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The Border Bandits

by J. W. BUEL (1849 - 1920)

Plundering an Iowa Bank

''An authentic and thrilling history of the noted outlaws Jesse and Frank James and their bands of highwaymen.compiled from reliable sources and containing the latest facts in regard to these desperate freebooters.'' (from the author's sub-title) The James brothers emerged from the Confederate guerrillas to become notorious outlaws of the American west rising to legendary status. J.W. Buel chronicles their path of robbery and murder across the West in short vignettes. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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Listen next episodes of The Border Bandits:
An Interview with the Younger Brothers , Anecdotes of Jesse and Frank James , Another Bank Robbery in Kentucky , Assassination of Daniel Askew , At Glendale—the Last Great Train Robbery , Basham's Confession of the Glendale Robbery , Fatal Attack on a Minnesota Bank , Murdering Cow Boys and Driving off Cattle , Personal Characteristics of the James Boys , Plundering the Ste. Genevieve Bank , Robbing of the Mammoth Cave Stage , Robbing the Cash Box at the Kansas City Fair , Shooting of Jesse James by George Shepherd , The Attack on the Samuels Residence , The Great Train Robbery at Muncie , The Huntington Bank Robbery , The Rocky Cut Train Robbery , The San Antonio Stage Robbery , The Stage Robbery near Hot Springs , The Train Robbery at Winston, Mo. July 15, 1881 , The Union Pacific Express Robbery , Train Robbery at Gad's Hill , Why did Shepherd Shoot Jesse James? , Wicher's Unfortunate Hunt for the James Boys , Wrecking and Plundering a Train