The Northfield TragedyALABAMA.Reading editionChapter navigation92 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterLAYING OUT THE WORK.A MURDER PLANNED.JESSE JAMES RECOGNIZED.NORTHFIELDTHIS EVENTFUL DAY.THE BATTLETHE BRAVE GIRLAPPALLING, SICKENING, TRAGEDY“THROW UP YOUR HANDS,”VILLIANS WILL BE BAFFLED,HIS LIFE BLOOD STAINING THE DESKRED HANDED MURDERERS.TELEGRAPH WAS SET AT WORK,THE DEAD BANDITS.IDENTIFICATION.BILL STYLES,CLELL MILLER.SCENE OF THE BLOODY ENCOUNTERLIVELY FUSILADEMR. F. WILCOX'S STATEMENT.BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT.SACRIFICE HIS LIFE“MURDER!”“THE GAME'S UP.”SAVAGE BLOODTHIRSTY PROPENSITYTHE BANK,HEYWOOD'S DEATH WOUND.MR. E. E. BUNKER'S STORY.NICHOLAS GUSTAVSON.THE INQUEST.THE ROBBER HUNT.A NEW DEPARTURE.THE CAPTURE.JOSEPH LEE HEYWOOD,THE CAPTORS.SHERIFF JAMES GLISPINCAPT. WILLIAM W. MURPHY,COL. THOMAS L. VOUGHT,GEORGE BRADFORD,BENJAMIN M. RICEJAMES SEVERSON,CHARLES POMEROYOSCAR OLESON SUBORN,THE YOUNGER FAMILY.THE CHILDREN.THOMAS COLEMAN YOUNGER.WHOLESALE KILLING.AS A FOOT-PAD AND ROBBERJAMES H. YOUNGER.ROBERT E. YOUNGER.CHARLES PITTS.THE JAMES BROTHERS.NAMES OF CONTRIBUTORS.MASSACHUSETTS.NEW YORK.MISSOURI.TENNESSEE.OHIO.MICHIGAN.INDIANA.ILLINOIS.MAINE.VERMONT.ARKANSAS.CALIFORNIA.COLORADO.DAKOTA TERRITORY.NEW HAMPSHIRE.TEXAS.RHODE ISLAND.CONNECTICUT.PENNSYLVANIA.IOWA.KANSAS.MARYLAND.CANADA.KENTUCKY.ALABAMA.SOUTH CAROLINA.MISSISSIPPI.NEW JERSEY.MINNESOTA.WISCONSIN.DELAWARE.WEST VIRGINIA.VIRGINIA.LOUISIANA.GEORGIA.UTAHOREGON.Collected by a Committee of Associated Banks in Boston, Massachusetts. H. W. PICKERING, Chairman.Previous chapter ←KENTUCKY.Next chapter →SOUTH CAROLINA.All chapters and sections (92)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsLAYING OUT THE WORK.A MURDER PLANNED.JESSE JAMES RECOGNIZED.NORTHFIELDTHIS EVENTFUL DAY.THE BATTLETHE BRAVE GIRLAPPALLING, SICKENING, TRAGEDY“THROW UP YOUR HANDS,”VILLIANS WILL BE BAFFLED,HIS LIFE BLOOD STAINING THE DESKRED HANDED MURDERERS.TELEGRAPH WAS SET AT WORK,THE DEAD BANDITS.IDENTIFICATION.BILL STYLES,CLELL MILLER.SCENE OF THE BLOODY ENCOUNTERLIVELY FUSILADEMR. F. WILCOX'S STATEMENT.BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT.SACRIFICE HIS LIFE“MURDER!”“THE GAME'S UP.”SAVAGE BLOODTHIRSTY PROPENSITYTHE BANK,HEYWOOD'S DEATH WOUND.MR. E. E. BUNKER'S STORY.NICHOLAS GUSTAVSON.THE INQUEST.THE ROBBER HUNT.A NEW DEPARTURE.THE CAPTURE.JOSEPH LEE HEYWOOD,THE CAPTORS.SHERIFF JAMES GLISPINCAPT. WILLIAM W. MURPHY,COL. THOMAS L. VOUGHT,GEORGE BRADFORD,BENJAMIN M. RICEJAMES SEVERSON,CHARLES POMEROYOSCAR OLESON SUBORN,THE YOUNGER FAMILY.THE CHILDREN.THOMAS COLEMAN YOUNGER.WHOLESALE KILLING.AS A FOOT-PAD AND ROBBERJAMES H. YOUNGER.ROBERT E. YOUNGER.CHARLES PITTS.THE JAMES BROTHERS.NAMES OF CONTRIBUTORS.MASSACHUSETTS.NEW YORK.MISSOURI.TENNESSEE.OHIO.MICHIGAN.INDIANA.ILLINOIS.MAINE.VERMONT.ARKANSAS.CALIFORNIA.COLORADO.DAKOTA TERRITORY.NEW HAMPSHIRE.TEXAS.RHODE ISLAND.CONNECTICUT.PENNSYLVANIA.IOWA.KANSAS.MARYLAND.CANADA.KENTUCKY.ALABAMA.SOUTH CAROLINA.MISSISSIPPI.NEW JERSEY.MINNESOTA.WISCONSIN.DELAWARE.WEST VIRGINIA.VIRGINIA.LOUISIANA.GEORGIA.UTAHOREGON.Collected by a Committee of Associated Banks in Boston, Massachusetts. H. W. PICKERING, Chairman.City National Bank Selma $10◇← KENTUCKY.SOUTH CAROLINA. →