J.C. Cole

Arrested.  Is One of Jesse James' Gang at Portsmouth

Article taken from The Delphos Daily Herald, February 3, 1898

Portsmouth, O, Feb. 2

J.C. Cole, who claims to have been a member of the famous Jesse James gang of outlaw fame, came to this city and struck R. good and hard, too.  In fact Cole will make an enforced stay until he cracks enough rocks to pay fine and costs for being drunk and disorderly.