Show JE JESSE JAMES JAXES details of alio th Dis discovery bovery cad end destruction of the Dos desperado Derado I how tho ford fellows found round and finished him gy by AV V V U telegraph to the lle herald raid I WEST STLOUIS april information rma lias has just been received 11 hero ere that jesse james the notorious train robber wag was killed today to day dry at or near st joseph mo particulars lave have been sent fur for and will bo be forwarded forward cd as soon as received A brief brier dispatch bromst from st joseph says charles Cli arloa and robert ford who at pit one time belonged to the james gang and were engaged in the winston train robberies robbe have been in st joseph a week for the purpose of arresting gewo james but being afraid it iti Is alleged to make inake tile attempt shot him down at thirteenth and and lafayette streets and then surrendered to alio authorities and lodged ledged in jail there is a tremendous excitement over the affair several thousand people being on tho the streets the wife of the desperado was on oil tho ilia spot in a feve minutes after the shod shooting ting was done dona and wept copiously over liis his remains the body was taken in charge by tho ilia police considerable Consider ablo ammunition and several weapons including pistols and ariale a rifle were found in ire the house where james had been stopping ST JOSEPH JosEr ir mo april great sensation was created in this city this morning by tile announcement that jm o james the notorious bandit dimand and train robber had been shot and ana killed here in st joseph the tile news spread with great rapidity but most people received it doubts until investigation established ilia fact beyond question then trio excitement cit ement became more and more in intense and crowds of deop people rushed h to that quarter of tho tile city where the ilia sho shooting othil took place anxious to view the body of the tile dead lead outlaw and learn particulars in a shanty in the south part of the city on a dilill fiill not far from ilia worlds hotel je jcsse jese se james has lived with liis his wife bince some time in november last robert and charles ford two of or his gang havo have made their headquarters at his house and diaries charles it is I s said has lived with him in that cliant shanty ever since november robert arrived about ten day ago and the three have been making preparations for a raiding expedition on oil which they were to start tonight to night james and tho the two fords beill being in t llo front room together about tha tins is a in ilia former took off his ilia belt and laid liis his pistols on the bed preparing pre parine parina to wash bim himself alf when robert ford I sprang up behind him and sent a bullet through his brain the ball entered hie ilia back of his head licad at tho the base of the right brain conein coming rg out over ilia eye tile ford brothers at once mads mad known what they had dolend gave gave themselves up they aro now under guard at ilia courthouse the ile body of josso james was convoyed conveyed to an undertakers where it was prepared for burial and where a photograph was taken james wife lias has telegraphed his I mother the n news of liis his death A number of men havo have identified the body and thero there is no question about it being jesse james A herald reporter viewed the body at attlio the ti when it was being photographed he ile was a fin fine C look oak ing man apparel apparently itly 40 years old with a broad forehead an I his physia physiognomy gloomy was that of an intelligent as well as a resolute and daring man ulan the tho house where james lived and in which ho lie was hided lias has tho the appearance pe arance of an armory Anum A number berof of guns and pistols including a repeating rifle needle gun navy revolvers efilia with a good store of ammunition were found there jesse was in ill tho the habit of wearing two belts with a brace of crofino very cry fine fino revolvers and twenty five extra cartridges in a small stable a near were discovered several fine horses the property of jair james es the vord ford brothers claim that they are detectives and that they have been on james jaines track for a long time it is believed they were with james in the blue cut robbery and that they were influenced iu in killing him by the hope of getting the big reward which lias his been offered for james dead or alivo alive by the governor and by tho ilia express and railroad companies ST T Jo JOSEPH srini mo april aril F killed james was on only y 20 years old the shooting though wholly unjustifiable vindicated the law and lie will doubtless get the fifty thousand dollars lai offered ered by tho the state for jesse james dead or alive charles ford had been an ail accini alico lico of james since the third of rj last and possessed entire confidence robert ford joined james on march several months after ho lie moved here they rented ranted a house under the namo name of thomas th the hous w was as situated for defense and retreat jesso jesse had two horses in a stable charles and robert F ford ord had been in one room in he the cottage james had planned to rob a bank at burgess city MY this week and robert was chosen a as s a third coin companion nand and thay they were going last night ever since the boys had been with jesse they had watched for an eunity to shoot him but lie was always so lica heavily vily armed that it was wasim im possible ible to draw a weapon without r him ain seeing it they declare they had no idea of taking him alive considering si tile undertaking suicidal the tile opportunity they had long wished for came monday morning when break breakfast fut was over chas ford and jesse james had bad been in tho ilia stable carrying the horses prepa preparatory to their night ride on returning to tho room where robert F ford ord was said its an tit awfully hot day