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her daughter, subjected lu hardship noil grossest Insult*. Slip wm a Soullicru sympathizer and, far from denying lh- farf, gloried In If. In Ji community nlliuno with excitement mid prejudice.JESSE JAMES.’ From a Photograph Taken In 1875.pd out of their car. stood lu a line and slaughtered to n man.■Soon after 800 troops under Major Johnson sought to muiUb this deed, and approached a rendezvous where there were 202 of (lie guerrillas. John sou adopted suicidal tactics. Evidently he did not understand Quantrell's way. He cuused Ills men to dlamouut. and thus they stood awaiting the onslaught. On came the guerillas like a whirlwind. They could not he withstood. Ilumnn courage could not eu dura sgalust these grinning devils, who rode with teeth bared and holding the reins. After ono volley the troops fled. They were pursued na foxes are pursued. and cf the 300 only eighteen -escaped. The rest -were not wounded They were dead.In this charge Jesse James, having the best horse, was lu the lead. It was a bullet from his unerring revolver that laid poor Johnson low. aud many others were accredited to him that dreadful day. The guerrillas lost four men. 8ucl» was their usual fortune. By experiences of this kind Jesse James was hardened. Ho was a batcher of men.An Incident characteristic of JesseBT THE JAMES OANO.Quantrell, as monstrous I measureless his passion.idiot. Jssos h*ll been obliged *n. Then with, •b'l'* he was I op am) (ToWa tbs' corn rows, with bayonets. Utile wonder“So yon hare determined to clrllUe our country! said the swarthy native.• tyo have,” answered the resolute white man. Now. tell ms what feature of civilisation Interests you most.”MAD CAREER OF BANDIT JESSE JAMESDeath of His Stepfather Rcca XvaMrlM of America's Moil Desperate Outlaw.WAS A SLAYEB ANC EOBBEB.Outrages TJpon His Family Incited Him to Hoods of Hanlae.il Fury.Recently tho death of Hr. Ileulieu ftamuals, of Missouri. has been announced lu a lino. To the majority of readers this Item conveyed no significance. Tot Doctor Samuels was a figure In the guerilla warfare Unit made of Missouri and Kansas settings - for the bloodiest and bitterest strife aver waged by banded aaaasslns. Hum-uels wee, however, n passive llgtire, tin accidental centev of nflu Ira In which In took no part. Conflict waged about him. Its fiery billows surging up to the threshold of his home. For he wns 111-husband of the mother of Jesse James, a woman with tho heart of a lioness, loving her own with an intensity fierce as the hatred she felt for her enemies.The death of Doctor Knmiicl* recalls the mad career of Jea«e. as intrepid a freebooter as ever murdered nr.d tubbed; a man who for years, moving In a community where everybody knew there was a price on bis head, never flinched In the presence of danger. James was a man of curious paradoxes. As was strong In friendship, tcrr!# Bnreler.tlng In battle, whether under lt;he black ting of Quantrell or warring •n the society that had made him an •ntlaw. To his mother he wns alwuy kind and affectionate; to Ills wife Model husband. Ills children found lu him, so far as their tender senses could Ofvredsts, every desirable element of fatherhood. For i long time ho as-Mimed the name of Howard. There was he better citizen than “Mr. Howard.” no more thouglitful neighbor. Shortly before he was killed there bad been a municipal procession In 8t. Joscpn, marking a local event. At the head ” r the parade wns a platoon of police. Immediately behind the police rode desea James on a blooded horse, Ills little boy Jcsae held before hlnl. Such ware the .chance* the bandit took.There have been attempts (o exalt dame James, That he was driven Into the bant school or Quantrell must be admitted. Hie mother was a native or ■sataefey, and when the muttering* of atviI war were first board her sympn-thlas wees with the South. So were (boss of Doctor Samuels. In these sympathies It was but natural that the boy Mmuld share. Quantrell's guerrilla or-■aalsstlon had operated before the dec-larettaa of war. It was a sinister ■roup, wholly without merry, hideous XS Its methods. Its members made up of sodsl renegades steeped In crime, andexdlenient