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MY NAME IS JESSE JAMES,

AND THIS IS MY TRUE STORY
AS IT'S NEVER BEEN TOLD.

WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON
OUT HERE?!

YOU STAND STILL, OR I'LL BLOW
THE TOP OF YOUR DAMN HEAD OFF.

IF A SHOT IS FIRED
FROM THIS CAR,

I WILL KILL
THE CONDUCTOR!

WE'RE NOT THIEVES.
WE ARE BOLD ROBBERS.

NOW, NOW, WHY DON'T YOU PASS ME
THAT PISTOL?

JESSE JAMES WAS THE REBEL
WHO NEVER SURRENDERED.

James:
I WAS A SIMPLE SOUTHERN BOY,
DRAWN INTO WAR

AND FORCED TO ANSWER VIOLENCE
WITH VENGEANCE.

LATER,
I FOUGHT FOR MY OWN CAUSE

AND HIT MY ENEMIES
WHERE IT HURT THE MOST.

Gomber: THEY TOOK EVERYTHING
THAT WASN'T NAILED DOWN,

AND IT WENT ON FOR YEARS.

James: I ELUDED THE NATION'S
TOP DETECTIVES,

ONLY TO BE BETRAYED
BY ONE OF MY OWN.

Hansen: JESSE MUST HAVE HEARD
THE CLICKS...

[ GUN COCKS ]
...BUT DIDN'T TURN.

MA'AM.
James: I AM A HERO TO SOME,

A VILLAIN TO OTHERS,

AND REMEMBERED BY ALL.

AND EVEN TODAY, PEOPLE NAME
THEIR KIDS AFTER JESSE JAMES.

Bell: JESSE JAMES IS AN ICON
BECAUSE ENOUGH PEOPLE BELIEVE

THAT WHAT HE WAS DOING
WAS FOR A LOST CAUSE,

AND THAT HE REALLY DID HAVE
POOR PEOPLE IN MIND

AND WANTED TO HELP THEM.

GOD BLESS YOU, AMERICA.

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Hansen: THERE WAS A FEELING
THAT JESSE JAMES WAS PSYCHIC.

WE WOULD SAY HE HAD EYES
IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD,

THAT THERE WAS NO WAY

THAT YOU COULD KILL
OR CAPTURE HIM ONE ON ONE,

AND EVEN A WHOLE GANG OF PERSONS
COULDN'T DO IT.

THERE WAS A MYTH
THAT HAD GROWN UP ABOUT HIM,

THAT HE WAS STRONGER, SMARTER,
AND WAY TOO ALERT.

ALSO, THERE WAS A SENSE
OF HIM ACTUALLY NOT SLEEPING.

HE WAS AN INSOMNIAC.

BUT THE REPUTATION WAS
THAT HE JUST DIDN'T SLEEP,

SO THAT IF YOU TRIED
TO SNEAK UP ON HIM,

YOU'D FIND HIM ALREADY AWAKE

AND SITTING THERE
WITH A GUN IN HIS HAND.

James:
NINE YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR,

AMERICA IS STILL
A DEEPLY DIVIDED NATION.

IN THE FORMER
CONFEDERATE STATES,

OUR SOUTHERN PRIDE
IS AS STRONG AS EVER.

BUT NOW IT IS TINGED
WITH SHAME AND RESENTMENT.

THE SOUTH IS HUNGRY
FOR A NEW SET OF HEROES,

PROUD REBELS WHO AREN'T AFRAID
TO CHALLENGE

THE YANKEE STRANGLEHOLD ON
OUR COMMERCE AND OUR FREEDOMS.

WE ARE THOSE HEROES.

Boessenecker:
SOUTHERNERS REMEMBERED
THE ANTEBELLUM PERIOD

AS A TIME OF GREAT HONOR
AND GREAT CHIVALRY.

JESSE JAMES WAS A LIVING
REMINDER OF THIS LOST CAUSE.

Hansen:
HE WAS PERCEIVED AS A PERSON

WHO WAS CARRYING OUT,
RIGHTFULLY, THE CIVIL WAR.

FOR HIM,
THE CIVIL WAR NEVER ENDED,

AND FOR A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE,

THEY THOUGHT
THAT THEY CAPITULATED TOO SOON,

THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE CONTINUED.

SO THEY THOUGHT OF HIM
AS THEIR CHAMPION.

James: WHILE THE OLD SOUTH
IS LICKING ITS WOUNDS,

THE NEW WEST IS EMERGING
AS A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.

MY HOME STATE OF MISSOURI

LIES AT THE CROSSROADS
OF THESE TWO WORLDS.

THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS
ARE FLOWING THROUGH

ON THEIR WAY WESTWARD
FROM THE EAST AND EUROPE.

NEW TOWNS ARE POPPING UP,

AND RAILROADS
ARE STRINGING THEM TOGETHER.

AND THAT MEANS MONEY IS FLOWING
ON THE RAILS --

YANKEE MONEY.

Bell:
IT WAS JUST TOO TEMPTING.

AND OF COURSE THE PEOPLE
IN THE SOUTH HATED THE BANKS --

MOST OF THE BANKS --

'CAUSE THEY WERE OWNED
BY YANKEES --

AND CERTAINLY THE RAILROADS.

AND SO THERE WAS NO LOVE LOST
THERE.

ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES
THAT JESSE AND FRANK HAD IS

THAT, AFTER THE ROBBERY,
MOST OF THE PEOPLE DIDN'T CARE.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY
KIND OF ROOTING FOR JESSE.

AND SO THAT WAS A HUGE ADVANTAGE
FOR THEM.

James:
NO ONE IS DOING MORE

TO DISRUPT THE YANKEES'
POSTWAR BUSINESS INTERESTS

THAN US BOYS.

IN 1874,
WE ARE AT THE TOP OF OUR GAME.

KNOWN FAR AND WIDE
AS THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG,

WE'RE NAMED
FOR OUR TWO FOUNDING FAMILIES,

THE JAMESES --
ME AND MY BROTHER, FRANK --

AND THE FOUR YOUNGER BROTHERS --
COLE, JIM, JOHN, AND BOB.

TO OUR NEIGHBORS,
WE ARE FREEDOM FIGHTERS,

A BAND OF ROBIN HOODS

CONTINUING THE GOOD FIGHT
AGAINST THE YANKEES.

NOW, NOW, WHY DON'T YOU
PASS ME THAT PISTOL,

YOU SON OF A BITCH?

IT'S NICE TO BE LOVED,
BUT BETTER TO BE RICH.

SAFE KEY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

Gooch:
I THINK THE GADS HILL ROBBERY

SHOWS HOW GOOD THEY COULD BE.

THEY HAD OBVIOUSLY
SCOUTED THE PLACE WELL.

THEY PICKED
AN EXCELLENT LOCATION --

A RURAL AREA, NO COMMUNICATION,
NOT GONNA BE ANY INTERFERENCE.

THAT'S RIGHT, BILL.
TAKE YOUR TIME.

WE'RE IN NO RUSH
THIS AFTERNOON.

