736 00:00:06,153 --> 00:00:10,179 Did I ever tell you the story about that scalawag, George Shepherd? 737 00:00:10,473 --> 00:00:12,296 Shepherd's one of Quantrill's lieutenants. 738 00:00:12,457 --> 00:00:15,042 He give me a story much like Bob's what bring him to mind. 739 00:00:15,497 --> 00:00:17,918 Going on about how much we had in common, and so on... 740 00:00:18,089 --> 00:00:20,511 ...so he could get in the gang. 741 00:00:20,681 --> 00:00:23,681 How could I have known he had a grudge against me? 742 00:00:23,849 --> 00:00:28,159 How could I have known he was lying to get on my good side? 743 00:00:28,329 --> 00:00:33,118 I said, "George, come on aboard. Glad to have you." 744 00:00:33,289 --> 00:00:37,893 George thought he was smart, except he wasn't. 745 00:00:38,793 --> 00:00:41,793 One morning, George rides into camp... 746 00:00:41,961 --> 00:00:44,066 ...and about 20 guns open up on him. 747 00:00:47,721 --> 00:00:51,998 See, old George, he only had one eye. You gotta have two eyes, you wanna get Jesse. 748 00:00:56,649 --> 00:00:59,649 You ought not think of me like you do George Shepherd. 749 00:01:00,937 --> 00:01:03,076 You brought him to mind. 750 00:01:03,977 --> 00:01:06,181 Well, it's not very flattering. 751 00:01:11,913 --> 00:01:14,597 Sure is good eating, Martha. 752 00:01:15,433 --> 00:01:17,572 Well, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. 753 00:01:17,737 --> 00:01:19,809 How come George had a grudge against you? 754 00:01:24,521 --> 00:01:28,449 I said, how come George had a grudge against you? 755 00:01:33,929 --> 00:01:38,468 Well, you see, George had a nephew he wanted me to protect during the war. 756 00:01:38,633 --> 00:01:40,772 This nephew had 5000 dollars on him. 757 00:01:40,937 --> 00:01:45,344 It just so happens he winds up killed and someone swipes that money. 758 00:01:45,513 --> 00:01:49,223 And when George is in prison, someone whispers to him: 759 00:01:49,385 --> 00:01:52,963 "lt was Jesse James slit the boy's throat." 760 00:01:57,513 --> 00:01:59,880 It was just mean gossip, was it? 761 00:02:01,609 --> 00:02:04,773 Bob's the expert. Let's put it to him. 762 00:02:09,641 --> 00:02:11,942 Oh, dear, I made him cranky. 763 00:02:12,105 --> 00:02:15,749 I'm not cranky. I just been through this before is all. 764 00:02:15,913 --> 00:02:18,946 Most people get around on making fun of me. They don't ever let up. 765 00:02:19,113 --> 00:02:21,088 Someone's getting awful fresh over there. 766 00:02:21,257 --> 00:02:23,842 Woman, shut your face for once. 767 00:02:30,569 --> 00:02:32,805 Don't want you to skip off to your room and pout... 768 00:02:32,968 --> 00:02:35,390 ...without knowing why I come by for this visit. 769 00:02:36,169 --> 00:02:38,307 Why? So you could tell us how sorry you are... 770 00:02:38,472 --> 00:02:40,928 ...you had to slap our cousin Albert around? 771 00:02:53,993 --> 00:02:55,749 I come by... 772 00:02:55,913 --> 00:02:59,174 ...to ask if one of you two Fords... 773 00:02:59,369 --> 00:03:02,598 ...would care to ride with me in a journey or two. 774 00:03:02,984 --> 00:03:06,214 I guess we both agree it ought to be Charley. 775 00:03:06,377 --> 00:03:09,060 You've been acting sort of testy. 776 00:03:38,761 --> 00:03:40,899 Have you seen Wood Hite lately? 777 00:03:41,384 --> 00:03:44,767 No. Not at all. 778 00:03:52,425 --> 00:03:54,978 I swear that stew had some squirrel meat in it. 779 00:03:55,145 --> 00:03:57,730 -Still arguing with you, is it? -Yeah. 780 00:03:58,473 --> 00:04:00,327 -You're Charles Ford? -Yes, ma'am. 781 00:04:00,489 --> 00:04:02,463 You've seen me once or twice before. 782 00:04:03,753 --> 00:04:05,608 I got a letter from George Hite. 783 00:04:06,217 --> 00:04:08,999 He hasn't seen hide nor hair of him. 784 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,546 And you say you haven't seen Wood? 785 00:04:13,257 --> 00:04:16,291 No, l-- I can't imagine where he could be. 786 00:04:42,569 --> 00:04:43,551 Yeah? 787 00:04:44,681 --> 00:04:46,754 You finished with your sleeping? 788 00:04:48,201 --> 00:04:50,622 I could use a couple more hours if it's no trouble. 789 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:03,295 Yeah. 790 00:05:06,793 --> 00:05:11,048 I been holding a discussion with myself over if I ought to tell you this or no. 791 00:05:11,209 --> 00:05:13,762 My good side won out and.... 792 00:05:14,922 --> 00:05:17,704 Well, I wanna make a clean breast of things. 793 00:05:18,762 --> 00:05:22,755 Yeah, my mind's a little cobwebby is the only drawback. 794 00:05:22,921 --> 00:05:27,525 I could use a little-- A little more sleep. 795 00:05:29,961 --> 00:05:31,903 You know I went to Kentucky? 796 00:05:32,841 --> 00:05:34,216 Yeah. 797 00:05:34,889 --> 00:05:37,223 I come back through Saline County and... 798 00:05:38,569 --> 00:05:40,357 ...I think to myself: 799 00:05:40,873 --> 00:05:45,445 "Why not stop by and see Ed Miller? " 800 00:05:47,529 --> 00:05:49,187 So I do. 801 00:05:52,873 --> 00:05:56,069 Well, things are not to my satisfaction. 802 00:05:58,122 --> 00:06:00,772 Ed's got himself all worked up over something. 803 00:06:02,249 --> 00:06:05,380 I can see that he's lying like a rug. 804 00:06:08,585 --> 00:06:11,552 So I say to myself, "Enough's enough." 805 00:06:12,041 --> 00:06:14,724 And I say to Ed, "Come on, Ed. 806 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:17,861 Let's go for a ride." 807 00:06:19,593 --> 00:06:22,376 You understand what I'm saying? 808 00:06:23,561 --> 00:06:26,408 Going for a ride is like.... 809 00:06:27,433 --> 00:06:30,433 Going for a ride is like giving him what-for? 810 00:06:32,329 --> 00:06:33,987 Exactly. 811 00:06:38,281 --> 00:06:39,688 So... 812 00:06:42,281 --> 00:06:44,070 ...Ed and Jesse... 813 00:06:46,377 --> 00:06:48,548 ...they argue on the road. 814 00:06:52,809 --> 00:06:55,045 Did you ever count the stars? 815 00:06:58,377 --> 00:07:02,152 I can't ever get the same number. They keep changing on me. 816 00:07:03,945 --> 00:07:06,847 I don't even know what a star is exactly. 817 00:07:09,449 --> 00:07:11,554 Well, your body knows. 818 00:07:12,425 --> 00:07:14,792 It's your mind that forgot. 