Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-06-25
FRANK JAMES
VISITS REUNION.
memphis COmmercial-Appeal)

Frank James is in the city. The men
tion OF that name at one time would
nave caused quite commotion. but the
wearer OF it comes like all the other.
who fought for the Lost Cause. to at
tend the reunion of those who wore the
gray on some of the fiercest battlefields
the world has ever known. He is one
or the Confederates who never surren.
dered as a soldier of war, but got so full
OF night that it took him many years To
cool off. But age, the great humani-
tartan, has brought kindly feeling to
the heart once filled with bitterness. and
ne walks peacefully toward that final
biyouao,
Ferhaps no name is better known or
mas oftener been spoken than that of
FRANK James, who has posed since the
war as the hero of many a dime novel.
and he is still able to draw a crowd
wherever his presence is known.
he has always made it point to at
tend the reunions, and takes a great
pleasure in mingiing with those veterans
who, like himself, are tanned into child
ishness by the memory OF bygone days.
Ihls may be his last reunion, and he
goes about shaking hands with the old
boys as if he suspected this would be
the last public gathering at which he
would meet those who, like himself.
fought desperately and lost.
He has grown old since those stirring
days OF the fierce frontier warfare. in
which he proved himself to be one of the
bravest men of the war. His shoulders
are stopped and his locks are gray as
the garb so profusely mingled with the
great throngs that flock the streets of
the Reunion City, His appearance is
not 30 military as 1t was when he rode
on the battle-riddled fields of Missouri
and Kansas, but he still has a proud
spirit and the full possession of his mind.
While his shoulders and hair have sur
rendered to the shock of years. there is
still something about his eyes that
hghting men love. When reference is
made to those terrible days they light
again with the old luster and burn with
turbulence almost as fierce as when
they CLEANED behind the deadly barrel
in the days when he followed Quantrell.
the famous guerrilla chieftain, into the
fire of the enemy. He never surrendered
as soldier, and the bitterness of the
war ranked in him long after peace was
declared.
After following the fortunes of war
four years, he outgeneraled the shrewd-
est detectives, secret service forces and
sheriffs of the Middle West for seven
teen years. He finally surrendered to
Gov. Crittenden of Missouri, October 5.
1882, after his brother. Jessie James.
had been cowardly assassinated by one
OF his own gang. Frank James met his
accusers in the federal and state courts
and was indicated of every charge
brought against him.
Mr.. James has been more abused and
more eulogized than most any living man
today. but they love him over in
Missouri. and you know Missouri has to
be shown.
LOST PANTS" AND MONEY.
Confused by the darkness and the
mysteries off Pullman berth, an Atlanta
veteran on his way to Memphis. acci-
dentaily threw his pants out of the
window and incidentally sos along with
them. He arrived in Memphis clothed
only in his underclothes and unhounded
enthusiasm. With the facetiousness of
the Georgian. the veteran is said to have
remarked that for the first time in his
life he felt inclined to secede from the
Democratic party, as the value of pro-
lection had been brought SO forcibly
home to him.