The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-03-24
ONE OE QUANTRELL'S RAIDS.
An Attach Oh wrence, kas., as
Described by IA Participant.

From the st. Louis GLOBE Democrat
Thomas j. Marshall, now u drummer
tor Chicago house, but during the
war member Of Quantreh's famous
band, tells tho following as the true
story OF what Ii sometimes called "The
Lawrence Massacre :"
I've were after Jim Lane of Kansas,
when we went on that expedition. 1t
was about September, 1862, when
Quanlrcll first thought of making Il
raid upon the city OF Lawrence, but
first ono thing and then another caused
him TO defer the expedition, and ii was
i'll August, 1868, before he actually
began his preparations in earnest. In
that month OF that year our band was
scattered over three Or four counties of
Missouri, adjacent 10 Kansas City, aud
me nIYnt QuanIIcIl met, Uy appUIut
nent, his most trusted lieutenants-
Captains odd, Pool, Gregg, Bioum
and AndGrsOn-iu farm house H.
johnson county, and after long con
sulta;iOn the rendezvous OF the troop
and other details were agreed upon.
Now, let lnc say, nsht n~rc,' Nj
Marshal broke oil suddenly as he lii j
cigar, ''that L am not alOiUgiZinS tUI
nor cXtcnuatin4 the circumstances thai
attended thai iateIul rand Those were
war times mems passions and preju
diccs Ind been excited To fever pitch by
Il long series of bloody lends anleuat.
in. actual hO-IiltIc-, and no one il
these quiet days can conceive The
rancorous bitterness Ot that partisan
= In II sl Nl.NN
were wrong. Men lived oul for bIooC
| and revenge, aud we are not capable a
| thls day, UI passing Il lar judy nuuI OI
The motives and acts OF the participant,
in that samguinary border warfare
Ahl those were sad, woful days, the
| like OF hiCh hope never 10 see again
| Certainly, in no other section OF the
| union WAS there such intense hatred
| existing, aud such cruelty practiCed by
all parties"
| PREPARING FOR THE RAID.
"But TO resume. | remember wei
that was eating good square meal il
| the house of II farmer, whose place wa
| within n short ride Of my fathers place
Ii was about 10 O'Clock on the night o
i August Is, 1868, and | was luckins
awav corn pone and eggs, ham ant
| wafhcs with all the appetite of wa
| times (and il seems to mo that the ONLY
| thing | regret about the war is tn,
glorious appetite | always hadD, whel
| | was told by my most that some horse
men were approaching. | was hurried
out to the stables by my hosts daugh
ter aud there, foot on stirrup, | stoOt
waiting TO see if the new comers cam,
in peace or wrath They proved to b,
q squad of our command on their wa,
TO the rendezvous on Biackwate
creek, at the farm of old Captain Par
dee, i'll johnson, county, near Colum
bus, Mo. The men were prompt to tn,
call, and the rolls OF the orderly ser
geants footed up on the night of tn,
| l9lh to 274, rank and lie. a SINAI
force to attack town with cam
ful! OF infantry deiemiing it, but VI
| were all veteran cavalrymen--ant
| Qdantreli never counted odds Slric
orders were ISSUED as we began on
march at sunrise on The 2Oth rs K
discipline, secrecy, eIC. We pushet
forward us rapidly rs the ate O
country permitted, bat we had often t
make deiours to avoid large bodies @
the enemy, and had also 10 halt fire
4uently i'll some sheltered spot unit
The passage of hostile dGtachments LEI
tho route clear for US !; but, with all on
shifts and delays, by early dawn on tn
morning of August p, 1868, we wer
within mile or two of the dOOme
city. But little OF note had transpire
on the march beyond the shooting of
few strangers and tnc capturing of
few horses, and when on that eventir
morning we reached the village {
Franklin, five miles east uf Lawrence
the redaening and ruddy west warnr
lis that tho sun would shortly spring u
pver the horizon with n bound an
sweep away the gray and plilid mis-
which hung over the praries aud wet
ted our arms and accoutremeuts. W
were thrown into Culuinn ut four, nII
dashed through Frank lin at "a gallon,
being just light cnnugh To distinguish
soldier from II citizen As we rushe
through the silent streets of the viIIap
but We moIested no one in FrankIi
aud not L shot wa Tired.
"Do YOU Remember jlst what va,
1 sensations were then? | a~krl, as Il
narrator paused
"Weil,uu; knew ar rather though
we had q fight ahead of u+, and | ".
tired and sleepy | rrco lrct. but d
, not iGel any tiItiercHl from the way
felt scores of times before. | rrmcu
Der one thing, though; we passed bt
OF mint, and crushed soIGc Of IT, al
the sharp, pU"gomt odor, rose om Il
sill, damp air, ~ &C waicrcd OF
> horses Vt Il hltIc stream just cast
Franklin, and broke off sprir or tv
aud chewed il, and to this day IN
4 scene rises before me whenever | sme
the perfume Oi tnat hcrb. | can =,
I our stra"gting inIc Of rough and sha,
~ horses and ridcrS, their shaues M
mist -laden air; ctr GCar tho rinu a,
jingle OF spura and aUCnutremcnts, al
the Clank OF sabcr and Carbine: n
voice OF the second lieutenant of q,
company rises hDarsc and harsh in Il
raw atmosphere, catching the order
it comes down the line.
"AtIrnilUn, company! Form four
Huurs lclt mt" hue. rrotl"
Aud wr started ont SLOWLY, In,
fStrr anh tr,'cr.un"'. ~ dead gallo
~ ihun ferrous it.attu, ut our ho,
! ToLses the sleeepIng cItlzens OF Fran