In 1882, Robert Ford gunned down Thomas Howard as he dusted a picture in his house in St. Joseph, Missouri. Howard was the alias of Jesse James and Robert Ford was one of the latest, and last, members of the James gang. Ford had planned to collect the reward placed on James by Gov. Thomas T. Crittenden. The details of murder are long and sorted but in the end, Ford killed James and was pardoned by Crittenden. Public opinion turned against Ford and he was forced to leave the Missouri…
