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Ge liurlbuts death it is thoughtwill inptde if not entirely stoplurther proceeding in the Shipherd in¬

vestigation

Tin whisky and cigar bill of thecongressmen attending the funeral ofGarfield is a fraud and scandal Itought to be ignominiously kicked out

1 W MeGovern received almost theunanimous vote of the Republican con¬

vention of Silver Cliff Col for MayorThe Daily Herald says he will oe elect ¬

ed without a doubt

ConxEurs J Vaxpimiilt the young ¬

est on of the great millionaire thelate Crininodore Yanderbilt com ¬

mitted suieide at the Glenham hotel mNew York on last Sunday He wassubject to epilepsy and it is supposedthat the disease caused the rash actHe shot hiimelf through the head anddied in a few moments

A terrible steamboat calamity oc ¬

curred at Memphis Tenn on Tursdnymorning March 10th The Cincinnatiand New Orleans packet Golden Cityen route from New Orleans to Cicinnati burned at the wharf The firespread so rapidly that many of the pas¬

sengers could not escape and werenUher burned or drowned NearlyGrtv lives were lost

TiiiY do not allow Miiali matteis tointerfere with their public amusementsout in Denver One night lat week aprominent actor named Mulligan atone of the city theatres made a remarkthat was distasteful to the managerswife She drew a knife and handed itto her leige lord who stabbed the actorThe show went on while Mulligan laydying in the wing

The Graphic favors square workvery time and that is why it wants re-

publican¬

tickets for citj county statend national offices Not that it wishes

to keep up party rancour or bitternessat all but becaue it believes that theonly practical and responsible way ofgetting before the people All othermethods are haphazard and fail toafford a real expression of the choice ofthe voters We dont like bushwhack ¬

ing in an form

The subject of State School Super ¬

intendent is occupying considerableattention throughout the State It is

understood that the present incumbent

is anxious for re nomination but there

are personal reasons which will

militate against him in the nextdemocratic convention Prof J M

Greenwood of Kansas City has also

been spoken of but we believe he is

adverse to being a candidate very

sensibly preferring his present position

as Superintendent of the Kansas City

School There is another candidate

spoken of whom we would rather see

get it than any other democrat we

could name W E Coleman recent ¬

ly of Liberty Mo whom many of our

citizens well remember as a former

student at our State Normal He is aman who has fought his way up into

the first rank of educators by dint ofsteady and sturdy perseverance with¬

out outside aid or the leverage of social

or financial position to assist him Heis self made and well made at that

Carthage congregationalistshavc cal ¬

led to their nuluit Rev Mr Gould ofProvidence R I

Who is for the defence asked aNew York Judge once of a young law¬

yer who knew that E W Stoughtonwas a good deal given to bullying youn ¬

ger members of the bar I believesome one by the name of Stuffton sircame like the snap of a whip and forone e Stoughton had no answer ready

While a lad about fourteen years old

was tli rowing stones recently he andhis companions about him heard someOiirif nnn with a sharp click Thebov at the same time seemed to lose thestrength of his arm and complainedthat it was painful A docter was call ¬

ed andjound that the boys arm hadbeen broken by sudden muscular conraction while throwing stones Suchases are very rare

NEWS

Osboms city park is to be fenced

a ot a live peach blossom in Rallscountv

The bark ofGrundy county

252 dogs peals in

Chillicothe has turned out about 40commercial tourists

There is to be a publicmg at ureckenndge the 7H1

Breckenridge is building half a mileof new sidewalks per month

Shelbina will erect a 400 educat-ional

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edifice for her juvenile coons

The recent severe storm prostratedan uncompleted stote house at RockSprings

Fruit in Buchanan county nronnseswell

Oscar Wiide lectures in Kansas CityApril 17

A pharinaeentoial society has beenformal at St Joe

Edina is to have a brick making machine capable of turning out 20000 perday

The Sentinel reports that the Edinalibrary association is in a prosperouscondition

The Milan Standard democraticfavors the called session to re districtthe State

The town of Granger in Scotlandcounty has just organized an odd fel ¬

lows lodge

The Republicans of Edina nominateda square ticket for city officers Resultwill be given later

Cap Win Shumate on old and popu-lar

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citizens ot Edina died on Thursdaymorning of Iat week

