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s of the early West record many stories

of famous and notorious characters of

that period the younger brothers

hardened to the side of Bloodshed and

the Guerrilla border battles of the

Civil War

the youngers established a record of

bank and train robberies that have never

been equaled in the West

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well here you are

I guess folks out in Virginia don't know

much about what's going on here in

Missouri do they what these cousins

you're moving in with

you know very much about them

should I

why what's wrong with him anyway come on

let's get out of here

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oh come here honey

welcome to yoga's farm Mr Cole got your

letter about a month ago and we've been

expecting you ever since uh come over

here let me take a good look at you

a genuine Magnolia Blossom from old

Virginia Duty class oh but look at me

standing here Gavin give me those you

must be faint and famished from

traveling all that way

you're very kind to give me such a nice

welcome you must be Aunt Nelly that's

right honey I've been with this here

family since way before the war

and after Mommy and Papa younger died I

raised all them boys just like they was

mold

where are they now oh there ain't nobody

home except John the rest of them are

found in Indian Nation a Time star's

place and you know honey they've been

gone an awful long time I'm awful

worried about them

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go get our cousin some grub

uh yes sir Mr John right away

I'm cousin John

I know uh Nellie said you were the only

one here

let's see what's your name and I forgot

from the letter

Francis mm-hmm

one of those kids ain't you

got so many kinfolks who can hardly keep

track of them

if

you'll be here long as long as I'm

welcome sir

I can uh keep the place pretty tough and

be really useful yeah I just bet you can

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yeah I'll put it up

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oh don't mind him he don't mean no harm

none of my boys need any harm

they just might wild and mischievous

Maybe

but they ain't dead

no ma'am they ain't really bad

whether anybody called the younger boys

good bad or indifferent but nothing to

me

facts were all there and a stack of

warrants a foot high demanding their

capture for an assortment of crimes that

included murder and train robbery

for three days I'd been hanging around

on the Main Street of Independence

Missouri

waiting for word from the other

operative on the case

my name's Matt Clark I work for the

railroad as a detective

uh

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was

done at Belle Starr's place in Indian

nations

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I hope you can understand why I'm asking

you to do this the Cavalry is the only

recognized law in the territory how many

of the youngest do you think are hidden

out there my information said oh and Jim

what do you think they're down here for

hiding they robbed a bank over the

Missouri line then disappeared how many

men do you want well they're a tough

outfit all you can spare all right come

with me

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thank you

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I'm gonna have to make a run for It Go

warn the rest of the men sat on my horse

waiting back at the Corral I'll keep

busy give you a little time

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thank you

come on boys

we'd expected only two of them we were

in luck

we had a chance of rounding up the whole

gang

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wait a minute

we later all the Yankees away from us

see we'll go back down the other side

where the horses are

obviously that

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most of the younger gang were wiped out

but the two leaders colon gym somehow

made their getaway during the fight

it was impossible to Trail them in this

wild country

was up to Frankie to give me my next

lead

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that's

your mystical that's my boys all right I

got to hustle up a mess of vittles my

boys are powerful leaders

how's it been going that's a good John

that's a good the calvary jumpers we

lost a lot of good boys

oh you know Bill Chadwick don't you hi

Bill how's everything from Minnesota

ain't you that's right

Bill's got plans for us up north tell

you about it after supper all things

done with you John any Lowman been

hanging around here lately no great

company though cousin back East oh the

one we got the letter about kind of

fruited too sort of glad she ain't my

cousin huh

she ain't been ain't quite a spell and

I've been asking a lot of questions some

of the answers she's got down pretty

good and sometimes you ain't got too

good

my my you boy surely the mess of

business

well the desserts coming in come on

honey child help me get the table

cleared

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I wasn't if you're going to tell me

about Minnesota

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bill here says that rich farming country

except they also Chuck full of money

they don't know what to do with it

I ain't much helped on it myself it's

too far from home

don't mind what Jim says he'll be going

all right the James boys already said

barefoot

I know for a fact clown Miller and

Charlie Pitts will throw in

well that makes eight of the best

all-around gang in the business take

just about a whole town to stop us

ing none that's a whole hog on the idea

is it well we don't have friends that

far north we don't know the back roads

or they're stream Crossing I want to

bring our mail to us or the Chihuahua

horses in a hurry

you just don't want to go on this thing

without some thought first

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you're so interested man talk cousin

