Rebel - KGC
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As Police Commish. in NYC, he PROBABLY reviewed KGC/OAK files/folders; he knew EVERYTHING!
As Police Commish. in NYC, he PROBABLY reviewed KGC/OAK files/folders; he knew EVERYTHING!
Reckon JJ had "inside information"...In May 1873, Mr. Paul Morton, who had been in its land office for a year, was transferred to the General Freight Office of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, receiving a salary of twenty-five dollars per month. He remained in this office about two years, when he removed to Chicago and became a clerk in the General Freight Office of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Two months later, Jesse James and his notorious gang of outlaws robbed the Rock Island express train on the evening of July 21, 1873, a mile and a half west of Adair, Iowa. Those two events are pretty close on the ol timeline.
L.C.
Reckon JJ had "inside information"...


I think there is another common denominator not being added up in Davies County choice for safe hiding and passage. Even after getting the drop on the James boys at Civil Bend and catching them with their pants down in a gunfight....they still got away. I would think that the best way to do that was fresh horses and a hiding place in the area. If you look into Missouri history prior to and during the Civil War Davies County was a very notable place of interest for many important people. It had also been the place that the Missouri Morman War started. When Frank James surrendered in 1882, it was to face Daviess County charges in connection with a train robbery/murder as well as murder charges in the 1869 Gallatin bank robbery. Frank James was tried from August 20-September 6, 1883. Interest was so intense that the trial was moved to the Gallatin Opera House to accommodate the crowds. James was found not guilty of involvement in both crimes. Believe it or not, charges were made that the jury was filled with Southern sympathizers who refused to convict one of their own......


NICE map; YOUR "point"...?
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