819 00:07:24,168 --> 00:07:27,103 You go on ahead, partner. I'll catch up with you. 820 00:08:05,673 --> 00:08:07,429 It's okay. 821 00:08:29,321 --> 00:08:32,637 It's okay, sweetheart. It's okay. 822 00:08:35,529 --> 00:08:37,896 And when push came to shove... 823 00:08:44,489 --> 00:08:46,791 ...Jesse shot and killed him. 824 00:08:49,993 --> 00:08:51,782 Jesse did. 825 00:08:54,153 --> 00:08:55,811 You got it. 826 00:08:57,769 --> 00:08:59,078 You.... 827 00:09:14,985 --> 00:09:16,872 So, you see, your-- 828 00:09:17,065 --> 00:09:19,432 Your cousin, he got off easy. 829 00:09:19,593 --> 00:09:21,120 I was just playing with Albert. 830 00:09:22,569 --> 00:09:26,082 Yeah, I made him squeal once or twice myself. 831 00:09:26,377 --> 00:09:29,312 I'm just not as thorough as you are. 832 00:09:40,136 --> 00:09:43,038 You got a tale to swap with me now? 833 00:09:51,465 --> 00:09:53,766 I don't get your meaning. 834 00:09:55,752 --> 00:10:00,837 Seems to me, if you have something to confess in exchange... 835 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:03,074 ...it'd only be right... 836 00:10:03,945 --> 00:10:07,141 ...that you'd spit it out now. 837 00:10:18,473 --> 00:10:20,513 I can't think of a single thing. 838 00:10:23,305 --> 00:10:25,955 About Wood Hite, for example. 839 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,757 I'm not gonna-- I been saying over and over I can't figure out where he's gone. 840 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,855 Now, I'm not gonna change my story just to have something to spit. 841 00:10:34,025 --> 00:10:36,610 -Why was your brother so agitated? -Which? 842 00:10:37,545 --> 00:10:38,592 Bob. 843 00:10:39,912 --> 00:10:42,782 That's just his way. He's antsy. 844 00:10:43,529 --> 00:10:44,903 You know? 845 00:11:00,424 --> 00:11:02,912 You go on back to sleep now. 846 00:11:04,489 --> 00:11:07,489 You got me agitated now, you see? 847 00:11:13,641 --> 00:11:17,667 Yeah, just ain't no peace when old Jesse's around. 848 00:11:18,185 --> 00:11:21,054 You ought to pity my poor wife. 849 00:11:23,624 --> 00:11:25,697 Ed Miller was a good friend of mine. 850 00:11:25,865 --> 00:11:29,160 He introduced me to you at that one poker game. 851 00:11:29,865 --> 00:11:33,727 I'm a little angry with you, if you wanna know the God's honest truth. 852 00:11:36,104 --> 00:11:38,493 You ought to pity me too. 853 00:12:22,184 --> 00:12:25,959 As proof of his confederacy with the James Gang, Bob told the authorities... 854 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,469 ...that Dick Liddil was sleeping over at the rented farmhouse... 855 00:12:29,641 --> 00:12:32,358 ...while his ruined leg mended. 856 00:12:37,161 --> 00:12:40,838 And then, created a map of the Harbison property... 857 00:12:41,961 --> 00:12:46,979 ...Ieaving out the creek where Wood Hite's remains now moldered. 858 00:12:47,721 --> 00:12:49,826 Right, you boys are cornered! 859 00:12:49,993 --> 00:12:54,335 Come on out peaceably and nobody'll get shot up! 860 00:12:59,272 --> 00:13:00,254 Don't shoot! 861 00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:06,590 Come on out and show yourself! 862 00:13:21,033 --> 00:13:22,495 Hello. 863 00:13:22,825 --> 00:13:24,385 We got him. 864 00:13:24,776 --> 00:13:26,718 Give me that Colt, son. 865 00:13:31,465 --> 00:13:33,920 -All right. -Andrew James Liddil... 866 00:13:34,088 --> 00:13:36,958 ...I have a warrant here for your arrest.... 867 00:13:37,129 --> 00:13:41,319 Snowstorms would move over Missouri that Sunday, February 19th... 868 00:13:41,481 --> 00:13:44,350 ...shutting down commerce for more than two days. 869 00:13:45,929 --> 00:13:48,547 -Go, go, go. -Are the papers here? 870 00:13:48,713 --> 00:13:52,193 -He wanted to know if the papers are here. -I don't care what he wants. 871 00:13:52,361 --> 00:13:54,150 Yet this wouldn't prevent Robert Ford... 872 00:13:54,313 --> 00:13:56,614 ...from presenting himself to Governor Crittenden... 873 00:13:56,776 --> 00:13:59,744 ...at the Craig Rifles Ball on Wednesday. 874 00:13:59,913 --> 00:14:03,328 I deem it a great privilege on this glorious occasion... 875 00:14:03,496 --> 00:14:05,406 ...to recognize publicly... 876 00:14:05,577 --> 00:14:08,130 ...the intelligent and effective assistance... 877 00:14:08,296 --> 00:14:12,901 ...that Captain Henry Craig has rendered the state of Missouri and myself... 878 00:14:13,065 --> 00:14:16,381 ...in our joint quest to rid Jackson County... 879 00:14:16,776 --> 00:14:18,664 ...of the James band. 880 00:14:18,825 --> 00:14:21,345 The task that Captain Craig has assumed... 881 00:14:21,513 --> 00:14:25,474 ...will require fearless courage, extraordinary vigilance... 882 00:14:25,641 --> 00:14:28,455 ...and an unerring selection of instrumentalities. 883 00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:34,050 Well, I've gotten the signal from my wife that enough is enough. 884 00:14:34,216 --> 00:14:36,485 However, before I sit... 885 00:14:36,649 --> 00:14:39,648 ...I would like to ask you to join me in a toast... 886 00:14:40,072 --> 00:14:43,618 ...to a great son of the state of Missouri... 887 00:14:43,785 --> 00:14:47,462 -...my friend, Henry Craig. -Here, here. 888 00:14:59,624 --> 00:15:01,185 Yes. 889 00:15:02,121 --> 00:15:03,877 Just let my attorney know. 890 00:15:11,208 --> 00:15:14,340 Who is that? Who is it? 891 00:15:14,665 --> 00:15:16,159 Get out of the way now. 892 00:15:25,736 --> 00:15:29,664 You know, you're more goddamn trouble than you're worth, Bob. 893 00:15:29,832 --> 00:15:31,458 I was just gonna say hello. 894 00:15:31,625 --> 00:15:34,723 No, you weren't gonna do that, Bob. That's not why you're down here. 895 00:15:34,888 --> 00:15:39,939 You think it's your goddamn coming-out. You think you're the belle of the ball. 896 00:15:40,104 --> 00:15:44,163 Now you get upstairs and try to keep your identity secret, you silly little bastard. 897 00:15:44,328 --> 00:15:47,078 The governor'll see you in good time. Take him up, boys. 898 00:15:52,361 --> 00:15:54,401 Bob would later be cross-examined repeatedly... 899 00:15:54,569 --> 00:15:58,595 ...about the exact nature of the deal he had made with the authorities. 900 00:15:58,761 --> 00:16:01,575 And he was never consistent in his recollections. 901 00:16:05,576 --> 00:16:09,635 My wife's asleep in the other room, so let's speak as quietly as we can. 902 00:16:10,281 --> 00:16:12,419 So you're Dick Little. 