[ CHUCKLES ]

Gardner: THEIR PRIME VICTIM
ARE EXPRESS COMPANIES,

LIKE THE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY,
THE U.S. EXPRESS COMPANY,

BECAUSE THEY HAVE SAFES
IN THE EXPRESS CARS.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY

THAT'S BEING TRANSFERRED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS KEPT.

SO, THAT'S THE FIRST PLACE
THEY HIT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

IF YOU HAD NOT
ALREADY DETERMINED,

THIS IS A ROBBERY.

YOU COULD HELP US OUT RIGHT NOW
BY SHOWING ME YOUR HANDS.

RIGHT NOW, SIR.

SOMETIMES, IF THERE'S NOT
A LOT OF MONEY IN THE SAFE,

THE NEXT PLACE
IS THE PASSENGERS.

UH-OH.
GOT ONE.

Hansen: THEY GO THROUGH
THE PASSENGER CAR,

ASK THEM TO SHOW THEIR HANDS

TO INDICATE WHETHER
THEY'RE MANUAL LABORERS OR NOT,

USING THAT TO JUSTIFY

WHETHER THEY'RE GOING
TO ROB THAT PERSON OR NOT.

SOMETIMES HE WOULD ASK
THE QUESTION,

"WHO HERE IS A PREACHER'S SON?

WHO HERE FOUGHT
IN THE CIVIL WAR?"

AND ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS.

AND "WHO'S A WIDOW
OF A SOLDIER?"

AND WHEN THE HANDS WENT UP,

THEY WOULDN'T ROB
FROM THAT PERSON.

LIGHTEN THE LOAD
FOR THESE LADIES.

Gooch: EACH OF THEM WOULD HAVE
CONDUCTED THEMSELVES DIFFERENT.

JESSE, BEING THE LIGHTHEARTED,
DEVIL-MAY-CARE ONE,

HE WAS PROBABLY CRACKING JOKES
WITH THE PEOPLE.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT FRANK WAS
THE MORE INTELLIGENT OF THE TWO.

HE HAD A VOLUME OF SHAKESPEARE

THAT HE ALWAYS CARRIED
IN HIS SADDLEBAG.

HE COULD QUOTE SHAKESPEARE
AT LENGTH.

"HENRY V" WAS HIS FAVORITE.

"AND THEN TO HORSE
BEFORE DAY."

Boggs: THEY ARE VERY CONFIDENT.
THEY ARE IN A JOVIAL MOOD.

SO, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT
OF EGO STARTING TO WORK NOW,

A LITTLE BIT OF OVERCONFIDENCE.

AND IT'S GONNA COME BACK
TO HAUNT JESSE JAMES.

Higginbotham:
AT GADS HILL,

THEY ASKED IF THERE WAS
A PINKERTON ON BOARD THE TRAIN.

YOU PINKERTON?

NO.

NO?

NO.

ANY OPPORTUNITY TO CORRAL
OR CAPTURE A PINKERTON,

THAT WAS HIGH ON THE LIST
OF THE JAMES YOUNGER GANG.

YOU GOT ANY TATTOOS?
HMM?

NO, SIR.

GET HIM OUT OF HERE.

James: ALLAN PINKERTON
AND HIS DETECTIVES

CLAIM TO BE
THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS,

AND WE ARE AT THE TOP
OF THEIR MOST-WANTED LIST,

BUT WE SEE RIGHT THROUGH THEM.

Bell: THEY KNEW THAT THERE WAS
A PINKERTON AGENT ABOUT,

AND HIS NAME WAS WHICHER.

COME ON, NOW.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE
THAT FANCY SUIT OFF.

AND THE RUMOR WAS

THAT HE HAD THOSE INITIALS --
J.W.W. --

TATTOOED ON HIS NECK.

SO, THEY FOUND ONE GUY
WHO THEY THOUGHT WAS SUSPICIOUS,

AND THEY STRIPPED HIM NAKED.

FORTUNATELY FOR THE GUY,

THERE WERE
NO TATTOO MARKS THERE,

BUT THEN
THEY JUST LEFT HIM NAKED

THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN.

Boggs: JESSE HANDS SOMEONE
A PRESS RELEASE,

ANNOUNCING THAT THERE'S BEEN
A GREAT ROBBERY AT GADS HILL.

JESSE JAMES.

James:
I ALWAYS LIKED TO SAVE THE
NEWSPAPER MEN A LITTLE TROUBLE

AND WRITE THE STORY FOR THEM.

"THE SOUTHBOUND TRAIN
ON THE IRON MOUNTAIN RAILROAD

WAS ROBBED HERE THIS EVENING
BY FIVE HEAVILY ARMED MEN."

Boggs: JESSE LOVED
TO TOUT HIS OWN EXPLOITS.

YOU CAN IMAGINE A BANK ROBBER
TODAY ROBBING A BANK,

AND, AS HE'S DRIVING AWAY,

HE'S PUTTING IT
ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK,

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON
JESSE JAMES WAS.

"THERE IS
A HELL OF AN EXCITEMENT

IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY."

Man: WHOO! YAHOO!
[ CHUCKLES ]

YAHOO!

FOR US BOYS,

THE REWARDS OF ROBBERY
FAR OUTWEIGH THE RISKS.

BUT THIS AIN'T ONLY ABOUT MONEY.

IT'S ABOUT RETRIBUTION.

WE GREW UP
IN CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI,

A REGION
OF PROUD AND LOYAL CONFEDERATES,

HARD ON THE BORDER
OF BLEEDING, KANSAS,

WHICH BECAME
THE FIRST BATTLEGROUND

IN THE STRUGGLE TO DEFEND
OUR WAY OF LIFE.

BY '63, MY OLDER BROTHER, FRANK,

HAD GONE OFF
TO FIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN CAUSE.

I WANTED TO GO, TOO,
BUT AS I WAS ONLY 15,

I WAS HELD BACK TO WORK THE FARM
WITH MY MOTHER, ZERELDA,

AND MY STEPFATHER,
DR. REUBEN SAMUELS.

BY THIS TIME,

THE TIDE OF THE WAR WAS TURNING
AGAINST THE CONFEDERACY,

AND FAMILIES LIKE OURS
WERE CAUGHT IN THE CROSS HAIRS.

HEY, BOY.

WE'RE HUNTING THAT MURDEROUS
REBEL DOG, FRANK JAMES.

RECKON HE'S AROUND HERE
SOMEPLACE?

YOU'RE LOOKING
IN THE WRONG PLACE.

[ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]

Gooch: THEY HAD INFORMATION
THAT FRANK WAS AT HOME.

WHERE ARE YOU --

AND APPARENTLY
HE WAS CLOSE BY.

Man: ON YOUR KNEES.

GET UP!
COME ON, YOU OLD...

DR. SAMUELS, OF COURSE,
WOULD NOT TELL.

I'M GONNA ASK YOU AGAIN.

NO!

WHERE'S FRANK?

KISS MY ASS!

NO!

SO, THE STANDARD INTERROGATION
METHOD AT THE TIME WAS

THAT THEY'D TIE A NOOSE
AROUND HIS NECK,

THROW THE OTHER END OVER A LIMB,

HAUL HIM UP A COUPLE OF FEET,
AND LET HIM KICK AWHILE.

