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Title: Jesse James and his band of notorious outlaws
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Gordon, Welche
Subjects: James, Jesse, 1847-1882
Publisher: Chicago, Laird & Lee
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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URNING POINT REACHED GOV. CRITTENDEN AT WORK ^50,000 IN REWARDS SHERIFF JOHN R. TIMBERLAKE COM. H. H. CRAIG A MYSTERIOUS WOMAN DICK LITTLE SURRENDERS JESSE JAMES IN ST. JOSEPH A SNAKE IN THE GRASS PLOT AND COUNTER-PLOT The Blue Cut robbery, as narrated in the lastchapter, marked the turning point of the long laneof Jesse James career. Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri,had taken hold of the outlaw matter, and waspushing it with great energy. He had resolved,fair means or foul, to sweep this murderous gangof cut-throats from the face of the earth, and benthis energies to the work in a way which was boundto win. Gathering together the proper officials of thevarious railroads and express companies that hadsuffered by the hands of Jesse James, and his asso-ciate desperadoes, he put the case to them squarelyand explicitly. He told them he wanted to offera reward of ^50,000 for Jesse and Frank James,dead or alive. He said that he felt warranted inoffering such an immense pecuniary inducement. 174
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DEATH OF JESSE JAMES. 176 JESSE JAMES ^ND HIS B.AND The railroads and express companies gladly andwillingly pledged their financial support, and therewards were offered ^10,000 for either Frank orJesse James dead or alive, and ^5,000 for eachmember of their gang, dead or alive. With this mighty lever .in his hand, the Governorset to work to move the proper machinery bywhich he hoped to accomplish his object. He felt that the honor among thieves was aquality/of honor which would not stand againstthe pressure of ten thousand tempting dollars. He knew that the natural cupidity of such menas composed the James gang would be excited by theprincely rewards, and that sooner or later, hewould have the pleasure of drawing a check for^10,000 in exchange for the live or dead body ofone or both the notorious outlaws. But the two men, most active and more directlyresponsible for the complete annihilation of theJesse James band were Sheriff John R. Timberlakeof Clay County, and H. H. Craig, Police

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