December 4, 1881 James Gang member, Dick Liddil, comes down for breakfast at the Bolton home, just east of Richmond, Missouri. He is soon joined by Robert Ford. Widow Martha Bolton (Ford’s sister) makes breakfast in the small kitchen. Jesse James’ cousin, Wood Hite, has been staying at the Bolton farm for several days. He arrived from Kentucky, where the James brothers have been dodgi


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