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Jesse James — Part 2

25 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Jesse James · 25 pages OCR'd
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% 3 eno to eurrender, with his brother Frank, and submit to trial if the Governor | would guarantee them safety against the chances of mob violence and lynch dew in Daviess County, After exanining the pepere in the case, the 22°'.-2 Governor declared be did not believe the boya had anything to vo with ths robbery, and the matter quieted dowi.” Many people, however, continued to believe that Jesse had instigated the robbery, And the Jaies gang cha Sc)" after the Jasies. gang had gone on their murderous wey for” “Bone ten years and all efforts to capture then had failed, Allen Pinkerton: We8 employed by the Express Company to hunt then. Three detectives were Killed by the gang, and it was decided to make an attack on the boys st “home. After much careful, plunning ‘ahd preperation, the attack wes ‘mad ‘but the boys had escaped thet afternoon. an eight year old brother of. Frank and Jesse was killed, Mrs. Sanuele lost an erm, and the step-fat! “was injured. "This: wis of course a'uost regrettable Ancident, and one” which caused a great deal ‘of ‘sympathy for the Jases boys to be aroused, but far from starting the boys on their career of Crime, as eichan- = - “7 Sneiéent was used in the picture, it happened long after they had become the greatest outlawa of America and was 4 direct result of their depredatic ys «a Several interesting incidents occurred in the picture which cn seem to have no counterpert in history. On one occasion, Jense hac come a into town to see Zee. While talking with her in her home, the United _ \Aoc.. ., fitates Marshal chanced to come in... Zee introduced Jesse es Thomss Howard, - cave "and the Marehal, although he immediately recognized the outlaw, calaly ’.*: talked with them a few moments, mentioned that bs wae looking for Jesse James and would not spere hin should he meet hin in the then left, allowing Sense ‘to get safely out of town, right place, and tus sparing hie because of the girl, aoe “On another occasion, before Jeese gives up to the officers,” he and Zee, together with sore members of the geng, go to @ ‘ewell country’ , Church to be married, . When they enter the church a service is going on. -- They interrupt the service end esk to be married. When Jocse Jazea gives. “his name, the preacher welcomes hin aca hero, ateting thet the railroads. had ruined hin, taken his fara which produced 900 bushels of corn, ‘his. ‘home and barns, and forced hin to go back to preaching.’ Meubers of. they, Congregation seid “Amen” now and then, end ell-present treated the outlaws: as heroes re com ee % at cee: ah a eg an a fe toy ee <3 aire OS Catts often in the pleture’a eubtle emphasis te placed’ta the” 48 to receive the large rewards offered by the railroad.-- When Frank - ' Yeleases Jease from prison, they succeed in escaping from the poese aS - pareuing them by scattering money behind them. All mambers of the - nr pursuing party stop to pick up the money end allow the criminale to escupe. Loe
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