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I hope I am not being obtuse or fussy, but is the second sentence in the paragraph a little unclear. Was the bank robbery unsuccessful because of Ames' investment in the bank or did the James gang try to rob the bank because of Ames' investment?History1861 (talk) 21:30, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That was so fussy I had to replace my mouse pad with a doily to respond, but I think I clarified it. :-) Feel free to edit it yourself if that didn't do the trick. (The Jesse James article has more details on the bank job.) Hal Jespersen (talk) 00:48, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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