The next brother, James H. Younger, is now about 29 years of age, and is
one of the captives now in the State prison. He has suffered greatly from
his wounds received at the time of his capture. He is a mild, inoffensive
looking man, and would not be taken for a robber and murderer. He has
always been the pet of the family, and after the fight at Madelia which
closed his career as a bandit, his brothers Cole and Bob showed great
anxiety about him.
Cole said he did not fear death as it would be over in five minutes, but
he entreated the attending doctor to “exercise his utmost skill on Jim,
who was always a good boy.” Bob also asked several times for Jim,
displaying much concern for his welfare.
When their young sister, Miss Ret Younger, visited them in their prison on
the 3d of October, 1876, she was terribly excited in finding James in such
a plight, and gave way to sobs and shrieks.
James joined Quantrell’s company in 1863, but in the autumn of 1864 he was
taken prisoner in the skirmish which resulted in the death of the
notorious leader, and was incarcerated in the military prison at Alton,
Ill., where he remained until the middle of 1866. He has been more
domestic in his tastes than his brothers, although he has been in many
desperate scrapes, and when the Northfield robbery was planned he was
living in California as stated elsewhere.
[BOB YOUNGER.]