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Charley Ford recalls role in Jesse James killing
Kansas City dispatch details Charley Ford brother of Bob Ford recounting his ties to the James gang and the plan to kill Jesse James. Ford discusses meetings with Governor Crittenden, police cooperation, the Blue Cat robbery, and his own capture after being charged with complicity. He details the pursuit, pardons, and his claim he joined to break up the gang, not plunder.
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Kansas City
Charley Ford
Jesse James
James
Janes
Ed Miller
Gov. Crittenden
Ray County
Board of Trade Hall
Bob
James Gang
St. James
Jesse
Father
Miller
Glendale
Johnson
Bob Grimes
Wood Hite
Kentucky
Dave Johnson
Charley
Ed. Miller
Nashville
Id. Wilson
Missouri
Charley Anderson
Dick Liddell
Louisville
Jack Wall
Hall
Frank
Willie Bolton
Willie
Independence and
Grand Avenues
Independence
Lindell
Missouri Pacific
Johnny Samuels
Johnny
Independence Avenue
Troost Avenue
Delaware Street
Missouri Avenue
Sixth Street
Liberty
Samuels
Kearney
Smith & Keating’s
Main Street
Fourth
Grand Avenue
Twelfth Street
St. Joseph
Twenty-first
Lafayette Streets
Thomas Howard
Thirteenth
Craig
Timberlake
Aly
Charles
Mrs. Samuel
Capt
Amberlake
Court House
Frank James
Juy
Jackson County
Pinkerton
Marshal Murphy
Bill Ryan
Dick Liddle
Liddle
Alabama
Ford
Speers