Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-02

attended an administration Dali, anu
later dined with a United States mar
shall and several members Of the terri
torial council without his identity being
suspected.
"But all Of these days Of daring are
Of the past now, and Cravens, too, has
Joined the ranks OF the respectfully
married and settled. Not in Oklahoma
the officers would hardly stand for
that-but in Mexico, where he has fig
ured as the hero Of the most romantic
adventure Of his strange career.
"Masquerading as the nephew OF
a former governor Of Pennsylvania
with fashionable clothes, plenty OF
money and sauvity of manner, he
won his way into some Of the most
exclusive drawing rooms Of the City
of Mexico. He was a favorite with
the American colony, though he new.
er gained quite the position there
that he did in the Mexican set.
"a daughter of wealthy Mexican
mine owner attracted him particu.
larly, and their courtship and mar
riage soon followed. 1t Is said thai
the charming Sonora has already
borne him an heir.
His wife's family stands well with
the administration, and with ample
means and position to back him II
is not likely that Ben Cravens, Ok
lahoma's outlaw king, will ever be
brought back to the scene Of his lurid
past
Bob Ford, ex-train robber and
assassin Of Jesse James, was for 9
long time one of the interesting fig
ures at the camp at Creede, Colo
He Is a slender, harmless looking
person, pale and nervous, with an
uneasy, frightened manner. From
his saloon and gambling house Ford
kept keen lookout on the world.
"I have tried for years to get out
of reach of the killers he said, but
every place I go I meet some foo
with an insane desire for notoriety
and he manages to get me into 9
brawl. 1 have gone into the quietest
and most obscure little towns in the
West, but I have hardly got settled
before some idiot bobs up and
spreads the news that Bob Ford's in
town. Then some fool tanks up on
mean whisky and tries to make
trouble for me. have talked with
lots Of other men with regulations as
killers and they all feel about 1t as
I do. They would give anything in
the world IL they could rid them
selves Of their name and live like
other men,
Another famous ex-outlaw trans
formed into a quiet, harmless citi-
zen is Cole Younger. He avoids no.
toriety as far as possible, but wherev-
er he goes there is rush to get q
glimpse of him.
by the terms of his pardon he is
prohibited from exhibiting himself.
but he lent his name to Wild West
show that has not been, however, the
startling success that its hackers
hoped that 1t would be. The last
that I heard Of him he was builds
ing trolley line in Missouri, and
one of his principal hackers. 1t Is
said, is a United States senator.
Frank James, you know, was par.
doned from the Missouri peniten-
tiary and is living now. a quiet citizen
in little Missouri town. He, too
took a whirl at the Wild West busi-
ness, and also went on the stage for
short time.
Jesse James's son, Jesse, Jr., Is
living in Kansas City. He was tried
once for train robbery, but was ac-
quilted, and has since taken turn
at keeping a cigar store and later q
pawnshop.
Zone Of the famous prisoners OF
the Kansas penitentiary is Emmet
Dalton. Probably no prison there
has had more frequent and earnest
efforts made by friends to get for
him a pardon.
"At the time of the Coffeeville raid,
the last picturesque bank robbery In
Kansas two Of the Daltons were kill
ed and Emmett was badly wounded
Emmett was only 18 then, and his
friends say was drawn into the expe-
dition without realizing just what II
was. When the plan was made clear
to him he attempted to back out but
his brothers and the older men In
the party forced him into line.
when the attack was made he
was left to guard the horses and did
not fire a shot. The latest plea for his
pardon Is based on the necessities OF
his mother who lives only four miles
from Kingfisher. She is very old and
is greatly in need Of her son for sup
port.
Not unlike his is the case Of Tom
Jones, a prison mate OF Dalton,
whose friends are equally active In
their efforts to secure communication
of his fifty years sentence, ten years
of which he has served. The son
of a Texas preacher, Jones is the
only one Of his family who has not
followed his fathers profession.
He was educated to be minis
ter but, naturally wild, he drifted
into the life Of a cowboy, first In
Texas and then in Oklahoma. In
1893 he was attracted by the careers
of the Dalton and Doolin gangs, then
in the height Of their success, and
rode a long distance to join them.
Shortly afterward the gang had
a desperate fight with United States
deputy marshals. A number of the
officers were killed, and Jones'
which is not his real name, that
having never been made public-was
accused of the murder Of one Of
them.
"At the time of the trial public feel
ing was strong against the gang, and
while it was confidently asserted by
Jones's friends that the evidence was
not sufficient to convict him, he nev-
ertheless got fifty years. Jones's pris-
on record has been exemplary. He
came to the assistance Of the guards
H. oroyaptino tho escaDe of Bill Ru-