PUBLIC CURIOSITY.
At stations all the way from Jeffer
son City, Mr. Fair states, the same
strained interest was manifested, and
depot platforms were crowded with ex
pectant people—men, women and chil
dren. Speaking of the scene at Jeffer
son City, Monday, Mr. Fair said it was
one long to be remembered. The vol
unteer prisoner was the coolest man in
the hall when the governor, surround
ed by a number of officials, received
him as a man who has lived for years
moving about through the heart of tfie
country with au enormous price on his
head. He bears the marks of many
battles. He has seventeen scars to
show for as many wounds and has been
twice shot through the body with Minie
balls. The last member of the most
remarkable gang of bandits that ever
infested the country he comes at last
voluntarily to place himself within the
hands of the law. When the train
reached Independence the crowd fell
back. Upon the mee.iug of James
with his mother, wife and child—a boy
of four years—Mro. Samuels, James’
mother, wept and her son’s eyes were
wet with tears. The wife seemed to
think only of the joy of meeting her
husband again. The child looked won
deringly from his father’s shoulder
upon the scene. The waiting officers
joined the party, which was then
driven to the court house. With all
the sentiment which necessarily sur
rounds a history so mysterious and an
event so dramatic the conviction rests
among the citizens generally that the
law should fake its impartial course
and justice be meted as seems best.
The feeling expressed, however, con
tains nothing of open violence, and
there is no possible danger of any at
tempt in that direction.
X Tragedy in a Few Words.
