The following conclusion about the 1883 trial of Frank James is taken from an address given by...
1883 Frank James Trial: One Conclusion Shared
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1883 Trial: Counselors For and Against Defendant Frank James
An account published in the Weekly Kansas City Star on Sept. 4, 1940, offers the following...
1883 Trial Overview: Frank James Claims an Alibi, Says He Was in Oklahoma
Frank James's murder trial in 1883 in Gallatin, MO -- where a jury found him not guilty --...
Ambitious Prosecutor Wm. Wallace of Jackson County, MO
The scars of the Civil War were fading in 1880 as a young Kansas City lawyer and Westminster...
Dispensing Justice: Judge Charles H.S. Goodman of Albany, MO
This personal sketch of C.H.S. Goodman, the judge who presided over the trial of Frank James in...
1883 Trial: Zerelda James Samuels Testifies; Frank James Takes the Stand
Frank James took the witness stand on his own behalf. The following report was published on Aug....
1883 Trial: Colorful, Popular Defense Witness Gen. J.O. ‘Jo’ Shelby
Besides the defendant, Frank James, the chief point of attraction for nearly all those involved in...
1883 Trial: Frank James Acquitted! Some Applaud, Others Outraged
John Edwards played an influential role in molding the public perception of outlaws Frank and...
Defendant Frank James Not Considered a Flight Risk
While awaiting his trial, Frank James was held at the jail in Gallatin and, apparently, attracted...
James Gang Member Dick Liddil’s Incriminating Testimony
James Gang member Dick Liddil, if his testimony is true, made a very damaging case against...
Frank James Trial Moves to Opera House Venue
The poor condition of the wooden courthouse at Gallatin, MO, prompted officials to move the 1883...
State Dismisses Charge of Conductor Westfall’s 1881 Murder
Legal strategies in the effort to convict Frank James included the dismissal of various crimes...
Visit the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail, located 2 blocks west of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. This historic relic is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a visitors’ center — by appointment,
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