" Can't he go any faster, Jesse?" " He's goin' fast enough, Ed." " You watch them people, Frank." " Shut up, Ed!" " What about that safe?" " There ain't no safe, Ed." "All the money's in the strongbox and in the cash drawers." "I don't believe you." "You got a safe in here some place." "Tell me where it is or I'm gonna put a bullet in your brainpan." "Get outta there, Ed." "Have you gone crazy, Ed?" "Watch it, Jesse!" "Jesse!" "How long will it take that posse to get here?" "There won't be one." "They'll go about ten miles and get tired, and go back and call the Pinkertons." "How come we're standin' guard?" "Cos every once in a while I'm wrong." "We'll take you upriver to the Mimms' house." "Get the bullet out there." "You stay quiet now." "Come here, Ed." "Jesse!" "Jesse!" " Shit!" "What'd you do that for?" " Panickin' and shootin' innocent folks." "That's for goddamn gettin' me near killed!" "Shit, I didn't mean no harm." "You're through, Ed." "You ain't gonna ride with me no more." "Are you gonna take that off him?" "I seen what you done." "You may be family, but I ain't siding' with ya." "You're on your own." "Cole, give him his cut." "You threw yourself away a good livin'." "Now listen good." "Anybody connects the Jameses or the Youngers with that bank, you're a dead man." "What the hell was that all about?" "Damned if I know." "And although he may be poor" "Not a man shall be a slave" "Shouting the battle cry" "Of freedom" "You boys hear what I hear?" "I hear it." "Yeah, I'd better go talk to this fella." "Bye-bye." "Shouting the battle cry" "Of freedom" "And we'll prove a loyal crew..." "You got real nice hands." "They're real pretty." "Shouting the battle cry..." "You wanna keep 'em?" "It was just a request." "Well, I got a request of my own." ""l'm a Good Ol' Rebel"." "Oh, I'm a good old rebel" "Now that's just what I am" "For this fair land of freedom I do not care a damn..." "You keep losin', you're gonna have to rob another train, scare some more innocent folk half to death." " Never liked people standin' behind me." " Most people would be flattered." "Ain't often Belle Shirley stands behind a man." "I reckon that's the truth." "Are you still asking' $15?" "I sure am." "Well, ain't nothin' worth that price." "Well, I don't figure I missed much." "But I'll tell you what I will do." "I'll go twelve and a half for you, since you're about to go broke." "I only got eleven. I'll cut you for it." "Make your move." "I'll be go to hell." "When your luck changes, you feel free to call on me." "Everybody ante up." "Women..." "I love 'em." "We was all in the war." "Robbin' the first Yankee bank because we didn't know no better." "It seemed like a good idea at the time." "After that we was just in the habit." "So I guess we'll just keep on goin' till they lock us up or hang us." "You've hardly given yourself time enough to heal." "I gotta get back to things." "Ma needs money to help keep the farm goin'." "I reckon your ma can keep the farm goin' and a few more things to boot." "Well, the others ain't no good without me." "They gotta have somebody to make the plans." "But don't worry, Zee." "I'm comin' back for ya." "I thought you'd be over with that Tebbs girl." "Maybe I oughta be." "She's awful pretty." "If you think so." "Course, every fella round here's been to visit her." "I don't guess you have that problem, Beth." "I have just as many visitors as I want." " And you can count on it." " Like who, for instance?" "That's for me to know and you to find out." "How can I find out, if you won't tell me?" "Jim Younger, there are some things that a man does not ask a lady." "Beth, when you're old enough to call yourself a lady, I'll keep that in mind." "Think maybe we oughta get married?" "is that what you want?" "It seems that you proposed to me durin' the war, about seven years ago." "That was different." "Except... I always knew that you were the one." "I just didn't have nothin' worked out, that's all." "That's a mouthful for Mr Jesse James." "Well, it's a mouthful of truth." "What you gotta decide is if you wanna get on the horse with me." "I'm gonna be honest about it, Zee." "I ain't gonna change the way I live." "Well, it ain't right to try to change a person." "Truth is, Jesse, I wouldn't like you any other way." "Next thing you know, they'll get married and settle down." "First part, anyway." "He's askin' her today." "It doesn't go with the way he's livin'." "He'll be fine." "First gettin' shot, then gettin' married..." "Bad habits." "I'd like to have a white dress and a proper wedding'." " You want the