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Submitted: 2/5/14 • Approved: 2/6/14 • Last Updated: 4/17/18 • R747604-G0-S3
1851 - March 14, 1874
Killed by Pinkerton Detectives in the Roscoe gun battle
John was one of the infamous Younger brothers. All the grave stones in this cemetery face east and west. except John's. It sits at a 45 degree angle to the others. I was told the reason for that was that he was born crooked and would always be crooked.
A marker at the site of the battle and near the gravesite reads:
The reputed outlaws John Younger and his brother James Younger fought a gun battle with detectives James Wright and Louis J Lull (alias Allen). E. B. Daniels acted as a local guide for Wright and Lull.
The battle was fought about 1/4 mile east of here on March 17,1874. In the fight John Younger and E.B. Daniels were killed. Detective Lull was severely wounded and taken to Roscoe for treatment where, by later reports, he either died or pretended death to escape from the rest of the Youngers. Detective Wright disappeared.
The Youngers were natives of the area, frequenting Roscoe, Osceola and Monegaw Springs. The detectives were Pinkerton agents out of Chicago whose mission it was to capture the Youngers and their cousins, the James brothers.
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