James, Jesse Inaccurances in Museum Graphic, 1957 article, Letter from George Warfel to Don Reynolds, c. 1975.
Entry/Object ID
AM2020.1.344
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James, Jesse Inaccurances in Museum Graphic, 1957 article, Letter from George Warfel to Don Reynolds, c. 1975. Letter written ot Don Reynolds, SJM staff member, regarding the articles and cover sketch of Jesse James in Museum Graphic, Spring, 1957. Warfel disputes the accuracy of the sketch and details about James in the article, among which are:
--Sketch is inaccurate in that it shows Jesse has left handed. He asserts that the photo from which it was taken was a tin-type, a format that created a mirror image. He gives detail as to that assertion
--Sketch is inaccurate in the drawing the the pistol James is holding to be drawn with components not yet in use at the time. He further adds that the sketch is missing two other guns that were in Jesse's belt.
--Disputes that Jesse was ever paroled from Civil War service due to wound.
--Corrects the timing of the Liberty Bank robbery to 2 pm. rather that early on Valentines Day, 1866.
--Disputes that the bullet that killed Jesse exited through his left eye. He think the bullet still in the skull.
--Disputes that Jesse had light-colored hair. Says Jesse's granddaughter says it was black.
--Disputes that Jesse was 5'8" tall. Says his granddaughter puts his height as 5"10-11", and cites a photo.
--Corrects the gun caliber to be a Smith Wesson 44 caliber that killed Jesse.
--Corrects the timing of Charles Ford's suicide to 3 years after assassination and to 1 yr.