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Show THE FORDS SCARED. New York, Oct. 7.-Charles and Robert Ford, the slayers of Jesse James, having finished their engagement at the Broadway museum leave to-night for Kansas City to be tried for participation in the murder of Wood Hite, one of the James gang, who lost his life mysteriously at the house of the Fords' father early last winter. In conversation to-night Rob Ford said, "Well, I see Frank James has come in and surrendered now. I am anxious to know what Governor Crittenden will do. He promised me as much as that he would never pardon Frank James. If he does then, I think they had better lock Frank or me up, for this world is not big enough for two of us. If we are both at large one of us must surely be killed. Frank will never give up till he kills me and I am sure I don't propose to die at his hands if I stand any chance to get the first shot. His story to reform is all stuff. He simply wants to get in because he is afraid to stay out; or perhaps he thinks that the easiest way to get at me. He's a nice penitent and it would be a nice state of affairs to turn him loose to go gunning after me." The young man is evidently much agitated at the prospect. CASUALTIES. Pittsburg, Oct. 5.-Early this morning a collision occurred at Linden Station, on the Baltimore & Ohio road, between two freight trains, by which conductor Ruffman lost a leg and brakeman Sanders was killed. |