[ GASPING ]

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

NO!

James:
I HAD NEVER WITNESSED SUCH
BRUTALITY AND HATRED BEFORE.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS
A SEMINAL MOMENT IN HIS LIFE.

James: AFTER THAT DAY,

THERE WAS NOTHING GONNA KEEP ME
OFF THE BATTLEFIELD ANYMORE.

MY MIND WAS MADE UP.

I WAS GONNA FIND FRANK
AND JOIN THE FIGHT.

BUT I HAD A SCORE TO SETTLE
FIRST.

James:
FOR 15 YEARS,

I, JESSE JAMES, LIVED PEACEFULLY
ON MY FAMILY FARM.

BUT WHEN THE CIVIL WAR
FOUND ME...

[ GUN COCKS ]
...I WAS PREPARED TO FIGHT IT.

PRAY...

IF YOU'VE EVER PRAYED
IN YOUR LIFE,

'CAUSE YOU'VE ONLY GOT
A MINUTE TO LIVE.

BRADLEY BOND
WAS THE FIRST MAN I EVER KILLED.

HE WAS A UNION JAYHAWKER

AND A COWARD
IF THERE EVER WAS ONE.

HE CAME ONTO OUR FARM
TO INTIMIDATE OUR FAMILY,

BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW THE JAMESES.

IF SOMEONE ENDANGERS THE FAMILY,
IF SOMEONE HARMS HIM,

OR SOMEONE GETS IN HIS WAY,

THEN HE IS GOING TO RETALIATE
IMMEDIATELY.

[ GUN COCKS ]

OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS,

I CAME OF AGE FIGHTING THE
FEDERALS

WITH MY BROTHER, FRANK,
AND THE BUSHWHACKERS.

FOR A TIME, "BLOODY BILL"
ANDERSON WAS OUR LEADER.

IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE
I UNDERSTOOD HIS NICKNAME.

Hansen: BLOODY BILL ANDERSON WAS
THE WORST SORT OF GUERILLA...

HOLD UP, FELLAS.

...'CAUSE HE LOVED TO TORTURE.

HE WOULD CUT PEOPLE'S HEADS OFF.

HE WOULD CUT
ELEMENTS OF THEIR BODIES APART.

HEY,
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

[ GUNSHOTS ]

THERE WAS A MENTALITY
THAT SPREAD AMONG THE GUERILLAS

THAT ALL RULES WERE OFF.

HEY, JESSE,
THIS FELLA'S ABOUT YOUR SIZE.

AND SO I THINK
THAT MUST HAVE INFUSED

THE CHARACTER OF JESSE JAMES.

James: THE TACTICS WE LEARNED
IN THOSE RAIDS WITH BLOODY BILL

WOULD PROVE JUST AS USEFUL TO US
IN OUR LATER POSTWAR PURSUITS.

Higginbotham: THEY WOULD RIDE IN
VERY QUICKLY,

THEY WOULD ATTACK
A NUMBER OF FEDERALS,

AND THEN THEY WOULD RIDE OUT
VERY QUICKLY.

AND SO IT WAS VERY MUCH
OF A STINGING-TYPE RAID --

GET IN, DO IT QUICKLY,
AND THEN GET BACK OUT.

Gooch: THEIR FAVORITE ARM
WAS THE REVOLVER.

NOW, YOU TAKE A UNION TROOPER --
PROBABLY HAS A REVOLVER ON HIM,

PROBABLY HAS
A SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE ON HIM,

WHICH IS A GRAND TOTAL
OF ABOUT SEVEN SHOTS.

A GUERILLA
WHO HAS FOUR IN HIS BELT

AND ONE OR TWO ON HIS SADDLE --

WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES,
HE CAN PUT OUT 60, 70 SHOTS.

IT GAVE HIM
A TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE

IN A CLOSE-RANGE BATTLE.

James: DESPITE OUR SUCCESS
IN MISSOURI,

THE TIDE OF THE WAR INEVITABLY
TURNED AGAINST THE SOUTH.

AFTER THE WAR,
THOSE OF US WHO SURVIVED

WERE FORCED TO CONFRONT
A HARSH NEW REALITY --

LIFE UNDER ENEMY CONTROL.

Gooch: THE UNION ELEMENT
WAS NOW IN HIGH COMMAND.

AFTER THE WAR,
YOU COULDN'T HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE,

VOTE, PREACH FROM A PULPIT,

BE AN OFFICER
IN A PUBLICLY HELD CORPORATION

UNLESS YOU COULD PROVE THAT YOU
WERE 100% LOYAL DURING THE WAR.

SO, THEY WERE
TOTALLY DISENFRANCHISED.

BUT THEY STILL COULD HAVE
GONE BACK AND WORKED THE FARM.

OR THEY COULD HAVE MOVED
TO THE NEXT COUNTY

AND WORKED THE FARM
WHERE NOBODY KNEW THEM.

James:
THERE WAS ONE OTHER OPTION --
TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT,

BUT THIS TIME,
FOR OUR OWN CAUSE.

Hansen: I THINK JESSE LIKED
THE LIFE OF CRIME.

HE DIDN'T GO STRAIGHT

BECAUSE HE KNEW
IT WOULD BE TOO DULL FOR HIM.

HE WAS BORED BY ORDINARY LIFE,
AND HE NEEDED THAT RUSH.

HE LIKED DEALING WITH VIOLENCE
AND BEING VIOLENT HIMSELF.

THE KEYS TO SUCCESS IN ANY
VENTURE ARE TRUST AND TALENT.

I RECRUITED MEN
I KNEW TO HAVE BOTH,

STARTING WITH MY OLDER BROTHER,
FRANK.

WE HAVE OUR DISAGREEMENTS
FROM TIME TO TIME,

BUT TOGETHER,
WE COMMAND RESPECT.

FRANK WAS THE TALLEST.
HE WAS CLOSE TO SIX FEET.

JESSE WAS A LITTLE SHORTER.

SO, THEY LOOKED
REALLY DIFFERENT,

AND THEIR PERSONALITIES
WERE ALSO VERY DIFFERENT.

FRANK DIDN'T LIKE
TO DRAW ATTENTION TO HIMSELF.

HE WAS MORE CAUTIOUS,
MORE CUNNING,

WHERE JESSE HAD A LARGER EGO.

HE LIKED READING ABOUT HIMSELF

AND ABOUT WHAT HIS GANG
WAS DOING.

THE SENSE I GET,

JUST KNOWING THEIR PERSONALITIES
AND HOW THEY INTERACTED --

I WOULD SAY
FRANK WAS MORE THE PLANNER.

JESSE WAS THE EXECUTIONER.

James: TO BUILD
OUR CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE,

FRANK AND I TEAMED UP WITH
THE FOUR YOUNGER BROTHERS --

COLE, JIM, BOB, AND JOHN --

FELLOW BUSHWHACKERS
AND PROUD SOUTHERNERS

WHO ALSO HAVE ROOTS IN MISSOURI

AND BLOOD TIES
TO GENERAL LEE HIMSELF.

