Jesse James and his band of notorious outlaws . n wasaroused. Her house was watched, and it becameknown that several secret midnight conclaves hadbeen held there. For some time the militia did not interfere, butat length patience ceased to be a particular virtue,and it was decided to pay the Samuels a visit. It was in June of 1862 that this little bit of cer-emony occurred. A company of Missouri militiamarched to Kearney and came to a halt before theSamuels homestead. In language which was not veiled in diplomaticcourtesy, they told the venerable doctor that heand his family were in league wit
Jesse James and his band of notorious outlaws . n wasaroused. Her house was watched, and it becameknown that several secret midnight conclaves hadbeen held there. For some time the militia did not interfere, butat length patience ceased to be a particular virtue,and it was decided to pay the Samuels a visit. It was in June of 1862 that this little bit of cer-emony occurred. A company of Missouri militiamarched to Kearney and came to a halt before theSamuels homestead. In language which was not veiled in diplomaticcourtesy, they told the venerable doctor that heand his family were in league with Quantrell andhis gang, that his house was used as a secret coun-cil chamber for the guerrillas, that his son, JesseJames, was the go-between employed by Quantrell,and that his wife was an obnoxious character whohad become as stench to the nostrils of the truebelievers, and that they were going to make an ex-ample of himself and Jesse. The latter was plowing in a distant field andMrs. Samuels was in the house, out of sight, butwithin YOUNG JESSE AS A SCOUT. i8 fESSE f^MES AND HIS B^ND The doctor listened to the tirade, and then pleadedwith them to leave him alone, urging that he wasa peaceful farmer who did not care to take any partin the quarrel. To this appeal the militia repliedby ribald remarks and coarse jests. Then the ropewas produced, and, after pinioning his arms se-curely, the noose was adjusted around his neck, andhe was drawn into the air. Leaving him hangingthere, they left in a body for Jesse. Mrs. Samuels had witnessed the outrage, and, assoon as an intervening grove hid the soldiers fromsight, flew to the rescue. With almost superhumanstrength, she climbed the tree and cut her husbanddown. He fell like a dead man, but, after work-ing for some time, she revived him and took himto a place of safety. In the meantime the gallant troop who counter-feited soldiers, went after Jesse, and found himplowing. Placijig a rope around his neck, theythreatened to ha
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