and prejudice. UHlomed lo every expres-violence, this was offending enough.Slaughter of Troops,It wiis enough. !lt;«•. to drive Jesse from (lie jicrlls of his threatened home into the ranks of the Qimutrell guerril Ins. There he found Idinself among men fittingly described no crossed I**-l tv eon highwaymen and tigers. He wns a smooth-faced boy, yet soon there wns not one of his comrades u more dnn-gi-rous 'illtor. lie was as good a rider as nuy. a heller shot tliun nny, ami the ferocity that bnd slumbered within him wns roused to a pitch that made him us demoniac as the rest of the Inl-■Idltous brotherhood of butchery.1 lie exploits of ths guerrillas, In which Jesse soon took nctlvo part, were almost beyond belief lu their reckless daring, their frenzied brutal tty. The affair nt Ceutralln Illustrates llie actuating spirit. One day—It wns Keptouilier 21. IStW—n train bearing twenty-four Federal soldiers rolled Into (lie llitle slnllon l.*pon the platform uvviilled Hill Anderson, otia of Qunn troll's most Savage followers, and enough of III* associates to overawe the soldier*. The twenty-fopr were marcli-OF THE 8TAQB COACHJames may be related here. After the war, traveling In Tennessee, be found the widow of an old comrade. It hap pened that a mortgage upon her home was to be foreclosed that day. and she was momentarily expecting the Sheriff and the money lander. The sum she ueeded was fiaoo. Jesse bad tbla with him, but do more, sDd be wns fsr from borne, but he gave It to her. Then he sectoed himself by the roadside, watch-ed the officials and the lender arrive and depart, and stepping rrom ambush with leveled pistols, made them disgorge the entire amount, with which lie went on hln way, linppy la having saved the widow's home nt the cost of a trilling Inconvenience uot In Itself disagreeable.When felly launched upon his criminal course. Jesse had with him Bill Anderson. the Centralis butcher, and four of the Touugcr brothers, ss well as some others, including his -own brother Frank. Frank hns been for many years now n reputable, law-abiding Individual. He always lacked Initiative, and never had a tithe of the singular ability of Jesse. The first act known to have been committed by the gang was the robbery of a bank nt Corydon, Iowa, a bold and opeu raid, which the per-lietrators announced to a gathering of citizens as they rode away, firing their pistols. Iu July. 1878, they robbed a train on the C. R I. ft P. near Connell Bluffs, murdering an unarmed engineer. At Intervals followed a robbery on (he Iron Mountain, netting $10,000; one on the Union Pacific, where the loot wns $60,000, nnd another with a $17,000 haul on the Missouri Pacific In each instance there was displayed utter ludlfferem-e as to the killing of trainmen or passengers, although possibly an Inclination to leave a few dead to lend Impressiveness to the occasion.WHf sporadic outbreaks TAs Jamesug did nothing especially notable after Hie Missouri Pacific M| September. iS7C, when took te rob a hank atThe r'llgcns fought n gnsl tight upon lenn'ing tbi.t the bank miblgr had been killed. Bill Chad well. Uhdl Miller nnd Charley IMUs were shot to ilealh and Blt;h aud Jim Younger, with Jesse Janies, were wounded. The wounded Youngers, together with their brother Cole, wero captur'd nnd sentenced to prison for life. Itol died 111 prison. Cole and Jlui were pardoned In 1001. and n year later Cole committed suicide. Frank James niHungcd lo get the Injured Jesse Into Dakota and away.Killed by Treachery.Such a life as Jesse James led was hound to culmlnnte In tragedy. Governor Crittenden, of Missouri, disgusted al the futile efforts of olllcrra nnd detectives to take him, offered a reward of $10,000 for his capture. One “Bob” Ford, with Ills brother Charles, determined to secure this sum. They had won the confidence of the outlaw, the solitary Instance, !