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Show 1 1 PC0lrt i iBBB A tall, lanky youth of fair com- IflBl 1 F. fdcxion and .still bearing tlic marks BBi ' I of Innocence, sat in the smoke- i t Mlee" room of a Dallus. Tex., gani- BBj V bllng den many years ago, drink- BJf ing with the patrons and throw- P' Ing the dice lor the house. "-'he fiBBP'; n0' wore a large Stetson and at 'BBL his hips was a brace of dangerous looking revolvers, 'i Bl It was 3 o'clock In the aflr-Bj aflr-Bj noon. The games were just -;ct-. 7 ting into full swing. buddeuly 1 there was a muttered oatn and a ftH II fhol fired Immi dl itc cow-EL cow-EL Hill S' boys. gamblers and spectators flWMj aroso Born their chairs and com-Ci!M com-Ci!M mencod shooting proml jcuou-ly. tr, 1 The 16-year-old boy aio drew ins jBJ two rovolvers and cut loose In the TI berhbnrdment. When the smoke cleared, the oc- a cupnnto "f the room icrc gone and B with them the 16 -y ear-old gam- fBBB bier. This boy was "Scout' Young- ILwBM er.- a nephew of the notorious R Younger brothers and a relative of the Daltons, tho two families com- tOlj prising tin greatest band of re k- J less mauraudcrs the State of Texaa ZHlli over knew. 'Scout" Younger fled BB becausw numbers of his family, vt "I Implicated In the shooting fled. MojH By this act of leaving the scene Ji of the revolver battle. -Scout Young- jrn3BY er placed himself in the class with .J-wBf I outlaws,, and later went to the pcu- itentiary on pleading guilty to acta prompted by his Joining himself with an outlaw hand. On leaving -jB prison he reformed. bought SB . ranch, married a handsome Sputh- BBJ em girl ahd is now a man of In- atfl flueiico In the Weal ami a rlgor- BBB ous observer of the law. r l After theshootlng at Dallas I ha LI gang, Including Boh and Or.it Dal- MM l BB5 Scout Younger Bill Drlscol! and iJBf John Ila. il. .1 West. In cross-SB cross-SB ing into Indian Territory the out-jBv out-jBv ' laws passed through the city of jHBjp f Tcxllne. Teyc. A. dance was in prn-Bff prn-Bff I grcss there and, inspired by brava-do, brava-do, the sang Apcncd fire on tho dance hall. A desperate revolver iflBf battle between tfie forces of the In-iiJBJ In-iiJBJ trudcrs and thost ol the people of (lIBjB I TcxUno followed, but none was In-BE In-BE : Jured. pCCBj !K( ) ! D SUM) RAN EIERV CATTLE )r ' T$e gang them went in:., tho 'BK lands of the Chodaw Indian NTa-BBP NTa-BBP tlon, and there punched" cattle for several mnnti Minded by B ,nc success of iheli various other B! deeds of rceklessnesl the members AB ot tin cang drose l attic from BBJ trfelr heids and tool them many mk "ill. at niKht to ciVies In T. . 3 : frhcrc they sold theil stolen uods BK to hutr hr F ; Occasional during tils period of BBBT Tttit from the detection or pursuit ,of the olliclals, m'-nTiers f the I gone rode as far we as Kansaa Br to drive off cattle. qf.fa m f A group of the mantidc-rs occa- -V Ion a 1 1 y dejiartcd from', tin. iamb Co&Hf' I oR'iici. they iver Uyed and 0t Ifpurrlnir il i ir horses to theil I IHateflt speod covered nore than UtO miles in a night. ' the sec- " rived in the vicinity of the ranch to be rohbed or the corral where valuable horses were kept. When darkness covered the pralfics a fusillade from the Winchesters of the outlaws added to l the sharp reports of their .4 1 revolvers, terrorized ter-rorized the ranchers and during the period of their fright the animals ani-mals were driven away. Before a posse could catch up with the cattle thieves, Scout Younger and his gang were far away and the stolen animals were disposed of. It was while the uang was at In-galls. In-galls. Indian Territory, that a I'nlted State Marshal. having learned of their whereabouts, surrounded sur-rounded their ranch house A five-minute five-minute battle In whl h 200 shots won. fija-d. then ensued, and in It Tom Houston, a deput) United Slatea Marshal, was killed. After this encounter the bandit" decided to separate. Scout Younger. Young-er. BIM Dliscoil and John Haddon went to Texas, while the others. Including In-cluding the Dalton brothers, went AN est. Tin two parties never met again until after all had paid their penalty to tho law. i.... PARTS AFTER BATTLE n II Ol I'M l R8 The fate that led them to part on the plains of Texas after the battle with the marshals, later led them into tho trap they could not beat. When I hey parted under the fire of the pursuers a simple handshake and a simple "good luck" was their farowell. Younger and his companions nt to the Bar-L ranch in Texas and lor six months "punched ' cattle, undergoing a monotonous llfo when their wild spirit constantly constant-ly demanded action. This desire for action led them to leave the ranch and go to I'lerco City, where they had planned a larcc bank robbery in visits to tho little village, the three outlaws noticed no-ticed the popularity of the