The Kitcham Bros bought twothousand acres of tax title lands in Putnam count v last week

The Empire says that all the Miloonsin Peirce City are either owned leasedor run by church members

A corn stalk raised on the farm of JM Edwards Boone countv measuresGO 8 inches 111 circumference

Three chidren of a farmer namedShruin living near Hannibal camenear dying from eating damagedwheat

Governor Crittenden has paid o000for Clarence Hights capture to H HCraig of Kansas City and T R Timberlake of Clay countyi

Prof J M Greenwood of KansasCity is proposed for state superinten-dent

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ot schools He is not in favor ofcorporal punishment St LouisChronicle

Thomas Stinson a farmer of Knoxcounty made a shipment of hogs andcattle during the past week for whichhe received 4500

At Brunswick a tramp paid for sevendnnks with his coat and then went tothe saloon keepers residence playedthe paralytic role and was given a coatworth two of the one left

The residence of Jas Ewing was en ¬

tirely consumed by fire one day lastweek Mr E lived about six milesSouth vest of Edina Almost all ofhousehold goods were lost

A change has been made in the Mailroute from Greensburg to Millport andEdma Hereafter the Mail will arrivefrom Greensburg on Tuesday and Fri¬

day at 12 M returning same day at oneP M

Dick Little one of Jesse Jameslieutenants surrendered himself toJackson county officials late on Wed-

nesday¬

afternoon It is reported GovCrittenden has promised him a condi-

tional¬

pardon

A Kansas City brewer gives noticeto the ladies of that town who are op-

posed¬

to their husbands drinking beerthat if they will advertise the gendemans names he will pay for the sameand stop the beer

Wellsville citizens have contributeda fund towards buying a car of corn tobe given to those who are unable tobuy It was expected to reach thereto day when it will be dealt out inqucntities not two bushelsto ach applicant

The Western Watchman catholic ofSt Louis published an article recently

charging the people of Unionville with

grossly neglecting the catholic priestwho died of small pox in that place

recently The Rtjnibliean shows thatthe information furnished the Watch- -

man was false

A little boy named Willie Muireight years old fell under the cars of

a moving train at Brunswick on the11th and was so badly mangled that hedied that night from the injuries He

was engaged in the dangerous practice

of climing on passing trains and run ¬

ning from one car to the other

Miss Sibyl Daggs says the MemphisReveille who went west to her brothers

in February last hoping to improve herhealth died at Albuquerque N Monelav last week Her remains werebrought back to this county last Saturday and the funeral took place fromthe old homestead in Johnsontownshipyon Saturday Miss D was about 20

years lod

KIRKS VILLE MISSOURI FRIDAY APRIL 7 1882

STATS GRAHPICS QRAPSICS

sheep-shear- -

exceeding

Thirty one new cases of small poxwere reported at Cincinnati on Wed ¬

nesday

The Pennsylvania Greenback LaborCommittee proposes nominating a fullState ticket

The army worm never had anythingto do with the army It belongs tothe sutlers brigade

The depression of agriculture inSwitzerland sends to the United States450 of the flower of the Bernese peasantry

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Sir Sidney Hedley Waterloo andMiss Hamilton of San Francisco weremarried at the British embassy in Parison Tuesday

The Supreme Court of Illinois hasdecided that the city of East St Louishas a right to collect license from theWiggins terry Company

Beauregard Creek now in the Pittsburg lail charged with dangerouslyshooting David Mitchell has had hisarm broken in a tight with a prisoner

Gen Skobeleff on Wednesday wasnominated to a commission for the or ¬

ganization of Turkestan The ap-pointment

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is considered honorableexile

Geo C Miln late the pastor of theUnity church Chicago has taken thelecture field He is endeavoring tobuild up what he calls the Agnosticchurch

Edward Steiaher a Chicago saloonkeeper shot and killed a young expressman namod wiinam Mitchell on Tues ¬

day night in his saloon No 144 WestLake St

A bill has been introduced in the na ¬

tional house of representative to pay811000 to J C Philips for expenses inourred m organizing the lGth Missouriregiment

P Fahs treasurer of Richfield town-ship

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HI was placed in jail at Quincyon Wednesday the grand jury havingtound an indictment against him forembezzlement

