*ESSE *AMES 3PECIAL s 0AGE Here’s Why Jesse James, Son Of Preacher, Became Outlaw *ESSE *AMES RIDES AGAIN The anniversary and reenactment of the Jesse James Train Robbery, which took place July 21, 1873, on a curve of the Rock Island Rail road MILES WEST OF !DAIR IS OBSERVED each year on the Friday and Saturday NEAREST TO *ULY )T WAS THE WORLDS lRST ROBBERY OF A MOVING TRAIN 4HE ACRE *AMES FAMILY HOME stead lies three miles east of Kearney, Mo., northwest of Kansas City. It was there that Frank and Jesse rode and the second time to a physician. Dr. www.insurancestoreltd.com Robert Samuel. Jesse, born Sept. 5, 1847, ap Brick PLAYED AS YOUNGSTERS )T WAS THERE THAT parently liked his stepfather, and Judy THEY SAW THEIR STEP FATHER HANGED BY FREQUENTLY SPOKE OF HIM WITH WARMTH Union Mili tiamen. It was there that and cordiality. The two lads, Jesse Jodie 0INKERTON DETECTIVES ALLEGEDLY TOSSED and Frank, attended Sunday school, A BOMB THROUGH A WIN DOW THAT KILLED AND APPARENTLY ENJOYED A NORMAL Chanel THEIR YEAR OLD STEPBROTHER AND TORE boyhood in Clay County, Mo. Both brothers early learned the OFF THE LOWER PART OF THE RIGHT ARM OF (ILLCREST 3T s !DAIR )OWA s Bret their mother, and started Jesse on a USE OF lREARMS FOR HUNT ING AS WAS CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE customary, and Jesse became re Betty The father of Jesse and his brother, markably proficient with the pistol. Paul Frank, was the Rev. Robert James, a Frank James said when Jesse heard Baptist preacher, abundant in piety a noise in the house, “he would whip Insurance but short of cash. He died in the OUT HIS PISTOL SO FAST YOU COULDNT SEE #ALIFORNIA GOLD lELDS WHERE HE HAD the motion of his hand.” Store GONE TO SEEK HIS FOR TUNE HAVING LEFT Jesse always was armed, declares ADAIR his family in Missouri. ONE BIOGRAPHER hWITH TWO CALIBER 742-3358 However, the wife and two small #OLT REVOLVERS THREE CARTRIDGE BELTS Wholesale CASEY AND PLENTY OF SPARE CARTRIDGES IN HIS 746-2714 SONS WERE NOT LONG WITHOUT PROTEC tors, for Mrs. James remarried twice, pockets, and when he went on a trip Plumbing Supplies HE TOOK ALONG A 7INCH ESTER RImEv %ARLY IN &RANK *AMES JOINED the notorious Missouri bushwhacker Rochholz Labor Services, LLC AND GUERRILLA LEADER 7ILLIAM # -IKE 2OCHHOLZ 1UANTRILL THEREBY DRAWING THE WHOLE (OME s #ELL family into the orbit of north versus SOUTH FEELINGS ——36 Years Experience Installing—— *ESSES lRST TASTE OF VIOLENCE SEEMS !DDITIONS n (OME "ARN s .EW "UILDINGS 'ARAGES TO HAVE OCCURRED THE FOL LOWING YEAR SHOP SMART...SHOP LOCAL #ABINETS 4RIM s $ECKS 0RIVACY &ENCES when a militia band appeared at Dr. 2ESTORE 9OUR /LD "ARNS s 6INYL 3TEEL 3IDING 7INDOWS )NSULATION s -AINTENANCE 2EPAIRS 3AMUELS HOME AND DEMANDED TO Stop in and check out our Showroom KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF 1UANTRIL featuring shower units, vanities, sinks and Dr. Samuel and Jesse declared they faucets. DID NOT KNOW WHERE 1UANTRIL MIGHT be. Jacobsen’s is now a proud distributor of The 4HE ENRAGED SOLDIERS BELIEV ING ONYX Collection – shower units and vanity THEY WERE LYING HUNG $R 3AMUEL tops in almost any size, shape and color, for from a tree limb until he was nearly your bathroom remodeling needs. DEAD AND LASHED YEAR OLD *ESSE -ONDAYn&RIDAY s AM TO PM with a knotted rope and put him in 3ATURDAY s AM TO NOON JAIL AT ,IBERTY -O WHERE HE WAS held a short time. That was the only time Jesse is known to have been the INMATE OF A JAIL See You Next Soon after that the militiamen took TO THE 3T *OSEPH JAIL *ESSES MOTHER Year at AND HIS SIS TER 3USAN A GIRL IN HER EARLY TEENS HOLDING THEM THERE NEARLY a month. Chuchwagon Days This was too much for Jesse. (E RODE AWAY TO JOIN HIS BROTHER IN 1UANTRILS BAND AND STARTED ON "ROAD 3TREET s !DAIR )OWA A CAMPAIGN OF WARTIME VIOLENCE FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF STAGE TRAIN 641-742-3668 or bank and other robberies by Jesse AND HIS NEWLY ORGANIZED GANG ")$ 0)0%
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