come on in and make yourself comfortable

here here what's going on in here by the

time you knew the truth Aunt Nelly we've

been harboring a Yankee spy

her that's right see you tomorrow cousin

and she is yours

oh sweet little child come on back in

the kitchen and get your dishes done go

on go on oh yes

what do we do with it cool and if we

leave her go back where she came from

they'll all be honest as sure as you're

born

if she don't get back

they'll always snooping around to find

out what happened to him

any way you look at it that's bound to

be detective swarming all over the place

we better be high Talent from Minnesota

right now

package here let's get to ride

our country cousin Cole

you know I just had me a premonition

John

I can see you two out horseback right

and I can see her having a real bad

spill

yeah

a real bad spill

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the telegraph of us but there was still

no word from Frankie I decided not to

wait any longer before I investigated

I headed for the younger Ranch

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please Lord sir

don't let us have no more trouble

I've always saddle the horses and take

down to the rant but my short and cousin

John little faction here

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keep your hands off of that girl

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all right

drop a gun

come on drop it

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thank you

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I keep trying to tell myself

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I just I know you

maybe it was the walk

sister and the man

and maybe

it was in the blood

I don't know

that there's one thing I know

I laced up like there was my own

and I just can't help enough

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younger boys joined up with Frank and

Jesse James and went North Frank and I

headed for Minnesota by the shortest

route

we rode into Mankato Minnesota on

September the 4th and after some

inquiring learned that several men

well-mounted and armed had been hanging

about the bank the day before

but left when word spread that somebody

had recognized one of the younger boys

we alerted every Sheriff within a

500-mile radius

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we didn't know it until a few minutes

later but a robbery was taking place in

his quiet little town of Northfield a

bank robbery that was to become the most

notorious in the annals of crime

all right

let's go

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robbery

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come on come on hurry up in there

we need a little more time

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thank you

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come on come on Miller won't make it

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thank you

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bookkeeper Haywood laid dead Mr bunker

the teller was wounded in the shoulder

they were brave men they had refused to

open the vault and the Gang had gotten

only what was in the tail

fifty dollars

when I heard that the net was closing

around the Yonkers over near Medea I

rode hard for that area

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Matt Clark glad to have you join us

uh hold up over there

I've been asking for volunteers to move

in and flush them out

we don't get them out before nightfall

this might go on for another week got me

in Sheriff I've ridden the long way to

join you how many of them are there

I don't know

I wanted Frank and Jesse made it

I don't know

it's sure a high price to pay for a

lousy fifty dollars

sure wish I'd get this kid here back to

Antonelli

maybe ought to give up

be lynched

we'll go out the way we came in with our

boots on

spread out in the Rocks man move in when

I give the signal

here they come

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we give up

I know put your hands in the air

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can nobody else stand up

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Bob's still alive

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so it's cold I will take him in and

Patch him up so they can stand trial

we'll take Charlie Pitts and Luke to

trial because they're dead

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come on you man give her some help here

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Bob was wounded in a chest Jim had five

bullets in him and Cole 11.

the younger boys were not expected to

live but they proved to be men of iron

they look so well bred and gentlemanly

reporters wondered why they ever

traveled the outlaw Trail

yeah

yeah the war did it to us we fought with

quantrel

when peace came there wasn't any

Southerner that got a break we had to

Rob we used to hard-living

we always had a tough other man fought

for the South and lost

but they went home to lead useful lives

come on Frankie

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law a person charged with murder and

pleading guilty could not be sentenced

to capital punishment

the younger brothers therefore pleaded

guilty on November 11 1876 and judge

Samuel large court at Faribault

Minnesota he sentenced him to life

imprisonment in the State Penitentiary

at Stillwater

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oh uh Mr Clark not sure I just wanted to

find out where to send the reward money

you come in for a share too you have a

local baseball club sure do well then

give our share to them that's the best

way I know to keep the kids from

becoming Outlaws Like The youngers Well

now thanks

we better hurry if we're gonna catch

that train oh I uh I almost forgot this

if this came for you just a few minutes

ago

or did you say you were going on your

vacation I I told you Philadelphia I

wouldn't miss a centennial Exposition

for anything well then read this we've

got a new assignment

all right so I missed the Centennial

maybe I'll be in time to catch a

Kentucky State Fair

it's a long Sheriff

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