According to our research of Indiana and other state lists there were 13 registered sex offenders living in Ligonier, Indiana as of April 04, 2017. The ratio of number of residents in Ligonier to the number of sex offenders is 338 to 1. Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Elkhart, IN (24.7 miles , pop. 51,874).
On April 3, 1882, Jesse got a bullet in the back of the head. He died with few allies, but in later years the myth surrounding him grew so strong that it eventually crowded out the inconvenient truths of his own murderous life.
Robert Ford posing with the gun that killed Jesse James, circa 1882-1892. Two of the gang members, Wood Hite, a cousin of Jesse James, and a friend of Fordâs named Dick Liddil, were on the run from the law in December of 1881 and taking refuge at the house of Robert Fordâs sister when an argument between Hite and Liddil got out of hand.