The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-21
PLANS FOR BURIAL
The Body VIII Be Sent to Lees sum.
T.. nit, Mo,

NV 5ooy s''' Pc SenL TO Lees sum.
=. nit, Mo.
In accordance with her intention, as
announced at Boise City, Miss Mueller
telee raphed yesterday to State Agent
Whittier of the Saltwater prison, request
ing that Youngers remains be cremated.
and offering to take charge Of them if
necessary. But the arrangements for the
disposition Of the body had already been
completed by Younger's nephew, c. B.
Hull of Kansas City. Miss Mueller was
informed of the arrangements. She re-
piled that she would go to Kansas City to
attend the funeral. ~
Mr.. Hull arrived in st. Paul last night
He gave Instructions that the remains Of
his uncle should be prepared for ship
ment to Kansas City to-day. From Kan
sas City they will be taken to Lees Sum
NIT, fifteen miles distant, and inferred in
the family lot, where lie the Youngers'
father and the mother. Here also are
buried Bob Younger, who died at Still
water, and John Younger, killed by a
Pinkerton detective.
Crowds that included many women tried
vainly to enter the undertaking rooms of
O'Halloran & Murphy at st. Paul yester-
day and see the body Of Jim Younger.
But at the request of Cole Younger, the
body of his brother was not publicly ex-
posed.
Disappointed at the undertakers', the
morbid men and women even invaded the
sickroOm of Cole Younger under the pre-
tense Of extending their sympathy. Be-
fore noon yesterday the physicians attend
ing Cole were obliged to forbid the pres
ence Of all strangers.
The elder brother, who has been suffer
ing from a disease of the stomach, is still
in a serious condition. His constitution
is by no means vigorous. But he is ex-
pected to recover.
fVryo 1ro
terms for some days before Jim killed
himself. They had quarreled, it is said,
about the division Of money and other
gifts sent to them in the care of Cole
Younger by southern friends. Under the
influence of the growing mental disorder
that perverted all his thoughts and acts,
Jim Younger was persuaded that he was
being treated unfairly.
Jim has been awful queer of late
said Cole yesterday. "He didn't recog-
nize many of his best friends. believe
he has been brooding a good deal over
his love match. She was q fine girl, but
Jim ought to have had more sense than
to fall in love-
Jim Younger's Romance.
| This romance began about 1885, when
Miss Mueller, then in her twenty-fourtk
became acquainted with the Younger
brothers. She soon developed a special
interest In jim Younger. She entered the
prison as often thereafter as the regula-
tions would permit. She undertook ener-
getic measures for renewing a movement
in favor Of the prisoners release. Al
length, during the session Of 1901, the
legislature passed a bill permitting the
parole Of the Youngers. Soon after the
bill was passed Miss Mueller met jim
| Younger again in the warden's office al
Saltwater. He declared his love for her
and she promised to marry him as soor
as he might be released. On leaving the
prison, Jim Was received at the home Of
Miss Mueller's relatives. But when they
discovered the engagement, they insisted
on his going elsewhere Soon afterwards
the couple were informed that no mar.
riage would be possible until Jim was
pardoned. Miss Mueller then went to Ida.
no. She recently visited Mrs. Eta Rol-
Inns, sister. Of the Youngers, at Dallas
Tex. She and her bethrothed correspond
ed diligently. They hoped that the boar6
of pardons, at its recent meeting, woule
grant the pardon upon which their pro.
posed marriage depended. Jim spoke fre.
quently of his hope to marry soon.