Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
YOUNGER'S BODY
SENT TO OLD HOME
BURIED I'm FAMILY LOT IN MIS-
SOURI,.
NEPHEW CLAIMS REMAINS
Desire of Dead Bandit to be Cremated
is Ignored-That Was Held Was
the Wish of the Maukish Woman
Who Was Willing to Wed
Him.

st. Paul, Oct. 23.-In accordance
with her intention, as announced at
Boise City, Miss Mueller telegraphed
to State Agent Whittier of the Still
water prison, requesting that Jim
Younger's remains be cremated, and
Offering to take charge of them if
necessary. But the arrangements for
the disposition of the body had already
been completed by Younger's nephew,
G.. B. Hull of Kansas City Miss
Mueller was informed of the arrange
ments. She replied that she would go
to Kansas City to attend the funeral.
Mr. Hull arrived in st. Paul. He
gave instructions that the remains Of
his uncle should be prepared for ship
ment to Kansas City and thither they
were sent From Kansas City they
will DE taken to Lees Summit, fifteen
miles distant, and inferred in the fam
lily lot, where lie the Youngers father
and the mother. Here also are buried
Bob Pounger, who died at Saltwater,
and John Younger, killed by a Pinker-
ton detective.
Crowds that included many women
tried vainly to enter the undertaking
rooms of O'Halloran e Murphy at ST.
Paul and see the body of Jim Younger.
But at the request of Cole Younger,
the body of his brother was not pub
licly exposed. Disappointed at the
undertakers', the morbid men and
women even invaded the sickroom of
Cole Younger under the pretense of
extending their sympathy. The physi-
clans attending Cole were obliged to
forbid the presence of all strangers.
The elder brother, who has been suf-
fering from a disease of the stomach,
is still in a serious condition. His
constitution is by no means vigorous,
but he is expected to recover.
The two brothers were not on good
terms for some days before Jim killed
himself. They had quarreled, it is
said, about the division of money and
other gifts sent to them in the care
of Cole Younger by southern friends.
Under the influence of the growing
mental disorder that perverted all his
thoughts and acts, Jim Younger was
persuaded that he was treated unfair
ly.
'Jim has been awful queer of
late" said Cole. ''FTe didn't recognize
many Of his best friends. l believe
he has been brooding good deal over
his love match. She was a fine girl,
but Jim ought to have had more sense
than fall in love.
This romance began about 1896,
when Miss Mueller, then in her TWEEN
ty-fourth year, visited Saltwater peni-
| tertiary and became acquainted with
the Younger brothers. She soon de-
veloped a special interest for Jim
| Younger. She entered the prison as
often as the regulations would permit.
! She undertook energetic measures for
! renewing O. movement in favor of the
prisoners release. At length, during
! the session of 1901, the legislature
| passed a bill permitting the parole of
the Youngers. Soon after the bill was
passed Miss Mueller met Jim Younger
again in the Warden's office at Still
water. He declared his love for her,
and she promised to marry him as
soon as he might be released On
leaving the prison, Jim was received
at the home Of Miss Mueller's rela-
tives. But when they discovered the
engagement, they insisted on his going
elsewhere. Soon afterwards the couple
were informed that no marriage would
| be possible until Jim was pardOned.
Miss Mueller then went to Idaho.
She recently visited Mrs. Eta Rol-
| Inns, a sister Of the YOungers, at
| Dallas, Tex. She and her bethrothed
correspondent diligently. They hoped
that the board of pardons, at it's
recent meeting, would grant the par
don upon which their proposed mar
rage depended. Jim spoke frequently
of his hope to marry soon.