| Show Trying to Live Lve Down a Bad Name Jesse Jp James Jat son 1 of nf Jesse JeaM JN James Jame the Ibo Missouri outlaw ol Is I now a lawyer 1 He Ile le recently renty passed PI a suc successful IU examination before the tto tl Mis 11 tour scan fUri stale state beard baard of ot examiners and Rn was W enrolled In lit the thu courts of ot that tbt state as asan I Ian asan an In a ciare s of Jesse Jease Jt James J JIo stood Io first Ills Is average rp In all In was all Filler 1 per her cent say NYI the CI Sin Sen n Fran Francisco cisco clO Mit fiL Henry lent A Ashley sl chair chairman chairman man of III Ih the bt bO d of rib ff examiners said paid II af at after ter Ir the examination that thi Jesse Jf James JIm had bad the this brightest legal mind of any young roun man ml who wh ever eve appeared are before the board 1 Jes JUH Jesse Jana JI Is II a man lie Us le leI WI I handicapped as few fe ow boys are If The Te son ln of nn an outlaw lie I was WIS left If an or orphan o push phan at 6 G TWIT t eai of oJ age gt without money and with a II bad b name nam nl to live Iv liv down f Soon n after ani the till burial of ot his Is father latr hi hw his I mother mOl her went nt to In Kansas City lr Ity and an made mad madea m mada a living tot for fo herself hl 1 and her two tO chil children hi I dren by br sewing Jesse JI went to school 1101 until he w was as lt It 13 1 year 1 old w when ben he be de di decided de that he hi was waa 8 oM old 0 enough laugh to work ork for fo his bl mother molher One Sunday Funda he saw tb lb the following eat In a newspaper n f per I Inden Jr odlee od boy b T 1 T frit frittenden Crt Jesse Jell Je answered the advertisement the te ten next n I morning moning Twenty other boys b an answered It II too to and an Jesse Jee JH was the tb young youngest yon est cat of nf them Ihm ill all 1 Mr Ir Crittenden at hi desk looked loke over OYe the time crowd of boys by sad and Id beckoned to the smallest Manliest 1 of them th asked arted Ite What do d you 0 wish I i my bo b boy he hearted I 1 want Mit to 10 be your or office boy by What I is your or name Mm Jesse Jf James Jam Jr Mr was wan surprised II le lea was a the son pout 11 of o T T 1 Sr r governor of who offered or a reward of JO so for fo Ute the ti rapture dead or o alive 1 of le f the outlaw Ot Jesse J James To rG get tt this reward r Charley Cr and ld Rob Bob Bb F killed Jesse J James JU And A nd now n h b her the of th the dead re N wa was a son eon 1 0 de bandit asking work cork ork of the ti son Jn of D that gov governor governor hired hll the tI boy If and he ht lee tes testified smell tf that t he hf was wac 1 faithful A few fl years NT later latet lt Jew Jesse J went weal ent to work k kIn In Armours tickles lacking house hou a as a clerk He lie le studied at t home I Ills 11 mother mh was U his hi teacher AUa few fl years year ra In the Ih packing house ho he M opened l nf a cigar er store In the Bounty courthouse mT He lie wrote a I book bk In 11 defense of hi his hl father and In It I wa was published It sold mid Ild well ul When he 1 ws was I 21 I 1 years ear H old od be bf had bad tOO SiO In the bunk and owned a cottage In hi mother mill I sister lived I hf Then he h opened a cigar store In the the business center tn ler of Kansas Kal City Clr At this period Jr of ot his bl life lit when ben he hI was I on the tbt road md to prosperity and ant to so toan soso an so honest honal manhood he be was wan arrested for forthe forthe forthe the crime of train robbery ale It I was WR chanted that he ht with accomplices accomplice hal bal held up a Missouri 1111 train trin soul and mobbed lobbed lobb the safe In the express espre car er of w O It II was a dramatic train rob robb i b br bry ry as much w so 1 as was U ony of or th I of a similar nature naurl had ha made toad his hil fathers name notorious throughout the He lie II wa was a tried was ably prosecuted and was wall a Ind acquit acquitted ted led nut But the th criminal charge harl him wa was a serious setback Ituk to his hl i and ambitions U n had bud bd taken nil all hi savings saving to t hire lawyers lawyer to defend him him smelt elf It and n the worry uy had b Iu d m hl his mothers mothr health hNIt to fal fail Soon oon on after afier afterward at Ir ward ard she Ih died dt Jesse Jee J worked harder hade than tan ever at a I hI hl i business He had a chance to tn sell mil miland ut UI and end did so 10 at a good profit Then In III Ii I opened a pawnshop and ind married lint Hut linthi i hi he wished to be a lawyer I ft ant and he hI went non 11 I Ito I to 10 the night sessions session of n the law Isn III In Kansas Ka l City and all III Ii day dl long 1 lu II sat t In hi his hili pawnshop reading law isis IA II I graduated with lIh the highest honors honor his preceptors complimenting him Then Thenh h b he passed fd the legal INI examination refer rod rid f to In Iu the Ih foregoing I He lit 11 ha has sold 1014 out his bill pawnshop 1 coIl and an I opened a I law Ia office and won uon on the th first i case If In Iii which he tat ap appeared eared In court I This Thu wa wu In defense dern of 01 a II man I with the crime of burglary He lie regard ICard I this Ibis a III as a good rood omen I IJ Jesse Jense J Jams James Jam I Is II II Jl years far old He II Is I I worth orth every nry dollar of 01 h hoO hhas ha has h made by honest hard work He lie i ihas Iball Ihas has ball two to children and lives live II In Ms his own nun house hou In all his life he h never ner tasSel whisky or beer bIff or any al oth other r kind of If in lii drink He lie doe dOH not us U to III tobacco bacco bec o In any an form fonn form and Is III a i dI i husband hUlbaRd and nd father He lie Is I u uly ly I honest and nd to men with lIh hum he h does doH business his hi bl word Is III a as al good rood a an n tl bond Jesse J James greatest pleasure IN is to toKO toI KO I f with hi his wIt wife It and babies on Sun Suit Sunday lay day 4 to 0 visit Frank James Jame his hl uncle unI sail and nd Mr Mrs X Zerelda Samuels M hi his grand grandmother grandmother mother mot upon their farm In Clay Ii Ia coun oun j i ty t 3 In a corner of the I dooryard at t this old eld Id Clay II lay court county farmhouse beneath beneatha a giant coffee Off bean an tree the body bod of nf Jease J J James mes the Ihl outlaw lies lie burled burl 1 When In u Uil ig James lImN and his hie hi family visit there relatives relative from tin the neighborhood i i rather gather In and grist great I t stories are ff told toll of III f th the old days dl during daring and after the war when lien hen Jesse and Prank Frank lImN James were the terrors of till this country rInk Frank James Jm who ho lives Ih there quietly a U a i farmer takes take a hand haM In the Ih con f lI I but he h never nee nt talks talk of Iho those I dav deys If strangers are a present I |