I THINK THE THING

THAT'S SO AMAZING
ABOUT THE JAMES BROTHERS --

AND THE YOUNGERS, REALLY --

IS THAT THEY BASICALLY CAME
FROM PRETTY GOOD FAMILIES,

BUT THEY BASICALLY WENT
TO COLLEGE

ON HOW TO TORTURE PEOPLE
AND KILL PEOPLE

AND PILLAGE AND PLUNDER.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF
THE GENGHIS KHAN PhD

THAT THEY ENDED UP WITH.

IT'S VERY EASY TO LEARN
HOW TO KILL PEOPLE, OKAY,

ONCE YOU GET
THE MENTALITY OF THAT.

THE PROBLEM IS,
HOW DO YOU TURN THAT OFF?

AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR,
THEY COULDN'T TURN IT OFF.

James: WE MADE OUR FIRST
BIG SCORE IN 1866,

WHEN WE RELIEVED THE CLAY COUNTY
SAVINGS BANK OF $60,000.

NO, NO, NO. BACK INSIDE.
BE SMART.

BACK INSIDE!

Gooch:
THEY QUIETLY RIDE INTO TOWN.

THEY POSTED SENTRIES ALL AROUND.

IN CASE THERE WAS TROUBLE,
THEY HAD EVERYTHING BLOCKED OFF.

A COUPLE OF THEM GO IN.

APPROXIMATELY $60,000 --

AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT
THAT WOULD BE IN MODERN TERMS,

BUT IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY,
OF COURSE, EVEN THEN.

James: BY THE EARLY 1870s,

WE WERE TAKING OUR ACT
ON THE ROAD

AND GAINING
A FEARSOME REPUTATION

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

AH, IT DOES SMELL KIND OF GOOD,
I SUPPOSE. HEY.

I TOLD YOU WE'D GET SOME MONEY
AT THE END OF THIS THING,

DIDN'T I?

YES, I DID.

Boggs: JESSE JAMES IS NOT
JUST A MISSOURI OUTLAW.

HE'S GONNA GO INTO KANSAS.

HE'S GONNA GO INTO ALABAMA,
WEST VIRGINIA.

IOWA, DOWN ON INTO MISSISSIPPI
AND KENTUCKY, INTO THAT AREA.

THEY TOOK EVERYTHING THAT WASN'T
NAILED DOWN, ESSENTIALLY,

AND IT WENT ON FOR YEARS.

ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I FIND FASCINATING

ABOUT THE JAMES GANG
AND THEIR TECHNIQUES IS --

AND YOU DON'T SEE THIS
IN THE MOVIES.

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

BUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS
THEY WOULD GO INTO TOWN AS BUMS,

AND THEY WOULD LITERALLY HAVE ON
RAGGED CLOTHING.

AND THEN
WHEN THEY WOULD ROB THE BANK

AND THEY WOULD GO OUT OF TOWN,

AND THEY WOULD CHANGE OUT OF
THAT INTO SOME FINE CLOTHING,

SO THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
THE DESCRIPTIONS WOULD BE OFF.

AND THEY WENT THROUGH
MANY POSSES THAT WAY

BECAUSE THEY WERE SO SMART
IN THEIR DISGUISES.

SOME EDITORS CALL US THIEVES.

WE'RE NOT THIEVES.
WE'RE BOLD ROBBERS.

IT HURTS ME VERY MUCH
TO BE CALLED A THIEF.

IT MAKES ME FEEL
LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT ME

ON A PAR
WITH GRANT AND HIS PARTY.

WE ARE BOLD ROBBERS.

AND I AM PROUD OF THE NAME.

AS REPORTS OF OUR ROBBERIES
REACHED CHICAGO BY TELEGRAPH,

THEY CAUGHT THE ATTENTION

OF AMERICA'S SO-CALLED PREMIER
PRIVATE DETECTIVE,

ALLAN PINKERTON.

MR. PINKERTON,
MESSAGE FROM MISSOURI.

MR. WHICHER IS STILL WAITING
FOR YOU.

VERY WELL.
SEND HIM.

Hutton:
ALLAN PINKERTON, OF COURSE,
HAD MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF

AS A DETECTIVE
FOR RAILROADS IN ILLINOIS,

WHERE HE HAD COME
TO THE ATTENTION

OF A RAILROAD LAWYER
NAMED ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR,

HE HAD, IN FACT,
FORMED THE SECRET SERVICE.

AND HE OFTEN PROVIDED BODYGUARDS
FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLN,

ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY NOT THE NIGHT
LINCOLN WENT TO FORD'S THEATER.

Hansen: ALLAN PINKERTON,
LIKE J. EDGAR HOOVER, LATER,

JUST FOCUSED ON A FEW
OF THE TOP-10 CRIMINALS

AND THOUGHT
IF HE GOT RID OF THEM,

CRIME WOULD DIE DOWN,

AND IT WOULD BE SAFE
TO CIVILIZE THE STATE.

SO, HE HAD A KIND OF VENDETTA
OF HIS OWN AGAINST JESSE JAMES,

WHO WAS KIND OF
A THORN IN HIS SIDE,

WHO HE WANTED TO ELIMINATE
IN SOME WAY.

James: AFTER WE ROBBED
THE GADS HILL TRAIN IN 1874,

THE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY,
WHO OWNED ITS SAFE,

HIRED PINKERTON
TO HUNT US DOWN.

I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY

THE DETECTIVE UNDERESTIMATED
WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL.

YOU A PINKERTON?

Higginbotham:
ALLAN PINKERTON HAD A FAIRLY
GOOD DETECTIVE NETWORK

THAT HE THOUGHT
WAS THE BEST IN THE NATION.

AND HE SAID, "BY GOLLY,

"THOSE MISSOURI BOYS
AIN'T GONNA GET ONE OVER ON ME,

AND I'M GONNA SEND MY BEST
AGENTS DOWN TO GET THEM."

James:
OUR CASE WAS ASSIGNED TO AN
AGENT NAMED JOSEPH W. WHICHER,

A MAN AS NAIVE
AS THE MISSISSIPPI IS LONG.

MR. PINKERTON
WILL SEE YOU NOW.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

OF COURSE.

HOW CAN I BE OF SERVICE?

JUST SOME RIFFRAFF IN MISSOURI
TO ROUND UP.

WON'T TAKE YOU LONG,
I IMAGINE.

HIS PLAN WAS, HE WAS
GOING TO FOOL THE JAMES BOYS.

AND THE WAY
HE WAS GONNA DO IT WAS,

HE WAS GONNA POSE --
KIND OF A LABOR KIND OF A GUY.

WELL, THAT DIDN'T WORK.

HEY, BOY.
JAMES FARM DOWN THIS WAY?

WHO'S ASKING?

JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION.

IT'S OVER THAT WAY.

[ CLICKS TONGUE ]

Boggs:
HE GOES TO THE LOCAL SHERIFF.

HE TELLS HIM
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.

AND THEY TELL HIM
THAT HE'S A COMPLETE IDIOT,

THAT THERE'S NO WAY

JESSE JAMES OR FRANK JAMES ARE
GOING TO TRUST ANYONE LIKE THAT.

EVEN IF JESSE AND FRANK
AREN'T HOME,

THEIR MOTHER WOULD KILL YOU
JUST AS SOON AS LOOK AT YOU.

