The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-03

| For two years Miss Mueller man.
aged to keep her plans secret. and
when they were divulged the storm
broke forth. The relatives of those
who had been killed by the outlaws
in their raid on the Northfield bank.
| and some of those who had been in
the fight, protested bitterly against
| releasing the murderers. And there
were others who were just as bitter.
Since 1889 at least three efforts
We're made to secure the release of the
Youngers before Miss Mueller dis.
closed the results of her long plan
ming and working, The sentiment
against the brothers was still power
full, but Miss Mueller was the strong
er and she secured from the legislature
the passage of special act which re-
suited in the release of the Younger
brothers on parole.
The lovers thought that their trou-
bles were over and their happiness
knew no bounds.
But the attorney general decided
that the Youngers were still legally
dead. They had not been restores to
citizenship. In the eyes OF the law
they We're as much prisoners as If
they were still in the penitentiary.
Then Jim Younger realized how
great was his capacity for suffering.
He was racked and torn by emotions
so terrible that his mind became un-
balanced. To marry Miss Mueller
meant more to him than anything else
in, 4 u all 81,
years he had spent in prison. And she
was fighting the white death thou
sands of miles away. He could not
go to her, for the law said he could
not leave the state. He could only
hope that the ban against him would
be removed. that the board OF pardous
would grant his prayer.
But it decided against him.
Years before, after the Northfeld
raid, one of the many bullets that
found a resting place in Jim Younger's
body pierced his brain and lodged
there. 1t had given him no trouble
until he was released from prison.
Then it manifested itself The men
tai struggles, the bitter disappoint-
ment when he found that he could
not marry Miss Mueller, still further
weakened him. There is no doubt
that Jim Younger was fast becoming
insane when he shot himself
He sent telegram to Miss Mueller
telling her not to write on Saturday.
Oct. IS. That night he shot himself
in his room in St. Paul. When the
door was broken open there was found
the love letters he had received from
Miss Mueller, on which was a note
that read:
"Oh, lassie. goodby All Relatives
just stay away from me. No crocodile
tears wanted. Reporters, be my |
friends. Burn me UP.
Jim Younger"
They did not cremate Jim Young |
er's body as he requested. Instead it |
was taken to Missouri and placed be-
side that of his brother Bob in Lees
Summit cemetery. from which one can
see the grove of oaks on the banks OF
the Little Blue where William Clark
Quantreil organized his band Of guer-
illas in which rode Cole and Jim
Younger, Frank and Jesse James. Jim
Cummings and others who drifted
from war into brigandage and could
scarce distinguish between them. And
for years there was little difference.
A wooden board eighteen inches
high and nine inches wide, on which u
boy has rudely carved with a jack
knife the name of Bob Younger In
two lines, marks where the Youngest
Df tho hrothprc ]iGs And 3nCyIar |
board, with Jim Younger" writtel in
lead pencil, is at the head OF the sec
Ond brother. In the course OF time
Cole Younger will rest there too
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