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Show t WOULD A BRIGAND BE Youno Jesse James - MUST STAND TRIAL. Cwl t e Bm4 Hla Ike kentiutt ef: ike Jeaee Beji B4 Cotmfmmf H polled Him kury el StiaJaatt Uu(. He Jeeee, Sr., I S Jesse Jkroci, Jr.i the 'J! - reincarnation of his bandit father? ThU question ie (3 II ' puzzling the or Kane CUT. hre the youu 3Mt mao, a ho ia no 22 year of age, ! under arrest, charged wttk be.ng iprltrated to of a M.saourl Fu iflc train Sept. 24, In the Cracker Neck dlatrtct of Western Missouri, which hla father made famous. Physically be la almost an exact reproduction ol Jtsse Jamee, the elder. Jesse, Jr., waa born when hla father waa In the prime of ht manhood and at the height of hi JV career outlaw. He waa only 6 year old when hla father waa assassinated, but reroembera him well, for when. Je.a James waa hiding, under the name of Howard, this little boy need to beg hla father to read to him the adventures of the James boy a, and the father always compiled with the boys request, keeping him in Ignorance of hla Identity until, one day there came a revelation. Jeaao Jamea, Sr waa murdered by a traitorous r ry 3b an frtend.Boli Tbta.'ihd JWnti,' Jr.-to- the Drat time knew that the hero of hla boylab fancy and bla father waa one and the name person. Young Jamea waa lent to aobool, and until recently waa regarded aa a model youth, quiet and Industrious. For six year be waa a clerk for the Armour Packing company. In Kansas City, and during that time managed to save enough money to pay for the modest home at No. 3403 Tracy avenue, where he re aides with his mother and bt alster, Vary, the latter 19 years old, and a graduate of the Kansas City high chooj. Contrary to the wishes of bis mother, Jesse several months ago gave up 'hla position with the Armour eompaoy wnd established, a cigar stand In the lobby of the court house. There he became acquainted with Jack Kennedy and other men and fell Into bad When Kennedy waa arrested In connection with a murder case, young Jamea assisted him In establishing aa alibi. Jesse's friend were hot pleased with this proceeding, and atamped It with their displeasure. Young James was suspected of com ipUcfty la the crime soon after the Missouri Paclflc train robbery occurred. Kennedy attempted to help Jesse out of trouble by making affidavits as to hla whereabouts on the night of the irobbery, but as Kennedy wag himself 'Under suspicion his efforts la the young mans behalf had little weight with the authorities, and did aot prevent hla arrest. Lass than a week after the Missouri Paelfle train was blown up with dynamite, William W, Lowe, a switchman, who had become a fast friend of Jamea, waa taken Into custody on and It Is claimed tbat th police have hla confession In writing, with signature attached, and tbat Lowe Implicates young James In tbs crime. The boy baa many friends, who ars loth to believe him guilty. Neither is he lacking In public defenders. Thomas J. Crittenden, who was governor of Missouri in 1881, and who offered the reward for Jesse James, the elder, which tempted the cupidity of Bob Ford, baa been retained as counsel for young Jesse. Judge Phillips will assist him. Attorney F. C. Carr, an old friend of the James family. Is very active In the young man' behalf. Official of the 'Armour Packing company ara also lending aid, Jesse stoutly maintain hla innocence, and has made a statement In which be gives hi wherea-- bout on the night of- - tbs robbery. Young James baa been thrice arrested, aa th police were trying to conceal the course they intended to pursui Hla last arrest was for train robbery, and be la out under 33,50$ balL Tbs "James boys," tbs father and the uncle of Jesse, Jr., were the eons of a respectable Baptist minister. coip-pan- ' i , Tii happened to be said about curious occupations. Well. said my companion, I do not suppose that there is any more curious occupation than my own. I ao, a breaker." - He bad not at all tbe appearance of a man uued to horses; but I sugr, you mean? gested, A No. he said, Just a plain breaker. A ilian who breaks things, breaks anything tbat requires to be broken; gets hi living by breaking. I glanced nervously at tbe communicator, though he looked