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THE SCOTS BOUNTY HUNTER; Legend perpetuated: Brad Pitt portrays Jesse James as a hero but the real James was a ruthless killer who was pursued for years by Allan Pinkerton, inset left.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
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December 1, 2007
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Byline: Jim McBeth
HIS legend was engraved in the annals of the Old West like the namescarved on the tombstones of the men he killed. The story goes that Jesse Jamesshot them all in self-defence, or protecting his beloved South from damnedYankees.
After the Civil War, there would be the stagecoach, bank and train robberies,but naturally the poor got a share.
Any innocents killed must have been caught in the crossfire by peace officerswho could not shoot straight. And in the end, when all he wanted was a bit of arest from being a legend, he was shot ...
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