The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-10


Younger during the war was a gu.,
rilla and raider. He was implicated /,
most of the bloody raids In Missour
and Kansas. In 1866 he attempted Il
return to the peace Of civil life, bu
WAS driven into outlawry, he holds, b
q concurrence Of calamities as relenA
less as those which compelled Kaa
Won Moor. In Schiller's drama, "Th
Robbers" into rebellion against 90
ciety.
Moor. naturally Of rebellious spIrs
was impelled by the machinations I'll
his Jealous brother into war agaipl
the established order, which he mgh
have served with brilliancy. He wa
induced to believe that his father hal
cursed and disinherited him, that M
betrothed had repudiated him, and thai |
his expectations Of rank and weala
were dissipated into air. Tempters wen
at hand and he became super-sas
culinary Robin Hood.
Youngers father was murdered /,
Kansas freebooters at the outset Of TN
war. During the war the youth LIVED
life Of loot and slaughter. AT Id
close, when he returned home, a moi
formed to lynch him and he escaped b
a hair. Reports were circulated, witt.
out foundation, he says, that he had
already turned outlaw. Beside hin +
was Jesse James, whose abilities and |
superior age gave him an ascending,
and who had already determined upl
career Of crime.
81 couldn't live down the widespr.si
reports against me-" says Youngz,
and decided to join Jesse James. Bu
/ can say that had no hand in two
thirds Of the robberies In which writ
ers Of dime 'shockers' make me figure
His Last Exploit.
Younger's last exploit. In which ID
and two Of his brothers, Jim and Boz
were wounded and captured, was tn
attempted robbery Of the bank a
Northfeld, MINI. His motives for til
deed were picturesque.
During the war;" he says, II hear
rightly or wrongly, that General Ben
jarnin +. Butler, while war govena
OF New Orleans, had robbed southen
women of their jewels and spoons. HI
soninlaw, ]. r. Ames. was reconstrN
ton governor of Mississippi and bank
rupted the state.
81 knew that Ames was president
the Mortified bank and that he rep
resented Buffers stock interests In tn
$4,000 In the bank, to buy wheat
went after the money"
The result was fatal battle in lh
Northfield streets, In which several Gl
liens and members of Youngers ban
We're slain. One bandit, who BEGAN
known as "the man on the yelO
horse" escaped.
AS Bob Younger was dying In prs
of consumption, both he and Cole WEI
urged to reveal the identity Of 70
man on the yellow horse" A sign
pardon was shown them, with a pNn
Use Of putting the papers immediate
intD effect IL they would betray the
confederate. Both refused. "a
Younger's steadfastness cost him
additional 10 years in prison.
It is understood that 'the man
the yellow horse" was one Of the Jam
brothers.
Bob Younger persisted in tbY penlis
tiaiy. Jim Younger shot himself so
after his release. BY the Influence
Senator Elkins, Major Foster and
Missouri legislature, Cole Younger
pardoned in 1903. A fourth brolna
John, had been killed in battle w
detectives.
Younger has been shot % times
says he carries IL bullets in his %
to this day.
His pipe, the bowl of which Is aim
as big as a coffee cup and It's stem
foot or more long, Is his insepa'aa
companion. Like Younger. 1t has
its adventures.
When Jefferson Davis, fugitive
ident of the confederacy, was caplu
in 1866 by General Wilson, the pipeN
found among his belongings. Gena
of
gave 1t to DR.. Wicks, Of st. LOUIS
in turn. presented 1t to Cole YOU'VE