According to one version of the tale, Younger had heard that two former Union Army Generals, including the notoriously corrupt Benjamin Butler, lived in Northfield and had a lot of money in that bank. Not long after arriving, though, they decided upon another bank robbery, and the one they targeted was the First National Bank in Northfield MN, just outside of Minneapolis. Since they had never been there before (though one of the gang, Bill Chadwell, was from the area) they figured nobody would look for them there. With the local law now aware of where they were, James and Younger decided to move to a new territory, and the gang boarded a train for Minnesota. However, one of the gang members, named Hobbs Kerry, was arrested a few days later, and confessed all. In July, the gang stopped the Missouri Pacific Railroad train near Otterville MO and broke open the two safes onboard, giving them a haul of $15,000-an immense sum in those days. After the war, the former guerrillas carried on as plain ole bank robbers, justifying their actions with letters to newspaper editors claiming that they were avenging the defeated South. Both men had been pro-Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War, and had terrorized Union sympathizers in Missouri. In the summer of 1876, the James-Younger Gang was headed by Jesse James and Cole Younger. Cole Younger pistol, on display at the Oshkosh Public Museum
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