Biography
According to some historians, the American robber Jesse James named Dingus was Robin Hood XIX century, who beat the wealth of financial institutions and large companies in favor of residents of the southern states affected by the Civil War. But the majority leans to the fact that he was a banal criminal who became the hero of the films "Lucky Luke" and "purgatory".Childhood and youth
Jesse Woodson James's life path began on September 5, 1847 in Missouri, where he, together with the older brother Frank and the younger sister Susan Lavinius lived on a rich cannal farm and raised in the Baptist family.
Parents, formerly wealthy slave owners and college founders in the town of Liberty, soon after the birth of the last child succumbed to the influence of the Golden Fever. And after most residents of the Midwest, the father went to California, where he soon died when Jesse was aged 3 years.
Embed from getty imagesThe widowed mother then married men with a solid income and, having born four more children in these marriages, was engaged in household and tobacco growing. And at the beginning of the Civil War, when the eldest son of James returned from service in the army of confederates and took part in the partisan movement, the military raked the farm and beat the young Jessie very much, trying to find out the location of the brother.
Personal life
Against the background of perfect atrocities, James's personal life was little interested in American historians, only the fact that he was married was mentioned in his biography. The wedding with KUZIN named Amanda MIMS took place on April 24, 1874. For a fairly short period of time, four children were born in this marriage.Crime
In the mid-1860s, James joined the illegal division of the Taylor Flelet and tied his own biography with criminals who robbed allies' cash trains and severely straightened with innocent people. Risching life, the young man took part in a bloody massacre that occurred in Sentaria, where 24 naked soldiers were killed, and became one of the murderers of Masino Johnson who fought in Missouri.
In the spring of 1865, Jesse became a member of the partisan group of Archie Clement and after severe injured in the chest obtained from a collision with the cavalry patrol, at some point wanted to surrender to the authorities. But by adjusting the health in the pension of the relative, flatly refused to decide and at the end of the civil war began to commit crimes again.
According to rumors and photographs found in American archives, James, together with Brother Frank, defeated dozens of federal banks in peacetime, and the first of numerous goals was the financial institution of Clai district.
Embed from getty imagesAnd in the mid-1970s, a native Missouri united with the Brothers Yanger and the robber named Kell Miller and defeated the trading tents at the Fair in Kansas City, allowed the train, who followed Texas. Agency Allan Pinketon Beginning Hunt for the famous criminal. Their efforts were not crowned with success, because Jessie calculated all actions and did not want to go to Alcatrass prison.
In 1976, after an unsuccessful attack on the first national bank, in Norfield, the authorities caught and destroyed ordinary members of the James gang, and the leader, together with Brother Frank, went to the territory of Tennessee. After some time, Jessie robbed the stores in Adams and Jefferson districts and decided to recruit new comrades in his hometown in Missouri.
Death
In the early 1980s, James's trusted persons were Charlie's professional killers and Robert Fords, who, in addition to participating in robbers, served as family defenders.
They betrayed the leader and employer and wanted to give him to the governor of Thomas T. Crittendenu, who had a solid cash premium for the head of the criminal.
As a result, on April 3, 1882, in the house where the wife and children of James lived, Bob Ford shot from the revolver in the head of Jesse, a serenely corrected picture on the wall. As a result, the bullet, striking the brain of the famous criminal, was the cause of sustainable death, and the killer, who hoped at the award, was sentenced to hanging.
The inhabitants of America burly reacted 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 decrees, as well as a character of cultural events, folk holidays and festivals.