100 Most Infamous Criminals by Jo Durden Smith

Author:Jo Durden Smith [Smith, Jo Durden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcturus Digital Limited
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Jesse James was a member of Quantrill’s Raiders in the Civil War

In 1875 and 1876, the Gang mounted two more major train robberies, netting $55,000 and $17,000 respectively. But then they went back to robbing banks – with disastrous consequences. In July 1876, in Northfield, Minnesota, after they’d killed a cashier, the townspeople opened fire on them as they were escaping. Three of the Gang members were killed; Cole Younger and two of his brothers were surrounded and captured a few days later; and Jesse James, who’d been wounded, only escaped back to Missouri through the resourcefulness of brother Frank.

The Gang’s glory days were finally over. However there was still a reward out for both the James brothers, either dead or alive. On April 1, 1882, two men, Charles and Bob Ford, friends of the Jameses, shot Jesse from behind for the money; six months later Frank gave finally himself up to the Missouri authorities.

There are two extra wrinkles to the Jameses’ story, though. For Frank James was actually acquitted; and the Missouri governor who’d put a reward on his head refused to extradite him to Minnesota, where he faced more charges. From then on, he lived a peaceful life as a rancher; and almost 20 years later joined a tent show with Cole Younger – after Younger’s release from a Minnesota prison – to reminisce in public about the bad old days. He died in 1915.

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