The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30

oners as if they were still in the peni'
tentary
The blow staggered Jim Younger and
Miss Mueller They had not dreamed
that they could be prevented from theiI
planned marriage. II aged the man more
than years in prison. But the indomit-
able woman did not give up. She appealed
TO the Pardoning Board and the Governor
for a full pardon for Jim Younger.
But the struggle Of years. the anxiety
the sleepless nights. the physical effort
and mental anguish, had undermined the
young woman's health. The physician rs
found that she had consumption and they
told her 10 seek another climate
Then Jim Younger realized how great
was his capacity for suffering. He was
racked and torn by emotions so terrible
that his mind became unbalanced To
marry Miss Mueller meant more TO him
than anything else in the world. 1t was
worth al the years he had spent IN the
prison walls. And she was fighting the
white death thousands 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 pardons would
grant his prayer.
But it decided against him.
Years before. after the Mortified 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 ne was relea-
sed from prison Then it manifested it
self. The mental struggles, the bitter
disappointment when he found that he
could not marry Miss Mueller. still fur
Their weakened him. There is no doubt
that Jim Younger was fast becoming
insane when he shot himself.
He sent the telegram TO Miss Mueller
telling her not to write on Saturday, Oct
g 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 note that read:
"Oh, Iassie, good-by. All relatives just
stay away from me. No crocodile tears
wanted. Reporters, be my friends Burn
me up. Jim Younger"
There was letter which read
a. T. G.: Last night on earth. So
geod-by. Iassie for I still think of thee.
/ have done nothing wrong. But politics
is all that Van SAINT Wolfer and others
OF their stripe care for. Let the people
Judge Treat me right and fair, reporters.
for I am a square man. a socialist and
decidedly in favor of woman's rights.
Bryan is the brightest man the United
States has ever produced His one mistake
is in not coming out for all the people
oh Z n
There is no such thing as a personal
God God is universal and know him
we'll and am not afraid
I have pity for the Pardoning Board.
They do not stop to consider their wives.
o. to think of the man that knows how
to love and appreciate friend in truth.
Goodbye. sweet lassie. Jim Younger
They did not cremate Jim YOunger's
body as he requested. Instead it was taken
t. Missouri and placed beside his brother
Fob in Lees Summit cemetery. from
which one can see the grove of oaks on
the banks of the Little Blue where
William Clark Quantrell organized his
band Of guerillas in which rode Cole and
Jim Younger. Frank and Jese James, Jim
Cummings and others who drifted from
war into brigendage and could scarce dist
If guish between them. And for years
there was little difference.
A wooden board. eighteen inches high
and nine inches wide. on which boy
has rudely carved with 3 jackknife the
name of Bob Younger in two lines, marks
where the youngest of the brothers lies.
And another board, with Jim Younger"
written in lead pencil, is at the head OF
the second brother. in course Of time
Cole Yunger viii rest there too.