Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-20
jim YOUNGER SUICIDES
Former Member of the Jesse
James Gang Takes his
Own Life
WAS ILL AND DEsPoNDENr
Liberty Brought no Peace of Mind to
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WAS ILL AND DEsPoNDENr
Liberty Brought no Peace of Mind to
the Notorious Desperado, Who Was
Paro'ed From Penitentiary After
Mary Years of service-career Of
the Younsers.

st. Paul. Oct 2O.-James Younger,
one of the famous Younger brothers,
former associates of Jesse james, COM
mitted suicide Sunday by shooting.
the Saltwater penitentiary, where he
and his brother. Cole. We're serving life
sentences for participation in the
Mortified, Minn bank raid of 1876.
Younger left letter to the press in
which he gives as a reason for his act,
dependency over continued ill-health
and separation from his friends. The
suicide is supposed to have occurred
about o'clock in the morning.
Younger occupied hoom in a down
town block, and when he did not make
his appearance as usual the search was
made for him. About o'clock Sunday
afternoon the door of his room was
broken in and lis dead body found
stretched on the floor beside the bed. a
revolver clutched in his right hand. He
had shot himself thru the head, and ev-
identity had been dead for several hours.
Younger, since his parole from the
state penitentiary of last year, had led
an exemplary life. His first employ
ment was as travelling agent for a
tombstone dealer. and on one of the
trips he made about the state he was
seriously hurt by a fall from a wagon.
Old wounds he had received carrier
in life also gave him much trouble, and
altho he soon obtained lighter work, his
health was extremely precarious. and
this caused him much worriment. He
was 81 years of age.
The body was viewed by the coroner.
who decided that an inquest was not
necessary. 1t Il; not yet known what
disposition will be made of the remains,
some doubt arising under the terms OF
the parole os to whether the body can
be removed from the state.
James Younger was the youngest of
three brothers, Robert Coleman and
James Younger, who between the years
1866 and 1873 gained great notoriety
thru their association With Jesse and
Frank james. The band, headed by
Jesse James, was charged with innum-
cradle robberies of banks and railroad
trains. in the execution of which many
desperate encounters took place, and a
number Of men We're killed.
The members of the band had served
thru the civil war, fighting on the site
OF the confederates with Quantrell and
his guerrillas. The scene of most of
their alleged post-bellum depredations
was Missouri and those states adjacent
thereto; but in September, 1876. the
band entered Minnesota, traversing the
state as far as the little town of North
field, In Rice county. There, on Septem-
Der Z, after terrorizing the people of the
streets, an attempt was made to loot
the First National bank.
Cashier j. L. Haywood, who was in
charge of the hank, made 'plucky fight
10 preserve the funds of the institution
from the robbers, and during the en-
counter was shot and killed. not, how
ever, until he had wounded one or more
Of the raiders
The citizens Of Northfield quickly re-
powered from the panic into which the
advent of the raiders had thrown them,
armed themselves and started in pur-
suit of the desperadoes, who, baffled at
the resistance they had encountered,
had mounted their horses and were at
tempting to escape. A week was spent
in their desperate retreat. the pursuing
posse Of citizens time and again com
ing into contact with the bandits and
exchanging shots with them.
The raiders were handicapped in
their retreat by the wounded, who they
were enedeavoring to carry along With
them, and finally. in thick wood, the
posse succeeded in surrounding them.
battle ensued in which three OF the
members of the gang We're killed and
| the three Younger brothers were cap.
tured. Jesse James and the remalnd de-
of the outlaws succeeded In making
rnod their pScaDe,