In the September 2018 issue of True West, the excellent article on the James-Younger Gang’s attempt to rob the Northfield, Minnesota, bank doesn’t say who shot cashier Joseph Heywood. Who did it?
Dr. Ron Nierenberg
Marietta, Georgia
There are different opinions about who was in the bank. Marley Brant, a noted Younger brothers authority, says Frank and Jesse James and Bob Younger entered the bank, while Bill Stiles (Bill Chadwell), Jim Younger and Charlie Pitts provided cover at the bridge

True West April 2019
In This Issue:
Features
- The Lone Star Line
- Lewis and Clark’s Big Sky Country
- Kansas’s Highways of History
- Rocky Mountain Gold
- Kevin Costner
- The Legendary Maney Gault
- Trails, Rails, and Automobiles
- Zip Zapped!
- The Forgotten Hero
- Frank Hamer vs. Bonnie and Clyde
- Mormon Handcarts Track Across Wyoming
- Crossfire
- A Texas Ranger Earns His Spurs
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
Departments
- What History Has Taught Me: Mary Doria Russell
- Who Repaired the Telegraph Lines if They Were Down and How Long Did it Take to Fix Them?
- How Often were Wagon Trains Attacked by Indians?
- How Did Men and Women Keep Their Hats on When Riding Fast or in High Wind?
- Zip Zapped!
- Colts For the Other Buffalo Bill
- Wranglers are Seldom Shown or Mentioned in Westerns. Did the Cowboys Take Turns at that or was it a Full-time Job during a Cattle Drive?
- Standing Bear’s Trials to Indian Rights
- The Heart of Willcox
- I Found a Portrait of my Great-Great Grandfather Holding a Cocked Revolver, circa 1870s. Was That Common?
- The Western Auction of the Year
- Who Shot Joseph Heywood?
- A Faithfully Tasty Holiday
- The Bullet, Not the Ballot Box