Jesse James' Slayer Called to Missouri
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Article Title:The Weekly Times Herald
Article Date:June 28 1890
Article Description:Jesse James' Slayer Called to Missouri by His Father's Death.
Article Text:
Kansas City, Mo., June 20.--Bob FORD, the slayer of Jesse JAMES, paced the platform
of the Union depot nervously, this morning, finally boarding a Santa Fe train for
Richmond, Ray County.He arrived early this morning from Colorado and was hastening
home in response to a telegram announcing the death of his father.The ravages of
consumption are beginning to tell on Bob, and this morning his grief and disease
combined to bring a death pallor to his face.He twisted a scant mustache occasionally,
and talked little about himself or anyone else.He said he felt a stranger here
now, and could recognize no familiar face about the depot except Depot Master CREAMER.
"He's the only one here that I knew in my palmy days," said FORD, "and every other
face seems new to me.The old gang of ours is scattered now.Dick LITTLE, who was
one of us in those days and is remembered by many of the older residents of Jackson
county, left Colorado three years ago and went to New York with some race horses.
That's the last I saw or heard of Dick.I'm keeping a saloon now near Grand Junction,
Colorado, and am doing reasonably well."And his appearance was proof of the
statement.
He wore a white sombrero of moderate size, a neat suit of English tweed, white shirt
and collar, no necktie and alligator boots.Only a half dozen people at the depot
recognized him, and he spent an hour there without attracting unusual attention or
comment.He chatted for a time with Police Lieutenant CAMPBELL and Depotmaster
CREAMER,but his grief was great and he preferred to pass the time in pacing the platform
from end to end.
As he finally boarded the train the handle of a big Colt's revolver was exposed from
the hip pocket for an instant, conclusive proof that Bob still stands by his old
friend, the gun.
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