Miss Lamb sister-in-la- w of JuniusBrutus Booth after failing as an actressand living a long life of shame in Chicago died of an overdose of morphineon Monday morning

Leading French journals are review¬

ing Longfellows career Marmier adistinguished member of the FrenchAcademy has translated some of hispoems into French

Hunts picture of Niagara sold for10000 the other day the purchaser

thinking it cheaper to buy the pictureat that price than visit the falls anddrive around in a hack

George Washington never told a lieand he got to be president of the republic 1 lmes have changed Gecrgecouldnt be elected to the legislatureit ne lived in these times

Mexican merchants of the state otCoahuiiaare generally making seriouscomplaints altout high taxes and atheywere recently requested to pay an ad ¬

ditional heavy license fee

T-- C Early attorney and politicianshot and killed Policeman Sam Townsend at Leadville on Tues eveningThe victim was unarmed and tried toget away An attempt to lynch Earlywas frustrated

The Governor of the Federal dis-

trict¬

of Mexico recommends the Cityof Mexico to raise 1800000 for waterpipes to supersede the ancient aque-ducts

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improving the streets and estab-lishing

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slaughterhouses

Railroad coal miners of Pittsburgdistrict representing seventy five pits inconvention on Wednesday unanimous-ly

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resolved to resist any attempt of theoperators to reduce the price of miningfrom 4c to 3Jc per bushel

Mr C H McConnell proprietor ofthe National Printing Company ofChicago says there is not the slightestfoundation to any of the stories thathave appeared in many of the papersconcerning Manager Jack Haverlysinsolvency

Tyndalls tneory that heat is simplymotion in another form must be trueStrike a man and he immediately broilsover There is however one exceptionto the rule Strike a warm friend for ashort loan and he at once becomes ascold as an iceberg

Professor said a student in pursuitof knowledge concerning the habits ofanimals why does a cat while eatingturn her head first one way and thenanother For the reason replied theprofessor that she cannot turn it bothways at once

Walker Hall the most beautiful ofthe Amherst College buildings wasburned on Wednesday night involvinga loss 250000 It contained theShepard collection ot minerals valuedat 90000 which can never be fullyreplaced The building was presentedto the college by a Providence R Igentleman whose name it bore Thecause of the fire is unknown

Seven years ago Robert Grahammoved from Pennsylvania to nearMaryville Nodaway county beingworth just 5000 By wise manage-ment

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and hard work he has accumula-ted

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property worth 30000 which in-

cludes¬

700 acres of land This is thesort of example our boys need whospend their leisure reading the Jamesboys history

THE GUERRILLA BAND

How the James BoysFormed

Gang Has

Complete History or the Famous Bor-

der Robbers With Their ExploitsDick Little and BashamTraitors Jesse James

Followers In TheirLast Throes

Iost Dlipalth 31st

The telegraphic information that thenotorious Dick Little had confessedhis crimes and divulged the secrets otthe James crowd was quite sufficientto excite tbe people of Jackson countytor it the information is correct itmeans a speedy dissolution of theguerrilla gang which for twenty twoyears has disgraced the State of Missouri The singular fidelity of thecitizens of Independence and KansasCity to the James boys and theirconfreres has never been understoodbut it should be remembered that inthe cruel border warfare from i860 to1864 the guerrillas zealously defendedthe people of Jackson county from thetyranny and oppression of the un-

bridled¬

Federal forces that made fre-

quent¬

raids from Kansas for the pur-pose

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of plunder and murder For tenyears succeeding the war it was a debtof gratitude but the outrageous conduct of the guerrillas during recentyears has changed public sentimenteven among their most particularfriends and supporters and KansasCity has at last found n necessary topreserve its own self respect by bring-ing

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THi TRAIN ROBBERS TO JUSTICE

