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vite ‘tb , support his claim | t the “tname’ of the supposedly: ‘dead o : Jlaw. -They are signed by frien and neighbors of Missouri, Mites : and other: states and ‘set forth the] - could “a has “ever ‘attempted to ’prove that the makers of the nifidavits lacked) =; 74 marshal ‘found no reas m.to quarrel) , with the affidavits. ewes quite willing to stipulate . that “Jesse * To oat from First Page.) oS jpesses, sent anybody Sik esse James safety. Das “taken from the gallows at Herper’s The Miraculous E ape. inh, oe Ferry and revived by physicians in ~ : : . Four times a day Mr. James told the employ of his wife. “Booth es- the audience of the-Grand Theater: caped from. the burning barn aftet/all about himself and his miraculous the murder of Lincoln “and at hislescape. It seems there was anotber death many years Jater came to bejlad named Jesse James—a second a sideshow . mummy and educa- Facer tal fomething- nee fellow got ws eee exhibit with a fine bosottice ceived all the member ray including|“ Mr. James came back to the hotel u pone isn’t in Alcatra2—|the treacherous Bob Fo: after his first hard day at the thea-| ; it’s somebody who looks like him.| ‘the impersonation was a ‘silly ‘per- ter and discovered that he was be-; . John Dillinger is alive in South|formance because Mr. Ford’s eye- ing charged $4 for 8 room. He said | America, Ask anybody. _.-..-- {Sight seems to have been failing at/{t- was highway ‘robbery -and ‘the | ‘And 50 Jwith Jesse “James it is} time and 30 he failed to notice|Clerk said he didn’t know what he - 3 ite characteristics that -would|was talking about—which ie where; bo surprise to discover that he has|naye made him auspicious. Or may-|the matter rests at present “:"The ‘been alive all these years and Is stilljpe Mr. Ford's judgment was dulled “he-is-Jesse-James” faction is: sget-i alive. Nobody, apparently, had ‘everjby his vision of reward... At any| tng ag plenty of support in Ashland. ris ‘suspected he was dead. | j.-.. rate the bogus Jesse “did welll - folk-song societies can‘re-} 3 -»- 2 ‘Ma Lnproved, - {fROush. Ford shot him in the back. vive Queen Elizabeth as they have 3eBesee’s Manners Impro “AThe body was turned over to thejdone so successfully in their recent ass ; ere wes a cop standing at the mourning family and that was the]Choral offerings there seems tobe o> -* hhtel entrance when Jesse strodejend of the James saga save for the)no good reason why a commeriial okt. He was annoyed because some- present onan rext ek, nung: Somes -thouldn'’s “wesurrect od theater... . aNext we unting- me body ad parked too close to a fire) W. Vado o {with Jesse on the Grand Mr, James has numerous 6 ffida program is a double feature we Yael oe Ue fom deen “Good jnorning, officer,” _ sajdl ‘Jesse James cheerfully. rs : “Good morning to yourself, “aly orp alt of which is ‘eplaode Fo. janswered the cop. And the d “Buck Rogers’ Trip : -, al was brighter for witnesses who r oe, 3 me of the critics. didn’t’ like ia . membered that in the old days} | _ Bick Rogers’ part of it. They sai * Jesse had wasted no time being} <.--.... 7 a Shawas too _iraplausible. aes pleasant to cops and very few cops . a foe bad been pleasant to Jesse. It is nice to consider that in a matter of almost 60 years the manners of the rough old world have improved. ; The statute of limitations on: Ly potoreasect~ -qmundersdoes-mot exist. and when{ ; Bob Ford shot Jesse loose from a atepladder in St. Joe, Mo., several _murder indictments were outstand- ing against him. Many of the popu- lace—those who were not trying to call the United States marshal— mdered that the resurrected, Mr. sg uerneimes should call attention to tem. . athe 7 ; 7 ut, come to think about it, J SBE memes ee ag Be mene —_ ance ; vy, Svi6 in no danger, Most of the wit- wt a "(nesses are dead and without wit-! rn