James:
HUNTING THE JAMES BOYS

WILL PROVE TO BE THE LAST BAD
DECISION THIS AGENT EVER MAKES.

James: BY 1874, OUR GANG --
THE JAMES AND YOUNGER BOYS --

HAD GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION...

AND BROUGHT HEAT FROM AMERICA'S
SO-CALLED PREMIER PRIVATE EYES.

THAT IS JOSEPH WHICHER,

A PINKERTON AGENT WHO THOUGHT

HE COULD OUTSMART
THE JAMES BOYS...

AND A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT
HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO TRY.

Bell: ANYBODY THAT VOLUNTEERED
THE ASSIGNMENT

TO GO INTO CLAY COUNTY,
MISSOURI, AS A DOUBLE AGENT

WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR
AN EARLY EXIT FROM THIS LIFE.

AND THE PEOPLE
PROTECTING EACH OTHER THERE --

THEY COULD SMELL AN OUTSIDER
A MILE AWAY,

AND IT ENDED BADLY
FOR A LOT OF THOSE GUYS.

NOTHING IN HIS LIFE BECAME HIM
LIKE THE LEAVING OF IT.

James: WHICHER
WASN'T THE ONLY PINKERTON

WHO CHOSE TO DIE IN CLAY COUNTY.

"A SPECIAL
FROM KEARNEY, MISSOURI --

"ANOTHER PINKERTON DETECTIVE
KILLED BY THE JAMES GANG.

"THE VICTIM WAS FOUND DEAD,
COVERED WITH BLOOD,

"ON A ROAD FOUR MILES EAST
OF ELKHORN, RAY COUNTY,

"A CARD CROSSED WITH BLOOD,
PINNED TO HIS COAT,

"AND INSCRIBED,
'THIS SHALL BE THE FATE

"OF ALL PINKERTON DETECTIVES

WHO COME TO HUNT
THE JAMES BROTHERS.'"

James: IN A SINGLE MONTH,

THREE OF ALLAN PINKERTON'S
TOP AGENTS

MET THEIR MAKER
ON MISSOURI SOIL.

Bell: ALLAN PINKERTON
WAS FLUMMOXED AND HUMILIATED

BY HIS ENCOUNTERS
WITH THE JAMES GANG.

AND IT'S IRONIC

BECAUSE HE BASICALLY INVENTED
THE MODERN PRIVATE EYE.

THEY USE HIS LOGO.

THAT'S WHERE "PRIVATE EYE"
COMES FROM.

[ Scottish accent ]
HENRY, TAKE A LETTER.

"I KNOW THE JAMESES AND
THE YOUNGERS ARE DESPERATE MEN

"AND THAT WHEN WE MEET,

IT MUST BE THE DEATH
OF ONE OR THE BOTH OF US."

James:
IT HAD BECOME CLEAR TO PINKERTON

THAT HUNTING THE JAMES BOYS
IS A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION.

BUT INSTEAD OF FOLDING,
HE DOUBLED DOWN.

"MY BLOOD WAS SPILT,
AND THEY MUST REPAY.

THERE IS NO USE TALKING.
THEY MUST DIE."

Gardner:
ALLAN PINKERTON WAS VERY
SPECIFIC IN HIS INSTRUCTIONS

ON WHAT WOULD BE DONE.

"HERE,
THE LOGS WILL BURN.

"LET THE MEN TAKE NO RISK.

"BURN THE HOUSE DOWN.

BLOT IT
FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH."

HE WANTED IT DESTROYED,

A HOUSE THAT BELONGS TO INNOCENT
INDIVIDUALS, A FAMILY.

THERE'S YOUNG PEOPLE THERE.
ZERELDA IS THERE.

BUT ALLAN PINKERTON --

WHAT HE CALLS
THE JAMES FORTRESS --

HE WANTS IT
BURNED TO THE GROUND.

WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT,
SHORTLY BEFORE THIS HAPPENED,

THE ORDINANCE DEPARTMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

DID TRANSFER TO THE PINKERTON
DETECTIVE AGENCY A BOMB,

AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.

A FEW MORE MINUTES.

THEN YOU WASH UP,
ARCHIE.

ARCHIE!

IT EXPLODES LIKE A GRENADE,

SENDING BIG, JAGGED PIECES
OF METAL THROUGH THE ROOM.

Man: ZERELDA!

[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]

ONE OF THESE JAGGED PIECES
OF METAL

GOES INTO THE BODY
OF LITTLE ARCHIE SAMUELS,

THEIR HALF-BROTHER,
AND IT'S A FATAL WOUND.

ANOTHER ONE
RIPS OFF ZERELDA'S ARM.

[ GROANS ]

Gooch: FRANK AND JESSE'S MOTHER
IS SCREAMING LIKE A BANSHEE.

HER ARM'S RIPPED OFF,
AND HER CHILD IS DEAD.

MAYBE IT PANICKED
THE PINKERTONS.

SONS OF BITCHES.

MAYBE THEY EXPECTED THE CABIN
JUST TO GO UP IN PIECES,

AND WHEN IT DIDN'T, THEY WEREN'T
SURE WHAT TO DO NEXT.

THEY RAN OFF.

A VERY PUZZLING AFFAIR

AND BOTCHED
FROM START TO FINISH.

SHOW YOURSELVES,
YOU COWARDS!

AND THE REAL TRAGEDY --

THE JAMES BOYS
WERE NOT AT HOME THAT NIGHT.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

GET OFF ME, FRANK.

GET OUT OF MY WAY,
FRANK!

James:
THIS IS THE WORK OF PINKERTON,

A MAN WHO IN HIS CARD SAID

HE WISHED TO SET HIMSELF RIGHT
WITH THE WORLD.

WELL, HE MAY VINDICATE HIMSELF
WITH SOME,

BUT HE WILL NEVER SHOW HIS
SCOTTISH FACE AGAIN IN MISSOURI

AND LET ME KNOW HE'S HERE,

OR, BY GOD, HE WILL MEET
THE FATE OF HIS COMRADES.

Hansen: THE FACT
THAT PINKERTON'S MEN DID THAT

JUST SEEMED
LIKE AN INCREDIBLY VICIOUS ACT

BECAUSE THEY WERE ATTACKING
HIS MOTHER AND HIS FAMILY

EVEN WHEN HE WASN'T THERE.

SO, IT SEEMED TO HIM

A JUSTIFICATION
FOR ANYTHING ELSE HE WOULD DO,

THAT THESE PEOPLE
WERE CAPABLE OF ANYTHING,

THEREFORE HE WAS CAPABLE
OF ANYTHING AFTER THAT.

Boggs: YOU BLOW OFF
THE ARM OF A MOTHER,

YOU KILL A YOUNG BOY,

AND YOU DON'T GET
THE JAMES BOYS.

THAT'S GONNA TOTALLY CHANGE

THE WHOLE PERSPECTIVE
PEOPLE HAVE OF JESSE JAMES.

HE'S GONNA GO FROM MARAUDING,
VIOLENT KILLER TO VICTIM.

AND FOR JESSE JAMES
AND FRANK JAMES,

IT'S GONNA TOTALLY CHANGE
THEIR MIND-SET, TOO.

THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT
FOR REVENGE, BIG TIME.

I, JESSE JAMES,
AM THOUGHT BY MANY

TO BE NOTHING MORE
THAN A MERE ROBBER AND KILLER,

BUT THAT IMPRESSION
SELLS ME SHORT,

FOR IN THE RIGHT COMPANY,
I AM THE CONSUMMATE GENTLEMAN.

I ESTIMATE THAT WAS
THE FIRST HOT BATH I'VE HAD

IN FIVE OR SIX WEEKS.

I ESTIMATE
YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY PERSON

WHO RECOGNIZED
THAT WAS THE FIRST BATH

YOU HAD
IN FIVE OR SIX WEEKS.

Hutton:
THERE'S A FAMOUS STORY CALLED
"JESSE JAMES AND THE WIDOW,"

IN WHICH JESSE AND FRANK
ARE ON THE RUN, OF COURSE,

AND THEY STOP AT A CABIN
WHERE THIS POOR WIDOW LIVES.

SHE'S OBVIOUSLY JUST DIRT-POOR,

BUT NEVERTHELESS,
SHE ASKS THE BOYS IN.

BOYS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
I CAN GET FOR YOU?

NO, MA'AM.

NO, MA'AM.

YOU'VE BEEN AWFULLY KIND
TO US.

WE JUST WISH THERE WAS A WAY
THAT WE COULD REPAY THE CHARITY.

OH, PLEASE.
IT'S NOTHING.

Gomber: AND THE NEXT MORNING,
SHE WAS FEEDING THESE MEN,

AND ONE OF THEM NOTICED
THAT SHE WAS CRYING.

[ CRIES ]

WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE TROUBLE,
MA'AM?

TODAY IS THE DAY THE BANK IS
GOING TO FORECLOSE ON MY HOUSE.

HOW MUCH DO YOU OWE?

Gomber: SHE SAID $500, WHICH WAS
A SMALL FORTUNE IN THOSE DAYS.

WELL, ONE OF THESE MEN
REACHES INTO HIS COAT

AND TAKES OUT THE $500
AND GIVES IT TO HER.

THEY THEN GET UP.
SHE'S FLABBERGASTED.

THEY RIDE OFF.

I'LL NEED A RECEIPT,
OF COURSE.

Hutton:
WHEN THE BANKER ARRIVES,

HE'S AMAZED THAT THE WIDOW
HAS SOMEHOW ACQUIRED THIS MONEY.

BUT OF COURSE HE'S NOT
GONNA BE ABLE TO FORECLOSE,

SO HE TAKES THE PAYMENT.

Gomber:
HE RIDES OFF, HE GETS ABOUT
A MILE DOWN THE ROAD,

AND THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG
ROBS HIM.

WHAT YOU GOT IN THAT FANCY
SADDLEBAG THERE, MISTER?

I ALWAYS LIKED THAT STORY.
[ CHUCKLES ]

Hutton:
THAT'S PART OF THE MYSTIQUE
OF JESSE JAMES, FRANK JAMES,

THE YOUNGER BROTHERS,
THE JAMES GANG,

THAT SOMEHOW THEY HAVE
THIS CONNECTION TO THE PEOPLE.

AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE BAD,
THEY'RE DOING BAD THINGS,

THEY'RE DOING THEM
FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.

James:
AFTER THE COWARDLY RAID

THAT MAIMED OUR MOTHER
AND KILLED OUR HALF-BROTHER,

FRANK AND I DELIVERED
A SWIFT RESPONSE.

WITHIN DAYS,

WE SENT ANOTHER PINKERTON AGENT
TO HIS GRAVE

AND VOWED TO BRING VENGEANCE

TO ANY OTHERS
WHO DARED SET FOOT IN MISSOURI.

Gooch: THERE WASN'T MUCH
PINKERTON ACTIVITY AFTER THAT.

IT WAS A DEATH WARRANT.

THESE SOUTHERN-MINDED PEOPLE

AND JUST THE CLIMATE
OF THE TIMES --

SOMEBODY HURTS YOU,
YOU HURT THEM.

James: UP IN CHICAGO,

ALLAN PINKERTON HIMSELF HEARD
THE MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR.

Boggs: AFTER THE PINKERTON RAID
ON THE JAMES FAMILY HOME,

SYMPATHY STARTS POURING BACK IN
FOR THESE OUTLAWS,

THESE COLD-BLOODED KILLERS.

THEY ARE STARTING TO SEE
THE DETECTIVES ARE THE BAD GUYS.

James: WITH PINKERTON AND HIS
MINIONS LICKING THEIR WOUNDS,

THE GANG COULD GET BACK
TO ITS DAY JOB.

WE ROBBED ANOTHER TRAIN
NEAR OTTERVILLE

AND SCORED $15,000,

BUT WE MADE THE MISTAKE

OF TAKING A ROOKIE
ALONG FOR THE RIDE.

A FEW DAYS LATER, HE GOT BAGGED
AND SQUEALED LIKE A PIG.

Gardner:
HIS NAME IS HOBBS KERRY,

AND HE'S A RELATIVELY NEW MEMBER
OF THE GANG.

AND HE TELLS EVERYTHING HE KNOWS
ABOUT JESSE AND FRANK,

THE YOUNGER BROTHERS,
WHERE THEY LIKE TO HIDE OUT,

THAT THEY HAVE SECRET SIGNS
AND WAYS OF COMMUNICATING.

THIS GIVES LAW ENFORCEMENT
A REAL STEP UP

ON THIS HUNT
FOR THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG.

James:
FRANK, GET THE FIRE OUT.

COME ON, NOW.

Gardner:
IT'S BEST FOR THEM TO GET OUT
OF THE TERRITORY FOR A WHILE

UNTIL THINGS COOL DOWN.

AND OF COURSE,
JESSE HAS A GREAT PLACE

THAT HE THINKS
THEY SHOULD GO TO.

THEY SHOULD GO TO MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA ALSO HAS LOTS OF
FARM COUNTRY AND LOTS OF MILLS

AND PLACES WHERE THESE FARMERS
NEED TO KEEP THEIR MONEY,

AND THAT'S IN THE BANKS OF SMALL
TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY
FOR SOME EASY PICKINGS UP THERE.

Gomber:
THEY WENT UP TO MINNESOTA

THINKING
THAT IT WOULD BE EASY TO TAKE

BECAUSE -- "ALL THESE
SQUAREHEADS UP HERE --

"WHAT ARE THEY GONNA --

"YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE MOST
DANGEROUS MEN IN THE COUNTRY.

WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT."

AND THEY WERE SADLY MISTAKEN,
AS IT TURNED OUT.

James: OUR GANG DESCENDED
ON MINNESOTA LIKE A DARK CLOUD.

Gardner:
THEY WERE ALL HORSEBACK,

AND MOST PEOPLE
IN RURAL MINNESOTA

DIDN'T RIDE SADDLE MOUNTS.

I MEAN, THEY EITHER RODE
A FARM WAGON INTO TOWN

OR A BUGGY INTO TOWN.

