The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-10-20

OF letters that had passed bet#eeA
Younger sad a lady with whom he Is
said e. have been much in love. The
lady Rlso f. prominently connected.
is said 10 have reciproc3ted his aztec
ton. and fl was reported at one time
that they were to De married The
lady's relatives raised strenuous OBJ
jectlons 10 the wedding, and a further
obstacle was the fact that a paroled
prisoner could not legally contract
~pavrtare. The couple determined 10
disregard the objections OF Nstatiyes
ana an effort vas made 20 overcome
the obstacles 60 their marriage by Sc
curing from the board OF pardans
futi nardon ana restoration 70 citizen
shin This effort failed, and this II
Is thought. had much TO do with
youneer'z intention 10 end his ufe'
The lady ia said TO be nov In Boise
idaho. for her health.
ON another sheet OF paper Younger
bad written this message. evidently
his last word before committing saf
eide. -
a0etatsar IS--f.aat night GA EARN.
CT ,re,fag. hye lassie. for ] still think on
tbae a h. q Forgive me, for this
"a INV only chance. | have done noth.
,,e wronr But politics is all thar
ya',,sart Wolfe and others of their
u,v4f,a care for. Let the people Judge
Treat me right and fair, reporters. ioi
I arm a square mana SOCIALIST An"
aerldedsy In favor Of woman Flshis'
nyxan lis the brightest man THESE
United states has ever prooucsd- nM
one mistake vas in not coming our ioi
ali the people and absolute SOCIALISM,
Tson,a nsat Bryan. There In no sach
thirp az a personal God God II anf
Ysrxal. and know him well anu an
not afraid
vouaesr since hls parole from the
,ta.a .mnltrnttaFy in July of last year
hsa II. An exemplary life. Ills nrs'
IN, h.. meat vas Az travelling agent Ios
I. to,nhs:one dealer. and on one OF his
trina he was quite seriously hurt by
fagl fran wagon, Old wonnds NJ
hnA received earlier In life also gave
hlm much trouble. and although ne
aoou obtained lighter employment. his
health was precarioas, and this caused
Ana much worrimeut He was 81
years Of age -,
1awnax Younger was the youngest Of
aha .hree brothers. Robert, Coleman
rns James Younger who between the
wemys az 1865 and 1878 gained great
nntartatv through their association
with Jessie and Frank James. ms
paad. headed by Jesse James. was
charged with innumerable roooeries o.
hanks and railroad trains, tn the exc
cntion of which many desperate en-
counters took place. and number OF
men we're killed The band had serv-
ed through the Civil war, fighting on
the aide OF the Confederacy with
Qnantrsil and his band OF guerrflIas
The scene Of most Of their alleged po~1
bellum aepreaations vas the state OF
Missouri and those states adJaeent
thereto. but In September 1876, tbs
band entered Minnesota. traversing the
state as far as the little town oil
Mortified In Rice county. There, on
September 7. after terrorlzlng the peo'
ME on the street. an attempt was made
10 loot the First National bank. Cash
Ter j L.. Haywood who was In charge
OF the bank, made plucky fight and
was shot and Killed, but not. however
until he had wounded one or more OF
the raiders. The citizens OF Northfield
quickly recovering from their panic
armed themselves and started in pnr-
suit Of the deaperadoes, who had
mounted their horses and were at
4
In their desperate retreat. the pursuing
posse of citizens, time and again, com
fng into contact with the bandits and
exchanging shots with them. Tbs
raiders were handicapped In their re-
treat by the wounded. whom they were
endeavoring 10 carry along with fhem
and finally, In thick wood the posse
succeeded in surrounding them. A bat
Gle ensued In which three OF the mem
dbers of the gang were killed and the
three Younger brothers were captured
Jesse James and the remainder of the
outlaws succeeded in making then
escape.
All of the Younger brothers had
been wounded In the series Of battles
that had marked their retreat and on
this day carry the bullets fred at them
by the citizens. The prisoners on Nov.
Il, 1875. pleaded guilty to the charge
Of murder in the first degree and were
sentenced TO the Saltwater peniten-
tiAry To serve life sentnce.
In 1889 an effort was made TO SEE
cure an unconditional par6on for them
il being pleaded In support of this e.
fort that It had not been proved that
either Of the brothers had Aired the