04-18-2017, 11:49 PM
Frank And Jesse Got Away
It makes a better story if Jesse was with ‘em,
but I never believed it. They came up from
Missouri, hot with passion fueled Civil War grudges,
thought the Northfield bank was easy.
But Heywood, the head teller, had more in him than
anybody thought. “There’s a time lock on the safe,”
Heywood lied, “and it can’t be opened now.” They shot
him anyway, as if that could change anything.
The Youngers and Millers ran their big chestnuts
and palominos up Division Street firing off pistols
and rifles to scare folks into the buildings, but
that’s where the shopkeepers kept their shotguns
and Division Street became the kill zone. Most shot–
Clell Miller, Billy Chadwell shot dead. The rest of
them surrounded, captured near Madelia, bleeding out.
Cole Younger survived 13 bullet holes, then 26 years
in Stillwater Prison. Became a writer, publisher,
and supposedly a Christian in later life.
It makes a better story if Jesse was with ‘em,
but I never believed it. They came up from
Missouri, hot with passion fueled Civil War grudges,
thought the Northfield bank was easy.
But Heywood, the head teller, had more in him than
anybody thought. “There’s a time lock on the safe,”
Heywood lied, “and it can’t be opened now.” They shot
him anyway, as if that could change anything.
The Youngers and Millers ran their big chestnuts
and palominos up Division Street firing off pistols
and rifles to scare folks into the buildings, but
that’s where the shopkeepers kept their shotguns
and Division Street became the kill zone. Most shot–
Clell Miller, Billy Chadwell shot dead. The rest of
them surrounded, captured near Madelia, bleeding out.
Cole Younger survived 13 bullet holes, then 26 years
in Stillwater Prison. Became a writer, publisher,
and supposedly a Christian in later life.