During the administration of GovPhelps an armed force of one hundredmen selected from Jackson countywas secretely placed on the war pathresulting in the famous story of GeorgeShepherd who pretended to have killedJesse James in order to obtain the reward offered for that celebrated free-

booter¬

Afterwards an old member otthe gang Alva Devers was pardonedfrom the penitentiary on the conditionthat he would assist the officers in find ¬

ing the mysterious habitation of theJanics brothers but that worthy re-

joined¬

the guerrillas at his earliest con-

venience¬

and snapped his fingers atthe law

THE ORIGINAL BAND

as organized 111 the fall of 1S60 con-

sisted¬

of Charles W Quantrell William Haller James and John LittleEdward Coger Andrew Walker JohnHampton James Kelly and SolomonBasham but only three of this number figured conspiciously in the daringdeeds that followed the organizationIn the spring of 1861 the list was swelled by the addition of David PoolJohn Jarrette William Gregg JohnCoger Richard Burns George ToddGeorge Shepherd and Coleman Young-er

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and these new recruits are the menwho made the gang memorable In1863 William Anderson was added tothe list and he alone murdered fifty-ty-thr- ee

men Then came ArchieClemmens a boy soldier blue eyedand beardless who in one short yeareclipsed the record of every knownguerrilla by killing fifty four men InApril 1863 Frank and Jesse Jamesbecame attached to the Quantrellgang Frank was then iS years of ageand Jesse 16 but both deadly shotsand intrepid fighters They were always peculiar looking men Even intheir manhood they have worn nobeard and were known by their prominent noses thin visage cold gray eyesand large ears Though two yearsyounger Jesse James has achievedmore reputation than his brotherFrank for he has more brains andmore ability Jesse possesses an in-

tellectual¬

head and face with everylineament as fine as a womans whileFrank resembles a tall angular countrylad with his first suit of store clothing

BEFORE THE WAR CLOSED

the band included also James YoungerPeyton Long Allen Parmer E P DeHart George Maddox Dick MaddoxFletcher Taylor Clark HockensmithWill Hulse Lee McMurty T FMaupin Tuck Hill Woot Hill OilShepherd Prcs Webb Arthur McCoyBabe Hudspeth John Rudd Al ScottRichard Kinney Hi George JamesCummings John Thrailkdl LingLetten William and Henry NolandFrank Gregg John Poole Andy McGuire Richard Little and fifty othersless known to fame This was thewild band that participated in the bat ¬

tles of Carthage Wilson Creek andLexington the hanging of Searcy thedreadful slaughter at the Blue Cutthe battle of Lone Jack the fight atLittle Blue the Lawrence massacretheCentralia butchery and a thou-sand

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single Crimes that cannot findspace for enumeration Only a few ofthe memorable crowd survived thewar Among these were Cole Young-er

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now in the Minnesota penitentiaryCil Shepherd who was afterwards kill-ed

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by a Jackson county vigilance com-mittee

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while fighting to the deathGeorge Shepherd now living in Ken-tucky

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Andy McGuire killed by a mobat Richmond Ray county Mo PayneJones killed by Jim Crow Chiles whowas in turn killed by a citizen of Inde-pendence

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Dick Burns murdered whilesleeping in an orchard John Jarrettewho has a sheep ranche in ArizonaJesse and Frank James who have cat ¬

tle ranches near Monterey in New

Mexico Fletch Taylor a resident ofthis State and recently a member ofthe Legislature Dave Pool now atSherman Texas Wm Greenwood aprosperous farmer in Northeast Mis-

souri¬

Dick Maddox killed by a Chero-kee

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Indian Arch Clemmens murder-ed

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in Lexington Frank Gregg residingnear Independence Tom Little hungby a vigilance committee near Warrensburg Tom Maupin who has anumber of cattle ranches in TexasAllen Parmer Dick Little Cummingsand a few others

On the 15th day of December lastthe

CELEBRATED DAVE TOOLwalked through the rotunda of thePlanters House into the adjoiningbar room where he was joined by several prominent citizens who had knownhim during the war He was dressedin a new suit of cassimere ana wore abroad brimmed white hat He is quitesmall of stature with the smallest ofhands and feet a Ions beard andmustache and piercing gray eyesDuring his brief conversation in thePlanters House lie spoke in a low

voice enquired after several gentlemenwell known here among them ajournalist and w a s particular-ly

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interested in the politicalaffairs of the State Thisis about the only time he is known tohave visited St Louis since the warand not exceeding ten persons knew ofhis presence in ihe city

DICK LITTLE

is a native Missourian about 35 yearsof age and as daring as either of theJames boys In fact he has repre-sented

