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Bob, Henrietta, Cole and Jim Younger

Group picture of Robert, Henrietta, Cole and James Younger. After the Civil war, the brothers formed the James-Younger gang with Frank and Jesse James. The gang was centered in the state of Missouri. Their crimes began in 1866 but dissolved in 1876, after the capture of the Younger brothers in Minnesota after the ill-fated attempt to rob the Northfield First National Bank. The James brothers made it back to Missouri, but the three Youngers did not. They and another gang member, Charlie Pitts, waged a gun battle with a local posse in a wooded ravine west of Madelia, Minnesota. Pitts was killed, and Cole, Jim, and Bob Younger were badly wounded and captured. They pleaded guilty to their crimes to avoid being hanged and were sentenced to life in prison at the Stillwater Prison on November 18, 1876. Bob died in in 1889, of tuberculosis. Cole and Jim were paroled in 1901. Jim committed suicide in 1902. In 1912 Cole declared that he had become a Christian and repented of his criminal past. He died in 1916 at the age of 72.
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Bob, Henrietta, Cole and Jim Younger
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Group picture of Robert, Henrietta, Cole and James Younger. After the Civil war, the brothers formed the James-Younger gang with Frank and Jesse James. The gang was centered in the state of Missouri. Their crimes began in 1866 but dissolved in 1876, after the capture of the Younger brothers in Minnesota after the ill-fated attempt to rob the Northfield First National Bank. The James brothers made it back to Missouri, but the three Youngers did not. They and another gang member, Charlie Pitts, waged a gun battle with a local posse in a wooded ravine west of Madelia, Minnesota. Pitts was killed, and Cole, Jim, and Bob Younger were badly wounded and captured. They pleaded guilty to their crimes to avoid being hanged and were sentenced to life in prison at the Stillwater Prison on November 18, 1876. Bob died in in 1889, of tuberculosis. Cole and Jim were paroled in 1901. Jim committed suicide in 1902. In 1912 Cole declared that he had become a Christian and repented of his criminal past. He died in 1916 at the age of 72.
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3395 x 4500 px | 43.7 MB
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28.7 x 38.1 cm | 11.3 x 15.0 in (300 dpi)
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