Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-26


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who were then seeking new ouae ~
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ms slang appe''s.'o"' .' my WV.
ever, hi'other sate S'sS" nA"''
seeuiea '.at No "". w., LII.
E"sIeth fes'"o"s ~ ~"
curing ING "os s"u W ~"
bel" some n'laor once' w"e'ea no
was ny his ocqea'n.s"ccs 'o'"e.'"'
referred to as Lieutenant ityah. fro!"
this to Captain Promosioh III
name was easy; oat linen m',i'arS
prettxes were soon los' s!sn. o. "."'
moro lifting sobrlquet o. "whacA'ai
e. Whack soon became we'll Know"
in tho territory changing round po'
litical headquarters ana paf'aki"e y"
political broils, soon Drought nun
before The pubic through tue news
papers, whi'e ooss."'"s pee"n'"tf
assistance, 'hfouSn 'ee or".''r! ""'
yenturcrs'e channel OF borrowing
without r"payi"g' sxeeps as a oa't ior
larger 'oans' soon proeufeo LOT MIN
u more abiding place !" the memories
of thosein whose company ne pusneo
himself. -'ta.5 t.s@ y" wac 4ti .
tn this gay though rather uncertain
mode Of life. tho dasling Captain
spent his time. and other peoples
money. until the browning event oil
his mountain career %hsprened.N lie
was in some little minirg::camp where
the Missourians, and especially the
roughcr element Of that class Of citi-
zcns predominatcd, aud where The
brarynrt feature Of the Captains
character was little appreciated.
Getting into a sdificulty with some
twenty or thirty Of those desperadoes.
tho valiant Whack, siugle.handcd' and
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s...;nm ..n,.S ,h. Who'll.
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au,t. ,~o..r;e. ~ I,r,lH,ut Imoo;.
t;on u.rc dnIx hcr.,a.d ~ those
n,,n.s whoeo .n,umr. ver. o,enr IA
orr hero md bc became tho wonder
If IN. little circle who believed him,
shorty after this. and while he was
yret bassino In the rlorv Of the ex.
nlo;t. thu 'C~nptain aathefeA together
b;s little stock Of poods ind cha atrls,
md started TO New York for 4 wider
ao,d NJ action Rnt <hers VA one
thing strange about l1sS,s battle:
one man routed about NfRty, without
killing or woundine one. This ere
a,ea doubts. and as the thirty men
,,ivo to,d tales which the thirty dead
won,a NOT havc bceu .b,eto tell. md
as II was whispered sr,und thnt
Whack rctreatcd from the little town
in INDIGENOUS haste, and firing his
pistol in the air overhead, the Cap
tain's adventure was at length as
signed its place in the territorial his
tory, like the adventures Of his great
prototype, Munchausen pleasant
reading, but no more.
On reaching New York-this was
about the year 1S6s-Ryan made his
way to the headquarters fthe Cuba,
Jumta, where his modest account ol
his own merits and his newspaper
items concerning the battle III Mon
tana. probably, procured o him {
commission as Colonel in the imasi
nary Cuban army then being raised
While making some attempts to re
cruit a regiment, he was In 1869 ar
rested by the government, hut wa
soon afterwards released, and his lit
tic squad OF recruits dispersed. Snoi
after this n commission OF Brigndier
General was given HIM, perhaps as
reward for his qlasi-martyrdom. II
tile meanwhile he was coDnccted cdi
torially wiki a news venture In New
York entitled, sour Socieiy,"apa peI
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