*rhnps. In which bis Judgment of men le i him nstruy. These hoys had the freedom of the James home. They were both there one vvnrni day 111 1882. Because of the heat Jesse bad removed coat and vest and then la Id aside his arms, a lack of precaution lie had never before been known to exhibit. Observing that o picture ou the wall was askew, he mounted n chair to adjust It. This gave the Fords their chaueo. They hud edged between Jesse James and tho bed on which lay bis pistol*. Boh then shot him lu the tinck of the head. There were a few gnsps and Jesse James, bandit and outlaw, was dead. He lived Just long enough to be gnlhered Into the arms of his wife. The revolver that wns used for Ills undoing had been Ids own gift to the man who used It. The Fords go; tlielr money, n pardon from tho Governor nud the detestation of even the enemies of Jesse James. Thereafter they knew no peace. There was none so mean as to extend a hand to (hem. Charles Ford committed suicide In Itlchmond. There were no mourners Bob Ford drifted to Colorado, liocamo an unwelcome hnhltuo of gambling linlls nnd wns shot lu n drunken brawl.For long there has hung In the Samuels home a framed scroll hearing this Inscription;Id Coving Remembrance of my BelovedSonJESSE W. JAMES Died April 3, 18S2 Aged 81 years fl months 28 days. Murdered by s Traitor and Coward Whose Name is not Worthy to Appear Ilere.Such Is a brief sketch of Jesse James, dauntless, desperate, brutal, a soldier pf vengeance, who warred upon society. Ids hntid against every man. Ids legacy the memory of bitterness. At once loving and merciless, the strange and paradoxical product of heredity aud environment. It may be said of him. “We never shall see Ids like again, hut In the saylug them can he no cadence of sorrow.—Henry James In Philadelphia Ledger.KEPT WITHIN BOUNDS.voauis People lb visl»l In ChiefJustice Marshall's Day.In an old biography of Chief Justice Marshall there Is an anecdote wblcd gives a significant hint of the discipline to which young people were subject In that earlier day.Several of the great Jurist's nieces wero In the habit of visiting him, and as they wero young nud attractive the house become a rendezvous for the leading young men of tho city during the sfternooiig. Judge Marshall’s black major domo, old Uncle Joseph, held :» tight rein upon ttcee visitors. Every day at 4 o'clock he would appear nt the door of the drawing room In spotless livery aud with a profound bow would announce;“Ladles, his honor the chief justice has retired to bis room to prepare for dinner.“Gentlemen, dinner will be served at half post 4 o'clock. It Is now 4. Ills honor will be pleased If you will remain, and covers boro been laid for you at the table. If you cannot remain. will you permit the young ladles to retire to prepare for the meal?”The gentlemen usually took their leave, nnd the ladles retired in an ill hnmor, but any remonstrance with Joseph was only answered by; “It Is the rule of the house. Young folks must be kept within bounds.”Id Virginia houses of the better class, notwithstanding their almost boundless hospitality, the calls of youhg men lu that day were strictly held withinlimit No one was received ss » 7lsItorto an unmarried girl unless his antecedents and character were well known to her parents.Co old Sea ro, Hlsssvlf.Clarence Foster (Top”), the old ball player, was always busy sewing lu bis spore momenta In the clubhouse. Foster wae a handsome fellow and took pride In keeping himself looking nest nod natty as far as his attlro went, und be was as particular as on old maid regarding his clothes, so was kept busy dulng the tailor act with the needle nnd thread. Oue August “Pop” was taken III and was ailing for some few days. The fact of his 111. nese got Into the public press nnd sa became common talk among the players. A few days after the announcement was made that Foster was 111 tho 8t. Louie aggregation blew Into tbs Washington grounds. The first day Foster was discovered sitting In front of the clubhouse, busy at bis everlasting sewing.Hello, Fop! shonter Catcher Joe I heard you were sick, but how are you now 7Well. Joe. carelessly responded Foster as he paused a moment In hit tailor stunt, “I have been sick, but Just at present, as you can sea for yourself, I happen to be on the mend.” —Washington Star.. fi’fe'ISS it SBT a 52.!?2 2 » 6 8 8 S « B S'S.
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Canton Dakota Farmers Leader
Canton, South Dakota, US
Fri, Apr 17, 1908
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