Volume 18 , Issue 17

NW Okie's Journey

Was it really Jesse James, a legendary gunman, shot in the back, or did he escape capture and live to a ripe old age, living around Lawton, Oklahoma? Who was Jesse James?

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Walking With Sweet Silly Sadie

In 1948 Joe Hunter, of Lawton, Oklahoma, found a brass bucket in the Wichitas where the James brothers allegedly buried their treasure. we went searching through old newspapers archives for information concerning the James brothers and found the following in The Lawton Constitution, lawton, Oklahoma, 19 May 1948, Wednesday, from frontage to page eight and beyond.

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1948, Story Behind the James Story

It was in The Lawton Constitution, Lawton, Oklahoma, dated 19 May 1948, Wednesday, page 8, that we ran across this story headlines: "The Story Behind The James Story."

As written in the Lawton Constitution, "The story of Jesse James defies imagination. The fact that The Constitution, in this edition, is scooping the world on a story destined to be carried to the far corners of the earth within the next few hours is, in itself, the realization of a newspaperman's dream."

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1948 - 1882 James Gang Exploits Retold

It was in The Lawton Constitution, Lawton, Oklahoma, dated 19 May 1948, Wednesday, page 7, we found this headline: "1882 Magazine Tells of James Gang Exploits." Full account was chronicled in old paper with the editor's note: "In an effort to refresh the memory of readers not he numerous escapades credited to the James gang, The Constitution reprints the following story taken verbatim from the September, 1882, issue of "The Police Gazette," shortly after Jesse James was purportedly killed."

Under the caption of one of the photos entitled, "Dirty Coward" is an artist's conception how Robert Ford shot Jesse James while the latter was hinging a picture. The picture was copied from an 1882 issue of the Police Gazette. As it turns out that it was Charley Bigelow who was killed instead of Jesse James.

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1948 - Jesse Is Alive In Lawton, Oklahoma

It was in The Lawton Constitution, Lawton, Oklahoma, dated 19 May 1948, Wednesday, page 1, that big headlines read: "Jesse James Is Alive! In Lawton." Centenarian tells tale of historic ruse, written by Lindsey Whitten, Constitution staff writer.

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1948 Affidavits Submitted to Verify Outlaw's Claim

The Lawton Constitution, Lawton, Oklahoma, 19 May 1948, Wednesday, page 1, reported an affidavit supporting that J. Frank Dalton was the legendary outlaw Jesse James. The affidavit was signed and published 24 April 1948.

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Quantrill's Raiders (Quantrill's Guerrillas) 1861-1865

Quantrill's Raiders were the best known of the pro Confederate partisan rangers (bushwhackers) who fought in the American Civil War. Their leader was William Quantrill and they included Jesse James and His brother Frank.

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