YOU RARELY SAW SOMEBODY
THAT JUST WAS RIDING ON A HORSE

AND ESPECIALLY A GROUP
OF HORSEMEN COMING INTO TOWN.

WHEN PEOPLE SAW THEM,
THEY WERE UNEASY.

THEY HAD A SENSE THAT JUST
SOMETHING WASN'T QUITE RIGHT,

AND THEY WERE VERY SUSPICIOUS.

NICE TOWN.

THERE'S OUR BANK.

ANOTHER DAY,
ANOTHER DOLLAR.

[ CHUCKLES ]

LET'S GET TO IT.

James:
WE SET OUR SIGHTS

ON THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
IN NORTHFIELD.

IT'S A SLEEPY TOWN,

HOME TO HARDWORKING
SCANDINAVIAN FARMERS

AND A VAULT FULL OF YANKEE CASH.

Gardner: THE THING THAT REALLY
PUT NORTHFIELD

ON THE TOP OF THE LIST

WAS THEY LEARNED THAT A FORMER
MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR,

A CARPETBAGGER
BY THE NAME OF ADELBERT AMES,

WAS AN INVESTOR THERE
IN THE BANK.

AND THIS FIT JESSE -- I MEAN,
THIS WAS PERFECT FOR HIM

BECAUSE HE WAS VERY POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED, A SOUTHERN PARTISAN.

AND THE IDEA OF ROBBING A BANK

THAT HAD A CARPETBAGGER
AS AN INVESTOR

AND RIDING OFF WITH A WHEAT SACK
FULL OF MONEY

THAT BELONGED
TO ADELBERT AMES --

HE KNEW THAT WOULD BE
ALL OVER THE PAPERS.

THROW UP YOUR HANDS!

WE INTEND TO ROB THIS BANK!

James: ON THAT COUNT,
MY INSTINCT WOULD PROVE CORRECT.

HE NORTHFIELD RAID
CERTAINLY MADE THE PAPERS,

BUT THE STORY DIDN'T EXACTLY
FOLLOW THE SCRIPT.

THE BANK ROBBERY IS A FAILURE

ALMOST FROM THE MINUTE
IT BEGINS.

Gardner:
THE NORTHFIELD RAID

IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END
OF JESSE JAMES.

THROW UP YOUR HANDS!
WE INTEND TO ROB THIS BANK!

AND IF YOU HOLLER,
WE'LL BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS!

OPEN THE SAFE!
I CAN'T.

OPEN IT!
OPEN THE SAFE.

I CAN'T.
OPEN THE SAFE.

I CAN'T OPEN THE --
JOHN, CASH!

James:
THE RAID OF THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK IN NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA,

WAS MEANT TO BE OUR FINEST HOUR.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

BUT IT QUICKLY BECAME
OUR WORST MISTAKE.

IMMEDIATELY, THE TOWNSPEOPLE
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING,

AND THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG HAS
LOST THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.

Bell: ONE OF THE PEOPLE DOWN ON
THE CORNER STARTS YELLING OUT,

"THEY'RE ROBBING THE BANK.

GET YOUR GUNS.
THEY'RE ROBBING THE BANK."

AND EVERYONE CAME OUT WITH A GUN

BECAUSE THEY HAD MONEY
IN THAT BANK.

Gardner:
AND SO THE CLOCK IS TICKING.

ONCE THE SHOUTS GO OUT,
THEY HAVE

A VERY, VERY LIMITED TIME...
[ GUNSHOT ]

...TO GET THAT MONEY
IN THE BANK.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE
THWARTED ON THAT TIME ELEMENT

BY THE ACTING CASHIER,
A MAN NAMED JOSEPH LEE HEYWOOD.

LOOK, YOU'RE NOT
GONNA GET AWAY WITH THIS!

YOU KNOW THAT!
EVERYONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE!

SHUT UP
AND OPEN THE SAFE!

I CAN'T!
IT'S ON A TIMED LOCK!

I SWEAR!

THEY KNOW THAT
JOSEPH LEE HEYWOOD IS LYING

BECAUSE NO BANK
HAS A TIMED LOCKING GAUGE

DURING BUSINESS HOURS.

THEY COULDN'T GET IN
TO THE VAULT.

SO, HEYWOOD IS PUTTING UP
THIS FUSS.

THEY KEEP SHOUTING AT HIM.
THEY THREATEN HIM.

CHARLIE PITTS RUNS A BOWIE KNIFE
ACROSS HEYWOOD'S NECK.

OH, MURDER! MURDER!

FRANK!

WHAT THE HELL IS TAKING SO LONG?

UGH!

YOU GOT FIVE SECONDS.

[ GUN COCKS ]
PLEASE. I CAN'T OPEN IT.

PLEASE DON'T DO THIS.

PLEASE. PLEASE?

IT'S BECOME A SHOOTING GALLERY
ON THE STREET.

[ GUNSHOT ]

TWO OF THE EIGHT GANG MEMBERS
ARE NOW DEAD

AND LAYING ON THE STREET.

AND THE OTHER GANG MEMBERS --

THEY'RE TRYING
TO FEND THESE PEOPLE OFF

AND BUY TIME
FOR THE MEN IN THE BANK.

[ GUNSHOT ]
UGH!

YOUR TIME'S UP, FRANK.

SOME KIND OF DAMN FOOL

WON'T OPEN THE SAFE WHILE HE'S
COVERED BY A PISTOL...

DESERVES TO BE SHOT.

JOSEPH LEE HEYWOOD IS LEFT THERE
TO DIE IN A POOL OF BLOOD.

LET'S GO!

WE'VE BEEN BEAT, BOYS.
WE GOT TO GO!

Boggs:
IT'S JUST TOTAL CHAOS.

THEY'RE GONNA MAKE OUT
WITH MAYBE 23 BUCKS.

AND THEY'RE GONNA LEAVE A COUPLE
OF DEAD MEMBERS OF THE GANG

ON THE STREETS OF NORTHFIELD.

COLE YOUNGER AND HIS BROTHERS
ARE CAPTURED.

THEY ARE TRIED.

THEY PLEAD GUILTY
TO ESCAPE THE GALLOWS,

AND THEY ARE SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.

OTHER GANG MEMBERS
ARE LEFT DEAD ON THE STREETS.

THE ONLY PEOPLE
THAT MAKE IT OUT OF MINNESOTA

ARE FRANK AND JESSE JAMES.

"QUICKLY NATURE FALLS TO REVOLT
WHEN GOLD BECOMES HER OBJECT."

JUST DON'T, FRANK.

WELL,
THE NORTHFIELD RAID SPELLS

THE END
OF THE CLASSIC JAMES GANG.

James: I HAD ALWAYS WELCOMED
ANY PUBLICITY AS GOOD PUBLICITY,

BUT THE NEWS ABOUT NORTHFIELD
AND THE DEATH OF JOSEPH HEYWOOD

DID MUCH
TO SULLY OUR REPUTATIONS,

EVEN IN OUR HOME STATE.

SOBER-MINDED PEOPLE, I THINK,
WERE JUST LOOKING AT IT --

"HEY, THIS IS A BUNCH
OF KILLERS AND THIEVES.

