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The Washington times., 1906-07-08
FUIA =PIEzDGEO AAWYEAR~

James-and you'd better hand it out
pretty quick or III" and the rest
Of the sentence was finished by level
ing a huge navy revolver at the
cashier. The box was handed oU-
with its contents Of $4,000 Jesse
remounted and three desperadoes be
gan firing their pistols and rode of.
The alarm became general. and 81
most Immediately a pursuing party
WAS organized. bat with no results.
Train and stage robberles followed
the bank robberies. Ia many Of their
murCerous exploits members Of the
gang were killed or caught. but such
was the terror inspired by the James
boys that for more than ten years.
during which a price was set on their
heads. no one was found to earn the
money by betraying them.
In August. 1876. Jesse and Frank
with six confederates made a desper-
ate attempt upon the bank at North
field. Rnnn. The desperadoes entered
the town al a furious pace. shooting
their rcvolvors right and left In order
to intimidate the people IN the streets
They halted in front of the bank, and
while Frank and Jesse James and Bob
Younger entered. the other fce re-
mained outside 20 guard against at
tack. J. L. Hayward, the cashier
and two clerks were IN at the time
and for refusing 20 open the time
lock Jesse James killed Hayward in
wanton cruelty In the meantime
the citizens realized what was going
on and opened hre on the robbers
TWO were almost instantly killed.
Another received bullet in his
mouth. and Frank James was shot
through the left leg. but all six sur
vIvors succeeded in mounting their
horses and escaping from the town.
followed by hfty armed men. As on
previous occasions luck was with the
Jameses, for while they escaped after
being pursued nearly five hundred
miles. three OF their companions were
shot down and captured. and fourth
was killed.
Jesse and Frank James. after being
chased for weeks. succeeded In reach
ing Texas. and az Waco Frank had a
surgical operation performed on his
Leg. The wound was so many days
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
Accuse Police Of Conspiracy

I'VE simply made up our minds that
the police had picked our this boy 10
railroad him TO the pealtentlary and
were going to turn Lowe loose. and we
wouldn't stand for IT. Why didn't
they try one Of the older ones first,
Ryan for Instance? But no. They
picked out this kid. who II he had any
thing 10 do with IL at all. was led into
IL by older heads who tried TO make
him the victim. Now that's the way
I felt about it. sat there and look
ed at the James family and felt sor-
~ for them That family has had
lots OF trouble. Did you ever think Of
that? There was the old grandmother.
with her arm blown OF by detectives.
and she was a good. honest-looIing old
woman. TOO. Then there was Frank
James, as respectable looking a man
as there was in the courtroom. He's
good citizen now. And Jesse's mother
and sister. Il would only make more
trouble for that family and do no good
to send Jesse TO the penitentiary. They
have had trouble enough. The evidence
showed that Jesse had been associating
liJtie with bad people lately. but I
dont believe he was in the robbery.
We simply threw out the testimony OF
". J. Smith entirely. We did not be-
lieve thai Smith was on The train or
that he saw Jesse James there. We
believe ". ". Lowe was a IIar and
that the whole charge against Jesse
James was a plot of the police force to
convict an innocent man"
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
Made a Good Haul

With this crew OF young cut-throatss
Glendale. seventeen miles from Nan9
sas City, was selected for the Lceno
OF the next crime, and on the e. eninE
Of October 8, 1873. an attack was
made. Like all the preceding train
robberies IL was a success, ana after
battering down the door Of the
express car Jesse James and Ed
Miller entered with revolvers IN their
hands and compelled Grimes, the mss-
senger. 10 unlock the safe, and 70
give up the contents. variousiy esd
mated al from 5000 to $4,000.
About this time il seems TO have &C.
Cured 70 the authorities Of Missouri.
that patience had ceased 10 be a vir-
tue. and $1,000 was offered ia lieu of
the former insignificant sums FOR
either Jesse or Frank James. dead Or
alive. and $3.50 Tor any othcr mem
byr II the gang.
The offer 0f these sums led 70 the
killing of Jesse James In Aprh' 4So-'
by Robert Ford. a lad OF twenty who
was in collision with the detectives
but nho had been accepted as a prom
Islng recruit by the unsuspicious ban
dit. r. ank James few months later
gave himself up. was tried, and was
acquitted on the successive charges OF
robbery and murder in the teeth Of the
pIainast evidence, but amid the plaudits
OF a Western assemblage- He then
settled down iU his father-in-Iaw' 5
home in Independence. Mo. In the fail
OF 1856 he accepted a position as special
messenger on ar express train. with
the pleasing daty or beating train rob
bers at their own game
It mas been estimated that in about
twenty years the James and Younger
gang OF bandits stole sl,05s,ooo. These
figures are believed 10 be thoroughly
trustworthy and are furnished BY
doc" Miller, man whose knowledge
Of the matter no one disputes
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
A HOTEL's PHONE RECORD.