whole county to be there." " l do." "A girl only gets married once." "I never was the marrying' kind, myself." "Kind of life I lead, women spell trouble." "Footloose and fancy-free, that's my style." " What about you, friend?" " l ain't felt the call yet." "But if I was to meet a girl as pretty as this one here, I could be persuaded." "I tell you something, mister." "You best watch your mouth, not look at my wife." "Sorry." "Didn't mean no disrespect." "Course he didn't." "He was just being polite." "Hey, old man, put a cork in it a while." "Vernon, be polite." "Goddamn outlaws." "Vernon, why don't you hand that over here?" "Damn, you son of a bitch, you're in it with 'em!" "I would toss that shotgun away." "Throw down the box." " You men fight for the Stars and Bars?" " Yes, sir." "Proud of it." " May I shake your hand?" "Bob Younger." " George." "George Arthur." " Who were you with, George?" " General Jo Shelby." "What about you?" " l was with Shelby too." " Where?" "Cold Harbor." "Shelby weren't at Cold Harbor." "You're a goddamn liar!" " Shall I kill him?" " l would. I'd shoot the son of a bitch." " Bob, take everything he has." " Everything." "Let me give you a hand." "You're lucky you ain't dead." "Hope we didn't disturb you too much, ma'am." "We didn't mean no harm." "You scum!" "Take your hands off my wife." "If you shut up, maybe I won't put a bullet in you." "Forgive me, ma'am, but you could have done better than Vernon here." "I'll be goddamned go to hell." " Most people knock." " l expect they do." "How many women you visited before you come see me?" "This is my first stop." "Well, here I am." ""l will bring the blind by a way they know not."" ""l will lead them in the paths they have not known."" ""l will make darkness light before them" "And I will make crooked things straight."" "saoah 42:16." "Now that you and me are gettin' along, you might think about makin' an honest woman outta me." " You're serious, aren't ya?" " Don't I sound it?" "Well, you gotta be crazy." "I just wanna find out what it feels like to be respectable." "For a while, anyway." "You'll never be respectable, Belle." "You're a whore." "You'll always be a whore." "That's why I like ya." "You ready?" " How you been, Beth?" " Fine." "Ain't you heard the news?" "I'm engaged to Ed Miller." "Ed Miller?" "He ain't no good." " Besides, you're too young for all that." " l'm 19 on the 23rd of September." "I don't wanna wait around, like Zee did." "And I don't want you sayin' nothin' bad about Ed just cos Jesse picked on him." "A few months ago I was pushin' you on a swing." "Well, while you was pushin', other people was noticing'." "I noticed you, Beth." "You don't wanna rush into things, Beth." "You can't undo 'em later." "I can't undo this one." "Ed's already bought land over past Russellville." "Besides, we told everybody." "There ain't much else to say, I guess." "Well, you can wish me a good life." "I wish you that." "What have you gotta say for yourself, Jim?" "Not much, Ed." "Be seein' you around." "How you been, Ed?" "Well, I'm fine." "How are you doin', Clell?" "We're gettin' on pretty good." "This is my girl here." "This is Beth Mimms." "We're gettin' married." "I heard you two took up together." "It's good to see you, Beth." "I'm doin' real fine, Clell." "Don't miss you boys none." "Well, come on, Beth, let's get to dancing'." "Are you scared?" "Yeah, a little bit." "I expect I am." "Just walk up to 'em real steady, though." "We got nothin' to lose." "Yeah." "Now you let me do the talkin', Bob." "You got that?" " Say, do I look OK?" " You look fine, Charlie." "Are you Frank James?" " Who wants to know?" " Charlie Ford and his brother Bob." "What the hell are you boys doin' here?" " We wanna join up." " We heard you were lookin' for new men." "Yeah?" "Where'd you hear it from?" "Your brother." "There ain't a horse we can't ride, a target we can't hit or a bank we can't rob." "You know how it is." "It was there. lt seemed easy." "We just hauled out our guns and made off with it." "up in Joplin, it was." "They chased us for two days." "And you know how it is, bein' out on the trail an' all." "We only been out once, but we're willin'." "Frank, what were we talkin' about?" "Hey, Coleman Younger!" "Come on over here and say hello." "Evenin', ma'am." "Looks like everybody's havin' a real good time at this affair." "Well, I expect so." "Free drinks an' food an' all." "How come I wasn't invited?" "Because you're a whore." "Yeah, well, at least I ain't a cheap one." " See ya later, Jess." " See ya, Jim." "Ain't gonna be too