. Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws. cout through the country that night, and he rodeaway from the camp of the partisan in the blacknight^—rode straightway to the home of liis lady was at home. She had been collectinginformation for the use of the Guerrillas, and waspleased to see her son. To him she opened herbudget of intelligence. The movement of Scott onRichfield had startled the Federal militia. Thesmall bands were rapidly concentrating, and werestrengthening their position every day. Plattsburg,the
. Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws. cout through the country that night, and he rodeaway from the camp of the partisan in the blacknight^—rode straightway to the home of liis lady was at home. She had been collectinginformation for the use of the Guerrillas, and waspleased to see her son. To him she opened herbudget of intelligence. The movement of Scott onRichfield had startled the Federal militia. Thesmall bands were rapidly concentrating, and werestrengthening their position every day. Plattsburg,the county seat of Clinton, had been stripped of itsgarrison, which had been sent out to hunt for thebold raiders, and was at that very time was the character of the information gatheredby Mrs. Samuels, and impai-ted to her son, who, incompany with a comrade, Mr. Fletcher Taylor, rode 36 FRANK AND JESSE ^JAMES. hastily back to Scotts camp to report the characterof the information which he had gained. On receiving the information, Scott resolved tomake an attempt upon Plattsburg. During the sua-. The Moonlight Conference. ceeding day it was ascertained that Captain Rodgershad left Plattsburg to make an effort to discover andcapture Scott, taking with him most of the the first watch of the second nio:ht after the affair BLOODY WAR. 37 at Eichfield, Scotts little band silently desertedtheir camp and rode rapidly toward oclock in the morning fomid them within fourmiles of that place, on Smiths fork of Grand they halted and slept mitil daylight. Theywere in a deep forest, and quite secure from observa-tion. Until three oclock in the evening they re-mained quiet, feeding their horses and resting. Thenthe scouts brought intelligence concerning the situa-tion at the town, and the Guerrillas, mounting, set outto capture it. There were a few men left as a guardat the Court-house, under the command of a Lieu-tenant. The oflicer had been
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