The Atlanta constitution., 1902-11-17
TRAGIC DEATH STORY OF JIM YOUNGER
RECALL DEEDS OF CRUELTY AND DARING
BY E. c. Bruffey.

BY E. c. Bruffey.
I'M IoUNGER'S tragic death. death
by his own hands-hands that had
~ laid many a life low i'm years gOEc
by. recalls vividly to my mind n chase
after the James and Younger boys durinP
the month OF July. IS5s The home ard
STAMPING grounds OF the Younger ami
James boys was within a days ride of
SeS.aIia. Mo. and at that time il was not
an uncommon thing to see ore OF the out
laws riding slowly and carclessly. though
well armed. through the streets of that
city. Up to the robbery Of the Missouri
Pacific train. In July. 1876. no one was dis
posed to interfere in any way with an.
men who had followed ouantrelL Es-
pecially true was this OF the Younger
boys. All through that section Of the
state the Youngers had friends. friends
as loyal and true as ever man had. They
were not friends when the darkness CT
nisht Ind the helping hand EXTENDED the
N0ungers. but were friends I'm open DAY
Teslriless OF what some people might
say
These friends were those who knew tho
history OF the YOungers and the Jameses
from thcir infancy up. Men and women
ANAhtE~aNN Win AlR tNNut< WHICH ma fe
tha s5ns % two of the most pr0mincas
families II that section of the state the
most desperate and daring outlaws the
world has known outside Of fiction weSs
their friends.
That thcs. m@n-there were six OF them
tVc James boys and four Younger boys-
w-Te driven to that outlawry which chal-
ieuged the attention II not the admiration
a. the world up 10 the capture OF the
NCungers In Minnesota. there are hGn-
dleds 0f good. honest Missourians VINO
are willing and ready still testify.
About Scialia few persons believed one
s.7If th. cEar-es male against The Young
frz- That was not true. however. Of iie
james boys. The James's were decidedly
more daring more reckless but not one
Wilt drawer or more fearless than the
Y1ureers Many were the charges made
against the TcuUgers which they quickly
and easily dis9rcyed. Cole. the elder liv-
irs one. always being quick 20 reply 10
any srus1eous accusation made against
him aud his brothers.
The Missouri Pacific Robbery.
with that Missouri Pacific train rDi,-
terv iu Is1s many persons lost faItn ir
the Y1un-ers. Notwithstanding an .m-
phatlc denial Of particiPancy bv C'ic
Younger Less than a dozen miles from
ssdaua IS OtteryIiie station. At the
sratsan j. a deep cut one might in tho
esrly part ~ July. 1876. the fast train was
h.If ~ and robbed of sl5.eu. Within
fex hours every town along the road Wa
ssrIIrg out posses One left Sedaiia at
l4wu the next morning headed by Gen
e-zl Fiason Montgomery. who had during
tnf war tested the nerve ~ and ran frJin
u..autrels's men more than one time IL
Uss generally conceded that the James
hsrs were In tie robbery All day she
Montgomery crowd followed the trail
ami bate iu Jhe afternoon came upon the
spot IN the hanks 81 tae Osage river
where the outlaws had divided their
booty and separated. IL was useless u
follow further amd the Se,ialiaus return
..f home. \ week later one Hobbs Kerry.
u old Quautreii man. was arrested
charged with being one of the band
Mercy made confession. ia which ne
m-i his associates. declaring that Cole.
1s ana Sim Younger were in the crowd
-. believed kerry's confession. Others
not Rut even among those who ac-
.-r.s-,i th- prisoners statement th-
nears had their friends. who helped
trara at1t. the horde ~ detectives ana
.Heers sent after them
aul th.s friendship was based upon
fHe many wrongs ntapeI upon the
A.1rgers during and Immediately sIbse-
e. ne Go ihe war
Along iu the early seventies trains
stage coaches AMI other means of public
conveyance. were held zap at viii In Mis-
s.ur.. Arkansas and Iowa and each ~
rr.-s roaherl-S were laid to the James
ami Younger boys Among these rob
i.er..s ver. tL, RusscIlNiile. Ky. bank
Il JESS. the Gallatiu. No. bank in l>'a.
ths CuryInu. iowa. bank iu 1871. the Co
4uut.t. Ky.. bank in 1880. the stealing ~
iHe casa bex az th- Kansas city fair in
I-- tae 81 Genevi-ve. Mo-. bank in
tu. wreekius ~ a fast train on the
81 J aui Pacific Boz lN.1-
f- each uf tht-e acts ~ outiawry blood
Is freely spilled as the dollars were
st.-r grabbed hy the robbers.
Tauuuers hoys. however. in 1874 or
.~ r1vef tD the satisfaction uf many
sFiaus that they We're in n' way
.r..a ated Goo any of these rohberies. Men
t.. highest standing In Louisiana. ia
Arkansas. iu Texas and iu Missouri gave
sHt~ showing that the ouHger BOYS
hundreds ~ miles away from The
e-.. af tine crime NJ the time the crime
esmmlttci These aihdaVits were
.rr.I ia nearly every paper iu Missouri
.f though it satisfied many persons. IL