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to 'Jesse James* Reward Offered wers to Questions7 Knew Jesse James'Beatrice Woman Recalls * l oin Howard* as Sure-shot Neighbor Vo nth in Missouri“Just an ordinary farm boy,” is the description of Jesse James,notorious Missouri outlaw of 60 years ago, go.cn by Mrs B. B. Williams, Jitf South Center street, who Knew James as a neighbor near St. Joseph, Mo., when she was a young git I.Jesse James, whose life is reenacted in a moving picture at the Rivoli theater this week, was the object of a widespreadsearch even v. hen Mrs. Williamsknew him. she s ml. As a neighbor to her pn rents, ranchers near Ht, Jos- oh on the old Taylor homestead, the James boys used the nnn.e !i- .vard and the neighbors lt;d not. nt that time suspect them as criminals.“The Howard* lived on a small place nearby, Airs Williams recalled “v - • i frequently came to our ranch to hunt.”ate 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 Howards 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 be exciting to see how they picture Jesse James in the movies, Mrs. Williams concluded. “I remember him pretty well; Just a t odium silted fellow with dark hair, kind of ordinary and not particularly good looking or homely either.Min PlhltfiMrs. William* . , T knew him*I can remember Jes^e JamesI (then a Howard) was an excellent shot and I have seen him pick off a chicken's head at 50 paces shooting over his shoulder, the Beatrice woman continued. “I didn’t see him hunt, but my mother lold me ‘that Howard boy certainly can shoot a gun.’Mrs. Williams said they wereordinary neighbors and the boysMany Places Have ’Spanish NamesThe American Itp.age says: “According to Harold W. Bentley, no less than 2.000 American Cities and towns have Spanish names and thousands more are bo me by rivers, mountains, valleys and other geographical entities. IT* lays th it there are more than *100 ci* es and towns of Spanish name in Calif r-n:a alone, They are numerous all over the rest of the Irani- Misrssippi region and, curiously t*n' lt;?h, are even rather corn?- n in the Fast.
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Beatrice Daily Sun
Beatrice, Nebraska, US
Sun, Feb 26, 1939
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