The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-03-24
FORMER OUTLAW
FOLLOWS PALS
COLE YOUNGER, NOTED BANDIT
OF BORDER DAYS, DIES IN
MISSOURI.
WAS WITH " JAMES BOYS"
Figured In Kentucky Raids-Paroled
- After Serving % Years In
Penitentiary.

Lees Summit, Mo-, March 21.-
Cole Younger, a famous outlaw OF
border days, but Of late years a de-
vout church attendant peaceful citi-
zen, died at his home here tonight
after a lingering illness. He was
seventy-two and unmarried.
Cole Younger was one of the last
of the members of the notorious rob-
Der bands that infested western Mis-
souri, during and after the Civil war.
He was a member of the Quantrell
band of guerrillas and with his two
brothers took part with the James
Boys" in bank and train robberies in
Missouri and neighboring states that
netted the hooters more than hun
dred thousand dollars. The leading
members of these bands are dead,
some at the hands Of the law, some
by suicide and others from natural
causes. Younger after a long term
in the penitentiary became a law
abiding Missouri citizen.
Cole was the oldest Of the three
younger Boys"
The father, Col. Harry w. Young.
err, came to Missouri from Kentucky
before the war. He was q strong
union man, though STAKEHOLDER. He
settled near Lees Summit, twenty
miles from Kansas City, where Cole
was born in 1S44.y Colonel Youngel
was murdered by one Of the bands
OF lawless guerillas that infested the
Missouri-Kansas border in war times
The sons said their father was slair
by Kansas for the purpose of rob
berry. They Immediately took VI
arms against the North. They join
ed Quantrell's guerrilas and hat
their part in the memorable sackini
of Lawrence Kansas.
When the war was over they ant
the James boys became outlaws
Among the notorious robberies of thu
decade following the war that wer'
laid at their door were:
Raids BY Band.
The raid on the Liberty, Mo-, banl
in 1866. One bank defender sho
dead and $4,000 stolen.
The footing Of Russellville, Ky.
bank in 1858 for $4,000.
The Gallatin. Mo-, bank robbery o
1868 in which the cashier was sho
and killed. ~ ,-e,'''
Raids of Lexington and Savannah
Mo-, banks In 1867.
Ten thousand dollars stolen from
the Kansas City Fair association II
1871, while 1000 persons looked on
The Corydon, La. bank robbed o
$4,000 the same year.
A dozen other sensational robber
les for which the Younger and Jane
boys were blamed were carried on
successfully before the three Young
er brothers were captured in Mime
sofa after a raid on bank at North
field, Mimi, in 1876. in the course o
which Cashier Haywood was killed
The Youngers were shot many time
in battles with a posse but finall,
were taken alive after battle a
Shieldsville, Mimi.
! Cole and his brothers pleade,
guilty and were sentenced to prison
for life. They entered the peniten
tiary in 1889. Cole and Jane
Younger were paroled in 1901. TIL
next year James shot himself. leav
ing a note ascribing his action to |
refusal of the parole board to per
NIT him to marry the girl he loved
After Cole was paroled he wa
forced by the Minnesota law to liv,
in that State for three years. Thel
he returned to Missouri and settle,
down In a vine-covered cottage which
he bought a niece in Lees Summit
the scene of his boyhood days. Fo
a time he was connected with a shov
and later went on the lecture plat
form. and became good citizen.
In August. 1918, Younger was con
verted to religion at q revival meet
ing and became an active churcl
worker.
"Pve led an adventurous. turbulen
iife." he said. "The war brought o.
hate and ptrife and killing aroun'
here. have been blamed for a 10
of 1t with which ! had nothing to dc