The coordinates listed for this geocache is for the Jesse James
Birthplace. Go to the Jesse James Birthplace geocache site to get
the real coordinates for this geocache.
Frank James and his brother, Jesse, had been notorious outlaws,
defying all law and authority ever since the war. Jesse James was
killed by one of the band, Bob Ford, on the third day of April,
1882, and Frank, tired of being hunted by detectives, surrendered
to Thomas T. Crittenden, Governor of Missouri.
Three days were consumed in the argument of the
counsel for State and defense when the jury returned the following
verdict:
"State of Missouri vs. Frank James—murder:
We, the jury in the above entitled cause, find the defendant not
guilty as charged in the indictment."
(Signed,) WM. T. RICHARDSON, FOREMAN
The last thirty years of Frank James 's life saw him not as an
illustrious outlaw but as a farmer, shoe salesman, race track
starter, and circus man
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