Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers - the noted Western outlaws (1882) (14598196177)

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Title: Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Dacus, J. A. (Joseph A.)
Subjects: James, Frank, 1844-1915 James, Jesse, 1847-1882 Younger, Cole, 1844-1916 Younger, John, 1846-1874 Brigands and robbers
Publisher: Cincinnati : Cinncinnati Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries



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day,the Guerrillas fell into an ambuscade, and severalreceived w^ounds. Amono those thus wounded was o Jesse James, vfho had his horse killed and received ashot throuoh the lco\ Todd was sent out to skirmish w^.th the advanceguard of the Federid army then following tlie i-etir-ing army of General Price. At every creek therewas a battle, and at every encounter there was blood-shed. In one of these fights, Y\^hen the leaves wereall falling on the brown earth, George Todd v/askilled. In the night tinie his followers came to paythe last tribute of respect to his remains. Therewere not many who gathered there in the gloom ofthe midniaht to aze for the last time on the face ofthe courageous Guerrilla, but among them v/ere Jesseand Frank James, and they pointed their pistolstow the cloud-veiled, teary sky, and swore toavcL^e his death. But the old band was broken up. Late in October,1864, Jesse and Frank parted, the former with Shep-herd went to Texas J the latter with Quantrell toKentucky,
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62 FRAKK ANb JESS^ JAME^. It proved to be the final dissolution of Quantrellsonce formidable force of partisans. George Todd,the Paladine of the command, the leader who waspersistent and daring, slept quietly after the fierceturmoil of lifes battlefield had ended. John Poole,another hard rider, desperate fighter and dauntlessleader, mouldered in a gory giave. John Jarratteand Cole Younger had sometime before separatedfrom the band, and were operating in the far Southwhere the magnolias grow and the moss-beardedlive-oaks stand sentinels in the fever-haunted swamps.Fernando Scott was dead. Bill Anderson had fallenin a terrible combat while endeavoring to effect acrossino^ of the Missouri river in Howard countv.As he had lived for some years, grimly fighting, soin the last extremity when the odds were all againsthim and unseen messengers of death burdened theair mth their low-hummed dirges, his life went outwhile he still fought in the very shades of despair.Kinney was dead, and many mor