Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-05-23
From the Leavenworth Cnnservativel
The End Of a JayhaWker.


sas Sixth (Col Judson) we learn the fol-
lowing facts in relation TO the death of
a man who has caused so much public
commotion in this State during the last
eight months.
Lieut.. Walker, of the Sixth, recently
made the acquaintance Of Cleveland, for
the purpose of securing h is arrest. He
learned his plans, companions and pla-
ces of rendezvous. Last Saturday, the
10th inst while he was with Cleveland
in Ossawa ttomie, he sent to his company
for detachment Of men.
On Sunday morning Sergeant Morris
reached Ossawattosuie with ten men.
As soon as they had ascertained the
whereabouts of Cleveland they surroun-
ded the house. Morris knocked at the
door and asked ifthere was a man there
by the name of Cleveland The re-
doubtable Jayhawker answered the
summons in person. He came to the
door with a navy revolver in each hand
and one strapped about his body.
Morris-I have come here to arrest
you.
Cleveland-That's thing that can't
be done by you or any other man.
You re too sh t-waisted. | have done
good many things in my life, but
fear no man nor set Of men.
Nj have come here to take your
body, dead or alive, and I am goi g TO
do it.
Give killed many man, and viii
do it again. if you attempt to dri@e me.
M-Probably you've done a great
many things more than | have, but you
can scare me. am going to take you.
Glow many men have you got' >
Nj have ten.
CT can raise more than that at q
moments warning
M-You needn't talk about raising
men, for I'm going to have you, dead
or alive. =.
CT don't like to ge with soldiers
Get lieutenant and will go with you.
Lieut.. Walker was sent for and came
down; he was unarmed.
C-I will go with you: Lieutenant if
you will go round by friend of mine.
Lieut. Walker consented and mounted
his horse. Cleveland also mounted a
horse, put spurs to him and broke away.
The soldiers were soon on their horses
and in close pursuit Of the flying fugi-
tive. Cleveland dismounted at the Pot
tawatomie, branch of the Marias des
Cygnes, and about mile from town
He turned, fired several shots out of a
revolver, threw that and his watch into
the stream and sprang down the steep
bank. As the soldiers began to close in on
him fred shot after shot from the two
remaining revolvers, but with such des-
peration and madness that none ofsthem
took effect. AS he was raising hisfhand
the last time to fire, private named
johnson pierced him with a Mimic ball,
which, entering his person under the
left shoulder, tore through his heart,
and nearly perforated his body. The
arm dropped, the tall form fell: and al
most instantly life was extinct.
The soldiers then carried the lifeless
form to Ossawatomie and delivered it
to the citizens, who have since given
Cleveland burial
One of Cleveland's men, named Bar
bour, was captured at the Sal time and
brought here by Lieut. Harris, to be
placed under guard at the fort.
We believe the first appearance of
Cleveland. in Kansas was in May last
No one seemed to know where he came
fremga lth ough ti1ere has always beesa
rumor that he was convict who had
made his escape from the Jefferson City
Penitentiary. He was usually silent
about his early history, and wisely SO,
for when he opened his mouth on that
topic the most inconsistent statements
came from it.
He became popular as fighting man
st the time when Union men were SO
hearticssly driven from their homes in
the border counties of Missouri He
espoused their cause, fought gallantly
against their rebel prosecutors, and his
motives were for a paratively long
time unquestioned. His bravery made
Jennison his friend, and when the First
Cavalry was organized Cleveland be-
came Captain. a-
. We first saw him in July. He then
called himself Moore, said he was one
of Montgomery's men, hal letters from
him, (these he never produced,) and
told many stories of food and field, in
all Of which he was the hero.
+ He was a natural and lawless adven-
turer, and Jennison and Anthony, who
had befriended him most, for sufficient
causes, got him out of their regiment
almost as sooa as he was mustered in
From that time, September last, he has
been known chief y as Desperate and
robber. One of his first operations was
at Kansas City, where he broke into
Northrop & Co.'S Bank, and robbed it
of $4,000. A similar attempt made
afterward at Atchison was failure.