Perpetrator
Frank James
- Born
- 10 January 1843
- Died
- 18 February 1915, aged about 72
- Record
- Wikidata Q711243 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang
Jesse's elder brother; escaped Northfield, surrendered to Governor Crittenden in October 1882 and was acquitted at trial in 1883.
1876–1882 · Northfield, Minnesota, and St. Joseph, Missouri · Killed before trial
Northfield's townspeople broke the James-Younger gang in seven minutes in 1876. Six years later a new recruit shot Jesse James in his own parlour. Read the case.
Dated events
Jesse Woodson James is born in Clay County, Missouri.
The robbery of the Daviess County Savings Association at Gallatin, in which cashier John Sheets is killed, first makes Jesse James a public figure.
A Pinkerton night raid on the James-Samuel farm kills Jesse's half-brother Archie and maims his mother.
Jesse James's new gang robs a train at Glendale, Missouri.
Robert Ford shoots Jesse James in the back of the head at the house in St. Joseph.
Frank James surrenders to Governor Crittenden in Jefferson City.