903 00:16:14,216 --> 00:16:15,678 Liddil. 904 00:16:16,393 --> 00:16:18,247 I beg your pardon? 905 00:16:18,536 --> 00:16:20,063 I spell it with two D's. 906 00:16:20,233 --> 00:16:22,502 He's given us a full confession, governor. 907 00:16:22,665 --> 00:16:24,672 Newspapers haven't caught onto it yet. 908 00:16:24,841 --> 00:16:28,223 And you've guaranteed him a conditional pardon... 909 00:16:28,392 --> 00:16:32,102 ...and amnesty for all the robberies he's committed. 910 00:16:33,673 --> 00:16:34,850 You Robert Ford? 911 00:16:38,216 --> 00:16:39,460 How old are you? 912 00:16:41,448 --> 00:16:42,823 Twenty. 913 00:16:43,112 --> 00:16:45,534 You surrender to Sheriff Timberlake as well? 914 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:49,447 No, no, governor. That's his brother, Charley Ford, he's in the James Gang. 915 00:16:49,608 --> 00:16:52,226 But little Bob here, we got nothing on Bob. 916 00:16:52,392 --> 00:16:54,847 He's just acting in capacity as a... 917 00:16:56,969 --> 00:16:59,041 ...private detective. 918 00:17:00,168 --> 00:17:02,110 Jesse James sent me a telegram last month... 919 00:17:02,281 --> 00:17:05,314 ...saying he'd kill me if he had to wreck a train to do it. 920 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,000 He said once I got in his hands, he'd cut my heart out... 921 00:17:08,168 --> 00:17:10,557 ...and eat it in strips like it was bacon. 922 00:17:10,728 --> 00:17:12,583 I'll wreck his train first. 923 00:17:19,848 --> 00:17:23,842 I'm sorry, Your Excellency. I was thinking about something else. 924 00:17:24,009 --> 00:17:26,245 Jesse James is nothing more than a public outlaw... 925 00:17:26,408 --> 00:17:29,092 ...who made his reputation by stealing whatever he wanted... 926 00:17:29,257 --> 00:17:31,395 ...killing whoever got in his way. 927 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,008 You'll hear some fools say he's getting back at Republicans and Union men... 928 00:17:35,177 --> 00:17:37,827 ...for the wrongs his family suffered during the war. 929 00:17:37,992 --> 00:17:42,532 But his victims have scarcely been selected with reference to their political views. 930 00:17:43,016 --> 00:17:45,601 I'm saying his sins will soon find him out. 931 00:17:45,768 --> 00:17:48,321 I'm saying his cup of iniquity is full. 932 00:17:48,488 --> 00:17:51,074 I'm saying Jesse James is a desperate case... 933 00:17:51,368 --> 00:17:54,150 ...and may require a desperate remedy. 934 00:17:57,353 --> 00:18:00,320 Y'all got the right man for the job. 935 00:18:16,008 --> 00:18:18,179 Come on. Come on, now. 936 00:18:18,729 --> 00:18:20,289 Come on, now. 937 00:19:02,856 --> 00:19:05,311 Have you ever considered suicide? 938 00:19:07,272 --> 00:19:12,390 I can't say that I have. There's always something else I wanted to do. 939 00:19:13,416 --> 00:19:19,046 Or my predicaments changed, or I saw my hardships from a different slant. 940 00:19:19,209 --> 00:19:23,431 You know all what can happen. It never seemed respectable. 941 00:19:29,928 --> 00:19:32,645 I'll tell you one thing that's for certain. 942 00:19:32,808 --> 00:19:36,605 You won't mind dying once you've peeked over the other side. 943 00:19:40,233 --> 00:19:43,135 You'll no more wanna go back to your body than... 944 00:19:43,304 --> 00:19:45,671 ...you'd wanna spoon up your own puke. 945 00:19:51,912 --> 00:19:54,595 Hey, since we're looking to rob banks... 946 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:59,168 ...I was wondering if we could add another fella to the gang... 947 00:19:59,336 --> 00:20:02,816 ...and sort of see if we couldn't come out of our next job alive. 948 00:20:05,193 --> 00:20:09,982 Bob wanted to know could he ride with us next time we took on a savings bank or-- 949 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,407 A savings bank or a-- 950 00:20:20,072 --> 00:20:21,730 A railroad. 951 00:20:28,808 --> 00:20:31,972 Bob isn't much more than a boy to most appearances. 952 00:20:32,136 --> 00:20:34,787 But there's about two tons of sand in him. 953 00:20:34,953 --> 00:20:38,051 And he'll stand with a shooter when that's what's called for. 954 00:20:38,216 --> 00:20:42,307 And he's smart too. He's about as intricate as they come. 955 00:20:44,328 --> 00:20:46,946 You forget I already met the kid. 956 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,818 Hell, he surely thinks highly of you. 957 00:20:51,336 --> 00:20:53,987 All of America thinks highly of me. 958 00:20:54,664 --> 00:20:57,762 Still, not like you got two million names to snatch out of a sock... 959 00:20:57,928 --> 00:21:00,001 ...whenever you need a third man. 960 00:21:03,368 --> 00:21:06,270 I can see you trying to wear me down on this. 961 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,545 That's my main intention. 962 00:21:17,256 --> 00:21:19,809 Robberies would be conceived but never carried out... 963 00:21:19,976 --> 00:21:23,391 ...in Nebraska, Colorado and Missouri. 964 00:21:24,008 --> 00:21:25,056 During this time... 965 00:21:25,225 --> 00:21:29,087 ...Henry Craig enjoined Robert Ford to return to Elias ' Grocery Store in Richmond... 966 00:21:29,256 --> 00:21:32,191 ...and await instructions from Sheriff James Timberlake. 967 00:21:32,616 --> 00:21:34,787 All right, three cans... 968 00:21:34,952 --> 00:21:38,530 ...peaches. Two cans.... 969 00:21:39,752 --> 00:21:42,174 Two cans sifted peas. 970 00:21:42,472 --> 00:21:44,032 One bottle... 971 00:21:46,728 --> 00:21:49,794 ...Mary's Morning Tonic, and a half-- 972 00:21:52,744 --> 00:21:55,199 Half a sack of flour. 973 00:21:56,328 --> 00:21:58,303 I'll be right with you. 974 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,876 I haven't seen any sign of him. 975 00:22:17,288 --> 00:22:19,557 Well, do you know where he's living? 976 00:22:20,616 --> 00:22:21,925 No. 977 00:22:23,048 --> 00:22:24,422 No? 978 00:22:27,048 --> 00:22:29,699 Well, I can't guess how he does it... 979 00:22:29,864 --> 00:22:33,988 ...but he is always knowledgeable about what's going on. 980 00:22:34,152 --> 00:22:38,276 He's gonna know I've been here with you. You ought to take that for granted. 