A California man found an image of what an expert is convinced is a real photo of the notorious bank robber and gang leader.

Previous Missouri governors had tried to capture the James brothers, employing everything from reward offers to a squad of state-funded secret police. But Thomas Crittenden knew that to catch a ...

Based solely on longevity, Jesse James was one of America's most ... far from any pesky lawmen. The James gang was shrewd about the financial benefits and switched to robbing trains, for the ...

But one morning, as the 34-year-old Jesse climbed on a chair to straighten a picture, he was shot in the back of the head by his fellow gang member Robert Ford. Ford shot James down as he stood to ...

Unfortunately, the two primary quarries – Jesse and Frank James – eluded capture. But their gang’s defeat set in motion a series of events that meant the end of Jesse’s outlawing days.