one hotel in this city does more teIs-
phone business than is transacted By
the exchanges of many towns. The
l.IIL6lS persons who dined at the new
Hotel Astor last year, and the 22O, ,I9e
guests who slept there during the same
period Of time, are OF a class who make
much use of the telephone. yet the ex-
tent Of their patronage is something OF
a surprise 10 thOsd who see the figures
for The first time. There was a total
OF 25.o00 city calls registered at the hotel
for the month Of April. 1906. and for the
same month 800 suburban and long
distance calls appear upon the record.
Supposing the other months 10 show
similar totals, the aggregate number OF
calls or all kinds. exclusive OF thos>
coming in, for the year would be $4,000
The total revenue from telephons uss
is something like $4,000 annually.
Most of the city calls were mads By
persons taking meals at the hotel. while
the suburban and long distance calls
were probably 10 q great degree con-
fined TO transient guests People come
from all the great cities Of the United
States and bring their business with
them. 50 TO speak. keeping in close
touch with their home affairs every
day. In February there were seventy
five Philadelphia calls. fifty Boston and
502 Jersey city. The other night a man.
Just off the train. called up Boston the
first thing he did; and. while waiting,
he turned to the operator and said, 7
never 90 TO bed without saying good
night 10 the kids"
The hotel does a large telephone bust
ness with itself There are fully 5000
interior calls a day. for practically
every need OF desire OF a guests is at
tended 10 by telephone Guests are
talked 10 by telephone as much as they
talk. There is an average OF 1000 in
coming calls a day. OF $4,000 a year
Hundreds Of reservations of rooms are
made daily by telephone. and thousands
OF inquiries Oh every conceivable sub
Ject. from the sailing of ocean liners to
the price of ccrned beef hash. are ex-
uaditiOusly answered over the wires.
The cashiers desk in every dining room
is provided with an instrument by
which one can retain table for any
meal Every baggage room is similar
t" 'quippeT, So that so CUES. be kept
waiting for his baggage.-New York Trl-
bune.
The Washington times., 1906-07-08

q EssE JAMES. son Of the Ia
nous bandit. is now run
fledged lawyer.
A few days ago ne passeo
an examination before the Mis-
souri, State board for adiAis-
sion TO the bar. In class OF thli'S
seven. James stood first. and his per
centage in ali branches was 81
The mere statement OF this TACT
marks the attainment OF an amoilioh
long and earnestly sought by youne
man who was handicapped from tlle
start nv the reputation Of his father
who has had TO support. or help TO
support. his mother and sister since
he was a boy OF eleven years OF age
who. when he seemed well on the
road to a good, clean living. was sud
denly called upon to stand trial for
one OF the most daring train rohherles
ever committed In this country, and
,,,b,cb rivaled the most reckless deeds
OF Jesse James senior. This quiet
hammered young man, tall, broad
shouldered. and strong Cthe living I'M
age of his father. as the men who
saw the elder James IN his prime de-
clare). with a pleasant smile. but
cold. steel-gray eye. which many have
FOUND II hard to meet, has lived down
this ugly reputation Of his father
He was acquitted OF the crime Of train
robbery after a sensational trial. and
bv hard work has earned himself
modest competence amounting 10 some
$4,000. has Won himself a loving wife,
and has become d lawyer.
Jesse James Is thirty-one years Old
a young man Of great energy and con-
siderable intelligence. and It may be
that he viii go far IN the profession
which he has chosen, II may be that
some day he VIII figure in the world
Of politics IN Kansas. He can be
Justly termed a self-made man. ana
what he has made himself Is largely
in spite OF the world which has only
been too ready 20 utter the cry
..heredity," and shake its head ct the
suggestion that the son OF bandit
like Jesse James could be an honest
man.
It was not long after the burial Of
his father. who had been killed by
Bob Ford. that his mother moved to
Kansas city, and by sewing made a
living for herself and two children.
Jesse vert 10 school until he was
twelve years old, when he decided that
he was old enough 20 work for his
mother. He read one day an adver-
tisement IN q newspaper
.syvsnted-An office boy. T. T. Crit
tcnden. ir."
The Washington times., 1906-07-08

was born in Kentucky in 1871; Jesse
I'm Missouri. in 1915. The father went
TO California in 1919. driven away
from home. 1t is said. by his wife.
from whom the boys seem 70 have
inherited their deviltry. He died
there TWO years later. The latent evil
in the boys was brought out by the
war Al its outbreak Frank. having
reached his majority. joined Guam
treITs band of -guerrillas. where he
became noted for ferocity and daring
Jesse a year later joined the band and
eclipsed his brother, and all the rest
Of that cut-thTOat band Both broth
ers participated in the sacking and
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
Baoomes Crittenden s Ofioe Boz

