Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/19/1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
G. Mathis 7/30/05
Manitou Springs
April 9.1955
Dear Roscoe:
Thanks for the photographs. Don't lose the negatives as they may come in handy later on, who knows?
One of grandpa Jesse's daughters down in Florida died recently. She was the mother of June's stepfather not far from where "Dingus" lives. So June's mother is due to come up soon.
I have a man ready to take your place up here at the museum --- --However I'm holding off hoping you will be with us and save enough cash for a real bang-up treasure hunt in October.
Charles E. Norris will come up. As you know he is a son-in-law of "Blueyed Frank" James now about 86 years old I presume.
So now it comes out this fellow Charles Bell misled Carl Breihan on the book. Now they can't sell the book for $4.50 each. They sold a few books and made some money but not enough to suit them.
I smelt a mouse when Charles Bell wrote me such a nasty, foul, vulgar, smutty and cowardly letter---- I should have had him prosecuted & may do it sooner then he thinks.
I did not write anything for the TRUE WEST Magazine. They are hoping I will write stories for them. They pay only 1 cent per word and they won't pay any one for the trouble.
So Bell harps on a mispelled word Jesse Woodrow James,when it should have been Jesse Woodson James.
Anyway Jesse R "Dingus" James was the Missouri Jesse and he is still alive and was ten days ago.
So don't tell Bell a thing--Just keep on asking him questions, will you? Then before longwe will tell him thanks for the same old fiction & Missouri lies.
With all his bragging and boosting he nor Breihan knows JWJ was born in Louisville,KY nor that Dr Frank James actually ran a hospital just across the river at Jeffersonville,Ind., under his own name.
The real truth is -----None of the old men who knew a thing would trust or place any confidence in Mr.Bell.If Bell had done only 5% of all the great research he brags about he would have quickly found out the simple truth.
Hes trying desperately to sell Breihans book for $ 4.50 each to make some money. If that isn't chisling& robbing people I don't know know, do you?
Thanks, answer soon,
June ,Laura<---JJ---III--
Letter to Roscoe from Howk, posted for Bob James by Glynda ( I did a spell check on this and believe it or not Howk spelled misspelled wrong)
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
Linda McManus 8/01/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
G. Mathis 8/02/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
Linda McManus 8/02/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
G. Mathis 8/02/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
crolholmes 8/02/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
Linda McManus 8/02/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
crolholmes 8/02/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
Linda McManus 8/03/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
crolholmes 8/03/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
Linda McManus 8/03/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
Glynda 8/01/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
Glynda 8/01/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
Linda McManus 8/01/05
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
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Re: Letter to Roscoe from Howk 4/ 9/ 1955-"Big Nose Kate"--Thompson Family
G. Mathis 7/30/05