Show I INTERVIEW WITH WIH JESSE JA ES CU SCOOP Newspaper Man Who Has Just Died Found Bandits' Bandits Hiding Place and Got Graphic Story Chicago 0 Oct 6 One Ono of ot the tho earliest scoops scoops of William E E. E Curtis the tho Journalist who died last nl night ht In Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia was that of or getting an interview Inter Inter- view with the James boys bos while th they were wore In the midst of ot their war ar with tho the authorities While detectives were en endeavoring endeavoring en- en to find the desperadoes Curtis Curtis Curtis Cur Cur- then Ihen a reporter for or a Chicago o pa paper pa- pa per went out to Missouri found their hiding biding place and calmly announced he had come for an Interview with tho the bandits Wo We c know what t hero here for Youre You're a spy P was tho the reply of ot Jesse James hats more you OU wont won't g gOt t tawa awa away from here But the tho aggressive reporter was 85 not notto notto notto to have havo his cherished scoop thus spoiled until too old to be o of use to his paper He lie refused to be bo a prisoner He lie talked to the James boys about his trip to see them so that he ml might ht put tho the truth about them before tho the public and finally convinced them he was there for the purpose ho he stated Well Im I'm going to give you anything you OU want Just to satisfy you Jesso Jesse James finally a agreed reed And he did HO IIo gave Curtis the most vivid Interview anybody ever over had had with him Having accomplished his purpose the reporter returned to tho nearest telegraph station and wired his scoop to his paper I Hut But ut ho kept faith with tho the men who had taken him at his word He did not reveal any of ot tho secrets of ot the tho rendezvous of ot the desperadoes and he ho didn't tell the detectives who were searching searching- for them the location of ot their hiding place |