The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-01
JE|SSEJAME.S' SON
IS NOW A LAWYER.
He Got a Start in Life from the
III Son Of Governor Crittenden,
Who Hunted His Father.

KANSAS CRY, NO. n July s1.-:
Jesse James. son, Of Jesso James, The
iitcdged lawyer. Last month tllo passed
d successful examination before the
In o. class of thrty-seven, Jesse Jutnes
stood first. Fl Ills average In all branches
was 81 per cent. Henry. Ashley. chair-
man Of tho Board OF Examiners. said
had the brIghtost legai mind d. Of any
young man who had over appeared be-
fore the board. sts I. 50 +. "a. n
Jesse James ], d! J. ls q, sell made MN He
was ndlcapped 4 as $felY boys are. ts The
son OF an outlaw, llo YAa teft IN orphan
ut six Years OF age, without money and
with tho heritage OF q bad name. Soon
saftor the burlal1of his father. Ills mother
for herself and two children BY sewing
Jesse went to school until hes was twelve
Years old when he decided that he was
old enough to work for his mother One
Sunday no saw the following ADVERTISE
ment In y q eWspapcr:: @ 5f4gt
WlANiTI1D--AN$ ~ OFFICE BOY. 4s II !. " 7. +
q CRITTENDEN,5 re- fg,i q !si.3 81
Jesse answered the sndVertlsement the
next morn|ng 6, Ii TWen ~ Ii @ Their boys ans
sworcd II, too. and Jesse Jyn 8, 1.-THE young
est of them all 4 MI. Gil tendenS at ibis
desk LICKED q boys
s3s.''What do#4you Wish, my boy" he
II want to 30 your, ONCE boy. ''sts:-
III ID your name vs. iS
"Jesso James, Jr. sSsa s3ll
Crittenden's Son Employs Him.
Mr.. Crlttenden was surprised. q IIe was
iernor Of Missouri, who offered II re ward
of $50, 900 for the capture. dead or alive;
of thu. outlaw, Jesse James. And now
hero was the son Of the dead bandit
asking work q the son 81 that Soy
Crittendon :5hired tttha 5boy;ss ana tlfo 3tes--i
tifles that X heF was faithful. ri.
Z a few years later Jesse went to work
PaSSe oe paht ''siM
his teacher. After ia few years IN. the
packing hoHse Store
% SGoK deldse Iola s veil he
was twenty-one years old he had 500
n&the bank and owned cottage In
which his mother and sister lived. Then
he opened aEclgar store IN the business ness
Goes.to School al Night.
Jesse worked .harder han eyersint HIS
and did 90 Int a. good profit .4. Their! he
lie wished TO be . lawyer. He attended
the night, sessions OF the law school
+IleEb, lnuN IOIIS Lt]
shop reading law. q no s graduated with
highest donors, his preceplto1.rs co'mfpll-
IL has sold ont his pawnshop, opened g
whio Gaes a"a YEN eaa h sAS
in defense Of a. man charged with
burglary jesse regards I lsras good
omen. lt 81 ~, VI -.
Jesse James Is thlrty-one, years -old;
which he hns made by hard WORT he
has two children, .IIe elves in Wits own
house, In nil his \ life ~ hel has 4 never
tasted whiskoy. heor or any other In
toxicating drink He does not use to-
baccO In any form. He la y a. Y deYot ted
husband and father. He has mo bad
habits, ITO la 5scrupulously honest TO
mon with whom no does business his
word Is AZ good aR his bond. n
Jesse Jamesa greatest pleas ure. is to
go with his wife and bubbles on Sunday
to visit Frank James, his uncle, and
Mrs Zcreldn Samuels his grandmother,
upon their farm In Clay county: In a
corner Of the adooryarl n Z his old CLAY
county farmhouse. beneath q klant
coffee bean tree tho body Of Jesse.
James, the outlaw. lies buried, :ssa.
When young Jesse and his II family
visit there, relatives from tho nelghhor.
hood gather In, Sand great stories arc
told OF the old days during and after
the war. when Jesse and Frank were
struggling against the soldlery. sqs tue
Sometimes Frank James. who llYes
there quietly rs n farmer, takes q hand
in the conversation, but no never tai ks
OF those tlnysif strangers arc present