Jesse James Biography

Death Biography, according to some historians, American robber Jesse James nicknamed Dingus was Robin Hood of the 19th century, who took wealth from financial institutions and large companies in favor of residents of the southern states affected in the civil war. But the majority is inclined to the fact that he was a banal criminal who became the hero of the films "Lucky Luke" and "Cleaning".

Childhood and youth Life Way Jesson James began on September 5 in Missouri, where he, together with his older brother Frank and younger sister, Suzan Lavinia lived on a rich hemp farm and was brought up in a Baptist family. Parents who were wealthy slaveholders and founders of the college in the town of Liberty, shortly after the birth of the last child, succumbed to the influence of gold fever.

And after the majority of the inhabitants of the Middle West, his father went to California, where he died soon when Jesse was at the age of 3 years. Embed from getty images Jesse James and his brother Frank with his mother, the widowed mother later married men with respectable income and, giving birth to four more children in these marriages, was engaged in housekeeping and growing tobacco.

And at the beginning of the Civil War, when the eldest son of James returned from the service in the army of the Confederates and took part in the partisan movement, the military raided the farm and greatly beat the young Jesse, trying to find out the location of his brother.

Personal life against the backdrop of perfect atrocities of James's personal life was of little interest to American historians, in his biography it is only mentioned that he was married. A wedding with a cousin named Goreld Amanda Mims took place on April 24. For a fairly short period of time, four children were born in this marriage. James joined the illegal unit of Fletch Taylor in the middle of the x and connected his own biography with criminals who robbed the allied trains and brutally dealt with innocent people.

Risking his life, the young man took part in the bloody massacre that occurred in Sentaril, where 24 unarmed soldiers died, and became one of Major Johnson, who fought in Missouri. In the spring of the year, Jesse became a member of the partisan group of Archie Clement and, after a severe wound in the chest, received in a collision with the cavalry patrol, at some point wanted to surrender to the authorities.

But having adjusted his health in the boarding house a relative, he flatly refused this decision and at the end of the civil war began to commit crimes again. According to rumors and photographs discovered in the American archives, James, together with his brother Frank, defeated dozens of federal banks in peacetime, and the first of the many goals was the financial institution of the Clay district.

Embed from Getty images Jesse James robs the train and in the middle of the X, a native of Missouri united with the Younger brothers and a robber named Kell Miller and defeated the shopping tents at the Kanzas City Fair, launched the train in Texas. The Agency of Allan Pinkerton began hunting for the famous criminal. Their efforts were unsuccessful, as Jesse calculated all the actions and did not want to go to the prison of Alcatraz.

In the year, after an unsuccessful attack on the first National Bank in Norfield, the authorities caught and destroyed the ordinary members of the James gang, and the leader, together with his brother Frank, left for Tennessee. And after some time, Jesse robbed shops in the districts of Adams and Jefferson and decided to recruit new associates in his hometown in Missouri.

Death in the early xs of James's proxies were professional killers Charlie and Robert Ford, who, in addition to participating in the robberies, performed the functions of family defenders. They betrayed the leader and the employer and wanted to hand him to the governor Thomas T. Crithentden, who appointed solid cash prizes behind the criminal's head. As a result, on April 3, in the house where the wife and children of James lived, Bob Ford shot a revolver to the head of Jesse, who serenely corrected the picture on the wall.

As a result, the bullet, which struck the brain of the famous criminal, caused a sudden death, and the killer hoping for the award was sentenced to execute through hanging. The inhabitants of America were violently responded to the death of the robber and decided to perpetuate his name and personality, creating a house-museum in St. Joseph. And in the 20th century, he became the hero of a number of literary works and adaptations, as well as a character of cultural events, folk holidays and festivals.