981 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,477 And he will kill you if he gets the chance. 982 00:22:47,592 --> 00:22:50,047 Are you willing to risk that? 983 00:22:54,472 --> 00:22:56,130 Yes, I am. 984 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:00,738 I've been a nobody all my life. 985 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,396 I was the baby. 986 00:23:03,656 --> 00:23:06,951 I was the one they made promises to that they never kept. 987 00:23:08,104 --> 00:23:12,610 And ever since I can remember it, Jesse James has been as big as a tree. 988 00:23:15,912 --> 00:23:18,083 I'm prepared for this, Jim... 989 00:23:18,952 --> 00:23:21,025 ...and I'm gonna accomplish it. 990 00:23:21,256 --> 00:23:23,263 I know I won't get but this one opportunity... 991 00:23:23,432 --> 00:23:26,214 ...and you can bet your life I'm not gonna spoil it. 992 00:23:37,736 --> 00:23:38,751 Well... 993 00:23:39,912 --> 00:23:41,822 ...wait for your chance. 994 00:23:42,312 --> 00:23:45,573 Don't let yourself be found alone with him, and do not... 995 00:23:46,408 --> 00:23:48,709 ...Iet him get behind you. 996 00:24:15,688 --> 00:24:16,833 You been chosen. 997 00:24:21,608 --> 00:24:23,135 Well, what do you mean? 998 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:26,749 Well, your brother said that you might wanna join us. 999 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,117 But maybe you like this grocery store more than you said you did. 1000 00:24:33,287 --> 00:24:35,262 -So you missed me? -Oh, yeah. 1001 00:24:35,912 --> 00:24:38,465 I been crying myself to sleep every night. 1002 00:24:47,624 --> 00:24:49,534 Don't let him see us so much as wink. 1003 00:24:49,704 --> 00:24:53,381 He's suspicious as a damn coyote, and he don't trust you one iota. 1004 00:24:54,055 --> 00:24:55,779 -Well, I guess that makes-- -Hey. 1005 00:24:55,944 --> 00:25:00,221 He already put away Ed Miller. He said so like it was something piddly he'd done. 1006 00:25:39,527 --> 00:25:43,586 If we're ever alone for more than a minute, I'd like a chance to talk to you further. 1007 00:26:21,704 --> 00:26:23,843 They gave me ten days. 1008 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,022 For what? 1009 00:26:30,919 --> 00:26:32,708 For arresting him. 1010 00:26:38,536 --> 00:26:40,129 You and me, huh? 1011 00:26:43,624 --> 00:26:46,755 It's gonna happen one way or another, Charley. It's gonna happen. 1012 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,408 So it might as well be us who get rich on it. 1013 00:26:49,576 --> 00:26:52,740 -Bob, he's our friend. -He murdered Ed Miller. 1014 00:26:53,351 --> 00:26:56,319 And he's gonna murder Liddil and Cummins if the chance ever comes. 1015 00:26:57,704 --> 00:27:02,144 It seems to me Jesse's riding from man to man, saying goodbye to the gang. 1016 00:27:03,592 --> 00:27:05,861 So your friendship could put you under the pansies. 1017 00:27:07,847 --> 00:27:12,125 I'll grind it fine in my mind, Bob. I can't go any further than that right now. 1018 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:16,934 You'll come around. 1019 00:27:18,024 --> 00:27:20,391 You think it's all made up, don't you? 1020 00:27:20,552 --> 00:27:23,748 You think it's all yarns and newspaper stories. 1021 00:27:31,304 --> 00:27:33,540 He's just a human being. 1022 00:27:41,447 --> 00:27:44,447 From now on, you two won't go anywhere without me. 1023 00:27:45,191 --> 00:27:49,567 From now on, you'll ask for my permission! From now on, you'll ask to be excused! 1024 00:28:43,208 --> 00:28:47,331 Charley, take them horses around the barn. Bob, you go on inside. 1025 00:28:48,136 --> 00:28:49,413 -Hello, Mary. -Hi. 1026 00:28:49,576 --> 00:28:52,609 Look at this rotten parsnip I found in the compost heap. 1027 00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:04,230 You never mentioned Bob would be here. 1028 00:29:08,328 --> 00:29:11,197 Maybe he was saving it as a pleasant surprise. 1029 00:29:15,624 --> 00:29:18,177 Got two cousins for company now. 1030 00:29:27,496 --> 00:29:29,700 How it's gonna be is... 1031 00:29:30,056 --> 00:29:34,082 ...we'll leave next Monday afternoon and ride down to Platte City. 1032 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:38,695 How far is that from Kansas City? 1033 00:29:40,328 --> 00:29:43,045 Platte City's 30 miles south. 1034 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:49,024 You and me and Charley'll sleep in the woods overnight... 1035 00:29:49,512 --> 00:29:53,734 ...and we'll strike the Wells Bank sometime before the court recesses. 1036 00:29:58,344 --> 00:30:01,158 What time will that be exactly? 1037 00:30:06,567 --> 00:30:08,989 Well, you don't need to know that. 1038 00:30:23,399 --> 00:30:26,247 You know, I'm real comfortable with your brother. 1039 00:30:26,471 --> 00:30:28,893 Hell, he's ugly as sin, he smells like a skunk... 1040 00:30:29,672 --> 00:30:32,967 ...and he's so ignorant he couldn't drive nails in the snow... 1041 00:30:33,128 --> 00:30:35,517 ...but he's sort of easy to be around. 1042 00:30:36,008 --> 00:30:38,691 I can't say the same for you, Bob. 1043 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,229 Well, I'm sorry to hear you say that. 1044 00:30:46,023 --> 00:30:49,885 You know how it is when you're with your girlfriend and the moon's out... 1045 00:30:50,056 --> 00:30:53,951 ...and you know she wants to be kissed, even though she never said so? 1046 00:30:57,224 --> 00:30:58,598 Yeah. 1047 00:31:01,224 --> 00:31:04,453 Well, you're giving me signs that grieve my soul... 1048 00:31:05,287 --> 00:31:07,327 ...and make me wonder... 1049 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,989 ...maybe your mind's been changed about me. 1050 00:31:10,312 --> 00:31:13,628 Well, what do you want me to do? Swear my good faith on the Bible? 1051 00:31:30,408 --> 00:31:32,262 You two having a spat? 1052 00:31:37,319 --> 00:31:39,708 I was getting ready to be angry. 1053 00:31:44,968 --> 00:31:47,204 Sit over here closer, kid. 1054 00:31:49,351 --> 00:31:50,562 Come on. 1055 00:32:01,255 --> 00:32:03,492 Charley, you'll stay with the animals. 1056 00:32:04,135 --> 00:32:05,957 Me and the kid... 1057 00:32:06,119 --> 00:32:09,916 ...will walk into that bank just before noon. 1058 00:32:11,719 --> 00:32:14,239 Bob will move that cashier... 