even less like a lunatic than be did like a horse-breake- -- horse-breaker. j THE TRACY AVENUE HOME. (Which Jesse James, Jr Bought lot Ills Mother.) cruelty. In the meantime the cltlxens, having recovered from their astonishment, opened Arc on the robbers Two were almost Instantly killed, another received a bullet ta the mouth, and Frank James was (hot through his left leg, but all the all survivor succeeded In mounting their horses and escaping from the town, followed by fifty armed men. As on previous occasions, luck followed the, Jameses, for while they eacaped after being pursued nearly 600 miles, three of their companion were shot down and captured and a fourth wa killed, Jesse and Frank James, after being chased for weeks, succeeded In reaching Texas, and at Waco Frank had a surgical operation performed upon hla leg. The wound waa ao many days without care that It made him a cripple for life. When the Jameses returned to their old haunts in Clay county In the fall oi 1879 they organised a new gang, and on Oct. 1, 1879, descended upon th little station of Glendale, seventeen miles from Kansas City, on tbs Chicago and Alton railroad. It was evsnlng when the attack was made. After battering down the" door of the express car, Jease James and "Ed Miller entered with revolvers In their hands and compelled Grimes, the messenger, to unlock the safe and give up the contents, variously estimated at from 126,000 to $30,000. About this time tbe authorities of Missouri offered tiO.OOOfor either Jesse or Frank James, dead or alive, and $5,000 for any other member of the gang. The offer of these Turns le i to th killing of Jesse James in April, 1882, by Robert Ford, a lad of twenty, who waa In collusion with the detectives, but who had been accepted as a promising recruit by the unsuspicious bandit.-- - Frank James a few mouths later gaVs himself up, was tried and Wt tcfiUlttSd on succesrve charges of robbery and murder. He then settled down at his father-in-law- 's home, tn Independenee, Mo. In the tall of 189$ ha accepted a position aa special messenger on an express train, his doty being no ether than- that of meeting train robbers at their own game. Jesse James had been married in 1874 to his eousln. Mist Zerslda Mirame. At the time she wee a public school teacher in Kansas City. After her husband's death she returned to Kansas City with hsr son. Jesse, Jr., then 'a boy of six years, and a daughter, Mary, now, 19 year of age. Indictments against Jesse James, William A. Lowe, Th train-robb- er; Charles Polk, Andrtw Ryan, and Caleb Stone for holding up and robbing the Missouri Pacific train have been found, and other arrests are to follow. Tartar J aa Rob had. After being brutally assaulted by masked men, William MeCulloh, residing near Canat Tunnel. Md was robbed of. 4115 eyanL ,han h book showing $2,200 on deposit. After having burned tbs legs and feet pt McCul-tot- a with lamps, tsken from railroad switches, tbe robbers becked his breast with knives. They bound and gagged his aged wife and their young grand-- , eon, carrying both from the house and rolling the aged woman down a eteep embankment I see, he said, smiling, "that I must explain. When I left Cambridge with a classkai degree, no prospects and no Influence, I looked about for a profession. I found everything overcrowded; besides, none of tbe professions appealed to me at all. 1 like to travel about a little, and I enjoy social life. I like talking talking to Shy-on- e. I hate work of Sny kind. This being tbe case, I looked about me 10 see if liters wtrj not a rhance fcrr some new profession; If among our million wants tbers was not one tbat was not supplied. The idea came to me by accident. I was stopping at my uncle's Souse when he recelved as "a present from his wifes brother a singularly ugly but very valuable pair of oriental vases. His wifes brother waa frequently In my uncle's house, and therefore these abominations bad to be displayed. I heard him grumbling about this I suggested that be should sell them. The Idea was, of course, absurd; he told me so. Nor, he said, could he break them himself, for bis wifes brother would never .forgive him; nor could he ask hla wife to break them, because, although he had been married fifteen years, he felt tbat he did not know he'r well enough; nor could he ask tbe servants to break them, for that would encourage carelessness and thriftlessnesa. That ta all right, I said. 1 rose from my plaee and smashed tbe vases one after tbs other on tbe floor. 