The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-22

tween Jacksonville and Indianapolis.
One of the members of the Reno
gang was young girl, whose name
never was made public, but who ac-
comparied the brothers on their
raiding expeditions.
| The gang subsequently robbed the
treasurer OF Gallatln, Mo-, OF $4,000,
and this crime led to their undoing.
All the members were either killed
while resisting arrest or sent to
prison for long terms.
James Boys.
The world is familiar with the ex-
Iploits of Jesse and Frank James.
who, with their parents. DR.. and
Mrs. Samuels. settled in Clay county,
Mo, a few years after the war. The
names of some of the most desperate
cutthroats of history have been con-
nected with the James gang, and for
years the authorities were powerless
to interfere.
| Scores OF train robberies and bank
thefts have been charged against the
James boys, and the gang was brok-
en- up only when one Of the mem
bers consented to kill Jesse for the
reward offered by the state OF Mis-
souri,. For this crime Bob Ford was
convicted and sentenced to death,
but was pardoned by Gov. Critten-
den.
After the leaders assassination sew
eral offshoots OF the band sprang up
in the west. only to be gradually ex-
Terminated by the encroachment of
civilization and the organization of
lawful authority. OF the members
but one OF the Younger brothers and
Frank James are still alive.
Sam Bass and band of desper-
ADDE'S terrorized the west for years,
but all OF them are gone.
Dalton Boys.
The career OF the Dalton brothers.
who confined their operations to the
states in the southwest. was short
lived, and OF the twenty criminals
who composed the gang at one time
all are either dead or in prison. Bill
Cook, one OF the gang who temper
arily escaped the fate of his comrades
subsequently organized another gang
and for a time was apparently sue
cessful. He was later arrested in
New Mexico and sentenced to fifty
years in prison.
Wild Bunch.
/ AnAfha- ,atAriOnc oon0 that haa
disappeared with the march o civiliz-
disappeared with the march OF civili-
zation was known as THE Wild
Bunch" which operated in the west
and southwest. The gang made its
headquarters in the towns along the
Texas border, and when hard pressed
by the authorities escaped to the
"Hole in the WALL country In Wyom-
| ing. This band, too. has been wiped
out by death or Imprisonment. The
same fate has been meted out to the
Rittenhousc, Harrington, Logan. Col
Inns. McDaniels. Gates. Sontag and
Mccarthy gangs, and but memory
remains OF the organizations that at
one time were known from one end
of the country TO the other.
These bands always operated to-
gether and were emboldened by the
presence OF others, but the career Of
BLACK Bart" in California was re-
markable for the fact that he al
ways operated single handed. Most
OF this mails crimes consisted in
holding up stages laden with gold
dust from the mines in the mountains
BY means of carefully prepared dunn
mics stationed by the side of the road
BLACK Bart" compelled armed men
| to hand over their valuables at the
point OF a rifle.
Black Bart.
A cuff bearing a San Francisco
laundry mark was the first clcw OBJ
tanned by the authorities as to the
outlaws identity. After an inyesti-
CATION It was found that "Black
Bart" was e. C. Bolton. a highly re-
spected business man, who, to all
outward appearances, was a gentle
man. 1t is said on good authority
THAT he never killed anyone, and that
he never robbed a woman. He was
sentenced to six years, and upon his
release led a life OF SEEMING honesty.
Fred Wittrock was another lone
robber who stole thousands before
hafna eantancad IN n long term in the