Twitter Google Share on Facebook Also found in:Thesaurus,Acronyms,Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1. Jesse James- United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in ...
Wild West outlaw Jesse James was murdered in his home in 1882. Or... he wasn't. Some folks believe that Jesse's "death" was a hoax, and that he lived under a fake name for years and years -- until he died on Aug. 15, 1951!
Somers showed the portrait around, but their friends and family dismissed it. They insisted the James brothers had never been in Ohio. Somers tried to have the image authenticated, also without much luck, but one collector mentioned an interesting nugget: James the famed outlaw had also been a...