Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-21
QuantreII's Married Life.
PHILADELPHIA Times,

When very young he came to Washing
ton county, Maryland, and there married
a lady Of beauty and excellent family. At
this time he read and studied much. tax
ing deep interest in general literature,
especially poetry and novels. After
living happily over year with his wife,
becoming embarrassed, he took the benefit
Of the bankrupt act, was arrested on
charge Of fraudulent insolvency and
placed in Jail. His devoted wife shared
his confinement during the six months in
which he had to remain in Jail awaiting
trial. Upon final trial his was acquitted.
But after this there began to appear on
the surface some Of the tigerish element
which lurked in his system. He went to
st. Louis, was arrested there; his wife
still loving and cleaVing to him, effected
a compromise by which he was released.
Then he went to Cincinnati, but got into
trouble, and taking his wife with him he
repaired to New Orleans. Here for the first
time it appears he began to abuse his
faithful wife. He became dissipated too,
and shamefully neglected her. Her illness
called him back apparently to Old-time
kindness and tenderness; he abandoned
the use Of liquor and started to take her
back to her home IN Maryland.
She revived in spirit and with renewed
happiness she was looking for the return
to the home Of her childhood. But while
on the Mississippi river on their way home
he committed a forgery on Cincinnati
bank. tie was again put in jail-this
time in Cincinnati. After seven anxious
months his devoted wife secured his re-
lease on bail, which he forfeited. He then
deserted her, and she returned home.
But she soon heard of him near Hagers-
town, Nd, where he managed to commit
another forgery, but escaped conviction.
Not long after he was convicted of
forgery in Pennsylvania, sentenced to the
penitentiary, and served in that institu-
tiOn for three years. His wife, while he
was in the penitentiary, at the earnest
solicitation of her relatives and friends,
procured a divorce. When Quantrell
heard Of it he made furious threats
against her. Upon his release from prison
he quickly married Philadelphia woman,
but in a few weeks was again arrested
for forgery and was sentenced for some
years.
Mrs. Quantren then married 1Ir. A.
CowlOn. Sac was still young, for GUAM
trell had managed to commit all these
crimes in less than twelve years, and she
was married when she was only eighteen.
She took up her residence with her second
husband in Cumberland in 1913, and they
were here both highly esteemed. On
March 8, 1S49, she was sitting alone in her
sitting-rOOm in the hotel of which her hus-
band was proprietor, just as the evening
train came in. a servant soon after
showed up to her room pleasant looking
gentleman who had just arrived on the
train. As soon as with smile he dis
missed the servant he entered the room
and Immediately locked the door, and to
her horror and despair Mrs. COwlon saw
that it was her first husband, QUantrell.
She Immediately screamed as loud as she
could for help, for there was murder in his
eve and he told her her hour had come.
He caught her by the throat, threw her
down on the floor, placed his knee on her
breast and attempted to shoot her; prOvi-
dentially the pistol missed fire. just as
he was in the act Of drawing murderous
knife several stalWart gentlemen broke
through the door, having heard her
screams, and rushed in. They caught
him and bound him before he could fur
ther harm the beautiful woman who had
been in days gone by as an angel of mercy
to him.
He was convicted and sentenced at the
next term Of the court. His manners and
appearance were so pleasant that he cap
tured the hearts Of lis jailers and was
permitted more faYOrs than any other
prisoner; in fact, acting a sort of assist
ant jailer. He was pardOned in 1901 by
| the Governor on condition that he would
leave the State and never return. The
man / met at Middletown, o., who be-
lOnged to QuantrelPs command, said that
/ Quantrell told him he had been married
six times and always to pretty women OF
good families" and he laughingly added,
u believe they are all living now" This
was in 1864. BE said, also, that QUantrell
asked him to guess his age, for he was
still a yOung-lOOking man, not looking
over 80 at the most, and he said: 81 never
tell my age; but YOU have not come with
in ten years Of it."