The Border Bandits / An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Noted Outlaws, Jesse and Frank James

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PREFACE.

ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE PORTRAITS OF THE JAMES BROTHERS.

THE BORDER BANDITS.

CONTENTS.

THE BORDER BANDITS. (2)

JESSE AND FRANK JAMES.

THEIR CAREER AS GUERRILLAS.

THE FIRST SKIRMISHES.

THE DESOLATION OF LAWRENCE.

DESPERATE FIGHTING BY SQUADS.

DIREFUL MASSACRE AT CENTRALIA.

FORTUNE TURNING AGAINST THE GUERRILLAS.

THE WHIRLWIND OF DESTRUCTION CHANGES.

JESSE JAMES' CAREER IN TEXAS.

ROBBERY AND MURDER.

PLUNDERING A KENTUCKY BANK.

BANK ROBBERY AND MURDER.

THE MYSTERIOUS HIDING PLACE IN JACKSON COUNTY.

A TERRIBLE FIGHT IN MEXICO.

PLUNDERING AN IOWA BANK.

ANOTHER BANK ROBBERY IN KENTUCKY.

ROBBING OF THE CASH-BOX AT THE KANSAS CITY FAIR.

PLUNDERING THE STE. GENEVIEVE BANK.

WRECKING AND PLUNDERING A TRAIN.

THE STAGE ROBBERY NEAR HOT SPRINGS.

THE TRAIN ROBBERY AT GAD'S HILL.

WICHER'S UNFORTUNATE HUNT FOR THE JAMES BOYS.

MURDERING COW-BOYS AND DRIVING OFF CATTLE.

THE ATTACK ON THE SAMUELS RESIDENCE.

ASSASSINATION OF DANIEL ASKEW.

THE SAN ANTONIO STAGE ROBBERY.

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY AT MUNCIE.

THE HUNTINGTON BANK ROBBERY.

THE ROCKY CUT TRAIN ROBBERY.

THE FATAL ATTACK ON A MINNESOTA BANK.

AT GLENDALE THE LAST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY.

SHOOTING OF JESSE JAMES BY GEO. SHEPHERD.

WHY DID SHEPHERD SHOOT JESSE JAMES?

ROBBERY OF THE MAMMOTH CAVE STAGES.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JAMES BOYS.

THE UNION PACIFIC EXPRESS ROBBERY.

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE YOUNGER BROTHERS.

ANECDOTES OF JESSE AND FRANK JAMES.

BASSHAM'S CONFESSION OF THE GLENDALE ROBBERY.

The James Boys Heard From Again.

THE TRAIN ROBBERY AT WINSTON, MO., JULY 15, 1881.

Transcriber's Note:

Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.



Notice.—These portraits were engraved from late photographs, obtained at some expense and danger; and having been copyrighted for this book all persons are warned against using them elsewhere.


THE BORDER BANDITS.

AN AUTHENTIC AND THRILLING HISTORY OF
THE NOTED OUTLAWS,

Jesse and Frank James,

And their Bands of Highwaymen.

COMPILED FROM RELIABLE SOURCES ONLY AND CONTAINING
THE LATEST FACTS IN REGARD TO THESE
DESPERATE FREEBOOTERS.

BY J. W. BUEL,

Author of "Life of Wild Bill the Scout," "Legends of the Ozarks,"
etc., etc., and Member of the Editorial Staff of the
Kansas City and St. Louis Press.


ILLUSTRATED WITH LATE PORTRAITS AND COLORED PLATES.


ST. LOUIS, MO.:
HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1881.


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Copyrighted, 1880, by DAN. LINAHAN.
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Ryan, Jacks & Co., Printers,
ST. LOUIS.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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