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John Harrison Younger (c. 1851 – March 17, 1874) was an American outlaw, the brother of Cole, Jim and Bob. He was briefly a member of the James–Younger Gang, a band of outlaws who also included the infamous Jesse James.
On September 23, 1872, three men (identified by former bushwhacker Jim Chiles as Jesse James and Cole and John Younger) robbed a ticket booth of the Second Annual Kansas City Industrial Exposition, amid thousands of people.
Younger Brothers, four Midwestern American outlaws of the post-Civil War era—Thomas Coleman (“Cole”; 1844–1916), John (1846–74); James (“Jim”; 1850–1902), and Robert (“Bob”; 1853–89)—who were often allied with Jesse James.
29 de mar. de 2024 · John Younger was perhaps the most violent of that clan. At the age of 15, in 1866, he shot and killed a man who hit him with a fish. Five years later, he gunned down two Texas deputy sheriffs.
3 de ago. de 2018 · Six months later, on the afternoon of January 31st, 1874 Cole and John Younger, Frank and Jesse James, along with Art McCoy pulled the first peacetime train robbery in Missouri history at the whistle-stop town of Gads Hill. The boys rode away with some three thousand dollars.
John Rafferty (18??-1873) – On July 21, 1873, the James-Younger Gang made their first train robbery at Adair, Iowa. The gang hid along a bank after disconnecting two rails of the track and pulling out the spikes.
3 de mar. de 2023 · John Younger is often portrayed as an innocent, especially compared to his outlaw brothers Cole, Bob and Jim. But that image is not accurate. On February 16, 1871, 19-year-old John makes his bones. The day before, he and some pals–all drunk–harassed a “simple minded man” in Dallas.