8orry J was so clumsy, I said; you bad better ring and have this rubbish cleared away, He 'rang, "and 'Cold the servant 1 had broken them accidentally. Wben ahs had gone b said without a smile, 'It eeema rather a pity. 1 said, I am very abort of ready money. Could you lend me five pounds T He. wrote me a check for twenty, and said that I was a useful man to know of. Then I said, Recommend me to your friends, or already I a- a- tbe possibilities of my futurs profession. He mentioned me to soms people he knew, some of whom I bad never seen la my life before. They sent ms invlts- - To the best of my belief the half-doze- n asked. present?" I eg," he said, "1 am going to one lut It is a trifling thing requiring r,o in' i,it at all. Had 1 an assistant I should have sent him. I am to go tbe diij after a wedding reception, when the piesents are being packed. Those' s, wlu 1). from their ugliness or are not wortb packing up and gen.lug ta the bridegrooms distant home, have been placed on a separate I shall upset that shelf and shelf. arc Mentally step on anything which is not broken In tbe fall, Tbe job wont take me five minutes, and I get three guimas for It. I am doing It for the bridegroom without tbs knowledge of the bride. Men begin to deceive women very soon, I find." "I have. I aald, one or two little object in my own home which But at this moment the train entered Victoria station, and though I managed to complete my sentence, ami my companion said tbat be would be glad at any time to oblige me, in the confusion of our arrival I neglect-p- d to take his name and sddrcsor td'glve filth mine. Barry Palm fellows were a bit tired of pool, but Leing worth-les-nes- SHEDDING BLUE d m pos-nbi- ht -- CLOTHES. rarra Sana's Boya Old Clothaa Wora by V oungar 1atrlot. From the Chicago Tribune: Soldiers who have returned home and been mustered out are shedding the blue uniforms of Uncle Sam. A large dropping xjff of men wearing tbe blue has been noticeable since the chilly days came and especially since Colonel Youngs First cavalry waa paid off and db harged at Fort Sheridan on Tuee-d- a The Chicago troopers proceeded to get into clothes .more suitable for the chilly air, and tbe troopers frond the country took early trains for home. But the uniforms will continue to do service even after being discarded by tbe men who wore them to the fronL Ociaslonally a blouse, a pair of leggings or a cavalry boot Is to be Been in tbe stock of a pawnbroker. Some of the soldiers get rid of the garments by giving them to their own children or their neighbors boys. These youngsters delight In tbe blue clothes. They wear them regardless of fit, adjusting them as well as they may, with pins and bits of string. They are particularly fond of ths legglns, and a boy wttVa pair of them Is ths envied of all tbe Juveniles In his circles. He can trade them for any other valuables any of the envious may possess. A canteen Is another favorite article from the soldiers kit, but It is not always put to good uses. 'Over on ths west side one day last week the police raided a soiree In e secluded alley. The receptacle the guests were using was a canteen that went through the campaign. Tbe slouch hats are also in demand, especially. amongBt teamsters, or young fellows who desire to put a tough edge on themselves. Besides being a serviceable article of dress Uncle Sam's hats are capable of being pressed Into wonderful and startling shapes. Some of tbe decorated bate command fancy prices, and many have been offered for sale, which the venders are drilling to guarantee bad' seen service In tbe battles before Santiago. They point to holes In them as passages made by Mauser bullets. Of course tbe soldiers are not allowed to retain their arms, but what they are allowed to keep they generally part with quick ly, usually In a spirit of generosity, but occasionally as a means of profit L "' u W n, give it you In his own words as far ai I can