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the brains of the organizationfor several years and was the last per-

son¬

ever suspected ofgiving his fellowsaway His wife however is highlyconnected in Lafayette and Jacksoncounties and has always been a nobleand God fearing woman Dick Littleis 5 feet S inches high has blonde hairand a large blonde mustache with eyesof pale blue and a short nose In ap ¬

pearance he is likelv to inspire confidence in any story he might tell tothose acquainted with his fearful his ¬

tory This Dick Little has been re ¬

cently confounded with James andJohn Little who were at the front ofall of Quantrells terrible crimes duringthe war It was James Little whojoined the original organization andbecame the first lieutenant among suchmen as George Todd John JarretteBill Anderson Gregg and the JamesesHe was killed just before the war closedand his brother John Little whobecame a member of the band in1S63 met his death prior to the cessa-tion

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of hostilities Dick Little enteredthe breach made by the killing--- f hiswo relatives and his name was sufti- -

cicnt to give him the confidence andfriendship of the gang from the verybeginning Since the war he has par-ticipated

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in the Gads Hill tram robberythe Glendale Winston Blue Cut andWinthrop train robberies and tht rob-

bery¬

of the trseasury boxol the KansasCity fair and at least halt a dozenbank robberies in different portions ofthe state

THE JAMES BOYS

were born and reared in Clay countyand Dick Little m Jackson countyQuantrell was never a resident of Mis-

souri¬

but circumstances caused him tospend the greater part of his life amongthe hills of Blue Cut and prairies ofSaline and Lafayette counties Thechief ofguerrilas died a natural deathin the city of Louisville It remains tobe seen whether one of his staunchestfriends has turned out to be a traitorat last

AFTER THE WAR CLOSED

Jesse James received a terrible woundthrough one of nis lungs and lav fornisarly a year seen and attended onlyby Dr Lankford of Kansas City whonursed him back to life and healthSince that occasion Jesse and FrankJames have never traveled togetheralthough in daily communication andnever far apart Both may have con-cocted

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dreadful deeds but only onetook the lead in the execution Yes-

terday¬

it was Frank who charged upona passing train and rifled its expresspackages to day it was Jesse Thereasons for this method are partly ob-

vious¬

They always have a reserveforce and can cope with the strongestofposses The greatest reason that-- he James brothers travel apart is inpursuance of a solemn oath that incase of a treacherous murder of onebrother his aeafh may be avenged bythe remaining brother It is impos ¬

sible to capture both at once as theyare never seen together

AN INTERESTING HISTORY

of the origin and daring deeds of thelawless band that held sway in westernMissouri just after the war one of themembers of which is on trial at Inde-pendence

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to dayJ was obtained lastnignt from officer Christ Palmer of theSecond district sub station located inLayfayette Park

Wuen the war broke out said Of-ficer Palmer a man named Quantrellwhose deeds made him famous andfeared in Western Missouri startedout with a band of guerrillas Thetwo best shots in the company andmost daring spirits were Frank andJesse James In 1S64 Maj Johnsonwith 1S5 men attacked Quantrellsgang on the road to town The guer-rillas

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numbered 150 and did not waittodefend but swooped down drop ¬

ping the bridles and firing with bothhands Of the 1S5 only 15- - escapedBetween them Frank and lesse Tameskilled twenty men Quantrell lost

three of his band The war was overand they returned to Jackson countybut had got a taste for robbery and onFebruary 14 1866 they committedthe first of a series which has madetheir deeds famous On that date

THEV ROBBED LIBERTY BANK

The job was done by Andie MaeuireArchie Clemmens DickJBurns PayneJones and the two James boys Maguire used his part of the swag in dressing mmselt up in broadcloth and ranaway with the daughter of old manDeering from near Independenceiney came to St Louis and werecaptured at the old Seventh street de-

pot¬

and taken back to Liberty jailfrom which Maguire was removed andhung with several other prisoners sus-pected

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of complicity in the robbery bya mob

