frank is concerned with the attention jesse s erratic behavior attracts in the papers. while a small-time missouri criminal is following jesse s every move. bob ford was this media saturated man. maybe in some way become a little bit like him. that s the picture of bob ford that we have today. at this point, jesse james is losing his hitch. he starts abusing an opium-base painkiller that was still legal at the time. his abuse only adds to his