Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08
WORKED FOR YOUNGER BOYS
FATHER SEVERAL YEARS
o. E. symons Declares That Notorious
Bandits Were Forced to Life of Crime
BY Conditions Existing in Missouri
Senior Younger Aided symons to
Escapes When War Broke Out.

of Minnesota, mas gone upon the chau-
platform. recalls TO o. E. Sy-
mons, Of this city, memories of nearly
fifty years ago, When he had charge
er's farm in Missouri. 1t was thru the
sympathy of the elder Younger with
the northern cause that Symons was
enabled 70 get thru the southern lines
a. the outbreak of the war and get
back 10 the north where he enlisted
with the union army.
symons' story of before the war
times in and about Harrisonville, Mo,
throws much light on the early life
of Cole Younger. familiarly known
then as Bud" Younger, and demon
strates how it was but a natural course
Of events which led Younger to the
life of a bandit. Western Missouri and
eastern Kansas We're the scene of many
bloody depredations IN the early Sos
because of their location on the bor-
der line between northern and south
ern sympathizers. The elder Younger
was quite wealthy. He owned q 1850
acre farm eighteen miles north of
Harrisonville. Mo-. and also owned and
operated livery stable and clothing
store IN this town. Ii was during one
nj the early raids of the Kansas jay
Fiawkers in Missouri that the elder
Younger was killed. He was murdered
on Bear Creek for his money by mem
bers Of this Kansas band. 1t was to
get ravenea on the Law Hawkers. saws
S1-,,,ons +bs- ..T9,,dn or Gals yonne-
~ ioioe5 tha lannon's ouantre,l ener-
rilla barA Ha would have gone hacl,
~ o,,iat ana neacefnl life b,+ the
rap,,ta-ion Gained hv 1his hand vas
s,i'.5 No. - co,,15 MT and nonu1ar
sentiment in Missouri practically drove
him ir,-o f,a sn,ops James boys gang
of h.n.;f-s Bo,b -he ouan7relrs and
he lanes ,,o,.s ,vars hlsmaa for n, nv
= c,1,,,a and raia +bav 1ara mot e,,iItv
~ In. he ofii,,r,, far the most of Mis-.
so,,ri.S lazvlassnAss in the SOS was laid
/ a. -bAir door
E,+ar Service of youn,er
T. 49, j., mo swing oe 7ssO rba+ sv.
mons arifrad Two +ba low, of Har-
-iso,,.i,a v-,ila loo,sinp ahou+ IN,
,yo,,l, ba hesr5 tho aldar yon,ea- va
loolsi,e, for a nan AZ his farm svmons
ann1.ad Ia hin, aud yas rive, charge
~ 4i,a 1an naqroas who worked III.
b;e- nso acre farY,, Flax was -l3s. rrin.
.inal e~on raised -bo enoueb oat.
,,era r,lan+ad 10 feed he mules "Rud'
yo,n Ger al thar rin,a lived Win hi.
fafher in tha Town of Earrisonviils
h,+ r,a57, = . ,,,ac-ica af,ya,s "a co,o.
am - 10 ssr1,, sa+,,r5av ana rao3at,
n,,,., ,1o,as1- va,,nga,,s o,5,.rs a n,
farrn wera ~ o,i- VOL, saturday moo,
and Give he ..ni-ears &C Sx-,,,o,
, snaalss of tham thar freadom uo1i
Nrondav morn,nq slavery an III
yaun,ar farro or n1snra7ion vas mn
dr,,dersrv
A Freak Neoro
, On this farm was one nasro VIII
vas fraaL Ha co,,la count h,,- +bra.
vet n. "lavad off, a harm for Svmon
!: az faw carnan+ars today can do -
/, want IA +ha timber. SCORED and hewe
| lumber for the frame. laid ont all III
| l,umher aud ni1ea II I'm in such orda
Thar me frst boards wanted wera 9
tha ton ana the last used ar the bo-
am Not a mistake was made TIN
| ca me negro also counted off a hundre
lsheen Younger had sold. He drove II
| animals out of a gate. AS thew passe
| out he counted one two. three. an
| as he could go no further continue
there goes another. there goes anorhe
there goes another. etc. until a hur
bred were counted off. Younger ar
Svnons counted them twice. b1r y
negro had made no mistake
Too Hot fer North.rners.
Soon after this war broke out al
Colonel HAYES was rendazvo,,sed
Harrisonyflla for the purpose of raj
ing a confederate regiment tSvrno
was given the alternative of Joining
= leaving the state within ten DAYS
the ex7iration of which time if four
he was Ia he tarred. featherea a,
ridden out of town nm rail He we
10 tho Alder Younger for advice n
: latter fold him he foo was a north o
= e,.,n7,a+ t,iz.r and ;,+anf,ed W fraa y
1,eeroes tbo he aid nat 1rish tho so,,+
arn naonla Ia know anvthine of IL
ba naia svn,ons THAT yss d,,a hi
eava rim q hroa aclc+h s,,i+ and or,5e
E cd Ioe one of the slaves 10 take !,
~ Kansar CIV in hugo f.,
Witch rlao. he oo,,la +,,,a 49,
10 ,ort, I,s+ as c.-,ons 1ef+
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- sslsad hin, ,,+a+ ba in+andad Dol,
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