The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Page #3

Hold your fire!

Let me in.

Buck! Boys!

Buck, this way!

Do you think that lock will hold?

No, I don't.

Let's go, let's go.

Let's not get clever, nor courageous,

any of you.

Hey there, boys!

These are all for me?

Looks like Christmas morning in here.

Hey, friend.

You mind if I have a peek around?

This sh*t. Nope.

Nope.

You got anything good here?

It could be.

Open that safe.

Do it!

- You didn't have to bop him.

- Yeah, he did. They needed convincing.

They got their company rules,

I got my mean streak...

...and that's how

we get things done around here.

- Get on over here and attend to this thing.

- Come on, go.

Hold your fire, you idiots!

Dig deeper.

- Come on!

- Give me your money.

- And you, stand up.

- Let's see your hands.

What have you got?

Speak English.

Money. Money. You understand that?

Give me your money!

There's some receipts.

I got fives.

Jesse. Jesse.

Don't look good.

There ain't no 100,000 dollars

in here, Dick.

Get down on your knees.

Why?

Well, you ought to pray.

I'm gonna kill you.

Get at!

You're gonna have to make me.

All right.

Don't shoot him! No, don't shoot him.

Don't tell me what I can

and cannot do, Ed.

Round them up!

Chicago newspaper publishers made

a great deal of the Blue Cut train robbery...

...alleging that in no state

but Missouri...

...would the James brothers be tolerated

for 12 years.

Hey.

Can you keep a secret?

It depends on what you're concealing.

You afraid of the dark?

No.

You superstitious?

I put... I put an acorn in the window

to keep the lightning out.

Kid, you must've crept up on cat's paws.

I'll wager that's the first and last time

you'll ever be caught off-guard.

How old are you?

Twenty.

Except, well, I guess I won't

really be 20 till...

Till January, so...

I'm 19.

Yeah, you feel older than that, though,

don't you?

Yeah, I do.

Hey, Frank, you...

You think the sheriff's out already?

- More than likely.

- Yeah.

I had a real fine time tonight.

- You think so?

- Yup. Yeah.

Hey, I wasn't just flapping my lips

about my kid brother and me.

What I figured was if you and Jesse could

gauge our courage and our daring...

...you might just make us

your regular sidekicks.

Your courage and your daring.

I about heard all I want to about sidekicks.

You sound like your damn brother.

Yeah. Well, I'll be square with you,

it's Bob who put me up to it. He's...

He's got plans for the James boys

I can't even get the hang of.

- They're that complicated.

- Yeah?

Well, you can just

get shed of that idea.

Because after tonight,

there'll be no more shenanigans.

You can jot that down in your little diary.

September 7th, 1881, the James Gang

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