long, that'll be you and me, eh, Beth?" "I reckon." "I got a question for ya." "Fire away, Frank." "Fire away and fall back." "Have you ever been in love?" "Oh, God." "Yeah." "It's terrible." "An affliction." "Really miserable." "Nothin' but trouble." "It drove me crazy." " That bad, really?" " Yeah." "She is wonderful." " What the hell are you aiming' to do?" " l ain't aiming'." "I'm doin' it." " Who are ya?" "Jesse James?" " Hell, no. I'm Bob Younger." "Jesse James rides with the Youngers." "Now stop the damn train." "Don't worry." "We're just takin' a permanent loan from the Rock Island payroll." "The Pinkerton company, with the union Pacific Railroad, is offering a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of any member of the James-Younger gang." " Mr Rixley?" " That's right." "Carl Reddick." "New York Hera/d sent me to cover the story of the Younger gang." "You might say I'm interested in the same thing, Mr Reddick." "What do you think your chances are of bringing' 'em in?" "That's an amazingly stupid question." "I want your sons, Mrs Samuel." " What do you want 'em for?" " For robbing' banks and trains, ma'am." "Well, you Yankees can just turn around and head on back." "Sounds like you got the wrong James family." "Yes, ma'am. I am a Yankee and a city man." "But these men are southern." " They were with the Stars and Bars." " So what are they chasing' my boys for?" "They steal, ma'am. I'm gonna have to go in there and look for 'em." "This paper gives me the right to do that." "Things have come to a pretty place when a widow woman with a 15-year-old backward baby boy gets treated like this and they call it legal!" "I am sorry, ma'am." "How come I never been asked?" "Maybe you ain't cut out for it." "Besides, we got enough hands the way it is." "Keep me in mind. I can rob banks as good as the Millers or your brother Bob." " Ain't nothin' to it." " Think so?" "What's to know about robbing' a bank?" "You ride into town, guns blazin', scaring' the Jesus out of everyone until they're frozen, ride right in the bank on your horse, dynamite the safe and ride off with the loot, hootin' an' hollerin' the same damn way you came in." "Good afternoon." "Afternoon." "What's the trouble, friend?" "No trouble." "We're looking for the Youngers." "Do you know them?" "Sure I do." "A lot of 'em around these parts." "Big family." " Who are you fellas?" " Come here to buy cattle." "This ain't Texas." "What about the Youngers?" "You're lookin' at two of 'em." "You ain't here to buy cattle." "Now who are you fellas?" "Goddamn Pinkertons!" " Which Younger are you?" " Question is, who are you?" "I told ya." "We're cattle buyers." "How dumb do you think we are?" "You're Pinkerton men!" "I'm Jim Younger." "This here's my cousin John." "You ain't lookin' for him." "He don't ride with us." "is that right?" "I told ya he was my cousin." "He never rode with us once." "18 year old, I gotta take him back to his family, dead." "You broke the law." "People say they got one of the Youngers." "People say they got the wrong Younger." "All right, everybody ready?" "Wait for 'em to come out." "God." " What in the hell happened?" " l don't know." "We put a smoke in the cabin." "All of a sudden it blew." "The only thing we meant to do was drive 'em out to us." " Now you are sure it was not a bomb?" " No, it wasn't no bomb." "The old lady must have thrown it in her fireplace and the kerosene went up." "That's the only thing I can figure." "Killing a simple-minded, 15-year-old boy." "You men did an excellent job in making heroes out of every one of those men." "Archie Peyton Samuel was an innocent boy." "It's a sad day when murder is committed in the name ofjustice." "This act tries the forbearance of good Christian men." "We commend this child's body to the ground." "His soul belongs to the Lord." "Beth." "Ed." "You didn't bring no gun." "I ain't got no quarrel with the Pinkertons." "I'm sorry about what happened to Archie, but since you boys kicked me out, you can just fight your own fights." "is that how you feel about it, Beth?" " No, it ain't." " Come on. I've had enough talkin' here." "You go your own way." "Now you hold it." "You gotta learn to mind me." "Ed." "Start walkin'." "is that what you want, Beth?" "Then to hell with you." "To hell with both of you." "Awful sorry about your little brother." "Sorry." "Just rest now." "We're gonna take you over to Schofield's house directly." "I'm sorry, Ma." "I'm so sorry." "Are you gonna make 'em pay, Jesse?" " You got it wrong." "We didn't do nothin'." " Yes, you did." "Some of our friends