wounded aud his band exter- minated.
 Comparatively little is known of the 1 Jameses, except a personal adventure or two, from this time until 1868. In that year they began the life which made them famous as bank and train robbers Early in the spring Jesse James, accompanied by Cole Young CT. Al" and George Shepherd and Jim White dashed into RusseIIviIIe. i Ky, and robbed the bank Of SI4.000. i Part of the party entered the bank. while the others remained outside and began a fusiIade up and down the street to prevent the approach of help. l Accomplishing their object. the robbers rode away, and, though vigorously pur- l sued, escaped.
 One of their most daring atrocities was committed at Kansas City in the autumn of 1872 The County Agrieul- 1 tural Fair was going on. when three men were seen to ride up to the gate of the grounds. They were well mounted and wore long linen dusters and wide brimmed hats. On reaching the gate one dismounted. handing his bride reins to hIs comrades He approached the ticket office. and. looking through the window, said to the cashier.-'It WAS to say I was Jesse James, and told you to hand out that tin box Of money. what would you say2"
 I'd say III see you in - first. " was the eontemptuous reply.
 Well, that's just who am-Jesse James-and you had better hand 1t out pretty quick, or I'u.-and the rest of the sentence was finished by IeveIIing a huge navy revolver at the cashier. | The box was handed out with it's con- tents Of S10.ooQ. Jesse remounted. and the three desperadoes began firing their H pistols. and hurriedly rode of. The F alarm became general and almost i'm mediately pursuing party was organ. { ized, but with no results.
 Train and stage robberies followed the bank robberies. In many of their . murdeTous exploits members of the gang were killed or caught. but such was the terror inspired by the James f es that for more than ten years during which q price was set on their heads 10 one was found to earn the money by heraying them.
 The offer Of these sums led to the killing of Jesse James in April. 1882. by Robert Ford. lad Of twenty, who was in oollusion with the detectives. but who had been accepted as a promising recruit by the upsuspieious bandit.