bank and learned lint large sums were generally deposited there on Saturday. Satur-day. The sum usually amounted to about J20.000. The three handils rode down on the bank on Saturday, and after having a small check cashed, thrust their revolvers In tho face of the cashier find commanded ' Hands Up." Then ihej seal, bed the open vault and found just $70. The cashier cash-ier Informed them that the money had been taken to tho bank at Sherman, Tex. In those days when b.'fes were hardly substantial enough to renlst the action of a brace and drill, It was customary to depUBlf ash In the more protected hunks and do the entire village huslnPXH by check. Failing In litis effort the trio derided de-rided lo ilt the Bill Anderson tav. rn, a place situated on the old I exus ..w trail between Sherman and McKlnney and then famous as rt gambling resort. LOS1 : lu ; IMLERS THI N ROD THEM The men entered the gambling hall and by previous ayrocment TW O POSES OF "SCOUT" YOUNGER. Inst the money stolen at the bank. Driscoll. who became Intoxicated, was sent ahead with the horses, and Younger and Haddon proceeded pro-ceeded to shoot up the resort and rob tho gambling tables. In this light one of the gamblers who attempted at-tempted to draw his revolver, was shot In the hand by Younger. The two bandits joined Drlscoll, mounted their horses and fled. They counted their loot and louud they had collected S3S0. Traveling south of McKlnney on the Texas trail, the three robbers passed the office of Sheriff Bill McMillan, Mc-Millan, known then as now as one of the most famous man-hunters In the West, and a fearless officer who never failed to get his man. McMillan recognised them and called up his deputies. "There goes S. out Younger and his gang." The pursuit commenced, tho Sheriff aided by seven men. Tho outlaws swam ihclr horses across lied Jtlvcr and passing through Dennl-hon, Dennl-hon, Tex., rode Into the land of Ihe ( lie. taw Indians in the Indian Territory. On tho Old Button ranch (ho posse came within shooting distance dis-tance of tho raiders and after a rlilo battle. Drlscoll of the outlaw force, fell to the ground wounded. The pursued men crossed Little Moos-- 1-alce, closely followed by the. Sheriff and his posse. The two remaining outlaws found their horses exhausted from the long journey and soon decided that Btrategy was the ono thine that would save them from capture. Accordingly Ac-cordingly they rode over a ridge in the foothills apparently disappearing disappear-ing on the other side. The posse drr.- around the ridge and When they gained the other side their quarry had disappeared. Younger and Haddon had doubled back on their trail and es. iped. T MEN TRAPPED BY THE POSSE The two hunted men rode west and two weeks later appeared at thi Old Thompson ranch. The outlaws tied their horses to a treo In the rear of a log cabin and then proceeded to the front to enter. Just as tho were gaining this point of safely tbey saw the Sheriff and his posse approaching from tho mesqulte to the north. Without hesitation Scout Younger Young-er opem I fire with his Winchester Winches-ter on (he eight representatives of the law. At the first answering voiles Haddon fell at Younger's side, badly wounded by a bullet that paralyzed his "shooting arm." Bill McMillan, thv famous mau- 4 hunter, later head of the Texas Bangers, and now Chief of Tollce at Dallas, Tex., fired the shot that felled Haddon, with the true aim for which tie Is noted In the Southwestern South-western country. "I'm hit hard. Scout! Make your getaway," Haddon cried to his companion. The posse was then running through a cornfield and quickly approaching tho cahln. Si out Younger ran to the p ar of the house and thence to the treo to which his horse was tethered. He jumped to his steed and tiring his last shot at tho approaching officers, of-ficers, dashed away. More than twenty shots were fired at him as he lied through an open field, but hanging lew over his horse's head, he managed to escape injury, although al-though he says al hast two bullets from McMillan's Winchester entered en-tered his saddle and were later found Imbedded thero. As Younger dashed across the field to escape, he saw a five-foot barbed wire fence cutting him off from liberty. Urging his ponv, ho decided to make a last desperate effort. The horse responding to his demand, cleared the fence, recelv- Ing but a slight scratch on his legs In this dlMctilt fent. VOl NGER SAVED BY BARBED WIRE l'"EXCE. The posse halted to lit the fen. e, and thus gave the outlaw ample time to escape. For sovcral days the chaso continued. Finally, on a second occasion Younger found himself almost within the reach of die posse. He saw a train approaching approach-ing and spurring his horse lo activity ac-tivity kept pace with the rear coach until ho was able to throw his rifle to the platform and then by a