The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-18
SOME MISSOURI BANDITS.
THE STORY or THE BREtkfN0
ar OF THE JAMES GANG.
How . Woman Was Instrumental In brins
Ing tbou the Result Gov. sritten-
den, william ~. wallace and Dick
ladies Pardon r Ford brothers.

/ trc~sful days whqu the James ann 1oahker
gang gathered tribute from express trains
and bank vaults. sometimes varying Their
abor- by loo,ing the cash box Of a coun-
try store OF that Of the Kansas CITY fair
/ Assoc at or.
when news reached western Missouri OF
N" fatal raid on Mortified. MINI, and
that all Of tho band except Frank and jesse
James were either killed or captured. high
hopes vcre entertained that a stop had been
put to train and bank robbing In Missouri
For --v raj years II seemed this hops was
! In full process II realization. but on the nlsht
Of sept 2. 1879. a hold-up occurred ~ 'den-
dab. six miles south.a-t OF Independence
and fifteen from kansas city EycIy ss.
D ettt0n Wa made by the onic"rs u Apptehehd
the bandits. but proved futile.
The year following however, a man narned
rSsntS AID -1%actcr Neck. and Of which
/ Glendale was IA" centre, was arrested on
suspicipn ~ having been one OF those en-.
ysg.d M IN. robbery IL was remembered
that BasshAm. Who Nas y worthless Nlsh.,
had l"ft the country within a week siter
an ah-cnc. 81 several months. and seemed
10 b" In hu-h circumstance suspicion
a'f the . iTsS pgs Be- i~9iSs ihs. ss fad
been betrayed. hc made a iul. coniestlon.
IIIiddi.' mi RYAN. Id liner aud three others.
Ha.-ham WAS sentenced Ia the penit.ntlaty
for ten years, but his written conie--lol
remained IN the hands OF the county ana
state ~orictal- n" was subsequently, pat.
doned. that hi testimony could De u-eo
Hrains, other members of IN" band
In is.o Thoma- I Criti"Idcn was elssted
Governor ~ Missouri and William u wal
lace Prosecuting Attorney 81 Jackson county.
! trittand.r had announced n To pe.his
Intention 70 hfcak ~ th. JNm"- gang Mnz<
lace had pledged himself :" do III thar could
bs done in hi oflCv 10 sustain law anu
order. and punish crime A. " In DE-
napoc ~ lhe new administtnlon . unn
robbery, VA planned ana rf'. u,f;an called
! CIV on the chicago, Rock Island and pse!a"
Railroad Thi- was the most dc.prnase
and brutal Of the hoid-ups ~ to th1, in M.
Without pTovocatiou. Jc~-" james snn' ~
conductof In cold blood and on" of his pas
| iGI N tared n passenger IN" express ~
was looted and many people on INC """
"Ire "rsnntrstior Of a .ecre, committee II
safety was effected This committee
adori,d sigrs. signals and password. and
soon had n membership "i Nearly Nv nuns
s.rv-d IN tire CONFEDERATE armies
~ the mcanum" Coy If,Ilsild@n ~.
~ thoSe railroads operating IA the state, ana
the result was the offering 81 r"N1ru "
sso.eD for the death or arrest ~ FRANK ana
shortly after Wallace became prosecuting
attorney. Bill RYAN, one ~ VIC mos 'sns..s.
ia master 81 several thousand dollars
near Mu>ssl shoaIs Tenn 4 few dnys 'h,Tr
rested charged With drunkenness Nallac.
saN ~. motto" of RyaHs arrest. ana Nifen
Ion from Gov Crttsndsn' and Deputy
Marshal Wig kc-hi-sr Vas sent 70 hrins
him % Mi|-oqri kss9I.a, rrnrhsd vas s't IN
session an indictment was found charalns
RYAN Nlth "olnUlici' " ~" Hi"hnaie 49,
Wallace had drawn around him we're 700
strong TO 10 broken and h" received AtNenty,
ns.-y~ar sentence 1his was ~" nrst real
impartSnt capture. aud proved the only
prosecution Ia a successful i-~ti" Hut other
I'm asoo's y.re at At S Sgss had lia fnn,i" friend.
of the bandits, and Il became hard 20 ma rsis
isrSofSss Bcsiae-. ths lo-- Of Ryan pr;2ysd
James began training Charley aud Bob Ford
for criminal work
daughter aud IN. tao above named boys
Tbeir home vas In Raw county near hich-
mona. and onS;Sf o." nd'ps ck Rli iiSdlo 81 and
Wood Hite often stayed there for weeks ats
time Htte, u seens, was p low, TTiun
die. picked a quarrel with bin In ne
fght that resulted Hits WAS Killed and hts
body wa dra gsed out thrown into a ditch
som hogs deserted the body and rooted "
cut To the road. vher" II was found sy SOM"
net .d ~ harloring member Of 'he sang.
and This confirmed the belief. Hut a. llddls
was absent when Hitr : body was otsooNe'tu-
~ SON after this episode Charley and Bob
Ford Joined Jesse Jatn'- az ST I1~tPh. wa"'
DICK liddle was In love win on" sisttls
Collins who lived In jackson county TOUT
,een miles from Independence, but WIN.
