Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-04-24
THE YOUNGER BROTHERS,
GRIMES ce OUTLAWS WHOM MIN
NESoTA Is ABOUT TO SET FIRE..

II is Nearly TwentY.six Years Since the
Memorable Raid Upon the Bank OF North.
field The James Brothers Were In the
Bandit Gang.
The exploits of the Younger broth
ers and Frank and Jesse James and
Nasfksiiz&asing raids Upon towns and
railroad trains which. extended over a
period OF 20 years. are recalled be
cause the Legislature Of Minnesota
has decided to give Bob and Cole
Younger their freedom, says the St
Paul correspondent cf the !Jew York
Sun. It is nearly 26 years since that
memorable raid upon the Bank OF
Mortified, Mimi, when the united
forces of the James and Younger
gangs were engaged in battle for six
days and the outlaws were almost wip-
ed out.
There were six Younger brothers,
one Of whom died in babyhood. They
were the SONS of Col. Henry w. Young
er, a Southern man, who moved to
Cess county, Mo-, in 1880. The five
boys who lived to attain their major
ity were Richard, Thomas, Coleman,
Robert, Ewing and John Younger.
During the war they, like the two
James brothers, were irregular, or
guerrilla troops, who stole as often
from one side as the other. After the
war they became bandits.
The first robbery Of the kind with
which the Youngers were later iden-
titled was that Of the Commercial
Bank of Liberty, Mo-, on February IA,
1856. when $4,000 was secured. The
Youngers took no part in this exploit.
The robbers followed the same tactics
which were employed afterward time
and time again and which always sue
ceeded until the Northfeld robbery.
The party, well mounted and heavily
armed, rode into the town, firing and
yelling in the streets and terrorized
the citizens, while two of the gang dis
mounted and with cooked revolvers
forced the cashier to hand over the
banks funds.
The Younger boys were first known
to be with the James brothers in the
bank robbery at Columbia, KY. The
cashier, refusing to give up the money.
was killed. The scene of the next raid
was in Iowa. At Corydon, Ia, they
succeeded in robbing bank of $4O,-
600. On May 27, 1873, the st. Gene
We've bank was robbed Of $4,000.
In 1873 they began to rob railway
trains. The Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific suffered first east of Council
Bluffs. Next the cash box of the Kan
sas City Fair Association was robbed
OF its days receipts. This was follow
ed by the holding up Of the Malvern
and Hot Springs stages in January,
1874. Then the band attempted another
train robbery at Gad's Hill, on the Iron
Mountain railway.
The Youngers and the Jameses
then separated for a while, as heavy
rewards were offered for their arrest.
Many attempts were made to capture
them. In one of them John Younger
was killed. At times the detectives
were hunters, and then again they
would be hunted.
IN December, 1875, two parties were
organized for robbery. One, consist
ing OF Jesse James, Bob Younger and
James Younger, stopped train at
Muncie, Mo-, and robbed the express
safe Of s55,O00. Another party, con-
sisting Of Cole Younger, Frank
James and the Millers, robbed bank
at Corinth, Miss. Later the James
brothers, the three Youngers, Charles
Pitts and Clell Miller robbed Mis-
souri, Pacific train at Otteryille, Mo-,
securing s17,5oO.
In 1875 they decided to rob the bank
at Mortified, Mimi, on September 7.
The band consisted of Bob, Cole and
James Younger, Bill Chadwell, Glenn
Miller, Frank and Jesse James and
Charley Pitts. They rode directly to
the bank, where Frank and Jesse
James and Cole Younger dismounted
and entered. ence insipe they order
ed j. u. Haywood, the cashier, to open