Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-11

the incident Mr.. Lewis has mixed me
up in and tortured into bank rob-
berry"
Their companiors Gone.
More than this James would not
say From a rolling conversation,
however, it was learned that when
the Youngers come out Of prison after
putting in a quarter of century there
they will find on the outside scarcely
a single one of the old crowd that
went up and down the line with them
in boyhood days.
c. Q. Quantrell, the noted leader of
famed Quantrell's band, started on
the Blackwater, on his raid into Kan
sas, at the time Lawrence, Kan, was
sacked and over one hundred citizens
killed. That was late in the fall of
1863, and soon after Quantrell was
killed in Kentucky.
Seven years later Lieut.. Lull, Chi
cago policeman. went out into Mis-
souri,, for the purpose of making free
on the remaining members of Guam
trells band. A few days later Lull,
while riding out on horseback after
his arrival, met and shot to death
John Younger, the eldest of the Young
ers. Two days after this he was shot
to death from ambush by unknown
parties" and his body was sent back
to Chicago for burial.
Bud McDaniels, one of the most
noted of the gang who robbed the
Kansas Pacific train at Muncie, seven
miles from Kansas City. was hunted
to the woods and ridded with buck
shot by the pursuing party, brought
back and died in the Lawrence Jail.
Thompson Mechanic, while robbing
the Huntington CIV. Va.) bank back
in the SOS was shot and killed by the
pursuing party.
Fate of the Fords.
Charlie Ford, an accomplice of his
brother Bob in the murder of Jesse
James, was shot and killed in a saloon
row at Greed, Colo, two years after
Jesse's death. Bob Ford, who killed
Jesse James, in 1882, died of consump-
ton and some say of remorse a year
after the tragedy.
Wood Hite, the leader of Glendale,
Winston and Blue Cut robberies, fled
to Kentucky after the Blue Cut, killed
an officer there and then returned to
was killed by Bob Ford and Dick Lit
tie.
Bill Anderson, another prominent
member of the gang, returned to Ray
county, Mo-, in 1868, and was killed
near Richmond.
Jim Inman. as fearless and desper-
ate man as Quantrell had in his
command, escaped from Missouri after
the Blue Cut, but little later was
killed in Kentucky.
Andy Mcguire was arrested in Jack
son county for participation in the
Richmond bank robbery and taken to
that point One night a mob took
him from the Jail and hanged him to
the highest tree.
Dick Burns, was at the Richmond
robbery with MCGUIRE and was fol
lowed and killed two miles from In
dependence, while resisting arrest.
OIL Sheperd, was with his brother at
the time of the Russellville bank rob-
berry. He fed to Missouri and was
killed near Loes Summet by detec- |
tive who followed him.
John Keene was arrested for par
ticipating in the Huntington CIV. Va.) |
bank robbery, when Tom McDaniels |
was killed. He is best known by his |
alias Jack Keene, and is serving
long term for his work.
George Sheperd, who, with his !
brother and several of the gang, rob- |
bed the Russellville bank in 1866, |
served fifteen years for this act. He |
claimed the proud distinction of once |
having shot Jesse James in the back |
of the head during a quarrel. He is |
now said to be living near Kansas |
City, but no one knows just where.
Jim Cummings was raised in Clay |
Mo-, and Joined the gang in |
1870. He was at the Glendale rob- /
berry, but not at Winston or Blue Cut. |
He was chased out of Missouri and !
has never been heard of since
George Rodd. who was considered !
one of Quantrell's most daring men, |
was killed near independence during |
Prices raid by the federal soldiers.
Ed Miller. brother of Clell Miller, |
who was killed at the Mortified |
Mimi affair, joined the James boys |
in 1877 He was in at the first Glen |
dale robbery in 1881. He was killed by |
one of the gang after the holdup dur
ing an argument over the division of |
the plumber.
Tucker Basham, one of the gang
who attended the Glendale robbery |
and was afterwards pardoned in or
der that he might testify against the |
James boys, was killed near Great |
Bend, Kan, by member of the
James gang before Jesse's death.
Payne Jones, one of the gang known (
as the terror of Jackson county"
was killed by Jim Grow Chiles, an
other of the gang who accused Jones
Of stealing his horse. Chiles was shot |
TO death shortly after he Killed Jones
in a duel with citizen Of Independ-
ence.
So it will be seen that the only one
Of the old crowd left IN Garth is