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to ’Jesse James” Reward Ulfored wers to QuestionsI Knew Jesse James'Beatrice Woman Recalls shot NeighborS3Just an ordinary farm boy,1 ts the description of Jesse James, j notorious Missouri outlaw of 60 vears ago, ghen by Mts B. B. Williams, HH South Center ; street, v ho knew James as a | neighbor near St. Joseph. Mo.,I when she was a young girl,Jesse James, whose life is re-; enacted In a moving picture at the Hiv'oli theater this week,was the objecta widespread‘Torn Howard* as Sure-uth in Missourisearch even when Mrs. Williamsknew 1 r. . .--he * d. As a neighbor to her parents, ranchers near Ht. Joseph on the old Taylor ho: .estead, the James boys use.I the n • l-ilt; ard and the neighbors 1 r •! at that time suspect them as criminals.The Howard** lived on a small p.)a.v ne m by Mrs Williams recall*!, “and frequently came to our ranch to hunt.Mr*. WilliamsFun pfirtif**1 knew him’I can remember Jesse James (then a Howard) was an excellent shot and I have « en him pick off n chicken's head at 50 paces shooting over his shoulder, the Beatrice woman continued. *'I didn't see him hunt, but my mother lol,j me 'that Howard hoy certainly can shoot a gun.’ **Mrs. Williams said they wereordinary neighbors and the hoysate at our house several times. The mother of the boys had only one arm, Mrs. Williams recalled.We were all pretty surprised to find out who the Howard* really were, though, she admitted.Mrs. Williams has been In Nebraska 23 years. Her husband is foreman at the Union Pacific railroad yards here, having brought his family here from Kansas.It will he exciting to see how they picture Jesse James in themovies, Mrs. Williams concluded. I remember him pretty [well; just a medium sired fellow with dark hair, kind of ordinary and not particularly good looking or homely either,Many Place* Have Spanish Name*The American Language says: According to Harold W. Bentley, no less than 2.000 Ar er can cities and towns have Spanish name* and thousand* more are borne by rivers, mountains, valleys and other geographical entitles. He says t! it there are m- re than 40P cr **$ and towns of Spanish name in California alone. They are numerous all over the rest of the Irani M ssippi region and, curiously cram gh, are even rather t lt;• • • n in f* lt;» I t
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Beatrice Daily Sun
Beatrice, Nebraska, US
Sun, Feb 26, 1939
Page 6
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Joplin P.
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