Show RESE RESEMBLED BlED JESSE JESSEy y JAMES SO INTO I JAil HUNT IS A r I rJ J r rif RUNS R. R I if J IJ 1 t I Remarkable fe Case of Mistaken Id Identity Recalled by Anni- Anni jj of Bandits Bandit's t rv r i 1 A Assassination r u j April 21 l. Friday April 3 was the thirty-second thirty anniversary fal sary- sary of oC the assassination of or Jesee Jesse Jamest James t famous famous' bandit b by Bob Ford who had teen cn his comrade in many deeds of ot outI out out- I lawry yr wr An indirect result of oC the killing ijas as S the freeing of or a man roan who had been wrongfully convicted of ot holding up A A. and Mammoth Mammoth Mammoth Mam Mam- sl stage ge coach between Cave City moth Cave Ky Iy y It It was one of tho the most remarkable cases of or mistaken Identity f u WI William llam HuntOn Hunt Hunt- record This man was Il On September 3 two to stages one riming oming- from Mammoth lh Cave to Cave eave Cavelty It and the oth other r on Its Us way over to he cave c were cre met by two mounted high- high aymen In one of the stages was n l fhe preacher In the other were R. R H. H Roundtree of ot Minnesota and tile ils 8 daughter a n nIr Mr Ir Craig of or Georgia and anil man from Tennessee Neither of or the I wars wan disguised d In an any wa way ivay Among Ue the plunder taken was Judge Roundtree's Roundtree s gold old watch atch which hart had attached atta to It ht a large Iu-ge gold key with his name and some gome further Inscriptions upon it R n present to him from Proctor Knott Inott and also a diamond ring and a a. plain lain gold sold ring be belonging be- be longing to Mss lIss Rountree Roundtree Hunt Convicted I A description of the men was Wit published pub pub- shed and rewards were offered by Judge 1 Roundtree and Governor Blackburn for their apprehension Finally lh Hunt was arrested Jn n Ohio county count as one of or the two and was vas brou brought ht to Cave City Cay for fOI a preliminary u hearing Major Botts and J Judge ud e Harry Gorin both bolh of ot Glasgow Glaso de defended defended do- do fended him At U this tills examination Mr Ir Craig and the colored preacher swore posItively positively pos pos- that he Ire teas Avas or the men s1 saving saIng that at at the time of or the robbery he held head ad ld about bout three weeks weeks' growth of or beaN beard while white now rici ho was teas as cle clean n shaven except pt his musin mus mus- in tache h Among the Identifying marks maiks was wae A 4 mole on one cheek Jud Judge c Roundtree said t that he had come como to Cave e City be- be 1 lc that If t tone one of or the men had really been l en caught cau hl he could easily recognize im and that on h hearing Craigs Craig's positive t testimony ho he could say fray U only that If Hunt i as as one of the men his faith in his recollections rec ree- was er very much lluch shaken Hunt was S held for trial at al the circuit And was committed to Jail In default bf f bail Then Jl Judge d c Gorin undertook to find tind T witnesses e down in Ohio county count to prove tO C an n alibi for Hunt but all whom hom h he Its approached declared that Hunt was absent from home at the time of oC the rob rob- bery cry Hie His counsel who 10 had nt at a 1 bp- bp bf cd him hinr Innocent now v began besan to doubt It IL And nd Hunt was wab convicted Watch Vatch Found Pound on James James' Body The da after aCre Hunts Hunt's conviction day news nen's mime fame ne of Jesse Jes James James' a a and fhe finding on his person o of Judge Roundtree's Roundtree's Round- Round lec trees tree's s watch and J 1 key and Ind upon Mrs Tames km nn finger r MI IIII n Roundtree a diamond fins That 6 seemed to be pretty t evidence hc-evidence hc I enC that Jesse Jese James had been one brie fl of cC the two men of the M stage tAse ge holdup Ju Judge e Gorin got ol bu busy w a attain again aln an and got ot certain tain affidavits from th the Ford boys s con- con kerning Jesse James and Bill R Ryan n the fatter rAtler In the theU Mis Missouri U penitentiary arv on 0 of train trail robbery and from Liddell a a. statement from the war warden fn of r the Missouri p penitentiary n in r regard gard to something t that at BUt Bill Ryan Han Karl had rJ admitted tt snout about the he stage robbery also a letter from an old man named haired Jute Http In Logan t County oust I Kentucky nn uncle of Je Jesse and Frank James that the night after arter the stages were robbed Jesse James Jaynes and fill Bill Ryan Ryall stayed all night R at this his house houe and told h him m all R about bc ut the robbery t and showed him and his ills wife Judge Roundtree's Roundtree's Round- Round trees tree's an anti and MFR fI La R Roundtree's I tings rings of oC which the thep e. e aln told gold old one oni with the Ule In inscription Pa Patsy Palsy Is in It Ryan Ran ra gave n C a to his Hite HU HUere e daughter I ardon for Hunt such Much of or the testimony i to Hunts Hunt's Innocence Innocenc Innocence Inno Inno- cence being bible In Judge Gorin Ih t ad of appealing for foro foron a n new mm trial went Fo o Frankfort and rid laid laid the whole matter B ore Governor Blackburn and the governor gov gov- r or at once pardoned Hunt Before ore Hunt left lerf Glasgow ow Judge Roun Roundtree Roundtree Round Round- tree Jl pad had d his photograph taken and then pote rote Jo JoSI oSt St St. Toe for or that of Jesse c James resemblance d was wall a most sulking striking Their er a feature their manner mannel of ot c combing lr co corresponded rr c s d tb to a nicety nicely rind and lost singular of or all all upon James Jame i face fare farea facett tt tag a as a mol 1 in almost most the same fame place as the op on on hunts Hunt cheek A As soon itS as Judge JUdg Roundtree saw a J Jesse e c-e Tames James s photograph raph he exclaimed I have hac always 8 Paid Fald I couldn't reco recognise lint as one of o the lien men who robbed robb d us u V do Jo recognize this as one of or them and amt the o one ne H Hunt nt has b been el mistaken for Case Casa Often Cited Now v i Where r Hunt was 3 at t the time of the robbery robber and aid why h hy he hc couldn't t or wouldn't chow ibis his out whereabouts we two never J knew ne Ia d Judge Gorin One theory always 5 liar has been b been en that thal he was In some om scrape else as he lie was not a model man b by b any me means hut but it Is certain he had nothing to do o with the tho affair arrak he was w as charged with Thu Thala Thela at our bar frequently have l occasion nos now noVo to use and 11 do o use UPCo Hunte kunte case as an m Illustration in other othel cases and strong points are arc made with juries jurics to tosho show sho how men C oven even I of or splendid intelli intelligence gence who are arc ever so fO positive e In Jn their swearing ma may y yM yet t ho bo mistaken The gold Jold watch was returned to Judge Jud e Roundtree and acid at t his hiM death Cath ho he left it Il to hl his grandson Harry Harrr fia Ray o of Owensboro who vho Is w wearing It Il today |