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FUMES MEN • RJIpHftDeering Scene of Serious Blase That Almost Causes the Death of SeveralA DBering, N. D., May 24.—Awakened In the middle of night by the crack-Ung of flamea, Mrs. a. Me An Inch and nmlly of small children barely es--^•ope* death la a are whleh totally destroyed tse large Burkhart build-log In which they were living. The origin of the fire Is unknown, the McAnlnch family having Just moved In that day, having Just finished unpacking before they retired for the night The livery billldlng and block of frame structures south of the building were seriously threatened for a time but the volunteer fireman finally got the flames under control. There was no Insurance on the building or contents and the dtlsens made up a puree for the afflicted woman and her children.WAS BTlil HER HUSBANDThe Story of Jesse James’ Death Has Been Revived in CaliforniaLos Angeles, Cal., May 24.—That Albert P. Ford, formerly president of the Merchants' Fire Dispatch, whom she shot after a breakfast - table quarrel, was In reality Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, was the statement made today by Caroline F. Ford. Mrs. Ford is In the county Jail on a charge of murdering her husband.From the things he told me during our seventeen years of married life,” she said today, together with evi. dence I found later, I am convinced that Mr. Ford was In reality Bob Ford. I first was led to suspect this by finding a photograph of my husband, taken before a saloon in Kansas City, which he said he owned, and which I later learned was owned by Bjb Ford.“I learned that Bob Ford and my husband were born April 29, fifty-one years ago, and that the middle name of both was Palmer. My husband also told me he worked on the same railroad In Missouri upon whleh Ford was employed. My husband told me of working In his uncle's store In Missouri. Bob Ford did that also. My husband was well acquainted In Minneapolis, 8t Paul and Kansas City, these places also were 'haunts' of Bob Ford.Further ray husband was never able to account for his whereabouts at the time Jesse James, was shot and though Bob Ford #al supposed to have been killed In Colorado, my hueband had told me that he knew the body was not that cf Bob Ford. 1 have written Jsmes Cummings, now at Hlgglnsvllle, Mo., to get'more data to substatlate the story.Kansas City, May 23.—Always there has been mystery surrounding the death of Bob” Ford, the member of Jesse James’ gang who killed his leader for a reward. The stor- of Fbrd's death, which generally has been accepted, la that he waa killed In a saloon brawl In Creede, Col., but there were varying opinions on this, and it easily is possible that the Albert Ford who died recently was theBob” Ford who killed the Missouri bgnfllt.The following Is the story of Jesse James's de»th. as told by Bob” Ford to F. C. Carr, Governor T. T. Crittenden's secretary, shortly sftor the killing: • --Mr. Crittenden was Inaugurated governor of Missouri In January, 1881, and a short time after his Inauguration offered a reward of $10,-000 each for the apprehension of Jesse James, Frank James, Dick Lld-dle, Wood Hits, Jim Cummings and other members of the James gang, and $10,000 additional waa offered for the conviction of either or both Jeeee and Frank James of complicity In the Winston robbery.ance of the proclamation Dick Llddle surrendered to Sheriff Timberlake on terms which required him to assist In the capture of the rest of theLater went to Sheriff Timberlake and Informed him I believed Jesse James was hiding In northwest Missouri somewhere, but that 1 did not know where. I said my brother, Charlie Ford, was with Jesse Jsmes, and told him I believed Jesse would be after me before long to help him hold up something.Jesse came for me at my uncle’s and told me my brother Charley was with him and they had planned to rob the Platte City bank. It would take three men to do the Job, end he needed my help. After we got to his house In the suburbs of St. Joseph JesBe questioned me closely about Dick Llddle, and I told him I had not heard anything about him for a long time.“I knew anything might happen at any time to tip my hand to Jess and I scanned the papers each morning eagerly. On the morning of April 3 Jees was reading the St Louis Republican.Jesse Found the Paper.I looked over the Kansas City Journal first, and seeing nothing of Interest I threw It on the bed and picked up the Times, and the first thing I saw on the first page was the story of Dick Llddle’s surrender. My only thought waa to hide the paper from Jess. Beside me was a chair with a shawl on It, and quick aa a flash I lifted It and shoved the paper under. Jess couldn’t have seen me, but he got up and walked over to the chair, picked up the shawl and threw It on the bed, and took the paper.“Jess spread the paper on the table In . front of him and began to look over the headlines. All at once Jeas said: ‘Hello, there. The surrenderof Dick Llddle,’ and he looked at me with a glare In his eyee that I had seen there before.“He continued to glare at me, and .1 got up and went Into the front room again. In a minute Jess came In smiling, and said pleasantly: ‘Well, Bob, It's all right anyway.’Took off His Revolvers.“He walked over to the bed and deliberately unbuckled bis belt, wltb four revolvers In It, end threw It on the bed. It was the first time In my life I bed seen him without that belt. He picked up a dust brush from the table and paid: 'This picture Is aw-18irlt;Justy.'‘ ••rf-*'--“There wasn't a speck of dust that I could see on that picture, but be stood on a chair beneath It aDd then got up on It and began to dust the picture on the wall.Without further thought or a moments delay I pulled my revolver and leveled it as I sat. He heard the hammer click as I cocked It with my thumbing In throwing It down on a line with his head. He recognized the sound and started to turn as I pulled the trigger. The ball struck him Just behind the ear and he .fell like a log, dead. I didn't go near his body. I. knew when I saw that .44-caliber bullet strike that It was all up wltb Jesse James.
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Grand Forks Evening Times
Grand Forks, North Dakota, US
Wed, May 24, 1911
Page 10
Full Page
Clipped by
Joplin P.
MO, USA 24 Sep 2024
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