saw you on the north road that night." "Please, mister, it wasn't really a bomb." "It was supposed to smoke everybody out." "My little brother was 15 years old." "Now you think about that on your way to hell." "The funeral will be in Chicago and the governor will be there." "Well, I'm sure it'll cheer their souls just to hear you say that." "It'd cheer them to know how many men we have out combing' those hills." "Those boys got a lot of friends out there." "What are these two doin' here?" "Visitin'." "You got a law against that?" "No, ma'am. I got a law against murder." "I got a warrant right here." "I don't suppose it'd do me any good to ask polite." "It won't do you any good to ask at all." "These men of yours are gonna end up dead." "Or they're gonna end up worse." "You ladies are gonna be left all alone just to think about it." "Mr Rowe!" "I want people in the house and in the wood!" "All right, men, off your horses." "Let's go." "Mornin', boys." "Mornin', Cole." "You boys waste the best part of the day." "Hard to say y'all farm-bred the way you sleep in." "What's for breakfast?" "Grits." "Cracklin' grits." "Had 'em yesterday." " l'm sick of this damn hiding' out." " Who ain't?" "Better mind your manners, Bob." "And thank McCorkindale here." "Don't be pickin' on Bob, Jesse." " Hey, shut up, Jim." " Shut up yourself, Frank." "I ain't got nothin' but respect for Mr McCorkindale." "You boys just got holed-up fever, I know it." "All y'all need is some fresh air." "I'll get y'all some milk as soon as I feed the chickens." " What about McCorkindale?" " Dead." " You sure?" " He's dead." "Piss on ya." "Cover him, dammit!" "Next volley, we go." "Frank's hurt." "He goes first." "What is your full name, Mrs Samuel?" "My paper would like to get it right." "Zerelda Cole Samuel." "My husband, Robert James, died in California." "My second husband was called Reuben Samuel." "And where did you and Mr Samuel live?" "Clay County, Missouri." "Are you the mother of Jesse James?" "I am." "Mrs Samuel, you've already lost one son." "Aren't you afraid the other two will end up the same as McCorkindale?" "Ed, you identify the James boys or the Youngers, there might be a reward." " How much?" " A couple of thousand dollars." "Well, I got a question for you." "How do I identify what you can't catch?" "They'll be caught." "Jesse and his boys are done with you anyway." "Let me tell you one damn thing." "I turn 'em in and I'm gonna get killed by one of their relatives, sure as hell." "I got six months to go for bustin' up a place drunk, so I'm just gonna take my chances, all right?" "Besides, Jesse might change his mind and he pays better wages than you do," "Pinkerton man." "Frank, I never saw myself as a farm girl." "You ain't gonna be farming', Annie." "You're gonna raise horses." "I don't know anythin' about raising' horses, either." "You know, it's funny." "Outside of bein' a banker, all I wanted to do was to raise horses." "Well, thanks to the Pinkertons, you're gettin' your chance." "We're not the only ones goin' our own way." "Everybody's doin' it." "Jim Younger's off in the hills." "God only knows where Jesse is." "Bob and Cole are headin' for Texas." "The only reason Cole went to Texas was he heard Belle Shirley got married there." "It's a long way to go lookin' for trouble." "We'll be just fine, Annie." "You're late." "I'm not much for bein' on time." " You don't look real happy." " Well, I'll tell ya somethin' about Texas." "It's loud." "Well, I never figured you for the homesick type." "I ain't the homesick type." "I ain't the waiting' around type, either." "I ain't the reliable type." "Well, you oughta try gettin' married." "Might improve your character." "What do you do with that husband of yours?" "Leave him home, tied to the bed?" "Don't you make no fun of him." "The way I got it figured, you're gonna wear that Indian out." "That double thump and side swoop of yours." "I do what I want with who I want and don't make no mistake about it." "Everybody says that and they always have." "Now you wanna see somethin', you watch this." "Come here." " You done?" " Not by a damn sight." "Now are you done?" "Sam." "You Cole Younger?" "Who's askin'?" "Sam Starr. I'm married to that lady." "Pleased to meet ya." "Well now, boys, there is no need to fight over little old me." "But if you've got to, you make it man-to-man." "Hand-to-hand." "Why not?" "Well... I'm glad I caught ya in a good mood." "Here you go, both of you." "Have a chew." " What does the winner get?" " Nothin' you both ain't already had." "It don't make much sense, does