remember. I hate going after tiger with married man this is how he began and IH tell you why. There was afellow called Cranley was always bothI have ering me to show him a tiger said, he In India, been twelve years So I "and never set eyes on one. took him with me. The beat was to skirt at tbe finish a natural parapet of rock and boulder about 3W jards long, running nortn and south. Tc give Cranley first sLot I posted hltu near the northern er.d of tbe parapet clree to a narrow slit in it through which he could fire at anything with perfect feafety. Hold him to wait till the tiger was broadside on, and then to fire. If his 'shot failed, the beast would come down o me at tbe southern end of the parapet. Well, on came the beaters and when I judged from their shouts that they were well past Cranley's post, and no shot rang out, no I naturally concluded there was tiger. 'After I had waited a little longer, this conclusion was so certain that I went round my end of the parapet to the other side to meet the beaters and make inquiries. Just as .1 turned the corner, what should I see. about 50 yards to my front, but a tiger? I pulled up with a Jerk, my heart In my mouth, and we stood looking at each other while he slowly waved his tail. 1 covered him with the rifle, and felt my life depended on bis dropping to a single shot. My aim was too unsteady to let me draw the trigger, so I lowered the weapon and stared spellbound at the enemy, Again I raised it only to lower the" rifle as before.- - Mr hand shook; I dared not Are. A third time I drew a bead on that magnificent head between the terrible eyes; but It was no use I had not tbe pluck to shoot Then to my astonishment and Immense relief the big brute, blinking lazily, turned round and moved slowly toward the beaters, who by this time were within 150 yards of him. In an .instant I was back round the corner of my parapet, and on the right side as the beaters turning the tiger sent -- -- can-rushi- Tax oa Girl Who lamp-shape- guest-nig- at tbe mess of the gallant Royal Tlp-- ; erary Fuailiers, it a still too early to break up. So an adjournment to tbe veranda, ith a of fresh , relay wbiskies'and sodas, was voted, and the ionverbpt.on turned on tigers and sport, as it often does In the East. When the writer Joined tbe listeners, Harvey, of the Gunners, was bolding forth, as follows: My queerest adventure with a tiger happened years ago wben 1 was quite a griffin, the youngest of a party under th directum, of Major B , a noted shikaree (guide), whom we obeyed implicitly, and whom we expected to show us no end of tigers. 1 had been out with him time after time without seeing one. At last, however, the day came. I was posted on a shady tree. Tbe branches near rne served as a gun-rac- k, and as, putting rifle to shoulder, 1 sighted right and left, through Interlacing boughs and leaves, every avenue of approach, I felt myself meet favorably sRuafed:' The' beat began; and at last I say my first tiger. Instead of passing within any of my ranges I had marked out for him, be quietly trotted under my tree .and lay down at its. foot. Swinging round hastily into an attitude not previously rehearsed. In the excltment of the moment I overbalanced, and,, my rifle going off, (descended In s heap on tbs top of ths tiger. Luckily for me, the and tbe report of the shooting-irovision of a dark body In tbe sir, frlght- - YOUNG HEROINE OF A WRECK. SMASHED THE VASES, tlons to their bouses, And they Indicated the objects on which I was to operate. In my first week I broke, like an I remember, a owl, an oil painting, a tea service and dining-rootable. But an oil painting. I said. "How does ons break an oil painting? - Tt Is simple -enough,' fer said. r first of all undid the wires so thnt tbe picture fell, then in picking It up I put my foot through the face. It was a portrait of my host's wifes sunt. It was mors difficult to break the dining-room table. , I recollect that Jt became necessary for the purpose to invent a somewhat boisterous form of round game. Even Then w had to play It for three evenings before the legs came off. When 1 left this Louse my host handed me a check and promised to recommend me to other people I never advertise, and I have mor