The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-05-08
BANDIT YOUNGER
A PHILOSOPHER
Reformed Outlaw Says he
Had Plenty Of Time TO
Study in Prison

Chicago, ILL.,, May o.--frOih 'ic H'
of war. the blood Of ouuawry and the
gloom OF feion's cell Cole Younger
has emerged a philosopher At the
Grand Pacihc he looks ike a prosper
GUS country lawyer Frank James
who accompanies him, has more the
aspect Of the bad man" but Is quiet
and uncommunicative.
The Cole Younger Of the bandit
davs and the Cole Younger of today
are ,iaereat characters. Younger
speech Is now polished with quotations
from the classics The Scriptures
Shakespeare, Emerson. Indian le
pends French phrases Greek and
latin proverbs are part OF the every
dav speech Of this one time bad
man" Here are some Of his sayings
aThe man who chooses the career
of ouuawry IS either natural fool
or an innocent madman, for outlawry
is a at companion for treason and an
archy."
"Ive read the Bible through thirty
times A man has plenty of time to
think in prison and study law, relig
ION and Shakespeare, but don't adj
wise people to go there for their op-
portunltes"
I'm my lonely hours lemAed that
hope is a divinity; that d surplus OF
determination sonquers every weak
ness: that vengeance is not for man;
that holy pictures are not all Of re
liglon"
Labor Means Happiness.
Il have noticed that when a man
claims to be all goodness, that claim
alone does not make his credit any
better at the grocery store or at the
bank. Each Of us owes an honest,
manly effort toward the material
worlds progress. Honest labor Is the
key that unlocks the door Of happi-
ness"
"Get into partnership With God, but
don't try to be the Leading member OF
the arm. he knows more about the
business than You do. You may be
abe for a time to practice deception
upon your fellow men. but don't try TO
ere any blank cartridges st the author
OF this universe.
II win say just one thing in my own
defense. During my career q ont
lawry rode into town uude ;he glare
Of the monday sur, and all men knew
my mission. No man can accuse me
Of prowling around at night or Of ever
having robbed lone man or the hon
est poor Yet there is no heroism in
outlawry. and the fate Of each outlaw
in his turn should be an everlasting
lesson 70 the young Of the land"
u have been shot twenty or thirty
times and am now carrying more than
dozen bullets. The wounds | receiy-
ed while wearing the gray I've ever
keen proud of, but the others arouse
q memory that nails me to-the cross.
Few men suffer as / did when. dur
ing the spamsh-American war, l real
ized that | was wearing the stripes
when should have been wearing my
eounrys uniform
Saved Elkins Life.
Il did save Senator stephen b
ElSins from ouantrell in October
1862. ! rode into camp and said to
Quantrell. You have my OLD friend and
school teacher, Steve El1ins, pris-
oner
"1 hear he is a Union spy, said
Quantrell
It's a liel l replied
Raising my voice. made this
strong blum II any Of these hounds
makes more false charges against you,
Steve. IT'S me he's got to settle with
at the pistol point
Il got a horse and followed him for
half a mile, for fear that somebody
might return and take a quiet shot at
him Two years later one OF a party
Of Union soldiers that we chased into
Pine Blum Ark, was the late Senator
Cushman X Davis he recognized me
years afterward in prison and worked
Tor nay parole
Neglected. colds make fat grave