The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-05-18
UNUSUAL CHARITY.
Home for the Families of Captured
Outlaws.
To be EstabliAhed By the Man Who
Has Made His Money by Run
ming the De.peradoes
to EartS.

Jim jenkins, the man who has for
forty odd years been the great night
mare of every outlaw in the west: a
man who, in his time. has brought TO
earth more bandits Than any other sim
gle man in the world. ard who has al
most single handed arrested over $50
famous de>peradocs, such as the Dali
tons. the James boys and others, has
now turned a new icaf in his life He
has turned philanthropst. Not only
hat. but he has the strangest scheme
imaginable into which he has now be
gun to pour his wealth.
= ukir~ is counted as a very wealthy
man cut ABOUND Wichita, Kan. where
lac Eve, for he has over $4,000 at his
personal disposal. and men with a sum
Ike that are scare, ogit there.
JiTl .Itr Rims accumulated this great
sum Il. rIils for running to earth some
of The uru>t notorious outlaws the wild
west has ever known. Jim is still at
work running criminals to death. bat
'n the meantime he has planned and is
putting into NecutiOn one of the queer
IS schemes Of philanthropy that have
ever been known.
1t is estimated that there are still in
prison in this part Of the world nearly
100 Mou who would not have been he
hind Tie bars were it not that Jim
Jenkins caught them and had them
placed th,It. In most Of these cases
n. wins aLG children Of 1Ht,, prison
ci- are cling out miserable ,Eist,nces
IN various ways. Dat uors OF hem can
afford 80 throw away a cent, and still
Others are in actual want. This j. where
Jim Jenkins great scheme comes in.
For caHui,I q these men. who are now
in prison. he has received from the gov
eminent. the state and county authori-
ties. and the express and railway COM
panies. prizes which have made i'm
wealthy. Jim j. getting old, and he
knows il. 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. lie has no near
relatives, and his money would get all
twisted up in the courts. Therefore he
has decided to do what good hc can in
this world. and he has begun 10 builu
a very nice home. which will cost him
$50, 900 in cash. In this building and
with the odd $300u which he will have
left jim VIII found a home to which the
wives and children of he criminals who
are now in prison because Jim got he
best of them will always be welcome.
where they can live eat and be merry.
fhe home is TO be open to all of them.
free Of charge. II 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 marshaIs
that captured Cherokee Bill in 1898. and
he ran to earth both Jennings and the
Williams gangs. Jenkins said without
boasting hat he had assisted in the cap
ture of over $50 real bad men. that is.
men who had gained a reputation as
train robbers, TO say nothing of the
other criminals. In the Dalton raid at
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 | was too tough to die then"
he said with smile when recouuting
his experiences. ANY way lived. but
it was mighty close call"
When young Bill Cook started out ON
his train robbing career, jenkins was
among the first TO start after him. and
finally assisted in his capture in Ari-
IONA several years ago.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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