"The Kansas City Daily Times" (Missouri) Tuesday, April 4, 1882 JESSE AND HIS FAMILY. Jesse JAMES was about five feet eight inches in height, of a rather solid, firm and compact build, yet rather on the slender type. His hair was black, not overly long; blue eyes, well shaded with dark lashes, and the entire lower portion of the face was covered by a full growth of dark brown or sun browned whiskers, which are not long and shaggy, but are trimmed and bear evidence of careful attention. His complexion was fair, and he was not sun burned to any considerable extent, as the reader is generally led to suppose. He was neatly clad in a business suit of cashmere, of a dark brown substance, which fit him very neatly. He wore a shirt of spotless whiteness, with collar and cravat, and looked more the picture of a staid and substantial business man than the outlaw and robber that he was. The woman, his wife, is a neat and rather prepossessing lady, and bears the stamp of having been well brought up and surrounded by influences of a better and holier character than the reader would at first suppose. She is rather slender, fair of face, light hair, blue eyes with high forehead and marks of intelligence very strikingly apparent. She was clad in a neat fitting calico and at the time of the shooting was attending to her household duties in the kitchen. When she stood face to face with the awful deed and had realized what had really occurred, she took the matter in a cool and philosophical manner and acted as if she was not surprised at what had occurred, and that she lived in expectation of something of the kind occurring at any time. The two children, a little boy and girl, aged 4 and 7 years, were brought, neat and intelligent and seemed to grieve much over the deed which had in one short moment deprived them of a father's love and protection. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================