Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-06-05
QuAXTRELL:

Mai. Edwards OF the Kansas City
Times, who was intimately acquaint-
ell with Quan,rell, gives this highly
interesting account of his personal
appearance:
Richar, III. whom Mcfarland kill
ell, wrote once in letter from Denver
City 10 the New York Tribune, OF
Billy West, noted border man, ~
.thc swarthy Adouis of the Plains."
Carving forward the smile, Guam
,rcll might be likcned unto blonde
Apollo # the prairies. Ills eyes
were very blue, soft and winning
Peculiar they were in this. that they
never were in rest. Looking at the
i'acc, Que might say, there is the face
Of n student. II was calm, serene
roiuw oftcncr Ia pallor than to
laughter. 1t may he that he liked TO
hear the birds sing. for hours ana
hours he would lin.cr IN the woods
alone. His hands were small anu
perfectly moulded. Who could tell
In looking at them that they wcrcthe
most deadly hands with \ revolver In
all the border. Perhaps no man ever
had Il more complete mastery over
horse than Quamtrcil. and whether at
q, furious yallur or under the simrie
swing of the route step. he could lean
from the saddle and snatch pebble
from the ground.
Anderson WAS a ti@cr let loose;
iluautrcll was tiger too, that hau
the Innocence of lamb. Nature
lovrs to group the gr"tcSque. Hence
all the smiles his features had on
when his piti!r-> lips pronounced the
death tcr,rnrc. Todd mingled no
melody with his murders: tluantreil
was heard to sing little snatrhcs OF
SOM as tie gray smoke rolled away
from his pistol. Moshy delighted III
surpl,cs and disGuiscS. puantrcl
: published his name broadcast when
= the mood was on him. and hlazoncd
i, alumg the route OF his travels as II
: il was Il cloud to cover him. lie WAS
Z unlike them AL. just a> he WAS greater
" than them all.
II 1t il instructive sometimes TO study
J. the pictures thu war painted. No
u uat;'n furnishes Il counterpart Tor
! gurrillas such as ours, except SFain.
J. France had Il few. hut omen tempt
d" ed them and they were trapped anu
j" slain. These Mi>>uurians loved wo-
men, but the love lasted not beyond
re- tho hivouar. Ia the morning rach
! heart was Al, iron. What instrurts
' one in the contemplation OF such
=" characters, i their intense in'tiNidu'
u alitN. ilurri,ird at their fcrocitv, ono
\ vet delights TO analyzc their "rgani.
T. 7alion. If there j. Il race born with.
I. out fear. tuantrrli belonged I" 1t,
l. lie loved life, and vet he dad not
= value it, Perhaps this Is why II was
III - hard 10 lose it. In the war-,ifr
>' w..ieh Nls o@c -lnH", lonr, mGrcl! aa;
GO crusade. he rNhihitcd all the qullIiic'
~ of cunning. >ki'l. nerve, daring
III phN sic&! endurance. rcin"rsclcsS cru
IL city, ab,ur! NJ humor, insatihbi'
IN revenge. Il courage that was some
IL time, cautious to excess aud some
II. times desperate to trmcritN. III IN
he mid,, of band who new no law bu
n tic revolver. his slightest wish wa
llr an,iripatc,l aud ohrycd. Hence hi
III power to command was unqucstionct
''r Recognizing no flag but the blac
"h llaw. I've sat a. Imic'y down in til
ri. mid., ,r a hostile country as the foe
"h who were ON his tack; and harin
M shaken hands with death he though
he no more Of the word surrender.
is he believed in God. hr denied I'll
nd special rrovidcmcirs of heaven. an
'cs stabbed his horses in Il church as We
an as iii Il s,all. Without knowing II
The ghasiIy irony of il, PERHAPS, hc W:
ter often heard 10 offer up aprayer for
''P victim.
mas 1t is useless Ia declare that the!
The kind of characters do not attrac
'cr All Paris came to see CartOuchc hun
Inc aud vet Cartuuchc WAS only arobbe
lest But then his little child was suspen
IRE ed oN tho same scaiiold. In Il
Am arsenal nj Jefferson City is n pictu
ing ,s Hil, Anderson, taken after dcat
an The clcarrut face j. Sha>tly pale.
white. mute, appealing look is on Z
oyc tense. drawn features. Dead lcav
u,i- and samd ar" in the long, yellow h'
1861 and tawmy beard. For hours wom
my. gather around this picture and babt
I to of balls. amd rcvcls, and dances, al
She battles, aud ever and ever come ba
eel to the white. scfncc and the wa
one mute features. No visitor goes aw
ed without seeing it, and thinking OF
Ivcs for many II day thereafter.
. n, t~-
her Grant has made 4 bid for the C.
T. fl orcd vote. lie has written a lett
T. of to tho Convention of negro citize
for now in session In Washington,
ion- GREETING that he couldn't attend. ei
but assuring the brethren that
"sympathizcs @nrlially in any
and. forts to secure for all our people,
ming whatever race. nativity. or color, !
h.