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Body of Noted Jesse James At Rest in Kearney„_► Souvenir Hunters In Past Chipped Pieces Off Of Tombstone.Body Buried TwiceMoved From James Farm To Present Location; Farm On View.The current picture Jesse Jamek, i filmed in south Missouri, again brings i the deeds of the notorious outlaw before the public mind. Local railroad men running into kanaas City are reminded every day that there was such a personage because Jesse James lies burled in the old Kearney cemetery at Kearney, Missouri and this , cemetery is but a stone’s throw from the passing track at that point where t local freight trains frequently take siding.It is a well kept cemetery and the body of Jesse James lies burled between that of his mother, Zerelda Samuels and his step father, Reuben Samuels, Also buried by the side of the mother is the body of Archie Samuels, half brother of the outlaw.The group of graves lie with the head stones to the west, and two evergreen trees form a frame for them. It Is a peaceful picture as the sun sets in the evening on the cemetery. The trees cast shadows across the head stones, and as night falls these shadows draw up an imaginary picture of outlaws riding hard, stage coaches dashing around the turn, and the distant whistles of trains conjure up pictures of train robberies, the flight and pursuit.The inscription on the head stones tell a story. The head stone of Mrs, Samuels gives the name, date of birth and death; tliat of Dr. Samuels, the same. Jesse’s stone Is gone but bears the inscription with hlA death date and how he died. The half brother Archie’s grave has a marble stone. A [)oenv i» engraved at the top and at the bottom is the inscription, Here lies the body of Archie Samuels, who was murdered by Pinkerton detec-t lives.”Vandals Destroy James MarkerFor many years, the slender marble .■’haft marking the grave of Jesse James stood offering an excellent target for vandals seeking souvenirs of the bandit’s grave.Little by little, the stone was chipped away from all sides. Where the stone Joined the base, It was chipped much as a beaver points each portion of a limb that he has cut in half. The base of the stone became weakened and It toppled over. For a long time it lay there. Then It was missing.The writer stopped there one day and made a trip to the cemetery to find out what became of the stone. A small white cottage that borders the cemetery on the east gave the answer. For that, for many years, was the home of Henry Barr and Mary James Barr, the latter was Jesse James’ only daughter,Mrs. Barr, who died about two years ago. was living in the cottage at that time and she furnished the information. She told the writer that they had made every effort to protect the stone from vandals but to no avail and that after It toppled over, her brother, Jesse James. Jr., a practicing lawyer , of Los Angeles, came to visit the cemetery. He was very much upset over the destruction of the head stone and hid the badly chipped marker carried i to the cottage. Mrs. Barr then showed the writer the stone which had been ( carefully placed on the back porch. During the conversation, Mrs. Ban-said that she remembered nothing of , her father, as she was too young at the time of his death but that Jesse, Jr., remembered the event vividly and also the subsequent publicity that attended the career of Jesse's brother, Frank.Each Bummer season, Mrs. Ban was so annoyed by curious people who | called at the home from various parts ' of the country that she seldom answered the door.1 Mrs. Ban was an Intimate friend of ' Mrs. John Watts, of this city, when Mrs. Watts %as bookkeeper of the Kearney grain exchange and was much Interested in Mrs. Watts’ marriage. Mrs. Barr was a kindly woman and he’d the respect and friendship of the ■ Kearney folk1 Farm HUH Draws VisitorsThe James farm draws hundreds of visitors each year. It is much the same ‘ as It was when Pinkerton detectives ! bombed ft, blowing off Mrs. Jamas’ arm and killing Archie, the half bro-1 ther outright. A email charge is made to view the relics.Perhaps one of the most peculiar souvenir hunters ever to visit Kearney 1 was a man who refused to give his 1 name. He bought a ticket from New 1 York to Kearney He stepped off the * train at noon. Inquired from the rall-! road operator where the grave was. He- went out to It at once, chipped off a piece of the monument. He then came back to the depot, exclaimed to the operator. I got It Than he took the- first train back to New York,Incidentally, Frank Jamae, brother e of Jease. after his surrender and pardon, traveled for a ume with a wee-Weather Forecast.For