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1、美国名人土匪弗兰克与杰西詹姆斯FrankandJesseJamesplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-14:46repeatByPaulThompson2005-2-12VOICEONE:PeopleinAmerica,aprograminSpecialEnglishbytheVoiceofAmerica.(THEME)TwoofthemostfamousoutlawsoftheoldAmericanwestwerebrothers.mTonyRiggs.Today,MauriceJoyceandItellaboutFrankandJesseJames.Webeginthei
2、rstoryonacolddayinFebruary,eighteensixty-six.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:1.iberty,Missouri.Twooclockintheafternoon.(SFX)Twelvemenonhorsesrideslowlyintotown.Theirhatsarelowontheirfaces.TheystopinfrontoftheClayCountySavingsBank.Twoofthemengetofftheirhorsesandenterthebank.Thebankmanagerasksifhecanhelpthem.Thetwome
3、npulloutgunsfromundertheirheavycoats.Theydemandmoney.Inlessthantwominutes,theyreturntothestreet.Nowthegangisinagreathurry.Alltwelvemenbeginshooting.(SFX)Severalpeoplearewounded.Ayoungcollegestudentiskilled.(SFX)(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Whathappenedonthatdaywasthefirstbankrobbery,duringbusinesshours,inpeaceti
4、me,intheUnitedStates.HistorybookssaythetwomenwhowentintothebankwereFrankJamesandhisyoungerbrotherJesse.Butthiswasneverproved.FrankandJesseJamestoldlawmentheywerehomethatday.Severaloftheirfriendsconfirmedthestory.Trueornot,duringthenextsixteenyears,theJamesbrothersdidbecometwoofthemostfamousoutlawsin
5、America.VOICETWO:Historyexpertssaytheyrobbedatleasttwelvebanks,perhapsmanymore.Theystoppedseventrains,takingmoneyfrompassengersandtheUnitedStatesPostalService.Theyrobbedasmanyassevenstagecoaches,thehorse-pulledvehiclesusedbackthenaspublictransportation.TheytraveledfromtheirhomeinClayCounty,Missouri,
6、toMinnesotaintheNorthandtoTexasintheWest.Hundredsoflawmenhuntedthem.ButtheJamesBrotherswerenevercaught.Muchlater,theirstorywastoldinsongs.(MUSIC)WhowereFrankandJesseJames?Whyweretheysofamous?VOICEONE:FrankandJessewerethesonsofRobertJames,areligiousministerwhoownedafarminClayCountyzMissouri.Peoplewho
7、knewthefamilysaidtheJamesboyswerepoliteandfriendly.AtleastuntilthetimeofAmericasCivilWar.ManypeopleinMissouribelievedinthecauseofthesouthern,orConfederate,statesduringtheCivilWar.However,MissouriwasontheborderbetweentheNorthandtheSouth.AlmostasmanypeopletheresupportedtheUnionastheConfederacy.Terribl
8、efightingtookplaceinMissouriandinotherborderstates.Guerrillagroupsfrombothsideswereresponsibleforthefighting.VOICETWO:HistoryexpertssaymuchoftheviolenceintheAmericanWestwasaresultofthesituationaftertheCivilWar.ManyformerConfederatesoldiersreturnedhome,butdidnotputdowntheirguns.Theycontinuedtofightwh
9、attheysawassymbolsofnorthernoppression.Theseincludedbanksandrailroads.Manylocalpeopleagreedwiththeformersoldiersandsupportedthem.AlackofgovernmentcontrolintheWestalsoledtoincreasedviolenceafterthewar.Recordsshowthatviolentcrimeincreasedatthattimebyasmuchasfiftypercent.VOICEONE:FrankandJesseJamesarep
10、erhapsthemostfamousexamplesofthesoldier-turned-outlaw.DuringtheCivilWar,theJamesfamilysufferedattacksbyUnionguerrillas.Asawayoffightingback,FrankandJessebecameConfederateguerrillas.Theyrodewithtwoofthemostviolentguerrillagroups.AftertheWarztheycontinuedtheirviolentways.TheJamesbrotherswereextremelys