iio pulled off his coat and gestand tossed them on tho ilia bed then ho he said JL guess ill take off my pistols for fear ear somebody will sec see them if I walk in pie the yard 11 lie un buckled the ilia belt in in which ho lie carried two 45 calibro revolvers anea one a smith ez wesson and the other a colt iio TIO laid them on the ilia bed with his coat and vest iio then pick picked ed up ill liis his dilating dusting brush wit with the intention of dus dusting sonio to pictures which hung on tho the waff wail to do this lie begot got on a chair 11 his is back bacic was gasnow now turned to tho the brothers alio silently stepped between jcsse jesse and ind liis his revolvers and at a motion from front charlie both drew their guns robert was the quickest of tile two in a moment O he lie had a long weapon to the level with the eye with the muzzle no more than four feet from the tile outlaws head even in that moment a quick than thought I lit that something was wasi wrong v g struck the mind of the hunted M man roa he ile made a motion acif if to turn lal his head to ascertain tho the bauzo odthe of lie aas sus niclous sound bound bat too late it lier nervous pressure of the triga cr a quick hash flash a sharp report and a well directed ball c crashed through the out outlaws lalys skull there was no outcry just a swaying in of ortho ilia body and it fell feil il heavily bavi back on the carpet tile shot had been fatal and all ail the bullets in tho ilia chamber of charleys revolver still directed at jesses head could not have more effectually effect decided tho ilia fato fate of ilia bandit tho the ball had entered the baso base of ilia skull and made mado its way out through tho forehead over the left cyc it had been fired out of 61 a colts 45 improved improve fl pattern elern silver mounted and pearl j handled la ad weapon presented b by y the dead d man to his slayer slay cr only are a few w days ago sirs mrs james was in tile kitchen when the shooting was done divided from the ilia room in which tho ilia bloody tragedy occurred by the dinner room she site heard tile shot and dro dropping P tv a her household duties ran into tho front room she saw her husband lying on liis his back and his slayers cadi each holdin holding ghis hiis revolver in hand making for a fence in the rear of tho the house robert had readied reached an enclosure and was in the ilia act of scaling it when S she lie stepped to the door and called to him robert you have done this come comeback back robert answered I swear to god I did no they then returned to where she stood airs mrs james ran to tho the sido bide of her husband and lifted up ill his head lifo ufa was not asked if a was hurt it seemed to her that ho lie wanted to say something but could not she tried to wash vasli oft off tho the blood that was coursin coursing g over his lis faco face from tho tile holo in the tile fo forehead re wall but it seemed to her the blood would como come L faster lster ster than she could wash it away away in ili her hands jesse james died charlie ford explained to mra mrs J james imes that a pistol had accidentally I I gone off yes sai said d mrs jain james as I guess I it t went off on oil purpose ec 11 in tho the meanwhile Cli arlio had gano gono back into the house boum and brought out two hats and the two boys left the house they went to the telegraph office and sent a inessa to sheriff timberlake to gov crittenden Crittend sn and wid other officers and then surrendered themselves to Mars marshal lial craig when ilia ford boys appeared at the police station they were told hy by the tho r that marshal craig and a of officers had gone in cioll 01 James residence and they sart after them gand surrendered themselves tit they a accompanied ta tiro M officers to tile house olisa and returned in the custody of tile police to the marshals headquarters there they were furnished with dinner and ana about three they were removed to the old circuit room where the inquest was held in presence oran of an immense crowd mrs Jame salso accompanied the officers to the city hall sho was arc greatly atly affected by ilia tragedy and her moans and ex pres of grief were v arc a sorrowful evidence of the love she boro bore chedes alie desperado tho tile coroner was notified and the un undertaker dor taker instructed to remove the body A large cromb crowd d accompanied the to ilia niora nion jue uc but only a few including a reporter were at admitted tied tothill nothing in 11 ill tho I appearance of the remains remains indicated tho tim desperate character of the man or the many bloody scenes in which lie had been an actor the inspection of ilia body revealed two largo large bullet holes on ill tho a right sido side of the tile breast within three inches of tho ilia nipple a bullet wound naple in in tile leg and a absence sence of the ilia middle finger of the left hand after viewing ilia remains the coroner of for repaired to the court whither soon after mrs james in custody of marshal craig and the two ford boys both heavily armed followed they were kept in separate apartments until tho ilia jury announced themselves ready to hear the testimony tho the jury were the witnesses examined were mrs james ilia ford boys and james little tho the in quest t wilf will bo be continued tomorrow to morrow gusday tuesday day ST louis april gov crittenden Crittend cn hag has received tele telegrams rams from sheriff timberlake and others notifying him of the death of jesso james and lio lie expresses himself as satisfied of tho ilia identity of ilia man killed lie lias has ordered the body of the dead outlaw to bo be taken to kansas city under tinder heavy guard and left for tile samo place at I Oci ock last night 11 ile II said tile only member of the original band that has bas so long been a terror to ilia railroad companies and banks not accounted for is jim cummings I |