WE'VE GOT TO GET RID OF THEM."

MONEY DID NOT WANT
TO COME INTO MISSOURI

ON THE OFF CHANCE
THAT THE JAMESES OR THE YOUNGERS

WERE JUST GONNA STEAL IT ANYWAY.

Hansen:
GOVERNOR CRITTENDEN HAD SEEN

THE VALUE OF REAL ESTATE
DIMINISH.

THE ATTRACTION FOR IMMIGRANTS
COMING TO MISSOURI

WAS NOT AS HIGH AS IT WAS
FOR OTHER STATES,

AND THEY NEEDED MANUAL LABORERS.

THEY NEEDED BODIES.

THEY NEEDED A POPULATION.

SO HE SET OUT WITH A HUGE REWARD
AT THE TIME

FOR ANYBODY WHO COULD KILL
OR CAPTURE JESSE JAMES.

James:
THE HEAT ON US WAS STIFLING.

EVEN CLAY COUNTY NO LONGER FELT
LIKE FRIENDLY TERRITORY.

SO FRANK AND I MOVED
TO TENNESSEE

AND ASSUMED NEW IDENTITIES.

FRANK SETTLED DOWN
AND BECAME A GENTLEMAN FARMER,

ALL TOO HAPPY TO LIVE OUT
HIS DAYS IN PEACE AND QUIET.

AS FOR ME,
PEACE AND QUIET DIDN'T SUIT.

I TOOK THE ALIAS OF JAMES HOWARD

AND DABBLED IN HORSE RACING
AND GAMBLING.

BUT I WAS ITCHING
TO GET BACK IN THE GAME.

JESSE COULDN'T OR WOULDN'T QUIT,

AND HE GOES OUT
AND RECRUITS A NEW GANG.

THE PROBLEM IS,
THEY'RE NOT AS LOYAL,

THEY'RE NOT AS ADEPT
AT THE TRADE,

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS,

IS THAT THEY'RE NOT FAMILY,
OKAY?

THAT WAS THE SECRET TO THE JAMES
GANG, THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG --

BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL BROTHERS,

AND THEY'RE NOT
GONNA GO SOUTH ON YOU.

Boggs: THEY WERE
A LITTLE LOOSE-LIPPED.

THEY DRANK TOO MUCH.
THEY TALKED TOO MUCH.

AND EVENTUALLY, THINGS ARE GONNA
TURN AGAINST JESSE.

James:
THESE NEW BOYS SHOWED NO LACK
OF ENTHUSIASM FOR ROBBING.

ENTHUSIASM ISN'T ENOUGH.

OUR BUSINESS ALSO DEMANDS
DISCRETION...

HELLO, BOYS.

...AND, MOST OF ALL,
LOYALTY.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

WHEN A MAN'S LOYALTY WAVERS,
BETRAYAL IS NEVER FAR BEHIND.

I DIDN'T EXPECT
TO SEE YOU TWO TODAY.

DO YOU MIND?

NOT AT ALL.
SHOW YOURSELVES IN.

Bell: JESSE WAS REALLY SCRAPING
THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL

BY THE TIME ROBERT FORD
CAME ABOARD.

LIKE MOST CRIMINALS,

HE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY,
AND HE TOOK IT.

Boggs:
THERE ARE TWO REASONS

BOB FORD'S GONNA HAVE TO TURN
ON JESSE.

ONE IS MONEY.
THERE'S A BIG REWARD OFFERED.

AND THE OTHER
IS SELF-PRESERVATION.

HE'S AFRAID
JESSE'S GONNA KILL HIM.

AFTER THAT,
THEY ALL WENT HOME.

WELL,
THAT MAY BE SO, BOYS,

BUT I BELIEVE

A MAN'S GOT TO SETTLE DOWN
AT SOME POINT IN HIS LIFE.

James: THE MURDER HAPPENED
ON APRIL 3, 1882.

IT WAS THE DAY AFTER
PALM SUNDAY, A MONDAY MORNING.

IT WAS GONNA BE A HOT DAY.

JESSE JAMES STANDS UP,

AND HE SAYS, "I THINK
I'M GONNA TAKE MY GUNS OFF

FOR FEAR SOMEONE WILL SPY THEM
WHEN THEY WALK BY THE HOUSE,"

'CAUSE THEY HAD BIG,
TALL WINDOWS

THAT WERE OPEN
BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.

YOU DON'T MIND IF I SHED
MY WEAPON WHILE WE EAT, DO YOU?

AND SO HE TOOK OFF HIS TWO GUNS
IN A VERY DRAMATIC WAY

AND SET THEM ASIDE.

AND THAT'S WHEN THE FORD
BROTHERS, WHO WERE WEARING GUNS,

RECOGNIZED
THAT THEY'D NEVER SEEN HIM

WITH HIS GUNS OFF LIKE THAT.

AND THEN HE SAID...

I BELIEVE
THIS PICTURE'S A BIT DUSTY.

THE PICTURE WAS OF A RACEHORSE
NAMED SKYROCKET

THAT HE ONCE OWNED.

AND HE GOT A FEATHER DUSTER
AND STARTED DUSTING IT OFF.

[ GUN COCKS ]

JESSE MUST HAVE HEARD THE CLICK,
BUT DIDN'T TURN.

AND IT ONLY TOOK ONE BULLET.

James:
PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS PUT
CONTRADICTORY LABELS ON ME --

LOVED AND HATED,

SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN
AND COLD-BLOODED KILLER,

ROBIN HOOD AND RUTHLESS OUTLAW.

ANY OF THESE CAN BE ARGUED,

BUT HISTORY WILL MAKE
WHAT IT WANTS OF ME.

Boggs: WHEN YOU CONSIDER
AN OUTLAW LIKE JESSE JAMES,

YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM
THROUGH THE LENS

OF THE TIME IN WHICH THEY LIVED.

I DON'T THINK, IF JESSE JAMES
WERE ALIVE TODAY,

PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER HIM
A ROBIN HOOD.

THEY WOULD CONSIDER HIM
FOR WHAT HE IS --

A DARING, A BRAVE,

AND A DASHING FIGURE, CERTAINLY,

BUT HE'S A THUG.

HE'S A COLD-BLOODED KILLER.

Hansen:
THE JESSE JAMES STORY

WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE
OF AMERICANA.

HERE WAS A GUY
WHO WAS AN OUTLAW,

WHO WAS CONSIDERED
THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE,

AND YET,
EVEN IN HIS OWN LIFETIME,

THERE WERE COMIC BOOKS
WRITTEN ABOUT HIM.

HE WAS KIND OF AN EVEL KNIEVEL
OF HIS DAY.

THEY COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE
WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT.

NO, NO, NO. BACK INSIDE.
BE SMART.

Gooch:
THEY SAY THAT JESSE JAMES

IS THE SECOND MOST RECOGNIZABLE
NAME IN THE WORLD TO THIS DAY,

RIGHT BEHIND MICKEY MOUSE.

HE HAS SPAWNED MORE MOVIES,
MORE BOOKS,

MORE PLAYS, MUSICALS --
YOU NAME IT --

'CAUSE AMERICA LOVES ITS ROGUES.