This Month
in the history of
JESSE & FRANK JAMES

May 3, 1922

Fannie Quantrill Samuel (Hall), half-sister of Jesse & Franks, dies.

May 6, 1884

Charlie Ford, co-conspirator, with his brother Bob, in the murder of Jesse James
commits suicide near Richmond, Missouri.

May 27, 1873

Ste. Genevieve, Missouri Savings Association is robbed of $4,000.

June 2, 1871

Corydon, Iowa bank robbed of $6,000. James-Younger gang interrupts speaker Henry Dean Clay
to announce the robbery.

June 8, 1892

Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James is killed in his saloon at Creede, Colorado
by Ed O'Kelly.

June 10, 1874

Jesse James writes a letter to ex-guerilla James Vaughn denying any role in the murder
of James/Samuel neighbor Daniel Askew, who was believed to have taken part in the Pinkerton
raid on the James/Samuel farm.

June 15, 1902

Dot Evans Ford, widow of Bob Ford, commits suicide in Durango, Colorado.

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