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19-year-old bushwackers any more. >> time is catching up with jesse. his personal war comes with a heavy price. desperate to keep up the fight, jesse recruits the ford brothers, charlie a petty chief and bob who idolizes jesse. >> one hand and a gun. >> no problem, jesse. >> we need a job, jesse. >> we can use bob.
>> frank is concerned with the attention jesse'ser raderratic behavior attracts in it the papers. a long time criminal bob ford is following jesse's every move. >> bob ford was this media saturated fan. there's no better way to get close to the object of your admiration than to join his gang. maybe in some ways become a little bit like him. that's the picture of bob ford that we have today. >> at this point jesse james is losing his edge. historians have proven he starts abusing an opium based pain-killer that is still legal at the time. his abuse only adds to his fanaticism and helps to trigg...
Whackers. jesse splits from the group. and is shot in the chest. frank is captured and surrenders. he's forced to take an oath pledging loyalty to the union. >> i will henceforth faith fully support and defend the constitution of the united states and the union of the state thereunder. >> jesse is a prisoner of war and must surrender before his wounds are treated. but he has no intention of giving up. even if the confederacy is defeated. >> for jesse james, this is not an end of his conflict. this is the end of someone else's conflict, not jesse james' conflict, not frank
You, sir, you paid your debt. >> thank you. >> let's go, frank. >> news of the james brother's holdup spreads quickly. the robbery is a blow to the northern railroads and embarrassing the pinkertons. >> allen pinkerton, their founder who had been a spy for the union during the civil war takes it personally upon himself to bring jesse to justice. >> the nation's most powerful private security force is now on the hunt for jesse james. the attention he receives as leader of an outlaw gang becomes an addiction. >> jissy's ambiti -- jesse's ambition is his ego. as the charismatic young outlaw
Civilians and 22 union soldiers. >> jesse and frank james ride with bloody bill's unit. until it is ambushed. by samuel cox and his men. >> samuel cox was a turned military leader and so he trailed and tracked bloody bill. >> jesse, we've got to get them out of here. >> bill! >> with bloody bill dead, the union army began hunting down the rest of the bushkak