Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-04

elk guerillas hal nothing 10 do but
save their lives. They broke through
che field and in the twin ling Of an eye
were hack Ia the woods, but not until
hundred shots had been fred after
them. Before the sun went down they
wers safe as their fayorite rendezvous.
Thus was frustrated one OF the most
daring plots Of the war. IL Is not prob
able that General Grant took any par
ticular notice Of the affair. and il is not
Mt all probable that he has ever realised
the valuable service Of the old eOlored
man. What Interpretation the officers
Of the army put upon the presence OF
/ the strange and hostile men at such q
time and place ID not known, but il
/ there were any doubts as to their mis-
sion this bit Of history may serve TO
remove them.
Most Of these gusrrillas remained in
I Carroll parish till the close OF the war,
many of them liv ii there for some
years after the war, and some of them
are there to-day. John and Lex James,
/ cousins of the more noted Frank and
Jesse James, now live in the little town
| of Delhi. Ore of them is hardware
merchant, the other a small planter.
They were in the war and at one time
belonged TO Quantrells command, but
they are now as peaceable and as law
| abiding as any citizens in the parish.
John Jarrett, who was well known in
| Western Missouri as one of the most
! reckless men that ever rode in saddle,
left Carroll parish few years ago and
went to Colorado. He was the surest
shot of them all. His experiences with
revolver was simply marvellous. On
one occasion, while going down bayou
| in boat with some companions, he
shot the heads off of six water moccasin
snakes in succession. He was simply
unerring in his aim, and this too with
out taking sight in the usual fashion.
He always shot from his hip, and SEEM
ed to be good marksman from ma
tive instinct. He had to leave the
parish on account of shooting and rob-
bling German named Mulhold in 1866.
Joe Lee, the best of all the bad lot,
went to Colorado in 1867, and is there
now raising cattle. The Jameses and
| the Youngers continued to make West
Carol parish their rendezvous till the
celebrated Mortified Bank robbery.
Some time after the close of the war
they committed q robbery in that coun-
try, an account of which was not pub
| lished.
There is little river some miles
west of Delhi, up which small store
boats go in the spring of the year. A
Jew named Wolf owned one of these
store boats and went up the river on a
trading expedition. While his craft
was lying ut it's last landing place on
its upward voyage, and after Wolf had
sold most of his goods, and when he
had some 81 900 in his safe, the Jameses
and Youngers called on him one day
and asked him for some whiskey.
There were four of them. They all
stood up by the counter looking as
harmless as ministers. There was
shotgun standing on the inside OF the
counter at the upper end. Wolf kept
his liquor in a barrel at the lower end
u the counter. When he went to fill
up the glasses he was compelled to
stoop down. Imagine his surprise
when he turned around and saw point
ing at him his own weapon of defence Q,
the shotgun, in the hands of the burly
Cole Younger. They told him they
would take the drinks, but they would
also be pleased to have him open his
safe. in state of great trepidation
the poor son of Jacob complied with
the polite request. He was then bid
an atfectionate adieu and left to COM
fort himself the best he could.
Cole Younger was at Dickson's, in
Carroll parish, Immediately before the
| Gad's Hill train robbery, and after
wards, when he went back there, he
told Dickson that he was at Gad's Hill,
and that he went from there directly to
st. Louis, and remained there three
weeks, seeing the Chief of Police al
most every day. 1t has been reported
before that one Of the Younger broth
ers came to St. Louis after the Gad's
Hills train robbery, and this fresh re-
iteration Of the same thing must be
taken as conclusive. The Jameses and
the Youngers also returned to Carroll
parish after the robbery of the Hot
Springs stage coach, and they were
there at the house of their old friend,
Dickson, just before the fatal raid ON
the bank at Mortified, MINI. But
now the birds have flown and the de-
tectives need not go to Louisiana. Two
of the Youngers-th only CUES left
are in the Penitentiary, and the James
brothers have never dared to show
themselves again in their old haunts.
Dickson says he knows nothing of
them, but believes they are in Texas or
Colorado in the stock business, after
the manner OF their old associates,
John Jarrett and Joe Les. 1t was re-
ported some time ago that one of the
James brothers was in Galloway county,
broken down in health, living on the
charity of some friends. This. how
ever, proved to DO untrue. There is
no reason to believe that either of them
has ever been in Missouri since their
lucky escape from Minnesota.-Cor.N N.
Y. Herald.