The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-09
James Farms
Home Of The Jaiur9'
Jesse ami Frank
Admission soc.
l<o,iai<S Barred.

'rhat " Ord "barcd' Is not BAD PROOF
reading: il Was spelled like tnat on
the sign.
~ we moved In the direction OF
the house a tall. slender old man with
a Iarged hooked nose ana White
beard and mustaches walked toward
IA RE was dressed in an exceeding
Iy neat suit and wore a large black
felt has Of the type common through
out Missouri Coming up, he greeted
our escort cordially, after which we
were introduced. 1t vas FRANK
James.
The former outlaw is shrewd
looking, well preserved man, whose
carriage, despite his se1 enty-one
years, is notably erect. He looks
more like q prosperous farmer or
the president OF . rural bank than
like bandit In his manner there, Is
a strong note Of the Snowman. Ii Is
not at all Objectionable, but il is there,
in the same way that il is there in
Buffalo Bill. Frank James is an in
teresting figure on meeting him you
see at once that he knows that ne
is an interesting figure and that he
trades upon the fact. He is clearly
an Intelligent man, but he has beer
looked at and listened to for SO many
years, as q kind Of curiosity tha
he has the air Of going through hi
tricks for one-of getting off lin;
of practised patter. 1t is pretty goo(
patter as patter goes, inclining t.
quotation, epigram and homely phi
losophy, delivered in an assured plat
form manner"
It-snay be we'll here 70 remind TIL
reader OF the history of the Jane
gang.
The father and mother OF tn
"boys' came Grom Kentucky, TO Mis-
souri,. The father was 4 Baptist min
ister and q Shareholder He died be
fore the war and his widow Marie
man named Samuels, by whom sh
bad several children.
Barbarity on the Border.
From the year 1856 NissouH
WHICH was a slave State. warred wit
Kansas, which was a free State, ar
there was much harbarity along IL
border. The "Jayhawkers, or kal
sas gucrrillas would make forays in
Missouri. stealing cattle, burniT
houses and committing all manner
depredatiOns; and lawless gangs
Missourians would retaliate in kind
Kansas. Among the most appallil
cutthroats on the Missouri side W
man named Quantrell head OF t
Quantrell gang, a body of guerrill
which sometimes numbered upwa
of a thousand men. The James be
were members of this gang, Fra
James joining it at the opening of t
civil war and Jesse two years lat
at the age of i6. In speaking Of jot
ing Quantreli, Frank James spoke
going into the army" Quantr
was, however. q mere border ruff
and was disowned by the Confeder;
army.
According TO Frank James, Qus
trell. who was born in Canal Dow
Ohio. went west, with his brother,
settle. In Kansas they were set uI
by "Jayhawkers'' and "Redlegs," "
the result that Quantrells brotl
was killed and that Quantrell hims
was wounded ana left for dead.
was, however, nursed to life by
Nez Perez Indian. When he recoy
ed he became determined to have
yenge upon the kansans. To t
end he affected to be in sympa
with them, and joined some Of Il
mdrauding bands. When he had
tablished himself in their confide
he used to get himself sent out
scouting expeditions with one or
other men, and 1t was his anis
custom upon such occasions to
his companions and return Will
story Of an attack by the enemy
which the others had met death.
last. when he had played this t
so often that he feared detection
determined to get himself clear Of
fellows. A plan had been malt,
Tor an attack upon the house of g.
STAKEHOLDER. Quantrell went to
house in advance, betrayed the
and arranged to join forces with
defenders. This resulted in the q
Of his seven or eight companions
about this time the war came on.
Quantrell became a famous guer
leader, falling on detached bodie
Northern troops and massacr
of his worst offences having been
massacre Of most OF the male int
tants OF Lawrence, Kan. He gay
the reason for his atrocities his
for revenge for the death Of his bl
er, and also used to allege tha