The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-03-29

room st the time. Baker took light and went
down into the cellar to get the whisky, and
when he came up through the tTap-dOor the
maTauders fired on him, and shot both him and
the boy, but they told us they did not intend
to shoot the boy Both Baker and the boy fell
down the trap door into the cellar The latter
was shot through the thigh and into the abdo-
men, but managed to crawl out through the
cellar window, and died on July 1, 1862: but be-
fore dying gave the account nearly as Jim An
ders0n gave it 10 me. Baker rallied, and climb
ing to the top of the stairs, shot Jim Anderson
through the feshy part Of the leg, which was
bleeding somewhat at nv place. The crowd
then rushed upon Baker, kicked him down the
cellar, rolled q barrel Of sugar up to the door,
and set fire 10 the building. The boy tycung
Seigars) said that when Baker found the store
was set on fire, be shot himself through the
head 10 keep from the horrible death of being
burned alive. He was large man, so lie could
not get out where the boy did. The guerrillas
then went 10 Bakers dwelling. q large stone
house, and set il on FIRE The inmates, all
w3mcn-fclbs, took to the brush and hid. The
building, That IS the woodwork and contents of
the house, burned to the ground. There hap
pcned 70 be at my place on this Sd Of July
night the same old grayheaded man Of whom
] have spoken heretofore; Mr.. Charles With
ington an old settler of the place, and Mr..
ChGuuCy lunmau, ali Of whom, together with
on fire and left to burn down. But they over
did the fire part. They threw a straw tick
filed with stray onto the floor set it on fire.
and then threw a feather bed on the top which
saved the building, as it smOthered down the
fame.
We were put into small log stable and a
guard put over Us, while some searched for
arms and broke or appropriated the same
Others went into the stage stable, and, taking
the best horses, left their jaded ones. They
then mounted them. set US at liberty, babe US
goodnight very politely, and rode of at full
speed.
Five miles cast, on what was then known rs
Chicken Creek, my father, Benjamin @. ODell,
kept q stage exchange. Well. they made a call
on him, exchanged horses told him what they
had done, and then rode to 10 Creek, 20 miles
under the run, getting there about sunrise
They babe Ir. Harris get breakfast ready in
ID minutes. and put a guard over him to SEQ
their OI,ier was O5eycd. After eating their
breakfast they exchanged horses and on they
went, exchanging at every stage stable on the
route IN this way they rode over into Mis-
s0uri-l42 miles-inside Of l6 hours The neigh
b0rs followed until they found it more than
useless and gave up the chase.
But among BID AndeTs0us bad qualities /
must do him the Justice to give him the credit
of doing one good kind act TO a Union man !:
and be knew be was such. Ny father, then 81
years Of age, and one of my younger sisters
started to go to Kansas City after supplies for
Winter use, two days prior to the last burning
and sacklng Of Lawrence and camped for the
night about II miles from that fated place. The
same night
IT WAS BURNED DOWN,
and 50 many killed by Quantrell's band Of jay
hawkcrs. The advance of the jayhaWkug
party happened to come upon my father where
he was camped, took all his bedding, consisting
team. The old gentleman was studying what
to do when Bill and Jim Anderson came along
bringing Up the rear, and seeing and of course
knowing, the old neighbor, explanations fol-
lowed, and Bill Anderson told him he would
return the horses, but he could not return the
blankets and robes, rs his men needed them.
de kept his word in part, returning IN about
half an hour with two horses, one Of the ones
they took away, and one other, a very good
horse, and told him 10 take him and use him,
as II was the best he could do for him.
/ need hardly say my father was more than
glad 70 be Sd well treated by those from whom
be expected 10 kindness. Anderson also gave
him money whcrewith 10 buy blankets when
be sh0uId get 20 Kansas City. The wherefore
Of MS kindness IS more than ] can imagine, for
he well knew the old gentleman was the strong
est kind Of a Union man; that three of his
sons were in the Union army battling to pre-
serve the Uni0u.-0. Z. ODELL, Co. i, lst
Neb. Cav, Allcrdice Beaver Head Co., Mont.
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