If we've got a manhunt going, who else would fit in this spot but Jesse James?
I mean the "real one" - not the current "celebrity" biker guy. Nope, I mean the guy who the good folk in Northfield, MN (home of St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges) honor with their yearly "Defeat of Jesse James" Days.
Because Jesse tried to rob the bank in Northfield and failed, because the bank teller wouldn't open the vault...which was totally unlocked and could have been opened with a tug on the door, but the teller bluffed Jesse long enough for the town to gather a posse and chase Jesse and his gang out of town.
Then there's this gulch just outside of town that is the famous place that "Jesse Jumped" - when you stand there and look at it, you think "good lord, how did a horse actually jump this gap???" But they did, and got away because the posse wasn't going to risk their lives or their horses.
Wow...my short time of living/working in Northfield sort of stuck, didn't it?