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‘Jesse James’ at The Roxy for Three DaysWhat sort of man would Jesse James have been if he had been born in a different era?For Jesse James lived in a day when a spirit of lawlessness was abroad in the land.After the Civil war, the heart and mind of America turned to ward the winning of the Wes The symbol of this era was the building of the transcontinenta railroads.But the advance of the Iron Horse brought sorrow as well as prosperity in its wake. For too many of the hardy pioneers of the West it meant the confiscation o' their lands and property.As a matter of fact, it was their part in the struggle of the Mis souri farm people to save their homes from this unscrupulous seizure by the railroads, tha turned young Jesse James and his equally notorious brother, Frank to the life of outlawry which colored their whole era and endowet the decade which saw their mosn daring deeds with the title, the Serious Seventies.”W’hile our day is likely to look upon Jesse as a ruthless desperado, the people of his own times regained him with a more indulgent eye. Displaying a remarkable amount of tact for that rough-and-ready era, the mountaineers in the Missouri Ozarks where he florished were wont to dignify his career by terming it horse and pistol work.” Perhaps the best evidence of their attitude is contained in the epitaph on the monument erected over his grave, the unveiling of which forms a scene in this Darryl F. Zanuck production. It read:In loving remembrance JESSE W. JAMES died April 3, 1882 aged 34 years, 6 month, 28 days murdered by a traitor and coward whose name is not worthy to appear here The anonymous reference is, of tourse, to the treacherous Bob Ford, a member of Jesse James’ iwn band, who betrayed the bandit ;o the law to collect the price upon lis head.Vt€SIisT1tam‘iiilecctldiloeralt;lt;(ofleJcaiWWlto18Clmlt;WiCrlt;inChioa l tino:asphasontinnis
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Miami Daily News Record
Miami, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Jul 02, 1939
Page 17
Full Page
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