1882 - Crime

1882 - Crime -- Jesse James dies April 3, 1882 at age 34 of a gunshot wound in the back of the head. A fugitive since the Northfield, Minnesota, bank robbery attempt of 1876, James had been living quietly at St. Joseph, Missouri, under the name Thomas Howard. The governor had offered a large reward for the capture of James dead or alive, James had befriended fellow outlaw Robert Ford, who had shot him to get the reward, and his murder inspired a ballad that would make future generations regard James as a Robin Hood figure.

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