1059 00:32:14,759 --> 00:32:17,858 ...away from the shotgun that's under the counter... 1060 00:32:18,024 --> 00:32:20,773 ...and I'll creep up behind that cashier... 1061 00:32:20,936 --> 00:32:23,172 ...and I'll cock his head back like so. 1062 00:32:23,432 --> 00:32:24,414 And I'll say: 1063 00:32:24,584 --> 00:32:27,202 "How come an off-scouring like you is still sucking air... 1064 00:32:27,368 --> 00:32:29,539 ...when so many of mine are in coffins? " I'll say: 1065 00:32:29,703 --> 00:32:32,900 "How did you get to reach 20 without leaking out all over your clothes? " 1066 00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:37,061 And if I don't like his attitude, I will slit that phildoodle so deep... 1067 00:32:37,351 --> 00:32:40,253 ...he will flop on the floor like a fish. 1068 00:32:43,784 --> 00:32:46,053 My God, what just happened? 1069 00:32:54,919 --> 00:32:58,148 Boy, I could hear your gears grinding... 1070 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,669 ...hear your little motor wondering, "My gosh, what's next? 1071 00:33:01,832 --> 00:33:03,141 What's happening to me? " 1072 00:33:04,935 --> 00:33:06,724 You were precious to behold, Bob. 1073 00:33:06,887 --> 00:33:09,407 You were white as spit in a cotton field. 1074 00:33:09,927 --> 00:33:12,294 You got him. You got him. 1075 00:33:13,863 --> 00:33:17,758 You wanna know how that feels? Unpleasant. I honestly can't recommend it. 1076 00:33:23,048 --> 00:33:25,415 The old Charley looked stricken! 1077 00:33:26,055 --> 00:33:27,811 I was. I was. 1078 00:33:27,975 --> 00:33:32,765 "This is plumb unexpected," old Charley was thinking. "That done ruined my day." 1079 00:33:40,232 --> 00:33:41,606 Hell. Hell. 1080 00:34:11,304 --> 00:34:15,013 Jesse slept with Bob in the children's room that night. 1081 00:34:16,263 --> 00:34:18,751 And Bob remained awake. 1082 00:34:21,479 --> 00:34:24,708 He could see that there was a gun on the nightstand. 1083 00:34:25,544 --> 00:34:29,373 He could imagine its cold nickel inside his grip... 1084 00:34:30,248 --> 00:34:33,597 ...its two-pound weight reached out and aimed. 1085 00:35:03,463 --> 00:35:05,470 I need to go to the privy. 1086 00:35:06,632 --> 00:35:09,893 You think you do, but you don't. 1087 00:35:32,167 --> 00:35:34,240 You wait for grace, now. 1088 00:35:35,143 --> 00:35:38,340 -Thank you, Mama. -Thank you, Zee. God, that looks good. 1089 00:35:38,503 --> 00:35:40,064 -Thank you, Zee. -You're welcome. 1090 00:35:40,232 --> 00:35:43,199 Well, is this fit to eat or will it just do? 1091 00:35:45,992 --> 00:35:47,999 Woman's cooking's always been a scandal. 1092 00:35:48,167 --> 00:35:50,436 Cut her meat and the whole table moves. 1093 00:35:51,335 --> 00:35:53,310 You want a biscuit? You gonna have a biscuit? 1094 00:35:53,479 --> 00:35:57,123 Here's some butter. Come on. Come on. 1095 00:35:58,983 --> 00:36:00,227 Oh, shoot. 1096 00:36:00,392 --> 00:36:04,036 And so it went, Jesse was increasingly cavalier... 1097 00:36:04,199 --> 00:36:07,777 ...merry, moody, fey... 1098 00:36:07,943 --> 00:36:09,950 ...unpredictable. 1099 00:36:11,431 --> 00:36:14,431 He camouflaged his depressions and derangements... 1100 00:36:14,599 --> 00:36:18,428 ...with masquerades of extreme cordiality, courtesy... 1101 00:36:18,599 --> 00:36:21,250 ...and goodwill towards others. 1102 00:36:22,279 --> 00:36:26,370 But even as he jested, or tickled his boy in the ribs... 1103 00:36:26,535 --> 00:36:30,015 ...Jesse would look over at Bob with melancholy eyes... 1104 00:36:30,183 --> 00:36:33,980 ...as if the two were meshed in an intimate communication. 1105 00:36:36,679 --> 00:36:39,199 Bob was certain that the man had unriddled him... 1106 00:36:39,367 --> 00:36:41,920 ...had seen through his reasons for coming along... 1107 00:36:42,087 --> 00:36:45,916 ...that Jesse could forecast each of Bob 's possible moves and inclinations... 1108 00:36:46,087 --> 00:36:47,843 ...and was only acting the innocent... 1109 00:36:48,007 --> 00:36:52,742 ...in order to lull Bob into stupid tranquility and miscalculation. 1110 00:37:13,543 --> 00:37:15,648 How long you been studying me? 1111 00:37:17,479 --> 00:37:20,097 You're gonna break a lot of hearts. 1112 00:37:27,687 --> 00:37:28,832 How do you mean? 1113 00:37:37,704 --> 00:37:39,362 It's a present. 1114 00:37:43,847 --> 00:37:45,341 It's heavy. 1115 00:37:45,895 --> 00:37:47,935 Well, you gonna look inside? 1116 00:37:49,447 --> 00:37:51,170 It's April Fools' Day, you know. 1117 00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:53,475 It ain't no joke. 1118 00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:02,173 Oh, such extravagance. 1119 00:38:03,655 --> 00:38:06,241 Don't that nickel just shine, though? 1120 00:38:06,439 --> 00:38:07,933 It's more than I could hope for. 1121 00:38:08,103 --> 00:38:10,787 I figured that granddaddy Colt may blow into fragments... 1122 00:38:10,952 --> 00:38:13,602 ...next time you try to squeeze the trigger. 1123 00:38:13,832 --> 00:38:16,133 Well, you might have something there. 1124 00:38:16,615 --> 00:38:19,135 Tom, supper's ready. 1125 00:38:20,263 --> 00:38:22,205 I'll be right there, sweetheart. 1126 00:38:22,375 --> 00:38:24,579 I might be too excited to eat. 1127 00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,108 You know what John Newman Edwards once wrote about me? 1128 00:38:31,112 --> 00:38:33,828 He said I didn't trust two men in 10,000... 1129 00:38:33,992 --> 00:38:36,544 ...and even them I was cautious around. 1130 00:38:37,319 --> 00:38:39,229 Government's sort of run me ragged. 1131 00:38:41,127 --> 00:38:43,996 I'm going the long way around the barn to say that... 1132 00:38:44,167 --> 00:38:47,647 ...I been feeling cornered and just plain ornery as of late... 1133 00:38:48,359 --> 00:38:52,832 ...and I'd be pleased if you'd accept that gun as my way of apologizing. 1134 00:38:55,111 --> 00:38:57,795 Heaven knows I'd be ornerier if I were in your position. 1135 00:38:57,959 --> 00:39:00,926 No. No, I haven't been acting correctly. 1136 00:39:02,663 --> 00:39:06,046 Seems I hardly recognize myself when I'm greased. 