Evening star., 1932-04-10
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The prospect of congressional s-3-n
locking to the reclamation of tie o.
tomac fct5 had
River f1ats frightened so yes
Reclamation. ago to the p2-ns q
last, after many years of er1deavcr, is
vitally important work would be Cr4r-
taken The Star of April 8, 1892. s. s:
The interviews published in Tie
Star several days ago with membe-3 OF
the Senate Committee on the In1prce-
ment Of the River Front show a p.1e-
tical unanimity Of sentiment en- the
right side of this question. According
to leading members Of the committee,
who have no doubt had excellent cp-
portunities of learning the views Of
their fellow Congressman, both Houses
stand ready to vote money for the
proper and permanent improvement OF
the river front 1t is probably not
within the power of Congress to do
more for the National Capital, N a sim
gle act, than could be accomplished by
the reclamation Of the flats. Thee
fats are known throughout the coun-
try as the plague spot of Washington.
The city itself is all that could be de-
sired in the way Of cleanliness, beauty
and health. The people Of the District
have done their full share toward max
ing Washington what 1t ought to be,
and 1t now falls upon the General Gov
eminent to remove the only blemish
remaining, the miaSma- producing flats.
1t is all important that the action of
Congress upon this question should be
prompt, in order that the work of re-
claiming the marshes should be entered
upon this Spring"
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The Star of April 4, 1882. contains an
account of the killing of Jesse James, a
Jesse James Slain desoerate t rate rob-
BY Confederate. Sepb. Sepj at NO ~; 'O1
dispatch from that city gave the fol-
lowing particulars of the tragedy:
After having eaten breakfast Jesse
James and Charles Ford went to the
stable to curry the horses, and on re-
turning to the room where Robert Ford
was Jesse said, It's an awfully hot
day. He pulled of his coat and vest
and said, I guess I will take of my
pistols for fear somebody will see them
if I walk in the yard He unbuckled
the belt in which he carried two AS
caliber revolvers and laid them on the
bed with his coat and vest. He then
picked up a dusting brush with the in
tention Of dusting some pictures which
hung on the wall. In order to do this
he got on chair, his back being now
turned TO the brothers, who silently
stepped between Jesse and his revolvers,
and at a motion from Charley both
drew their guns. Robert was the quick
er of the two. In one motion he had
the long weapon on the level with his
eye, with the muzZle not more than
feet from the back of the outlaws head.
Even in that motion, quick as thought,
there was something which did not
escape the acute ears Of the huntsman.
He made motion as If to turn his
head to ascertain the cause of that
suspicious sound, but too late. There
was a quick flash, a sharp report, and
a well directed ball crashed through
the outlaws skull. There was no out
cry. just the swaying of the body. and
it fell heavily on the carpeted floor, the
ball having entered the base of his skull
and made its way out through his head
over his left eye. 1t had been fired out
Of Colts As improved weapon which
had been presented by the dead man to
his slayer only a few days ago Mrs.
James was in the kitchen when the
shooting was done, separated from the
room in which the bloody tragedy oc-
CURED by the dining room. She heard
the shot, and, dropping her household
her husband lying on his back and his
slayers, each holding his revolver in his
hand, making for the fence at the real-
os the house. Robert had reached the
inclosure and was in the acS OF scaling
It when she stepped 10 the door and
called to him: Robert you have done
thisl Come backr Robert answered.
I swear to God I did not They then
returned to where she. stood. Mrs.
James ran to the side Of her husband
and lifted up his head. Life was not
yet extinct, and when she spoke to him
it seemed to her that he wanted to say
something. but could not. She tried TO
wash away the blood that was coursing
over his face, and in her arms Jesse
James died"
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