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Kansas City, Mo., Diat. #2
Bartlett, Geo. K.
July 28, .1937

wall. Iii the center of the room is a l~r~e oak table. Other furniture conSists of two plain oak chairs, but ito rocking chairs.

	Sini lives alone, and while we were ta1kin~€ a Negro brought in his breakfast; a oint of milk ‚ an egg and two slices of toast . Although urged ‚ Sirn would not violate his code by eating in my presence.

	“My father,“ he replied in answer to my question, “was Charles Tounger, the originator of the Younger family in Missouri, and grand father of Cole, Bob, and 3~irn Younger. My father was my mother‘s master. Sht~ was a Simpson. I knew Cole Younger ~

	Cole, Bob, and Jim Younger, known as “The Younger Brothers“, were notor~ jous outlaws. It is recorded that Sim‘s father was the Younger who operated a canoe ferry across the Missouri River from Randolph Bluffs, in 182L, to what is now Kansas City, then known as Chouteau‘ s Landing. (E)

	“My father died when I was five years old, and left mother a farm on which my brothers and sisters are still living. Father arranged for my education and by the terms of his will t was sent to Oberlin, Ohio, where I was reared by Delia Sheppard, in whose care I was placed.“

	Sini Younger related that he attended Oberlin College, and graduated from there in 1870. He did not see his rr~ther from the time he was five years old until he was the age of 21. ?~hen connnent was made th~t he did not use Negro dialect, 61m explained, saying:

	“That is due to my early training. Delia Sheppard gave me excellént train~ ing, and I remember everything she told me, even when I was a very little boy.

	“I will always remember one thing she told me,“ he continued, fondly rernin esc~3nt, “I was just a little boy an~ she said, ‘Sim, if, when visiting, you find a pin on the floor, put it up and call attention to lt. It does not belong to you.‘