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James gang robbery site is markedLEXINGTON, Mo. (AP) - The site of Jesse James’ second bank robbery was revisited by his descendants who recount with pnde the tales of their notorious ancestor.James' progeny have turned out to be mo»e successful than the outlaw, but they hold a special place for him in their memories, which they shared Sunday with fans at a weekend Jesse James festival in nearby Kearney.Tor the record, we’re both very’ happy that they got away from the robbery,” said California Superior Court Judge James R Ross. 64. the great-grandson of Jesse James, as he stood with 8‘2-year-old Ethel Rose Owens, James' granddaughterJesse James fans snapped photographs of the presentation.The hard feelings were lost years ago, said Mrs Owens She presented a plaque commemorating the Oct. 30, 1867, robbery to Dieter Troo6t, owner of the two-story brick building that once housed the Alexander Mitchell and Co. BankThe robbery was one of perhaps two dozen committed by Jesse James and his band of former Confederate guerrillas dunng a nearly two-decade crune career.Four riders approached the bank around noon that day. led by Jesse James — and perhaps his older brother Frank and partner Cole Younger — thev asked the banker to change a $o0 bill.The suspicious banker refused, says Milton lYrry, curator of history inneighboring Clay County.Drawing pistols, the robbers then demanded money The banker told them, incorrectly, that the vault was locked Still they made off with $2,000 from the hank’s cash drawers.Die banker summoned authorities as the gang rode away But the sheriff and several memliers of his posse wen* old friends of the James gangThe shenffs pursuit of Jesse James from Lexington was, to say the least, unspmted,” says film producer lion Casteel, whose new documentary,Die ljfe and Death of JessejrJanies,’ explores the rubber's career.
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Sedalia Democrat
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Mon, Jun 24, 1991
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