Missouri: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Warmer Tuesday afternoon.Survey Shows Thai Several State Bills (Jet Little AttentionJefferson City, Mo , Jan. 30,—(U. P) —A survey of bills introduced in the Legislature so far this session revealed today Urat many were receiving little attention.Representative II P. Liuf, Jefferson City, trssed one bill into thp House hopper to make state employes liable to garnishment proceedings Just sts are employes of private concerns.Senator Michael Kinney, of St. Louis, has a bill to permit every hospital and clinic in Missouri to take a liend on money paLients would recelvp from dnmage suits. It was estimated that hundreds of persons in hospitals would be affected by the measure, since money collected in damages from accidents would go to the hospital for the amount of the bill for the patient’s care.Lauf also has a bill relating to the salaries and expeases of county court fudges. The old law says that “Judges shall receive five cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the place of holding county court, provided that such mileage shall be ' charged only once for each regular term and no mileage shall be paid for any special or adjourned term.”Lauf’s bill changes that law by 1 striking out of the law two and a half ' lines.A bill definitely outlawing sit-down strikes In Missouri was Introduced by 1 Representative E. OladLsh, Republl- ' can, Higginsvllle, The bill says nothing about sit-down strikes, but includes employe-employer relations In ' the state tenant eviction law In essence, the bill would muke sit-down strikers guilty of unlawful detainer.Sehator L. N. 8**arcy last week introduced a constitutional amendment 1 which would exempt from taxes half the valuation of a home up to $4,000 Five more boards would be added to Missouri's eVer-growing list under bills submitted by this session. They are a milk control board, a board of examiners for painters and decorators, a board of basic science examiners to examine the background of all medical practitioners, a library certification board and a board of shorthand ex-, aminers.Representative J. B. Council would amend the state usury law to relieve parties guilty of usury from paying court costs when the defendant argues that he has been victimized.George Weinberg EimIm Life With RevolverWhite Plains, N. Y.. Jan. 30™ George Weinberg, beetle - browed strong-man lieutenant of the murdered gangster, Dutch Schultz, and a key prosecution witness In the policy racket trial of Tammany District leader James J. Hines, killed himself yesterday with a detective’s revolver.It was a clear case of suicide, said Detective-Lieutenant E. J. Hughes.Weinberg shot himself through the right temple In the bathroom of a home rented by New York District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey as a hideaway for his witnesses in the Hines case.It’s all a surprise to me,’’ said J. Richard (Dixie) Davis, one-time kid mouthpiece of the Schultz gang, and, like Weinberg, a gullty-pleadjng state's witness against Hines.Weinberg, Davis and Harry Siioeii-haus, another witness, had just finished dinner and prepared for a drive through the Westchester countryside.Weinberg, leaving the dining room ahead of the others, snatched a pistol from a detectives coat in the hallway 11 and went upstairs to to the bathroom The shooting occurred at 1:45 p. m.tern show troop, making curtain talks. Such a talk was made In a personal appearance at the old Bennett opera house, now the skating rink. In this talk he emphasized the fact which was well remembered by the writer: that he and his brother were not as bad as they were painted but that it was hard to beat the law.” To make his appearance in Brookfield more spectacular, a scene that was unexpected was offered. A tent effect of canvas strung across the stage, caught fire. The fire caused some panic, but was quickly extinguished.A fact not generally known is that Jess* James was first buried on the Jamee farm but the body was removed from the farm to it's present grave in 1907.It Is an Ironical fact that not as much respect was shown for the sa-oredness of the city of the dead as Jease, hi his life showed tor the towns and homes of the living that he plundered.For Rent.Nicely’ furnished two room efficiency apartment. Private bat£ and garage Inquire at lt;15 North Main Street Phone 1*8House Per Rent.Six room house, modern except heat with hard wood floors, at 2* East Clark Street, Phone lt;18.
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Brookfield Argus
Brookfield, Missouri, US
Mon, Jan 30, 1939
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