j breaking to do than hnd tlraa for. If I could find a joung man with plenty of tact I would take him as an assistant. It must need some tact, I - , - . gested. It does. It so often happens that I am employed by the husband without th knowledge of th wife, or by tue wife without the knowledge ol the husband. Even with the utmost tact tne gets oneself disliked, but that I must put up with. The other day one if Bf clients asked jne to come to his bouse to break adlnner- - wrvwx t dined there and made myself g3 pleasant as I could and told several good stories. But then 1 also broks tbs dinner service, or most of It. tod It was ons to which tny hostess was much attached. She said to him afterward,.! wllL.MTet.haTe that brute m my house again? . 3" shoot snipe from either shoulder. HUNTING THE TIGER. tNever seemed to miss. 1 had better And what did he say?" He said, I fully agree with yon, my dear. $10,-C0- 0. Jn-mn- q& In appearance be was about as com- man was drank. It he had not been THRILLING YARNS FROM THE EAST INDIES. monplace ee other people a middle-age- d the son of an eld college friend, I man. Inclined to portliness. As should never have asked him at all. tbe train moved on be discussed com- That was a little mean; but then it JTbora Ceotaww CitruHlurr Caai was necessary for him to cover himmonplace subjects with me in a comCartala Coadlttoaa lata Isdar Flay not should have been self in some way. and as I never break monplace way. I Its Safa to Wala tU(t lata tha Xrw surprised to have been told tbat as a dinner service under twenty-fiv- e of a Rasing too. wga a stockbroker or a solicitor or pounds, I received some solatium for diet be was engaged In tbe tea trade. the indignity. Jn the course of our chat something Hate ou got any engagements at .j T was hot, and the - JESSE JAMES, JR. Frsnk.th elder, waa Lora In Kentucky In 1841; Jess In Clay county. Mo., tn 1845, The father went to California Ta 1849 and died there tn 1851, driven away from home. It la said, by hla wife, from whom the son sc eiu 4 hT their deviltry. ' During the civil war they were members of Quad-treU- a band of guerillas, and both participated la the sacking and burning of Lawrence, Kan., when nearly every male Inhabitant waa ruthlessly murdered, and In the massacre at Centralism Mo., where, after the village Itself bad been plundered, the guerillas wa- - ifc BREAKER. THE laid an eaatbound train, robbed thi passengers and killed 32 sick soldiers en route for the St. Louie hospital, besides 50 members of a company-o- f lowavolunteers, who had hurried to th rescue. When the war wx enddU Jesse James fled to Texas nd Frank to Kentucky. Little was heard of them until early In Ihe spring of 1868, when Jesse James, accompanied by "Cole Younger, Al" and George Shepherd and "Jim" White, dashed into ftussell-vtll- e, Ky.. robbed the bank of 114,000, and ewcaped. Similar bank robberies, often accompanied by the murder of bank cashiers or other officials, marked the career of the James boys during the ensuing year, but It was in s73 at Kansas City that on of their most daring atrocities was committed. Three men rode up to the gate of the agricultural fair, and Jesse James, dismounting, stepped up to the ticket window jnd at the point of hi pistol demanded the cash box, which wa handed over to him. It contained At Jesse remounted the three desperadoes began Bring their pistols, and hurriedly rode off. The alarm became general, and almost Immediately a pursuing party was organised, but with no results. Tn many of their murderous exploits, wtiitb Included train and atage holdups, as well as bank robberies, members of the gang were killed or caught, bu guch was the terror Inspired by the Jameses that for more than ten years during which a price was set og. their heads no one was found to earn the money by betraying them. in August, 1878, Jesse and Frank, with six Into Nortbfield, Minn., ret a furious psce, shooting their volver .right ami MlJUlop5!