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EARLY CAREER OF JIM YOUNGER,


EARLY CAREER OF JIM YOUNGER.
Ruthless Deeds in Which Dead Took
Part. ,.~;.e.,r
The Younger brothers were born in
Missourf-Thomas Coleman Younger
IN 1874, Jim in 1850, John (who was
hanged in Texas) in 1876, and Bob
who died in the Saltwater penitentiary
in 1853. Their father was Henry w.
Younger, county judge, member of
the Missouri legislature, and a man of
wealth.
AT the outbreak of the Civil war
the Kansas 'jayhawkers" made a raid
into Missouri and destroyed much of
Judge Younger's property. Cole
Younger, then a boy of seventeen
years, Joined Quantrell's ,guerrillas and
fought with desperate courage under
his black banner. He was made a
lieutenant by Quantrell and his name
became little less feared than that of
the guerrilla chieftain. afp
When9Quantrell lost his life in Ken
lucky, Younger joined the forces under
Gen. F. Kirby Smith and. commanded
a force of guerrillas in Louisiana.
In the early part of 1865 Cole Young
er was commissioned by the Confeder-
ate government to raise a regiment in
California and was engaged in this
work at the time of Lees surrender.
He returned to Missouri, where his
father and two sisters had been killed
and all the Younger property destroy
ed.
After the war the guerrillas found
it hard to return to peaceful paths
The life of Cole Younger was still
sought and he was obliged to keep in
hiding with a number of his old fol-
lowers. In a short time, outlawed and
desperate, these guerrillas became
bandits. Among their number We're
Jesse and Frank James
The bloody career of the gang is
here summarized:
Raided Liberty, Mo, bank. Took $72,-
coo. Boy shot dead
Oct. 80, 1S66-Raid. of Lexington, Mo-,
March 2, 1S67-Raid of Savannah. Mo-,
bank No money non ee secured re- One killed o
Took $4,000. Three killed.
March 20, 1S6S-Raided Russelville, KY,
bank, and secured $11 600.
Cole Younger shot Bartrap, La, plant
er dead for foul in horse race.
Dec. Z, 1S6S-Robbed Gallatin, Mo-, bank
and killed cashier.
June 8, 1S71-Plundered bank at Cory
don, La. Secured $4,000.
Soon after robbed Columbia, KY, bank
of 5000 and killed cashier.
Also robbed Kansas City Fair associa-
tion of $4,000 in the presence of 1000
May 1, 1s73-Looted st. Genevieve, No.,
bank of 81 100.
in Iowa. Killed engineer and secured
Robberies of trains in Wayne county,
Mo-. Muncie. Ind, and elsewhere followed.
Also bank at Huntington, Va.
Sept 7. 1876-Final raid on Northfeld,
Mimi. bank. Cashier Haywood killed,
near aTps shieIdsvilie, MINI, but escaped.
Sept. 13, 1S76-Three Younger brothers
finally taken. James boys escaped.
November, 1S76-Tried, pleaded guilty
and sentenced to prisonsfor life.
Nov 81, 1S76-TalSen to Saltwater.
Sept. 16, 1SS9-Bob Younger died.
July TO- 1901-Cole and jim younger
paroled by state board of pardons.
Disastrous NorthfieId Raid.
The Northfield bank robbery, Sept. Z,
1876, was the Waterloo of the Young
crs.
It was executed in the same way as
all the other bank robberies, but this
time the bandits did not escape so
easily
The men in the robbery were Cole,
Jim and Fob Younger, Jesse and
Frank James, Clell Miller, Charley
Pitts and Bill Chadwel.
On the day set for the robbery the
eight men rode into Mortified, then q
town of about 1000 inhabitants. Just
before noon three OF the bandits din
ed at restaurant on the edge OF the
town. After eating leisurly and spend
ing some time discussing politics, they
rode to the First National bank, on
the main street. They hitched their
horses near the bank and stood some
time talking on the corner
Suddenly three horSemen came with
q rush down the street, yelling like
demons and firing their revolvers.
"Get off the street," they shouted,
and the frightened people lost no time
i'll obeying.
Two other horsemen rode in from
another direction, and the ping of bull
lets and the din of yelling redoubled.
In a few moments the streets were de-
serted.
While this was going on the three
men who first entered the toWn-JesSe
James, Charley Pitts and Bob Younger
ran into the bank building. ]. l..
Haywood, the cashier, and two clerks
were at their desks.
The death of Cashier Haywood oc
Cured in the attempt to loot the bank.
The outlaws were set upon by the peo-
pie of the town. The fight between the
outlaws and citizens grew hotter every
minute, and all of the bandits were
wounded more or less seriously. Bob
Younger had his right elbow shattered,
but shifted his revolver to his left hand
and went on firing. Bill Chadwell was
killed as he was riding out of town
CIelI Miller fell dead few minutes
later Jim Younger's horse was killed
and he himself badly wounded.
Jesse and Frank James escaped
unharmed. Jim and Cole Younger
were wounded, and Bob remained to
guard them, when all three were taken
prisoners 1t is not thought that Hay
wood was killed by any of the Young
ers, but the deed is commonly attrib-
uted to Jesse James.