| Kansas City Times April 11, 1882 |
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| Frank James whereabouts continued to remain unknown after the killing of his brother Jesse James on April 3, 1882 by fellow gang member Bob Ford. The 16 year old son of Frank James, according to the Kansas City Times, was living out in west Kansas with his mother. Like the elusive James gang the identity of this son would remain unknown. The James gang had operated successful under it's cloak of secret from its first robbery in February, 1866 until December, 1869. The horse traced back to Clay county in 1869 would place a name on the gang. Frank James spent very little time at the farm home of his mother in Clay county, Missouri. He would come and go in Clay county but his whereabouts during the early years as his gang operated is most likely not all accounted for, nor has all of the movement of the James gang ever been revealed or uncovered. Zerelda Samuel James sumed it up quiet well during an interview with Robertus Love. That interview took place before Frank left on his wild west show. Frank had again only briefly stayed at the farm. According to his mother, Frank James was only there four months and it had been the longest time spent at the James farm since before the war. Robertus Love included this interview in his book "Rise and fall of Jesse James" by Blue Ribbon Books, 1926. |
| Copy of Orginial newspaper article, Kansas City Times, April 11, 1882 |
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