In the spring of 1882, Jesse Woodson James, a male of 34 years, was living in a small house in Saint-Joseph, Missouri, with his wife and two children under the alias of Tom Howard. His life as one of America's most notorious outlaws, a leader of the James-Younger Gang known for robbing banks and trains, had forced him into a clandestine existence. By this time, the original gang was largely dismantled, with most members either dead or imprisoned, and Governor Tom Crittenden of Missouri had offer
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