Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-10-23
YOUNGER is DEAD
JIM, ONE OF THE FAMOUS RAN.
DIT BROTHERS, TAKES HIS
OWN LIFE. .....
fRttDOM BRINGS NEW TROUBLES
iNFATuATIoN FOR A YOUNG Wo.
MAN AND QUARREL WITH
HIS BROTHER.
FREEDOM BRINGS NEW TROUBLES
IS FOUND DEAD IN his BED
QUARRELED WITH FRIENDS WHO
HELPED HIM TO GAIN HIS
LIBERTY.

st. Paul, Get 21-James Younger.
the paroled prisoner, was found dead
in his room in the Reardon block,
Seventh and Minnesota streets, at
4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The body was dressed in a suit Of un-
derwear. A 3S-caliber revolver was
clutched in the right hand and the
left hand was covered with coagulated
blood, He had evidently been dead
several hours.
Jim Younger had been patient and
docile in the state p~enitentiary for
twenty-five years, living in the hope
Of future happiness outside the prison
walls. This was granted to him and
his brother Cole Younger in July,
1901. Jim's freedom seems to have
brought new troubles to him. A quar-
rel with his brother Cole, an infatua-
ton for a young beyond his
station, which resulted in a conflict
between him and the friends that had
been most instrumental
In His Liberation
from the ~penitentiary, are assigned
as the motives which prompted him
TO end his life. Besides this it is said
that he disliked the notoriety that at
tached 10 him. He felt that he was
Stunned and the object of observation
everywhere. He became morose and
often said that he had mo friends"
He suffered constantly from a bullet
wound in his face and had frequently
consulted physicians concerning ii
since his parole.
The primary cause Of the death of
James Younger is thought TO have
been his infatuation for a young girl
who Is now in Boise, Idaho. She be-
came interested in his case and
worked to secure his pardon. When
Jim Younger was released he was adj
mitted TO her home. He fell in love
with her and a quarrel with her rela-
tives followed and he was told to find
q home elsewhere.
Wrote a Book.
He and She, it is said. wrote a book
concerning the state ~penitentiary. 1t
is asserted that he hoped to get mar
ried as soon as a full pardon was
granted to him, and intended then to
publish the book covering the history
of the penitentiary during the quarter
century. The pardon was hoped for
at the last meeting of the state board,
but the subject was not taken up by
that body.
The cause of the trouble between
Jim and Cole Younger was money.
Cole being the older Of the brothers,
has been the recipient Of all money
sent from friends in the South and
! elsewhere. Cole, 1t is said, had e e
very generous to bis brother, although
the latter had always had a position
and was able to support himself. Jim
conceived the idea six months ago
that his brother was not as liberal as
he might be. They quarreled n mad
rot spoken since. Another theory ad-
yanced is that James Younger had
been
A Constant Sufferer
! from a bullet wound in the right slde
of his head. Ii is said that he often
became melancholy on account OF the
psrsistant pain, and many OF his ac-
/ nuaintances TAX, the charitable view
that he shot himself to n the pain
ON a large Manila envelope, when
contained a number OF letters, was
written II James Younger's own large
IegibIe handwriting he foiio"lhs
note:
"To all that is good and true loSe
and bid farewell. - Jim Younger
1Over.) on! Lassie! Good Bye All
relatives Just stay away from me. NO
crocodile tears wanted, Reporters De
NV friends. Burn me up.
The envelope contained the loliow'
In letter: ..oo. "a
"a. u. G.
" Last night on eartn. ian
g zoo by, Lassie, for sun
think Of the. A. u. G. Forgive me, lor
this is my only chance. nave uo
nothing wrong a.. eyonsant
"But politics is all tina Vans
wolfer' and others OF nell suAp0
care for.
Let the People Judge.
srreat me right and fan, repoaa
a. T am a square man. A socialIse
and decidedly in favor of womanS
rights. NON these
u,ited States has ever produced.
@His n mistake is IN mo- sn,
out for all the people anu There Is
.ialism. Come out, Bryan cod
NO such thing as a PERSONA uo on md
Is universal, and know him wen
am not afraid. nordoning
beard. They do not stop 70 ,pn man
heir wives, or to think OF tne r mae
Chat knows how to love, anu sweet
ate q Iriehu = Jim Younger"
lassie. S.athar If the de-
.oesad IL sick in bed at lSo West
Gsa, street. He wal very much a.,
f s9aesp Sy the news q bis nd SrGsaer 70
death. He said he had n noonnt fol-
Jaw and that he could not ccoun
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