The border bandits : an authentic and thrilling history of the noted outlaws, Jesse and Frank James, and their bands of highwaymen : compiled from reliable sources only and containing the latest facts in regard to these desperate freebooters . and robbertook its flight into the realms of the unknown. On the following morning a dead body with aghastly gash in the throat, from which the blood hadpoured until it dyed the grass a yard in diameter,was found and identified as that of Jim , an old-time guerrilla, was in Sherman at thetime of the murder, and was known to have a grudgeag
The border bandits : an authentic and thrilling history of the noted outlaws, Jesse and Frank James, and their bands of highwaymen : compiled from reliable sources only and containing the latest facts in regard to these desperate freebooters . and robbertook its flight into the realms of the unknown. On the following morning a dead body with aghastly gash in the throat, from which the blood hadpoured until it dyed the grass a yard in diameter,was found and identified as that of Jim , an old-time guerrilla, was in Sherman at thetime of the murder, and was known to have a grudgeagainst the murdered man, so suspicion attached tohim so strongly that he had to leave Texas. No oneever suspected Shepherd of the murder, but his ownconfessions to the writer are given in this account ofAndersons execution. Shepherd has longed for an opportunity to killJesse James, but the surroundings, even during along association, were never sufficiently opportunity was exceedingly unfavorable atShort Creek, but revenge and the promise of suchan immense reward nerved him to the undertaking. ROBBERY OF THE MAMMOTH CAVESTAGES. The James Boys, and especially Frank, nave re-mained in seclusion for a considerable period, and. 31 ? JESSE AND FRANK JAMES, 113 with the shooting of Jesse—whom many still believeto be dead—it was thought that the old remnants ofguerrilla plunderers had entirely disappeared. It ispositively known that Frank James resided in Balti-more during the winter of 1879-80, and his homewas located on one of the principal resident that time he wore full whiskers which were veryk ng, reaching to his waist. The name he borewhile in Baltimore the writer has not been able tolearn, for obvious reasons. He disappeared fromthat city in March last, and it is reported by KansasCity police officers that Frank was seen in Jacksoncounty, Missouri, by two of his acquaintances in thelatter part of July, 1880, and that his whiskers werecut short. The
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