Did the Ford Brothers ever get the reward money on Jesse James?
Joe Manriquez (Whittier, California)
Missouri Governor Thomas T. Crittenden raised $10,000 from the railroads in hopes it would encourage Jesse’s men to betray him. But Bob Ford only got $600 to cover expenses, mostly because of the uproar over shooting Jesse in the back of the head.
The well-circulated Illustrated Police News of April 15, 1882, helpe
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