1137 00:39:08,999 --> 00:39:11,388 I go on journeys out of my body... 1138 00:39:11,559 --> 00:39:15,487 ...and look at my red hands and my mean face... 1139 00:39:16,231 --> 00:39:19,810 ...and I wonder about that man that's gone so wrong. 1140 00:39:23,431 --> 00:39:26,333 I've been becoming a problem to myself. 1141 00:39:38,471 --> 00:39:39,780 Well.... 1142 00:39:46,151 --> 00:39:50,591 -I better wash my hands if supper's on. -Yeah, go ahead. 1143 00:40:03,399 --> 00:40:06,214 The day before he died was Palm Sunday. 1144 00:40:07,207 --> 00:40:10,371 And Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Howard, their two children... 1145 00:40:10,535 --> 00:40:12,510 ...and their cousin Charles Johnson... 1146 00:40:12,679 --> 00:40:17,632 ...strolled to the Second Presbyterian Church to attend the 1 0:00 service. 1147 00:40:19,943 --> 00:40:22,147 Bob remained at the cottage... 1148 00:40:22,311 --> 00:40:25,573 ...and slyly migrated from room to room. 1149 00:40:28,071 --> 00:40:29,827 He walked into the master bedroom... 1150 00:40:29,991 --> 00:40:33,603 ...and inventoried the clothes on the hangers and hooks. 1151 00:40:39,655 --> 00:40:42,851 He sipped from the water glass on the vanity. 1152 00:40:45,095 --> 00:40:49,186 He smelled the talcum and lilacs on Jesse's pillowcase. 1153 00:40:56,775 --> 00:40:58,880 His fingers skittered over his ribs... 1154 00:40:59,047 --> 00:41:02,757 ... to construe the scars where Jesse was twice shot. 1155 00:41:06,407 --> 00:41:10,815 He manufactured a middle finger that was missing the top two knuckles. 1156 00:41:17,959 --> 00:41:20,773 He imagined himself at 34. 1157 00:41:22,695 --> 00:41:25,565 He imagined himself in a coffin. 1158 00:41:27,559 --> 00:41:29,217 He considered possibilities... 1159 00:41:29,383 --> 00:41:32,547 ...and everything wonderful that could come true. 1160 00:41:59,207 --> 00:42:01,062 He' s not gonna kill us. 1161 00:42:06,087 --> 00:42:08,160 Yeah, he is. 1162 00:42:10,375 --> 00:42:12,764 Well, I'll stay awake so he can't. 1163 00:42:25,575 --> 00:42:27,909 You're imagining things. 1164 00:42:39,654 --> 00:42:41,542 Ain't gonna be no Platte City. 1165 00:42:43,207 --> 00:42:45,727 That's Jesse fooling with us. 1166 00:43:01,479 --> 00:43:03,618 Go to sleep, Charley. 1167 00:43:35,846 --> 00:43:37,373 Morning. 1168 00:43:41,031 --> 00:43:42,493 Charley. 1169 00:44:11,110 --> 00:44:13,445 Bob, how much did you want to eat? 1170 00:44:17,767 --> 00:44:20,101 I'm feeling sort of peculiar. 1171 00:44:38,535 --> 00:44:40,902 Why is it you're looking so interested? 1172 00:44:42,311 --> 00:44:45,093 You think it's intelligent to go out like that... 1173 00:44:45,255 --> 00:44:47,011 ...so all creation can see your guns? 1174 00:45:04,039 --> 00:45:05,413 Hi. 1175 00:45:15,303 --> 00:45:18,085 Come on, let's go see what your mama's doing. 1176 00:45:19,174 --> 00:45:21,214 Timmy, get that door, would you? 1177 00:45:25,190 --> 00:45:28,224 -Well, you lost your shoe, sweetheart. -Yeah, I did. 1178 00:45:28,391 --> 00:45:32,352 That's gonna be a problem. They don't sell those one at a time. 1179 00:45:33,799 --> 00:45:35,773 We lost a shoe, Mama. 1180 00:45:37,318 --> 00:45:39,774 Will you put that up for Daddy, would you? 1181 00:45:42,727 --> 00:45:45,377 -What you doing, you lose a shoe? -Yeah. 1182 00:46:01,414 --> 00:46:04,676 It's only meant to go on top, to complement. 1183 00:46:04,935 --> 00:46:06,691 Yeah, I know. Sometimes, l-- 1184 00:46:30,279 --> 00:46:33,061 Bob, everything's getting cold! 1185 00:46:33,735 --> 00:46:36,997 -Where's Mary? -She's outside, darling. 1186 00:46:37,959 --> 00:46:39,682 Mary? 1187 00:46:43,302 --> 00:46:45,724 What do you think goes on in that noggin of his? 1188 00:46:48,614 --> 00:46:50,240 Nothing. 1189 00:46:50,791 --> 00:46:53,474 I was talking about his mind, not yours. 1190 00:46:54,374 --> 00:46:56,033 Oh, yeah. 1191 00:46:56,455 --> 00:46:58,080 Oh, I get it. 1192 00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:53,126 Well, hello now. 1193 00:47:53,511 --> 00:47:56,413 "The arrest and confession of Dick Liddil." 1194 00:48:01,447 --> 00:48:03,519 You don't say so. 1195 00:48:17,255 --> 00:48:19,262 That's very strange. 1196 00:48:19,687 --> 00:48:22,469 Says here Dick surrendered three weeks ago. 1197 00:48:22,630 --> 00:48:25,118 You must have been right in the neighborhood. 1198 00:48:25,766 --> 00:48:28,287 Well, apparently, they kept it a secret. 1199 00:48:39,046 --> 00:48:41,981 If I get to Kansas City soon, I'll ask somebody about it. 1200 00:49:20,998 --> 00:49:22,624 You two ready? 1201 00:49:26,183 --> 00:49:28,736 I will be, by noon. 1202 00:50:00,294 --> 00:50:02,847 There is a ship She sails the sea 1203 00:50:03,015 --> 00:50:05,666 She's loaded deep As deep can be 1204 00:50:05,831 --> 00:50:07,969 But not as deep As the love I'm in 1205 00:50:08,519 --> 00:50:11,999 I know not if I sink or swim 1206 00:50:12,998 --> 00:50:14,624 The water is wide 1207 00:50:15,718 --> 00:50:22,013 I can 't cross o 'er And neither have I wings to fly 1208 00:50:22,438 --> 00:50:26,083 Give me a boat That can carry two 1209 00:50:26,247 --> 00:50:28,996 Both shall row My love and I 1210 00:50:29,158 --> 00:50:32,475 For love is gentle And love is kind 1211 00:50:32,646 --> 00:50:35,516 Sweetest flower When first it's new 1212 00:50:35,686 --> 00:50:39,134 But love grows old And waxes cold 1213 00:50:39,302 --> 00:50:42,401 And fades away Like the morning dew 1214 00:50:42,567 --> 00:50:45,469 There is a ship She sails the sea 1215 00:50:45,638 --> 00:50:48,289 I guess I'll take my guns off... 1216 00:50:48,614 --> 00:50:50,524 ...for fear the neighbors might spy them. 1217 00:51:22,470 --> 00:51:24,805 Don't that picture look dusty? 1218 00:53:02,726 --> 00:53:05,596 What have--? What have you done? 1219 00:53:07,943 --> 00:53:09,503 Jesse. 1220 00:53:14,822 --> 00:53:15,804 Jesse? 1221 00:53:16,902 --> 00:53:18,942 Jesse? Jesse? 1222 00:53:19,654 --> 00:53:21,443 Jesse! 1223 00:53:22,406 --> 00:53:24,413 No! 1224 00:53:28,422 --> 00:53:30,658 No. Jess-- 1225 00:53:31,239 --> 00:53:35,461 Come back. Oh, come back. 1226 00:53:37,510 --> 00:53:41,503 Oh, Jesse! No! 1227 00:53:41,990 --> 00:53:45,733 Oh, Bob. Have you done this?! 1228 00:53:45,926 --> 00:53:48,195 I swear to God I didn't. 1229 00:53:49,158 --> 00:53:50,533 It was an accident, Zee. 1230 00:53:52,646 --> 00:53:55,875 Come on. Pistol went off accidentally. 