Jesse was, naturally, well liked by his peers, for both his bravery and his easy-going manner (that is, when not enraged at the sight of a blue tunic). One evening, when cleaning his Remington revolver around a campfire, the handgun accidentally discharged blowing off a tip of one of his fingers. He coolly studied the damage, never winced, but only shook his head. "Now ain't that the most dingus-dangest thing you ever seen?" he replied, drawing laughter from those around him and inspiring Cole Younger and others from then on to nickname him "Dingus" in fond memory of the burlesque. http://www.crimelibrary.com/americana/jesse/3.htm -----Original Message----- From: TheIowafarmGirl@aol.com [mailto:TheIowafarmGirl@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 4:13 PM To: Missouri-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MO] Jesse James How did Jesse James get the nickname of Dingus from his friends Thank You Margaret ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from *digest* mode, send a message to missouri-D-request@rootsweb.com containing only the word "unsubscribe". ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ============================== Search the Missouri-L archives: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=Missouri