Arizona republican., 1908-01-01

Most of the crimes laid at the door of Jesse James. he said had been com mitted by others without his knowl- edge. by men who had never been af- filiated with him but who traded on his reputation. The James and Young CT bows had already terrorized that part of the state by hitherto unheard of deed~ of "rtlawry and when such deeds recurred the public mind at once associated the Jameses and the Young CTS with them and no one lookedNa any further
 Everybody remembers the bold hold up of the box office at the Kansas City fair grounds in the early eighties. The man who rode up to the office and in the presence of hundreds compelled the delivery to him of nearly $20,O00 was always believed to be Jesse James. In fact there were men who said that they positively identified him.
 Mir. Greenwood who was living in Kansas City then said that James was not in the city at that time nor had he been near the city for days About that time Kansas City was the rendez- vous of Jesse James and his head quarters were in the private rooms of one of the banks whare he had an ac- count under another name The of ficers of the bank knew him well as did hundreds of other men in Kansas City and still hundreds of others in St. Joseph where he was afterward killed. In all the leading cities of the state he was well known but those who knew him never thought of informins the authorities for most of the county authorities of the state knew him equally well and sympathizad with him.
 When Frank James finally wearied of the life Of a fugitive after the death of his brother and submitted a proposition to surrender there was some doubt at St. Louis as 10 his identity when he presented himself IL was feared by the state officers that another man had been sent in to sim ulate James in order to leave him free to prey upon society.
 Twenty men were sent for 10 Inde- pendence to identify the man who pre- tended to be Frank James All Of them had known James well but MT. Greenwood was the only one who could positively ldentllN nm.
 Mr. Greenwood talked freely of the members of the Quantrell gang but his conversation usually related to personal incidents and characteristics of the men He seldom spoke of the exploits which had already become no- torious. For instance he himself had participated in the Lawrence raid but his story of it was not one of blood shed and fire and fiendish cruelty: it was merely military movement whose object had been successfully accomplished. If there was any sac rifice of human life it was quite incl dental
 Some members of this organization have related with sickening zest the massacres in which they had taken part in Kansas and Missouri. but not so. Mir Greenwood. According to his relation. Quantrell and his men were all as mild- hammered as Mir. Green wood himself.
 During his residence in Phoenix. NIT. Greenwood was employed about the courts and in what other light em- ployment he could find. He leaves a son and daughter in St. Louis and a brother who was with him at the time of his death
 The body is of Easterling and Whit ney's. Though the funeral arrange ments have not been made the inter ment will probably take place here.