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Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the " Little Dixie " area of Missouri , James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies.
James-Younger Gang Jesse James and his gang boarded a train leaving the town of Winston, Montana and proceeded to rob the express car and kill two men and the conductor. [15] Glendale, Missouri: 7 September, 1881 Jesse and Frank James: The brothers committed their last robbery and stole $1,000 - $3,000 from the train. Bellevue, Texas: 11 ...
On July 15, 1881, Frank and Jesse James, Wood and Clarence Hite, and Dick Liddil robbed the Rock Island Railroad near Winston, Missouri, of $900. Train conductor William Westfall and passenger John McCullough were killed. [15] On September 7, 1881, Jesse James carried out his last train robbery, holding up the Chicago and Alton Railroad. The ...
The Gads Hill Train Robbery (also known as the Great Missouri Train Robbery) was a crime committed by the James–Younger Gang in Gads Hill, Missouri. In January 1874, five members of the James–Younger gang robbed a train and stole $12,000 (equivalent to $290,000 in 2023) [ 1 ] in cash.
The job appeals, however, to Jesse and Frank James, who have no intention of changing the way they make a living. Cole is ambushed by the Pinkerton's agent men, who use a prostitute as bait. And when the bankers succeed in overturning the amnesty by bribing the politicians, Cole travels by train to Minnesota to check out the bank.
Jesse and Frank James escaped west into the Dakota Territory, while the remaining gang members were killed or taken into custody. Considering the James gang as related to postwar insurgency, the raid has sometimes been called the last major event of the American Civil War. Two popular Northfield slogans are "Jesse James Slipped Here", based on ...
Little is known about Miller, except that he took part in several robberies with Jesse James in Quantrill's Raiders, [2] and especially after the downfall of Jesse's James-Younger gang. They robbed a train in Glendale, Missouri, in October 1879 and one in Blue Cut, Missouri, in September 1881.
[1] [2] Liddil told the law what he knew about the criminal activities of the James Gang, and his capture and confession were kept secret until March 1882. [1] [3] Shortly after Liddil turned himself in, Jesse James was shot by Robert Ford in April 1882. That summer, Liddil was taken to Alabama where he stood trial for the Muscle Shoals robbery.