11、uccessful.Theirgangrodeforsixteenyears.Hundredsofgovernmentlawmentriedtocatchthem.AgentsoftheprivatePinkertonNationalDetectiveAgencytried,too.Butnoonedid.Mostlawmendidnotevenknowwhatthetwobrotherslookedlike.VOICETWO:JesseJamesenjoyedbeingfamous.Heoftenwroteletterstonewspapersdenyingthathewasguiltyof
12、anycrime.Oncezheatedinnerwithawell-knownPinkertondetectivewhowassearchingforhim.ThedetectivegotabigsurpriselaterwhenheopenedaletterfromJesseJames.Jessesaidhowmuchheenjoyedtheirdinnertogether.Healsowishedhimgoodluck!Storieslikethiswereprintedinnewspapersalloverthecountry.TheyhelpedMaketheJamesbrother
13、sfamous.Peoplelikedthestories.Thosewhohadbeenrobbeddidnot.Soon,largeamountsofmoneywereofferedforthecaptureofFrankandJesseJames.ThestateofMissouriofferedasmuchastenhousanddollarsorthebrothers.deadoralive.VOICEONE:ItwaseasyfortheJamesbrotherstohideintheirhomearea.Yetmostoftentheyhidinlargecities.Manyy
14、earslater,FrankJamestoldreportersthatitwaseasytohideinacity,becauseeveryonetherelookedlikeeverybodyelse.Whenoneplacebecametoodangerous,theJamesbrothersmovedtoanother.ThatwasonereasontheydecidedtogotoMinnesota.TheretheyplannedtorobthebankinthetownofNorthfield.FrankandJesserodetoNorthfieldwithsixfrien
15、ds.Threeofthefriendswerebrothers:Cole,JimandBobYounger.LiketheJamesbrothers,theYoungerswereformerConfederateguerrillas,nowoutlaws.VOICETWO:Fromthebeginning,theirattemptedrobberyofthebankinNorthfieldwasafailure.First,whenJessedemandedmoneyfrombankworkers,theysaidthesafecouldnotbeopened.Next,thegangde
16、cidedtogetoutoftownfast.ButthepeopleofNorthfieldknewsomethingwaswrong.Manyhadgonetotheirhomesorofficesfortheirguns.Thentheshootingbegan.Twomembersofthegangwerekilledintown.Anotherwaskilledlater.AndCole,JimandBobYoungerwerecaptured.OnlytwomenescapedFrankandJesseJames.Frankwaswounded,buthestayedonhish
17、orse.LawmenchasedhimandhisbrotherformorethanaweekbeforetheyIosttheirtrail.Intheyearsthatfollowed,theJamesbrotherstriedagaintoformanothergang.Theywereneververysuccessful.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Ineighteeneighty-two,JesseJameswaslivinginSaintJoseph,Missouri,withhiswifeandchildren.PeopleknewhimasMisterHoward.O
18、neday,anotheroutlaw,BobFord,shothiminthebackofthehead.HekilledJesseJamesforthemoneythathadbeenofferedforhiscapture.BobFordnevercollectedthemoney.Hewastriedformurder,instead.Severalmonthslater,FrankJamessurrenderedtothegovernorofMissouri.Hewaschargedwithseveralcrimesandtriedtwotimes.Bothjuriesrefused
19、tofindhimguilty.VOICETWO:Cole,JimandBobYoungerspentmanyyearsinprisonfortheirpartintheNorthfield,Minnesota,raid.AfterColewasreleasedfromprison,heandFrankJamesearnedmoneybyspeakingtogroups.Theytoldabouttheirdaysasoutlaws.andtheevilsofcrime.FrankJameslivedtobeseventy-twoyearsold.Hediedinthesameroominwh
20、ichhewasborn,ontheJamesfamilyfarminClayCounty,Missouri.Today,thatfarmhouseisamuseumthattellsthestoryofthetwomostfamousoutlawsoftheAmericanWest.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ThisSpecialEnglishprogramwaswrittenandproducedbyPaulThompson.YournarratorswereMauriceJoyceandTnyRiggs.ListenagainnextweektoanotherPeopleinAmericaprogramontheVoiceofAmerica.
