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Daniel J. Duke will stay with us into the next hour, and at that time we'll open up the phone

lines, and we'll make them available to you for questions and comments, but just sit tight

and just listen for the rest of the story to unfold before you weigh in. So your great-great-grandfather

resettles in Blevins, Texas, faked his death in 1882, and seems to be protected not only by a former Texas ranger, but former Confederate guerrilla soldiers who were living around him.

Although, despite that, you know, it was no, it was the worst kept secret that James L. Courtney was, in fact, Jesse James. Now, once he, I mean, did he hang up his, his pistols for good, or were there other, was he ever tempted to break the law again? Was there any other, were there any other crimes committed by

James L. Courtney? I know that after, right, actually, within a week after the funeral in 1882,

which, you know, we believe was Woodhike, here in Texas, and there was a train robbed, and the, oh, the M.O. was basically the same M.O. that

used. I don't know if it was if Jesse was involved, but there were, you know, I always wonder if

maybe he had a couple that he just wanted to get out of his system. Right. You know, a few for old time. I don't know. I don't have any proof that he was involved in that. Did he only rob trains? Oh, no. He robbed banks, trains, and stages. Ah. And that, as far as I know, those are, you know, the main ones, the main things he robbed. He was said to have robbed a tax collector, but that's a legend I don't have any proof of.

An elderly lady was broke.

The tax collector was coming to get the money.

It was all she had left.

She gave it to the tax collector.

Jesse is supposed to have robbed him

down the road and brought the money back to the lady uh with with the receipt that she paid the

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