Jesse James

Jesse James Jesse James was an American outlaw who led the James-Younger Gang in a series of bank and train robberies across the Midwest and South following the American Civil War, during which he had served as a Confederate guerrilla. Though romanticized in popular accounts, his gang was responsible for the deaths of numerous lawmen, civilians, and bystanders during raids spanning roughly 15 years. He was shot and killed in his own home in St. Joseph, Missouri, on April 3, 1882, by Robert Ford, a gang member who sought the reward money offered by Missouri Governor Thomas Crittenden.