The son OF the outlaw answered this
advertisement and was hired by the
son OF tie governor OF Kansas. who
had offered the reward which tempted
Ford to siay his father.
few years later Jesse went to
work in Armour's packing plant as
clerk. He studied at home. with his
mother as his teacher. After a few
years in the packing-Eouse he opened
a cigar store in the county court
house. He wrote book in defense OF
his father. which was published and
sold well. When he was twenty-one
wears DID he had 500 in bank and
owned a cottage. in which his mother
and sister lived. Then be opened a
cigar store in the business center OF
Kansas city.
At this period OF his life. when he
was on the road 10 prosperity and to
an honored manhood. he was arrested
for the crime of train robbery. Il was
charged that he. with accompuCes,
had stopped a Missouri Pacific train
and robbed the safe in the express car
Of $4,000.
Il was charged that Jesse and four
accompIices held up the Missouri Pa
clhc train near Leeds the night OF
September. 1898. Jesse was then TWEEN
ty-three years old. and had always
borne a good reputation. and the sud
den charge brought his friends 20 his
defense quickly and gave those who
we're not his friends a chance to say,
'I told you So
The prosecution based its charge on
a supposed confession made by one
W. W. Lowe. swItchman. with
whom James had been more OF less in
timnte for several months before the
robbery. This confession. which it
was said ne had given the police. Lowe
after wards repudiated on the witness
stand. but nevertheless II had been
published far and wide in the newsna-
pers OF the country. and the public
had about made up its mind that
Young Jsmes was guilty. But the de-
fense presented much circumstantiaI
evidence to show that Jesse could not
have been near Leeds at the time of
the train robbery. il proved that Lowe
was consutuuunalIy a liar. and that
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
FOR TRAIN ROBBERY, NOW A FULL

the burning OF Lawrence. Kan. when
nearly every male inhabitant was muir
dered. and IN the massacre at Cen
traIia. Mo. where. after the village
itself had been plundered, the guer-
rillas waylaid an eastbound train.
robbed the passengers. and killed
thirty-two sick soldiers en- route fer
the st. Louis hospitals, besides Atty
members Of a company Of Iowa vol
unteers who had hurried 10 the res
cue.
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
Tales of the Old Days

When young Jesse and his family
visit there, relatives from the neigh
borhood gather in and great stories
are told of the old days before and
after the war. when Jesse and Frank
were struggling against the soldiery.
Sometimes Frank James. who lives
there quietly as a farmer. takes a
hand in the conversation, but he never
talks Of those days If strangers are
present.
So long as a copy Of the notorious
life and adventures of Jesse and
Frank James exists the present gen
Grafton will not forget the criminal
exploits of the famous James boys.
the father and uncle of Jesse. ir.
who for a quarter OF a century headed
a gang of train robbers that terrorized
the Southwest
They were the SONS OF a respectable
Baptist minister Frank. the elder.
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
low the Son Of Americas Most Celebrated
Train RobbiRg Bandit Has Lived Down the
Reputation Of His Family and By Pluck
and Hard Work Saved d Modest Com
petency Of $4,000, Won d Loving Wife,
and Is Now Admitted to dn Honorable
Profession in the State Once FeTOrized
Bv His LawleSs Father.

one Smith. an alleged passenger on the
train which had been held up and who
said that he had recognized James.
was himself a thief In fact it was
not long after the beginning Of the
trial that those who followed the testi-
mony were totally unable 10 say
whether James was innocent or guilty.
The Washington times., 1906-07-08

fair was going on when three men
were seen To ride up 10 the grounds.
They were we'll mounted. wore long
linen busters and wide-bTimmed hats.
on reaching the gate one dismOunted.
handing his bride Teins to his COM
rades. He approached the ticket Of
fee and. looking through the window,
said to the cashier.
The Washington times., 1906-07-08