1231 00:54:39,366 --> 00:54:40,511 Put my name. 1232 00:54:40,678 --> 00:54:43,045 Why, what'd you do? I shot him. 1233 00:54:49,959 --> 00:54:51,901 You might wanna keep that. 1234 00:55:28,294 --> 00:55:30,302 Thank you all very much. 1235 00:55:38,118 --> 00:55:40,507 The resulting prints sold for 2 dollars apiece... 1236 00:55:40,678 --> 00:55:45,086 ...and were the models for the lithographed covers on a number of magazines. 1237 00:55:50,406 --> 00:55:55,392 Soon a thousand strangers were making spellbound pilgrimages to the cottage... 1238 00:55:55,750 --> 00:56:00,092 ...or were venerating the iced remains in Seidenfaden 's cooling room. 1239 00:56:00,966 --> 00:56:05,276 The man who offered 30, 000 dollars for the body of President Garfield's assassin... 1240 00:56:05,446 --> 00:56:09,188 ...sent a telegram to City Marshal Enos Craig offering 50,000... 1241 00:56:09,350 --> 00:56:11,554 ...for the body of Jesse Woodson James... 1242 00:56:11,718 --> 00:56:14,368 ...so that he could go around the country with it... 1243 00:56:16,678 --> 00:56:21,435 ...or at least sell it to P. T. Barnum for his Greatest Show on Earth. 1244 00:56:25,350 --> 00:56:28,318 Another photograph was taken of the renowned American bandit... 1245 00:56:28,486 --> 00:56:30,973 ...nestled in his bed of ice. 1246 00:56:31,142 --> 00:56:35,233 And it was this shot that was most available in sundries and apothecaries... 1247 00:56:35,398 --> 00:56:38,911 ...to be viewed in a stereoscope alongside the sphinx... 1248 00:56:39,078 --> 00:56:42,908 ...the Taj Mahal, and the catacombs of Rome. 1249 00:57:07,078 --> 00:57:08,966 Hello, here! 1250 00:57:09,158 --> 00:57:11,646 "The arrest and confession of Dick Liddil." 1251 00:57:11,814 --> 00:57:16,735 Young man, I thought you told me you didn't know Dick had surrendered. 1252 00:57:16,902 --> 00:57:20,611 You mean he did? I didn't know. 1253 00:57:21,478 --> 00:57:23,300 But I knew I had not fooled him. 1254 00:57:23,462 --> 00:57:27,139 And he knew, as well as l, in that moment that I intended to bring him to justice. 1255 00:57:28,038 --> 00:57:31,453 But he would not kill me in the presence of his wife and children. 1256 00:57:31,622 --> 00:57:34,721 And so he was smiling to throw me off-guard. 1257 00:57:37,830 --> 00:57:40,383 Well, it's all right, anyway, Bob. 1258 00:57:42,182 --> 00:57:44,964 It was widely felt that Bob possessed some acting talent... 1259 00:57:45,126 --> 00:57:47,298 ...and Charley, not a jot. 1260 00:57:47,462 --> 00:57:50,276 That picture's awful dusty. 1261 00:57:51,045 --> 00:57:54,045 Charley was only expected not to slouch or mutter... 1262 00:57:54,214 --> 00:57:58,687 ...and to transport his sicknesses to the alley before letting them go. 1263 00:58:26,886 --> 00:58:28,674 And that's... 1264 00:58:29,222 --> 00:58:31,775 ...how I killed Jesse James. 1265 00:58:35,110 --> 00:58:38,492 By October of 1883, Bob Ford could be identified correctly... 1266 00:58:38,662 --> 00:58:42,753 ...by more citizens than could the president of the United States. 1267 00:58:43,398 --> 00:58:47,937 He was as renowned at 20 as Jesse was after 14 years of grand larceny. 1268 00:58:48,102 --> 00:58:50,207 You won't get your hooks into me. 1269 00:58:50,726 --> 00:58:55,265 That's right. That's right. Sit next to your boyfriend. Jezebel. 1270 00:58:55,430 --> 00:58:57,437 Charley was increasingly superstitious... 1271 00:58:57,606 --> 00:59:00,191 ...increasingly subject to the advice of soothsayers... 1272 00:59:00,358 --> 00:59:04,220 ...who promised to cure his miseries with pipe smoke and poultices. 1273 00:59:04,390 --> 00:59:07,521 You been spending too much time with Gypsies, Charley. 1274 00:59:12,998 --> 00:59:14,307 Shit. 1275 00:59:18,470 --> 00:59:20,925 The picture's awful dusty. 1276 00:59:21,350 --> 00:59:25,027 Something began to change in Charley's stage portrayal of Jesse. 1277 00:59:25,190 --> 00:59:27,611 His gait seemed more practiced. 1278 00:59:27,782 --> 00:59:30,946 His voice was spookily similar to the man 's. 1279 00:59:31,110 --> 00:59:33,411 His newly suggested dialogue was analogous... 1280 00:59:33,574 --> 00:59:36,476 ...to a script Jesse might have originated. 1281 00:59:39,173 --> 00:59:41,508 He began to look at his younger brother with spite... 1282 00:59:41,670 --> 00:59:44,190 ...as if he suspected that in some future performance... 1283 00:59:44,358 --> 00:59:48,700 ...he might present himself to a live cartridge in Robert Ford's gun. 1284 00:59:49,989 --> 00:59:51,745 Murderer! 1285 00:59:52,070 --> 00:59:53,728 Cur! 1286 00:59:54,342 --> 00:59:56,032 Coward! 1287 00:59:59,430 --> 01:00:03,773 You wanna investigate my courage? Do you? 1288 01:00:04,166 --> 01:00:07,778 Find out! Find out! 1289 01:00:12,230 --> 01:00:14,018 Nobody. 1290 01:00:28,006 --> 01:00:29,729 Coward! 1291 01:00:53,894 --> 01:00:59,229 By his own approximation, Bob assassinated Jesse James over 800 times. 1292 01:00:59,398 --> 01:01:03,010 He suspected no one in history had ever so often or so publicly... 1293 01:01:03,174 --> 01:01:06,240 ...recapitulated an act of betrayal. 1294 01:01:11,237 --> 01:01:13,888 Bob always challenged the allegations of cowardice... 1295 01:01:14,054 --> 01:01:16,869 ...but Charley seemed to agree with them. 1296 01:01:17,126 --> 01:01:20,738 He spoke of Mrs. Zee James as certain priests might the Madonna... 1297 01:01:20,902 --> 01:01:23,869 ...and composed long soul-describing letters to her... 1298 01:01:24,038 --> 01:01:26,143 ...begging her forgiveness... 1299 01:01:27,398 --> 01:01:29,886 ...none of which he mailed. 