Identifier: illustratedlives00dacu (find matches)
Title: Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Dacus, J. A. (Joseph A.)
Subjects: James, Frank, 1844-1915 James, Jesse, 1847-1882 Younger, Cole, 1844-1916 Younger, John, 1846-1874 Brigands and robbers
Publisher: Cincinnati : Cinncinnati Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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were not without effect.First, Clell Miller fell, moaned once, and then hislips became mute forever. A heavy rifle ball thencrashed through Jim Youngers jaw, shattering thelower jawbone in a most frightful manner. ColeYounger received seven wounds, and Bob was shotin the right elbow. They fought desperately, butwhat could four men do ? Sheriff McDonald com-manded a hundred and fifty courageous men, whoselives had been spent on the frontiers. Resistancecould no longer be offered, when one of their num-ber had fallen, and the other three were wounded,two of them nio:h unto death. It was the last strus:-gle of four as daring and dangerous men as everrode over the Western prairies. When resistancehad ceased, the sheriffs men gathered around them.They were prisoners ; theh last hour of freedom hadexpired. They were placed in spring-wagons andcarried into Madelia. The people of the whole sur-rounding regions came flocking into the town to seethe renowned outlaws, for they had confessed that
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27^ THE ATTACK AT XORTHTIELD. 279 they were the Younger Brothers, whose fame asdaring free-booters had already been extended overthe entire country. -In a few days the wounded robbers—Cole, Jimand Bob Younger—were carried to Faribault, thecounty seat of Eice county. They were closelyguarded, as well to prevent excited citizens takingthe law into their ovra hands as to insure the safecustody of the bandits. The body of Clell IMillerwas conveyed to St. Paul to be embalmed. While confined at Faribault, the Youngers receivedevery attention, and rapidly recovered from theeffects of their long exposure and the terrible woundswhich they had received. During this time a strongguard was maintained about their prison. Early in October, the Rice County Circuit Courtmet at Faribault, and Thomas Coleman, James andEobert Ewino^ Youns^er were arraio^ned at the bar toplead to an indictment for murder in the first degree,and for conspiring to commit murder and robbery.Advised by counsel that under

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