A Darinq Robbery

IF I was TO say I was Jesse James
and told YOU to hand out that tin box
OF money. what would you say7"
I'D say 10 see You in h first.
was the contemptuous reply.
We'll. that's just who I am-Jesss
The Washington times., 1906-07-08

without care that it made him .
cripple for lie. In the fall Of 1879 the
Jameses returned 10 their old haunts in
Clay county. Missouri. and very soon
had about them a new gang.
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
JESSE JAMES, JRs
Son Of the Famous Bandit Of the
Same Name

accompanied by the murder OF cash
iers or ether officers, marked the lives
OF the James boys during the ensuing
wear. one Of their daring atrocities
was committed at Kansas city I'm the
fan Of 1872 The eoun-y agricultural
The Washington times., 1906-07-08

He does not use tobacco in any form.
He is a devoted husband and father.
has no bad habits and is scrupulously
honest. To men with whom he does
business his word is as good as his
bond
one OF his greatest pleasures Is 20
go with his wife and babies on Sun
day TO visit Frank James, his uncle,
and Mrs. Zerelda Samuels. his grand
mother, upon their farm in Clay coun-
tv. In a corner OF the dooryard at
this old Clay county farm house, be
meath a giant coffee bean tree. the
body OF Jesse James. the outlaw. lies
buried
The Washington times., 1906-07-08

= NE of the funniest freaks
ever ran across" " said Frank
n. Drew. an old-umer IN
the dime museum business
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-04-30
WOMAN IS SHOT,: :.
is sr =
DOWN At DOORWAY ]!
Romance Which Started in Eng
land Years Ago Has Tragic
End at Butte.
Special to The Journal,

Butte, Mont, April 30-A romance
begun in England several years ago be-
tween a married woman and her affinity
had tragic ending today when the wo-
mans lover, Harry Penna, smelter-
man, in a fit of jealousy, shot and killed
Mrs. Robert Bryant on her doorstep at
10 Shields avenue.
Four bullets We're fred thru the wo-
mans body. Penna gave himself up to
the police after the shooting.
Mrs Bryant had bullet wounds I; in
her mouth and breast. Her two sons,
aged IL and 9, were in bed when their
mother was murdered. AnTaT ',%r,<T'T
Penna came here from Australia /; a
few months ago to marry the woman
after she had secured divorce Her
love turned cold after he came and she
spurned him.
s 9Hed her and eopld not hays her
tion Of the crime. Led by her encour
agement and her promise to get di
vorce from her husband and desert he1
two children for him. Penna says he
fais BACK With With him. hf She grew cold toward
him and fed the fires Of. his jealousy by
bringing another man into her house
to live. ,:i>: 49, / =!
>Theiraromance began in Cornwall sew
eral years ago and Penna told the po
lice they were to have eloped after sht
had secured divorce. There were only
caar p yespg 9 od and V Wl
liams, postman, who saw the murder
arms that Mrs. Bryant died. He wa
delivering the morning mail and ha'
just turned the corner of Shields av
enue, when the shots were fred.
| Penna went up the steps, knocked OF
the plate glass panel of the door an
then put his right hand in his hip pock
ct and waited for Mrs. Bryant to ope1
the door. With a smile on her face tn
woman flung open the door and Penn
and blazed away The husbands of th
woman stumbled over the prostrat
body of his wife as he entered tn
house. ''~~~' ~~.-
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-04-30
LA TOILETTE ASKED -. = =. =.
TO DRAFT A NEW BILL

