名人軼事37:Frank and Jesse James

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VOICE ONE:

People in America, a program in Special English by the Voice of America.

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Two of the most famous outlaws of the old American west were brothers. I'm

Tony Riggs. Today, Maurice Joyce and I tell about Frank and Jesse James. We

begin their story on a cold day in February, eighteensixty-six.

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VOICE TWO:

Liberty, Missouri. Two o'clock in the afternoon.

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Twelve men on horses ride slowly into town. Their hats are low on their

faces. They stop in front of the Clay County Savings Bank. Two of the men get

off their horses and enter the bank. The bank manager asks if he can help

them. The two men pull out guns from under their heavy coats. They demand

money.

In less than two minutes, they return to the street. Now the gang is in a

great hurry. All twelve men begin shooting.

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Several people are wounded. A young college student is killed.

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VOICE ONE:

What happened on that day was the first bank robbery, during business hours,

in peacetime, in the United States.

History books say the two men who went into the bank were Frank James and his

younger brother Jesse. But this was never proved. Frank and Jesse James told

lawmen they were home that day. Several of their friends confirmed the story.

True or not, during the next sixteen years, the James brothers did become two

of the most famous outlaws in America.