During the spring of 1866 two of theold Quantrell gang were arrested nearCrackerneck for horse stealing andlodged in jail at Independence Be¬

tween 10 and 11 oclock on the nightof June 14th 1866 a band of horse-men

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galloped into town dischargingfire arms and yelling and whoopingIhey rode to the jail and born and raised in Jackson countythe release of the two horse thievesSeveral shots were fired into the re-

sidence¬

of Jailor Bugler who in¬

stantly killed His son a lad of 4years of age was seriously woundedbut recovered and to day is on trialat Independence on a charge of com-

plicity¬

in the second Glendale trainrobbery The job the

LEXINGTON BANK ROBBERY

which occurred on October 30 1863then the Savannah bank on March 2d1SG7 Richmond Bank May 23 1867Russleville Ky Bank March 20th1S68 George Shepherd was caughtand served a term in the Kentuckypennitentiary Next the Independence bank April 1868 fne GallatinMo bank was next robbed Decern

ber7 1S69 in which Major Sheet thecashier of the bank and a young boyon the street were killed after the rob-

bery¬

After dividing the swag DickBurns and a pal went to old manDeering- - farm just south of Indepen ¬

dence where they obtained a mealand then went out to a hay stack tosleep where Bums was found the nextday with his head split open and rob ¬

bed Just prior to this robbery PayneJones one of the gang was shot andkilled one night at Independence whilein the act of stealing a very valuablehorse from Jim Crow Chilles andJones friends suspected Burns of giv¬

ing Chiles information as to the timeof the stealing placing Chiles on hisguard and it is supposed that Jonesfriends had something to do with Burnsmurder

TIIECORVDON lA BANK

robbery followed June 3 187 1

the Columbia Ken- - bank April2cth 1S72 and the

KANSAS CITY FAIR GROUNDS

robbery September 26 1872 Thisrobbery was committed during theFairby four men at 3 oclock in the after-noon

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when there were fifteen or twentythousand visitors on the grounds SteGenevieve Bank May 27 1S73 wasnext robbed then followed the firsttrain robbery which occurred in IowaJune 21 1S73 Then commencedthe stage robberies Hot springsstage was robbed January 15 1074the Lexington stage was robbed on asand bar in front of the town prior tothis but it is said that the robberscould not resist the pleading of a StLouis lady who was in the stage at thetime and returned nearly all the plun-

der¬

stolenIron Mountain train robbery at Gads

Hill occurred January 31 1864 Aus ¬

tin Texas stage robbery April 71874Muncie Kansas train robbery occur-red

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in the same vear A few days after this robber Bud McDaniels wascharging around Kansas City onhorscbacK drunk and disorderly Hewas finally landed in the calaboose

and upon being searched foundloaded down with gold coin He wasclaimed by the Kansas authorities andwhile being transferred to Muncie

TRIED TO ESCAPE AND WAS KILLED

Then followed the Huntington WestVirginia bank robbery Septemberin 1S75 in which Thompson McDan ¬

iels a brother of Bud McDaniels waskilled and Tackson Kean was captur-ed

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On the first of April 1S76 a suspi-cious

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gang hovered around the Emmerson bank at McKinney TexasThe owners provided for emergenciesand on finding the bank looked toomuch like an arsenal the gang departel on the Sth taking the horses of thelort Worth Stage company whichthey left at Henrietta April 18th

1S76 Baxter Springs- - Kansas Bankwas robbed and on July 7 1876 TheMissouri Pacific train was robbed atOtterville Then occurred the attemptsto rob the Northfield Minnesota bankSeptember 7 1S7C where they metwith bad luck While driving aboutthe streets firing their revolvers theykilled a SwedeThe citizens then began shooting atthem killing Clell Miller and Bill Chadwell and wounding two or three othersof the gang In the meantime the twomen who were in the bank Killed Cash ¬

ier Hayward who refused to open thesafe or give them the combination andthey recovered but a few dollars Itwas getting warm for the gang who leftand were followed several days whenat last they were surrounded and firedupon In the fight one of the robbersCharley Wells alias Pitts was killed

VOL II NO 50

and Cole James and Bob Youngereach wounded surrendered only twomaking their escape supposed to beFrank and Jessie fames

Chicago and Alton train robbery atGlendale occurred Oct 8th 1879 andthe Rock Island train robbery at Wins-

ton¬

July 17 1881 in which ConductorWestfall was killed and a passengerwounded

The last train robbery occurred onthe Chicago and Alton at GlendaleSeptember 7 1881