Washington, April 80: - Immedil-
ately after the La Toilette speech
democrats began to busy them
selves. Report is that some Of them
have gone so far as to approach the
Wisconsin man with the request that he
draft a bill embodying the substance %
Of his views, especially including his i,
provision that an appraisement OF rail-
road properties be made by the COM
mission. and introduce it as soon as pos
sible.
Senator La Toilette has not indicated
whether he will introduce such g bill.
He has given some of his senatorial as,
sociates assurance that if he does not
Introduce bill, he will present a SER
les Of amendments to the house bill, en-
bodying the substance of his series OF
proposals.
If such a bill is presented the demo
Gratis will be able to insist before the
country, in the coming congressional
campaign, that they voted for the best
bill, the only real regulating bill, anc
q bill introduced by q republican,; ant
that republican votes beat it.
The supporters of La Toilette woult
urge that he was the man who hat
laid down the lines for the only righ
solution Of the question, and they, woul(
make the issue on that proposition, il
demanding his nomination for presiden
in 1908. In short, there is almost n,
limit to the possibilities Of such sit
nation
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-04-30
TRAINMEN DIE IN
SHOCK AND FIRE
Wreck of a Northern Pacific Run
away Freight Train on a
Mountain in Montana.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Missoula, Mont, April 30.-One of
the most disastrous wrecks in the his
tory Of the Rocky Mountain division Of
about 6 o'clock last evening on the
mountain about eleven miles west of
Missoula, when a runaway freight train
of forty-four cars Of lumber jumped the
track. caught fire and was completely
demolished.
AS a result of the wreck two men,
Engineer L. D. Stern and Fireman
Charles Juillerant, both Of Missoula,
r they ingPIsT hsTe % not been 9 seen ems since the
moment the train left the track.
Rear brakeman G.. A. Murphy was
seriously injured and it is feared that
he will not survive. His skull! was
fractured and two ribs broken. He is
now receiving attention in the company
hospital at Missoula. Other members
of the crew miraculously escaped deatf
or serious injury.
The ill-fated train was an extra east
bound and was going at terrific, pace
FOR the wreckage was all iammed in
space only 200 feet in length and sixty
feet high. The engine was thrown
down the bank, a distance Of 100 feet
The engineer and fireman could not be
found Because the burning wreck was
SO hot no one could get near it,.
farmer pulled Brakeman Murphy from
under the timbers before the fire be-
came so fierce. The farmer could heal
the cries of the engineer and fireman.
The caboose and one car did not leave
the track and Conductor j. D. Garber
who sat in the caboose, was not injured
Brakeman Percy Rennix was thrown
under the wreck, but miraculously es
capped, being able to work his way out
A relief train from Missoula il
charge Of Superintendent Andrew Glib
son went to the scene Of the wreck, ou
no work could be done, as 1t was i'm
possible to get near the fire. :
l.. D. Stern, tho dead engineer, ha<
been an employee Of the road abou
fifteen years. He leaves a wife ant
two children. He was about 40: Fire
man Juillerant was a young single man
who had worked on this division abou
Two wears.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-04-30
NEW DAM ON THE APPLE
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Saltwater, Mimi, April 3O.--Officers
Of the Western Gas & Investment COM
pany of Chicago, which owns and oper-
ates the light plant Of Saltwater and
other places in the northwest, have
been here to make the first arrange
ments for another dam which the com
pany will build on Apple river between
the dam owned by the company and one
owned by the st. Paul Electric Light
company. Work will be started about
the middle Of May and it is the ex-
pectation to develop. 1000 additional
horsepower.
The funeral Of Judson w. McKusick
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock under the auspices Of the two
g. A, R. posts here. Rev. j. n. Albert
Of Faribault will have charge Mr. Nc.
Kusick was no doubt suffering from
temporary insanity when he shot him.
self
The body of the 4-year-old child OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. 8. Wilton of Chicago
was brought here for burial today. Il
was the grandchild of Mr.. and Mrs
John 7. Nelson of Saltwater.
Louis Bergeron Of Wallace, Idaho, il
visiting old friends in Saltwater.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-04-30
TRAITORS DEATH
GAP0N'S, It SAYS
Revolutionaries Slew Priest for
Plot to Betray, Declares &
Russian Paper.

St. Petersburg, April 3d. The Novoe
Vremya prints a story which tends to
confirm the report that Father Gapon
has been assassinated by a revolution
ist. Father Gapon is represented as
having entered into relations with a
group Of the "fghting organization ~
Of the terrorists and in order to test his
loyalty. one Of the leades, an engineer
named Gutenberg, under the alias Of
Martini, offered to betray the secrets to
the government.
Ss Gapon, according to the story, took
the bait and offered to convey the con-
fession. Some haggling about the price
followed, Gutenberg demanding $4,000.
Finally, however, on his agreeing to &C
cept $12, 500, Gapon went to Odarki, a
small place beyond the Finnish from
tier to meet Gutenberg for a consum-
nation of the agreement. He has not
been seen since.
A Jewess named Holstein, member
Of group with which Gapon's friends
knew he was in close consultation, mys-
teriously disappeared the next day. The
plain inference is, the paper says, that
the revolutionaries, finding Gapon a
traitor, executed him and that Gapon s
papers. which reached his lawyer, Mar
COLIN, from Berlin few days ago, were
| forwarded by the Holstein woman.
The Associated Press investigated the
report that Father Gapon is living in
| conc cealment in an apartment that for
merly was the headquarters Of his or
Eganization, but found that the report
was due to the presence there Of {
priest who recently returned from Vlad
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