it?" "No." "You're both crazy." "But you keep me occupied." "I am having a real good time." "Ten bucks on the half-breed!" "Come on, Missouri." "What's the matter?" "You got what you wanted." " Sir, we met a few months back." " l remember." "I'd like to ask you a couple of questions for my newspaper, if you don't mind." "Like why you're havin' so much trouble bringing' in the James-Younger gang." "A lot of reasons. I came here with four men that didn't know the territory." "They were murdered." "Most of the people here are related to each other, so they're clannish." "What about the local police?" "Local police get tired and quit after chasing' the gang a coupla miles." "Also, newspapers like your own print lies, sayin' they're Robin Hoods." "That doesn't help a great deal, either." "My readers may ask why you're sittin' next to a warm fire when you should be out on the chase." "Right now the bunch are spread out across five states." "But they will be back." "Zee, did you have any visitors while I was gone?" "You mean was anyone tryin' to straighten up your sheets and fluff your pillow?" " l'm just askin'." " Mind your manners, Mr Jesse James." "Just cos you're off fighting' railroads and banks, don't mean you get a free tongue." "I sent out word to the rest." "We're gonna be meetin' up real soon." "We're goin' on a mission." "I'm gonna get myself some cash and start lookin' around Missouri for some girl to marry." "Any prospects?" "I'm lookin'." "I don't know, Annie." "Maybe we're just goin' in different directions." "Maybe so." "Can't help wanting' what we want, can we?" "Yeah." "Well, my going's got nothin' to do with big dreams." "Nobody ever made you go anywhere you didn't wanna go, Frank." "Good night." " How are you doin', Jim?" " l'm doin' OK." "So, gents, let's get down to it." "What's our next job gonna be?" "Minnesota." "Them squareheads, they got 'em a real fat bank up there." "I scouted it out myself." "Northfield." "A lot of banks and cathouses in Missouri we ain't done." "Cole's right." "Minnesota... lt's a fair piece off our mark." "Well, Clell says that bank's full to the brim with money." "That sounds good to me." "I want Bill Chadwell and Charley Pitts to go with us." "They're goddamn good men." " Who says?" " l do." "I used to do this all the time." "I got married a few years back." "I guess it slowed me down a bit, if you know what I mean." "Mornin', Jess." "Hope you boys had a good time last night." "How was yours?" "I got better things to think about." "Family man." "My family's somethin' you don't talk about, Cole Younger." "Well, I walked the street with a tap to my feet" "Heard a voice above me" "A maid looked out from a window up above" "Said need somebody to love me" "My father he's a minister" "And virgins he doth cherish" "Now she got five boys and seven little girls" "And a baby on her shoulder" "Well, Frank, when this is all over, I think I'll write me a book." "Make myself even more famous than I am." "If a pig had wings, it would fly." "Nah." "A book about my exploits as a gentleman and a lover." " l expect a free copy." " Free copy?" "You gotta pay, Frank." "Gotta pay." "Have you ever been up north before?" "Got to Fetterman once." " Went to shoot buffalo." " How'd you do?" "The price of hides went to hell and I got the clap off some squaw." "The bank's plumb in the centre of town, right between the dry goods store and the mortuary." "You reckon we oughta send in a coupla scouts, check it all out?" "We rob banks, Jim." "We don't need any checking'." "You're talkin' soft, somethin' l'd expect from Cole or Frank." "I gave up tryin' to talk sense to you a long time ago." "Come on, let's take the damn bank." "There ain't nothin' over there but squareheads." "All right, good people, nobody move." "Let's just show God the palms of our hands." "Now you don't give us no trouble, mister." "Clell, get to the vault." " Är den härhästen to// sa/u?" " He's not for sale." "Move on, squarehead." "OK, now you open this safe or I'll blow your head right off." "I can't. lt's a time lock." " What are you talkin' about?" " Time lock, hell!" "You open that safe, mister, you hear?" "The Pinkertons told us you might be comin'." "The lock is set just for you." "It only works at 4.30." "The whole town is ready." "No, mister, please don't shoot." "I have a family." "Now, you got five seconds to open up that vault, mister." "Hur mycket ska no ha for den?" "What the hell...?" "Get outta here!" "Det varsynd." "Det var eu vackerhäst." "Be quiet, lady!" " They're robbing' the bank!" " Jesus, Clell!"