- - to !n: timldate the people in the streets, and halted In front of the bank, and while Frank and Jesse James and "Bob" Younger entered, the other five remained outside to guard against attack. J. L; Haywood, the cashier, and two clerks wers In at the time, and for refusing to open th time look Jesse James killed Haywood in wanton y. sus-plcl- '" tv SaTaU a Railroad Sapor-latoada- DESCENDED IN A HEAP ON THE TOP OF THE TIGER. at from Death. The authorities of tbe Houston and Texaa Central railroad are considering hew best to show their appreciation of the coolness shown by Mlse Mae. Mouse in a recent wreck on their line at Chambers creek. A trestle gave w ay at that point and a portion of the train plunged Into the water. Superintendent Daffan of the road wae In the car with Miss Moss and both ware precipitated into the abyss. Mr. Daffan was at once pinned down to tbe floor by a broken seaL Water waa pouring into the car and the superintendent would certainly have been drowned but assistance given hlmby Mlse Moss. The girl wae the who kept a, cool head. Exerting all her strength, standing meanwhile waist, deep In water, she managed to release Daffan to such an extent that he was able to sit QprtgbL Even then the water was up to his chin, but rose no farther, and so he escaped with life, though badly injured. Mlsa Mosse, him In comparative safety, went to the assistance of others and renderfor only-passen- ger aid .to a number of Miss Mosse Uvea, in Denison, Is not quite 1$ years of age and was dh at on her wJ t0 take 3 her the Austin university when, the happened. A p paras t DilTaraaea. Johnny Pa, some of the curious people roupd here they call odd and some of the other 'eccea trie. : What Pa When a man is the difference? la said to be eccentric he usually has more or less money. When he Is poor a man Is simply odd." Boston Trane. ?flpL ed invaluable suf-fe!-e- cci-de- nt . , ened him so much." he was off at a gallop at the moment I crashed down upon him. A bruised shoulder and damaged rifle were the only reminisce ntea of that adventure. Of course, I got horribly chaffed about 1L" I was once pretty close to a tigee under different circumstances, ' said another man. It waa In this way. I got a abot at him from a tree, and felt aure 1 hit hlmt as he bounded Into a thicket from which I did not see him emerge.'' 1 pointed out the spot to my men, but after exploring, throwing atones, and loosing off guns, they told me I was mistaken; the tiger had got off and .wa miles away. After some time I waa bilged to accept this conclusion, and, getting out of my tree, prepared to deparL An impulse to look for myself led me to the bush Into which I had seen the beast spring. Aa I rounded It, a sudden roar made my heart stand stilL There was tbe tiger on legs, with his fore paws In ths air, as one sees a lion tn a heraldic coat of Arms, only a few feet from me. I thought my last hour had come, I had nothing in my hand but a stick, having given up my rifle to my shikaree to carry. Stepping back instincterror-structively, I gaxed upon him expecting he would be on me in a second. It seemed an age before my hand reached a rifle and pulled the trigger. We found afterwards that my first bullet bad paralyzed his spine, which alone prevented hla springing on me. Had he.' been able to drag hla hind leg two or three yard I should sureFor nerve ly have been done for, combined With prudence, I know a tory which tome of you may think ald a voice from a worth hearing, r, Dont suppose any long ; one of the of you ever heard of M beat shots I ever cam across. Used -- hls-hln- k, arm-chai- - Why does pointless conversation bore the quickest? him on again, past my entrance, to meet the fate he ought to have experienced at the hands of Cranley. Talk of funk I have never been in euch a funk before orAlnce as I was when, glued to the ground, I faced that tiger and dared not fire. !Funk you call it It seems to me to have been most wonderful presence of mind, was my reply; the natural impulse waa to fire and be killed. But how about Cranley? 'His explanatlon-wa- s weak but honest When the tiger passed within a few feet of bis poet, he was so Impressed by thoughts of his wife and children, that he laid down his rifle THE MEETING IN THE PARAPET. and hid his face In his hands; thereby no leading ms to believe there wa tiger, and to leave my post as already related, I never heard of his "going again. I can answer for It he did Tiorgo witb m- tiger-shooti- ng J |