The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-09

aypcn1oO. I
tba cool man of the two. ana Jesse
,,-as little bit excitable. He had the
ran,e of being the quickest man III
the world with a gun. So1neIlile9
u-hen he was home for Visit, When l
vas 2 10y, he'd be sitting there III .lo
honse and there'd come some niue
noise. Then he'd whip out ms plstol
SO quick you couldn't see the hlo'ioi
Of his hand" .,,.a =; tho
direction Of the old house, that mousse
If tragedy in which the family hVeo
IN the troublous times. On the way
we PASSED Frank James's chlcken
COOP. and I noticed that on IT had
been painted the legend: Bull Moose
IT r.
The wing, at the back, is the old
:'Tt was there that the Pinkertons
threw the bomb"
Bomb Throwing Incident.
asked about the bomb throwing
and heard the story from John
Sarnuels. WHO was there when II oc-
Cured.
Il was a child Of / 3 them" h, said,
s'and [ was the only one in the room
who wasn't killed or crippled. IL
happened az night. We haG suspect
cd for a long time that a man named
hand for a. neighbor Of ours named
Askew on that farm over the. o'--he
Indicated d farm house on nearby
hiIl-'WaS q piukertOn nlan a1i that
he Eas there TO watch FOR Frank ana
leSsa. We'll, one night he must have
| decided they were at nome, Tor til;
house was surrounded N flli2 We we're
asleep. A lot OF torches were put
around III tie yard TO give light. Ihen
| : h n, 10 IA
| places and 2 bomb vas thrown IN
| through the window" He pointed tC
! a window in the side OF the ola log
| wing. 1T was about midnight, Ny
mother ana little brother and | were
in the room. My mother kicked the
| hornb into tne fireplace before it went
| off The fuse was SputtorirS. Maybe
thing out o1 the window again. Any
how. when it exploited it blew off her
forearm ana killed my little brother
Come in the house" }" invited Frank
James. "We've got q piece Of th'
bomb in there
We entered the Old caOin. II tht
fireplace marks of the explosion ere
still visibl The piece Of the b0nli
which they preserved is a bowl 8haret
bit Of iron about the size OF a. breaf
and butter plate.
what was their idea il thrown;
the bomb?' / asked.
t :'As near AS we know. replied
: Frank James, the PinkertOns figure,
. that Jesse and [ were sleeping III tn
{ front part Of the house You Sc
/ there's q little porch running Dacl
e from the main house TO the door o
e | the old cabin. They must have tigu1
ed that when the bomb went off W
would run out on the porch TO sc
? what was the matter. Then the
e We're going to bag us
:. "Well, did you run Out?''
t 'Evidently not" said Frank Jane
g Were you there?" I asked.
s Some think We were and SON
y think not" he said
An old man who had been consts
e bic Of the township at the time tt
q James boys were on the warpath ha
come up and joined US.
How about AskeW?'' I suggeste G
Sc Il should have thought he would ha,
7r been afraid to harbor Pinllert.
&. man.
~ The old man nodded. You'd
1e thought SO, wouldn't you?" he agreee
'e "Askew was shot dead three mont
carrying pail OF milk from Il
eI statle tc the house when he got thr
ed bullets ir the face
or ''Who killed him % 1 asked
lii The old constable allowed his av
a. 70 drift ruminatively over the neig
'lo Boring hillsides before reoiyir
Frank James and his half broth.
ce VINO were standing by, also he al,l +
ng question and they, too, heca.n,>
~ rorested IT the surroundiny scenc1
ne W ELL. said the old constable
'iu last that's always been a question
TN WINTERS HEAVIEST SNOW.