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Cole Younger after having been injured in the Northfield,
Minnesota raid.
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Thomas Coleman "Cole" Younger
(1844-1916)
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Cole was an
outlaw and the leader of the
James-Younger Gang. He was wounded and captured following
the Northfield, Minnesota bank raid on September 7, 1876. After
serving more than twenty years in prison,
Cole was paroled in 1901 but was not allowed to leave the State of
Minnesota.
Cole, along with brother
Jim sold tombstones and insurance in Minnesota. Cole
received an official pardon in 1903 and returned home to Lee’s Summit,
Missouri.
Cole reunited with
Frank James in a touring Wild West show for a time and also went
on the lecture circuit preaching the evils of crime. Later, he
was known as an elderly churchgoer in his hometown and died quietly in
1916. He is buried in Lee’s Summit,
Missouri.
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