The Winston and the two Glendalerobberies were the work ofJessie JamesEd Miller and Dick Litde assisted byBill Ryan and Clarke and the usualcompliment of the young men in thevincinity of the robberies Of this gangEd Miller was killed last winter by Jes-

sie¬

James in a row over a woman Bas ¬

ham Ryan Buglar Land and Chap ¬

man

HAVING SINCE BEEN ARRESTED

and Dick Little to whom the authori-ties

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are now looking and who it issuspected will make a clean breast ofthe jobs has surendered himself Little

demanded was

was

was

was

in the very heart of the scene of therobberies and for a time resided inKansas City Just after the trial ofMattie Collins for the murder of herbrother-in-la- w Jonathan Dark Littlemarried her and it is supposed thathis surrender was brought about by herJust after the second Glendale robberyshe created a sensation iu Kansas Cityby her talk about Little and his con-

nection¬

with the gang This she afterwards denied Little is Known tohave been at both the Glendale andthe Winston train robberies at the lastnamed of which Conductor Westfailwas shot down by Jesse James Hewas also at Short Creek near Jophnin the fall af 1870 at the time andplace that George Shepherd claimed tohave shot Jesse James and is sup-

posed¬

to have been an active memberof the gang for some years past par¬

ticipating in every depredation Allthat Ryan told the officers has beenkept a secret so farby the officers whohowever have not reaped any remark ¬

ably good harvest of at rests from itHis statements to Police Commission-er

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Craig of Kansas City and the sher ¬

iff will probably be made public at Buglars trial

Tucker Basham pleaded guilty andwas sentenced to ten years in the Peni ¬

tentiary but it was pardoned and usedagainst Ryan Little has been prom ¬

ised a conditional pardon which willsend him out of the State when grant-ed

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Little and Rvan were both in thefirst Glendale robbery The latter wascaptured through the jealousy ofa girland convicted by Basham who left theState after the trial and is now hidingfrom the vengeance of his old compan-ions

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in crime and is supposed to be atsome small mining camp on the Paci-fic

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slope The girl to whom Ryan canreturn thanks for his capture was onlysixteen years of age when she fell inwith a gay young cattle dealer of Kan ¬

sas City named Clarke who becametired of his victim beat and abused herand cast her off

IN A KIT OF JEALOUSY

she went to the chief detective of theChicago and Alton road last Augustjust after Blue Cut robbery and gaveaway Clarke and his confederates withwhose names and deeds she was fa ¬

miliar Clarke suspected her inten-tions

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and fled Ryan was capturedBasham turned States evidence con-

victed¬

Ryan and was released himselfand Basham spent the most of his daysin this State in terror His house wasfired and papers warning him that hewould have to pay the penalty of deathfor desertion sent to him He fled toIowa but was followed and he andhis family fired upon from the brushShortly afterward he disappeared andis now fleeing or concealed in some re-

mote¬

point from the hatred of his oldcompanions and would be assassinsThe attempts to capture these outlawsmake an interesting chapter in borderhistory Captain Lull of Chicago iathe hope of reaping the heavy rewardsstarted out with detective lim Duckworth of St Louis After they reachedJackson county they secured a guideand were riding along the road one daywhen they were confronted by Johnand Bill Younger They threw theirrevolvers down to the ground and whileone of the brothers covered them an-

other¬

examined the weapons Lull sud-

denly¬

drew a revolver from his coatand shot twice Killing John Youngerand wounding Bill He was shot him-

self

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a moment later and instantly killedA young man named Wisher attemptedto seCure work near the James boysfarm but the outlaws were told that asuspicious stranger was in the vicinityHis body was found near the river atMissouri City perforated with bulletsand bearing a note This is the waywe treat Chicago detectives if youhave got any more send them along

The St Louis officers started out ona special train I knew all the familyand one day while in Kansas City Isaw Frank James wife board a train Ifollowed her to Sherman Texas but atthis time they had started the gang toNorth Minn where the bank was rob-bed

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We started for Northfield in allhaste but arrived just after the captureand killing by the Sheriffs posse

Well said the laborer in the saw¬

mill as they carried him home there 1

is one consolation That durned comwont trouble me any more

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