1300 01:01:56,613 --> 01:02:01,981 Charley Ford became all that his countrymen wanted an assassin of Jesse James to be. 1301 01:02:06,086 --> 01:02:11,715 Jesse James was a man Who killed many men 1302 01:02:12,870 --> 01:02:17,125 He robbed the Glendale train 1303 01:02:17,350 --> 01:02:22,947 And he stole from the rich And he gave to the poor 1304 01:02:23,174 --> 01:02:27,909 He had a hand And a heart and a brain 1305 01:02:28,678 --> 01:02:33,948 Well, Jesse had a wife To mourn for his life 1306 01:02:34,118 --> 01:02:39,006 Three children They were brave 1307 01:02:39,174 --> 01:02:44,541 But that dirty little coward Who shot Mr. Howard 1308 01:02:44,774 --> 01:02:49,629 Has laid Jesse James in his grave 1309 01:02:50,662 --> 01:02:55,451 It was Robert Ford That dirty little coward 1310 01:02:56,166 --> 01:03:00,389 I wonder how does he feel 1311 01:03:00,550 --> 01:03:06,049 For he ate at Jesse's bread And he slept in Jesse's bed 1312 01:03:06,214 --> 01:03:11,036 And he laid poor Jesse in his grave 1313 01:03:11,493 --> 01:03:16,796 Well, Jesse had a wife To mourn for his life 1314 01:03:16,966 --> 01:03:21,668 Three children They were brave 1315 01:03:21,830 --> 01:03:27,231 But that dirty little coward Who shot Mr. Howard 1316 01:03:27,398 --> 01:03:31,391 Has laid poor Jesse in his grave 1317 01:03:42,469 --> 01:03:44,411 I'm Robert Ford. 1318 01:03:54,693 --> 01:03:58,271 It was two children, not three. 1319 01:04:09,189 --> 01:04:10,466 Hey. 1320 01:04:11,334 --> 01:04:13,789 You get yourself home, son, okay? 1321 01:04:14,470 --> 01:04:18,332 Come on. Get out of here. Get out of my place. 1322 01:04:48,805 --> 01:04:50,910 He thought, at his angriest... 1323 01:04:51,077 --> 01:04:54,689 ...about visiting the kin of Jesse's slaughtered victims: 1324 01:04:56,581 --> 01:04:59,712 Mrs. William Westfall in Plattsburg... 1325 01:05:02,118 --> 01:05:05,085 ...the Wymore family in Clay County... 1326 01:05:10,021 --> 01:05:14,145 ...perhaps even Mrs. Joseph Heywood in Northfield, Minnesota. 1327 01:05:17,093 --> 01:05:19,962 He would go to their homes and give his name as Robert Ford... 1328 01:05:20,133 --> 01:05:22,981 ...the man who killed Jesse James. 1329 01:05:24,358 --> 01:05:27,292 He imagined they would be grateful to him. 1330 01:06:16,165 --> 01:06:20,955 It was only with Dorothy Evans that Bob spoke revealingly or plainly... 1331 01:06:21,125 --> 01:06:25,381 ...and it was with her that he spoke of things he didn 't know he knew. 1332 01:06:46,150 --> 01:06:50,044 He told her that he had no real memory of the shooting and its aftermath. 1333 01:06:50,213 --> 01:06:53,923 He could remember lifting the gun that Jesse had given him... 1334 01:06:54,629 --> 01:06:58,491 ...and then it was Good Friday and he was reading about the funeral proceedings... 1335 01:06:58,661 --> 01:07:01,083 ...as if they'd happened a long time ago. 1336 01:07:02,597 --> 01:07:04,637 Why did you kill him? 1337 01:07:08,773 --> 01:07:10,715 Well, he was gonna kill me. 1338 01:07:15,718 --> 01:07:18,816 So you were scared and that's the only reason? 1339 01:07:21,445 --> 01:07:22,787 Yeah. 1340 01:07:23,237 --> 01:07:25,212 And the reward money. 1341 01:07:30,789 --> 01:07:33,472 Do you want me to change the subject? 1342 01:07:41,349 --> 01:07:43,585 You know what I expected? 1343 01:07:44,581 --> 01:07:46,490 Applause. 1344 01:07:48,966 --> 01:07:52,959 I was only 20 years old then. I couldn't see how it would look to people. 1345 01:07:56,902 --> 01:07:59,455 I was surprised by what happened. 1346 01:08:00,486 --> 01:08:02,373 They didn't applaud. 1347 01:08:05,669 --> 01:08:07,458 He was ashamed of his boasting... 1348 01:08:07,621 --> 01:08:10,370 ...his pretensions of courage and ruthlessness. 1349 01:08:10,661 --> 01:08:14,273 He was sorry about his cold-bloodedness, his dispassion... 1350 01:08:15,846 --> 01:08:20,068 ...his inability to express what he now believed was the case: 1351 01:08:22,533 --> 01:08:25,435 That he truly regretted killing Jesse... 1352 01:08:26,181 --> 01:08:29,051 ...that he missed the man as much as anybody... 1353 01:08:29,573 --> 01:08:32,573 ...and wished his murder hadn 't been necessary. 1354 01:08:51,237 --> 01:08:53,244 Even as he circulated his saloon... 1355 01:08:53,413 --> 01:08:57,025 ...he knew that the smiles disappeared when he passed by. 1356 01:08:58,086 --> 01:08:59,842 He received so many menacing letters... 1357 01:09:00,006 --> 01:09:03,301 ...that he could read them without any reaction except curiosity. 1358 01:09:06,949 --> 01:09:11,553 He kept to his apartment all day, flipping over playing cards... 1359 01:09:12,998 --> 01:09:17,308 ...Iooking at his destiny in every king and jack. 1360 01:09:21,349 --> 01:09:25,473 Edward O'Kelly came up from Bachelor at 1 p.m. on the 8th. 1361 01:09:26,886 --> 01:09:30,660 He had no grand scheme, no strategy... 1362 01:09:30,821 --> 01:09:33,123 ...no agreement with higher authorities... 1363 01:09:33,285 --> 01:09:35,936 ...nothing beyond a vague longing for glory... 1364 01:09:36,965 --> 01:09:41,056 ...and a generalized wish for revenge against Robert Ford. 1365 01:09:48,518 --> 01:09:51,649 -How'd it go last night? -Not so bad. 1366 01:09:54,757 --> 01:09:56,099 The other one. 1367 01:09:58,501 --> 01:10:01,152 Edward O'Kelly would be ordered to serve a life sentence... 1368 01:10:01,317 --> 01:10:04,099 ...in the Colorado Penitentiary for second-degree murder. 1369 01:10:04,261 --> 01:10:06,912 Over 7000 signatures would eventually be gathered... 1370 01:10:07,077 --> 01:10:09,248 ...on a petition asking for O 'Kelly's release... 1371 01:10:09,413 --> 01:10:14,203 ...and in 1 902, Governor James B. Orman would pardon the man. 1372 01:10:14,790 --> 01:10:19,012 You shouldn't be wearing that stickpin again there, Bob. Opals are unlucky. 1373 01:10:20,389 --> 01:10:24,415 My luck's not very good as it is. I don't think an opal's gonna change that much. 1374 01:10:25,317 --> 01:10:26,691 I hear you. 1375 01:10:39,717 --> 01:10:41,506 There would be no eulogies for Bob... 1376 01:10:43,141 --> 01:10:47,069 ...no photographs of his body would be sold in sundries stores... 1377 01:10:47,749 --> 01:10:51,939 ...no people would crowd the streets in the rain to see his funeral cortege... 1378 01:10:53,605 --> 01:10:56,452 ...no biographies would be written about him... 1379 01:10:56,613 --> 01:10:59,068 ...no children named after him. 1380 01:11:00,581 --> 01:11:05,120 No one would ever pay 25 cents to stand in the rooms he grew up in. 1381 01:11:09,477 --> 01:11:11,135 Hello, Bob. 1382 01:11:12,517 --> 01:11:16,543 The shotgun would ignite, and Ella Mae would scream... 1383 01:11:17,317 --> 01:11:20,830 ...but Robert Ford would only lay on the floor and look at the ceiling... 1384 01:11:20,997 --> 01:11:23,386 ...the light going out of his eyes... 1385 01:11:23,558 --> 01:11:26,176 ...before he could find the right words.