JAMES’ JAMES: A newly discovered letter from...
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JAMES’ JAMES: A newly discovered letter from the federal archives indicates that the U.S. government helped Pinkerton detectives bomb the home of notorious bandit Jesse James in 1875. James was away, but his half-brother was killed and his mother maimed. . . . Orange County Superior Court Judge James R. Ross is not surprised: “It’s logical; the Pinkertons were so tied in with the government.” The judge has a special reason to be interested: He is Jesse James’ oldest living descendant.
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