The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29

one "f the gang. xes caught and
Killed Both the James boys and the
soahser brothers ~er. implicated IN
this robbery
Raided Fair Grounds.
IN the fall Of 1872 the fair groands |
u Kansas city were raided The sec
fetarS was forced by q marked horsa-
man 10 give ~ sle.eea whlch n. was
about u TAXI TO a bank. Jesse James
denied by letter that he took part II
The bank It corydon. l.. ~as
robbed III june. 1879. Jesse James.
posing as a country boy. Joined the
posse and helped chase himself"
FRANK aud Jesse James next led
their band IL the hold-up OF the st
oeIeVieVe. Mo. Savings Association.
S6tlnG several thousand dollars
pursuing posse was compelled 10
turn and ride hack Ia town.
july -. 1873. was the date of the
James Boys turn from bank u train
Eoooery. They tore UP rails fourteen
miles west o. Council Bluffs. Ia. and
nay IN wait for n fast express. The
tram was late and the engineer. try
ing 10 make up lost time. was driving
too last TO stop when ne saw the torn
up RACK. He was killed and his fire
man badly injured when the engine
plunged down an e~mbankment.
frank and Jesse James. Cole and
ihoiidS ou1lSeF and enc "CofaanShe
Tony ordered the passengers from
the cars and relieved them Of their
~valuables. The mail and express cars
also were stripped. Posses sought in
VAIN IN several States for the band.
Held Up Kica Invalids.
On q raw January morning the
band held mp the stage coach run
ming from fnalvern to Hot Springs
Ark Two a~nlbulances filed with
Invalids OH the way to the Springs
also were held up. The highwaymen
ieaped out from behind bushes at the
roadside and covered the guards be
Tore they could draw their
Inc passengers were lined up along
the side of the road and relieved OF
SS,oSo ~ cash, besides much jcvelry.
!, lt Is said that Jesse James took from
hH-6oVeTnor burbank Of North Da-
hota a nne gold watch which had
= been given him by the State. This
: watch is said to have been kept h.
the bandit until his DEATH, when Il
vas returned to the former Governor
by the James family.
The country next was aroused nv g.
tram robbery at Gadshili, Mo. ON thu
night OF Jan. 81. 1874, seven bandit.
appeared at the station and LOCKED
: everybody, in the waiting rooms ane
set the stop signal for the night ex
press, which was known TO carr,
y valuable mail and express. The trair
mao hardly stopped when the crew
were covered. Between $4,000 ant
= $4,000 was taken. There was en- ev
citing chase. but no captures.
Four Detectives Killed.
The railroad and express CON
panles now employed PinkertoIl de
tectlves to run down the band. Tire
o OF the observation-disclosures ILL. Fran
II Daniels and J. H. Whicher-wer
KILLED when they pushed the bandit
rs too hard.
~ Whicher had 10 a Iiber+,
rs MO, man that he was going to tn
James home in disguise to captur
tne bandlts. Warning reached Their
IT before Whicher and when he arrive
is he was shot dead.
ut me P1nkerton Company then OF
canned a large posse in Liberty an
THESE men rode to the Samuels hom.
ar Where the James boys were stayin;
m ing. But the same DC u~ndergroun
on system sent a warning ahead and tn
poyS escaped. Approaching tn
mouse, the detectives saw several pei
q sons sitting in front room. and, bs
20 iieving the James boys Were Their
a hurled a domb through a winde,
lis Mrs Samue thought it was mere,
I'll tar and rags and tossed it into TT
n nre. 1t exploded and killed h.
re e~ight-year-old. Archie, and blew q
her right arm and manSled her sid
Oh "A Liberty lawyer, who had led IL
~ detectives, heard that he was to pe
70 Tor 1t with his life, and removed
o3 N~orthIield, Mimi. This led To II
v famous Mortified raid later.
gh Both Took Wives.
Is In an interval OF peace both Il
James boys married. Jesse wedd.
his cousin, Miss Zee Mimms, who h;
ut nursed him back to life after he "
lev wounded in one of his most dari1
W exploits. and she remained his fait
A full wife until his death.
in Frank, after an ardent courtsht
ad married MISS Annie Ralston. q be
of Independence. Mo. She was a s
Mt ciety ~favorite and loved gayety. b
asst after her marriage she was ostraciz
sse by those among whom she had he
on q favorite.
let There was "A decrease IL train RI
raj berries during tAe early married |
nd OF the brothers. But finally the cou
try was startled by the hoid-up of
"a ,I