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
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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retire, and we will discuss the questionwith you. * I shall be compelled to take you by force, saidthe officer. Let the ladies retire, I say! exclaimed JesseJames in a tone that betrayed his impatience. The Boys were not surprised without arms. Theynever lay aside a pair of pistols. They are ever attheir sides, and always ready for use. The officerparleyed. He did not desire to begin an affray inthe midst of a company of ladies—his instincts as agentleman revolted against subjecting them to alarmand danger. The house was surrounded ; he hadample force to enforce the orders of his superiors ;so he said, * Let the ladies all retire. The order was given at the door to the guards toallow the ladies to pass through. The ball-roomwas soon free from their presence. The men hud-dled in one corner, and finally were permitted toretire into another room. * Now, said the officer, * lay down your pistols.I have an ample force to enforce these orders. Thehouse is surrounded ; you cannot get away.
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3H EXCUKSIONS INTO MEXICO. 315 The answer he received was a derisive peal oflaughter. At the same moment a pistol flashed be-fore the eyes of the officer as he raised his sword tosignal his guard. He saw it but for an instant, therewas an explosion, and the officer fell dead to thefloor. The guard, amazed, rushed forward to succortheir fallen leader. They were thrown off theirguard. One, two, three deafening reports, and threesoldiers lay still, weltering in their gore. Celerity ofexecution is safety, was ever the motto of theJameses. The guards who had followed their officerinto the house, fled when they say their comradesfall. The boys rushed out of the house. The sol-diers in the street met them with a volley of balls.But they Avere too much agitated to shoot well. Theboys escaped with two or three trifling scratches.They opened fire on the line of guards around thehouse. Seized with consternation, the soldiers fledfrom their deadly revolvers. The whole town wasexcited. The streets

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