~, vou8n wa devoted to him she would
MOI consent IN marry him while MS nie vas
" md m1rdsToGs deeds several years
before this "a former lover had insnlted Mlss
collins. and In n NJ ~ rag" she sh"t MN nsau;
She was prosecuted under az Indictment
oTmurd.r la tho first degrce and her atiorneys
mad 4 hard time 20 save her from a long "
no, hfs, ,"rH M, ~ wiIiiam Warner. afer-
ward member 81 Iongrcss from th" Kansas
Citv district. and william " Wallace. II vas
Wallace extraordinary dcienc' h9seNnr.
Witch secured a verdict of. acquittsl TOT Ihe
tawny-hairnd Woman, and she was ever af,et-
,.nse,t emergency she paid Wallace q visit.
She told him she and liddfr w"rr sseet-
hearts. also that Iiddle desired 90, surrender
- .ctfI. down wallace soun s"llsd her 10
70 sec GOV 'ritt"nden and lay the matter
Ieforc him. promising to ahid" by vhate'e
'hconm" dny = %tcilcd woman called st IN.
state capitol aud said that she de-ir'.
Vas shown INTO Crittrnd"n's prlNst" or'r.
In an hour she ws> bowed ou' BY the fAl-
AN rmr H. liz, OF the great Patti Much srecu-
i,,i"n ,s 10 the identity ~ thi. Netlcd woman
was ipdulScd g 0R" or rJ, a., hs saas I sna,sss
mother But neither Crttt"nden nor Wallace
,IhoSs iess Interested than th" principals
kneS, ,n4.. ~, ,..,r,.
Vas IN. mysterious placing Of = note IN thu
L.nd. ~ Sh.rin Ilrnh.rlake ~ clay county,
The not. was delivered - dcfily, me bearer
tr,t. his .-stt- -p easily. thai h- identify
~. c,mpl,telv lo.f I pom reading ihs
note nmh@rlak. found " To lee from DICK
Ifhdl. askiug him To com" alone - = Cer-
tain plas. iu the Woud~ near Liberty That
night AT midnight Ilmb"rlhk" wu~ q man
Of considerable nerve. but % wn- snm" thns
befor. h. could gain hi own consent -
attend ~. irvst How.vef.- " ws- Tang
m n. .ucc~~ded and = nsht N deceived, and
10 went Iiddls met him aluur and un-
Hrmsd and offered On -urfordrr and 10 taken
"a Ifl.ff, a prisoner ~ assured u q pardoa
and protection iu ,as" he would diNllre. ~
.egrsfs II the lHufrs gang Imtsriaks
pfofnf-.d prnterffpu md aid %. had 10 douht
hat the Governor would pardon him ~ 10
would faithfully aid in breaking up the hand,
"a brr.utssu iIdil. stepped 90 where his
rt.,0l. Wsr~ iyIuc handed them - th@ Sh~rtN
and ~. too Nsre rpsn 40 the 'laN county
I.u Nh-re Cor the tr-' time p.fhaps IN he
waYNarf lie tltdir had "a" s"y q Jsiidotn
turned UPON hiuA
A1s.r. nos Illuminated rspidly On ANA
e 49, Not Ford -hut and KILLED i~=s. James
tr =, Ioasph. AID Iu fhs GLOWING pvtph-r
tr.rk lance usIt~d iutu Geo, 4 fteuden's
,vr. I'D .ur-nHsr.i The iert hpys
received their l.aafd ~ il""' iuf sNlins
Lee llrr.- arf each vent be- nat. Charley
90 maffr lud -rfI. .dsuu Bot iH - Ne-l
ana - k.I.d bf 90 h.lrN o." hrrpet -
n ,rr.f a. ,n aar. uuu-. h.'k latd.
H fol H.- Hraur. II.nA james,
$40 De. .ri..H' .F =. wlri.r uluntt~t
nf .H. M..afH. fr..n fHhh.f. HH. H HNHlef
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