vi-oroiiH vi-oroiiH leap from the horse's b.rk, catch the rear rnlllim of tho train and aKain elude his pursuers. Twenty miles from this point, at what was known as the Holsol ranch, he left the train and wandered wan-dered among the hills with no horse but slight ammunition for his rifle and no food. He was thin from lack of food and exposure, his eyes from constant con-stant watching for tho approach of his pursuers, were bloodshot ami partly blinded. His lothes were lorn from crawling through the brush, his hat was gone and hia hair was matted. He was one man an outlaw followed by a posse. For forty-one days he wandered through the woods, fearing to build a fire, that might attract his enemies. ene-mies. The posse also quit their horses IHJ BH 'gas,. g I jisr - - - to follow their prey over the lm-passable lm-passable foothills. During this long chae Younger killed calves and then lay In wait for bear, and other wild animals attracted by the odor of warm blood These animals he killed, eating their meat raw. On the forty-tiret day after his entrance of the woods. Younger was again cornered by tho posse. If posse one might call It, for but three of the original squad that commenced com-menced the man-hunt remained on the trail. At tho head of this xmall force was PHI McMillan, the dauntless Sherlf, who never returned to his office without the man ho started for. 11 B ST M) M VDE . UN&T THE LAW. The scene of this filial encounter was In tho Osage Hills near Paw-buska. Paw-buska. Ok. in the pesse besldo McMillan wero Buck Mussrove and Maynard Beard, both valiant officers offi-cers and respected by the outlaw for their bravery. Noticing tho approach of the officers. Y'ounger Bri I His first bullet tore the while Stetson h"t from McMillan's head Then followed halt' an hours en-auement en-auement one outlaw against three noli represrntinK the new law and order of which tho West was then receiving its first taste. Younger imed a heavy Winches-ii Winches-ii r pump riflo in the engagement and did his shooting from his hip. Finally ho fell, a bullet through bis right arm and another through his right shoulder. Uudauutcd by his Injuries, lie raised himself on his injured arm and emptied his revolver at tho posse. Then ho surrendered. He was taken back to Texas and there met Haddon and Drlscoll. who wero In jail. The three wore charged with a multiplicity of crimes, including murder, horsestealing, horse-stealing, highway robbery, clc, and in the fnco of such numerous accusations accu-sations pleaded guilty. Bach was sentenced to twenty years In tho penitentiary, but all were released after serving six years. Many years have passed since this episode. Scout Younger was IS years old when he went to tho penitentiary. Ho is now 43 years old. After being freed he led a. reckless reck-less life for several years during which time ho was injured several times. Ho worked for several years In commercial places In the cities In which ho was formerly known as an outlaw and where twenty years before ho would have been shot on sight Baler he went to the Bob Warrin ranch In Oklahoma. There lie met Miss Pauline Blchardson, a visitor from Birmingham, Ala., and tho two were married VOl m.i i: NOW LEADS MODEL LIFE. Since then Scout Younger has led a model life. Ho now lives on a ranch near Tulsa, Ok. His two daughter-. Ruth and Bessie, arc attending at-tending convent In St. Louis. Bc-Loic becoming an independent ram her. Scout YoOngur served a yflVsVi year on the Police Department at Bl 'bYbI T'aso. Tex., and was later a private ( BBBJ detective in Beaumont. In both KVBJ places he won merit by a faithful BBBJ hargo of his duties. BBBJ Younger blames his lack of cdu- BBBJ cation and tho cow-punchers love BBJ of l ad whisky for his career as aa BBBJ outlaw. fiBVfl Younger's full name Is Marcus J. I kVBJ Younger and he was born near KVBJ Centeraville, a small town not fur , BJ from Richmond, Va., 46 years ago. MlS father was John Younger, a BBJ cattleman. When but I years old the boy KSBJ went with his family to a ranch on BBJ the horder of Western Texas. Here they wero forty miles from the nearest town, Kl Paso. BBJ Ills three brothers. Fleet, Tom and John, followed tho straight and BBBJ narrow trail, .and ure now well Known business men In Texas. jBBJ Vountrer says that he became an outlaw by accident. "If I hadn't BBJ been mixed up in that shooting BBBJ scrape In the gambling houso. I .Bl never would have been in trouble," be declares. iBJ "It doesn't pay. however, to try BBBJ to evade the law. Any young man BBBJ who may Imagine it would be fine BBJ sport to be an outlaw, should real- BBBJ lie that eventually he will be BpBJ caught, and if not killed in battle BBJ or hanged for his offenses, eventual- BBBJ ly must pay the penalty In the penitentiary. pen-itentiary. 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