Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-08

could know him. said few days ago; q was convinced years ago that Tod was not at Lawrence. in spite of the claims of the historians. If you will mo- tice, Quantrelis power waned from that time. The defeetion of Tod crippled him and he never regained his loss. Tod was a guerrilla fighter par excellence. Had he been with Napoleon he would have commanded the rear guard on the re- treat from Moscow"
 The death of Tod left the command of the guerrillas to Dave Pool. Early in the war Pool had distinguished himself by an act of personal courage, which had attracted to him the attention of Quantrell, who always had an eye out for feats of bravery. In one of the minor engagements Poole saw among the fed eral troops tall, raw-boned soldier, ev- idently plainsman. who was dressed in a full suit of buckskn. Singling him out. Pool made a dash for him, and in stead of shooting him, as he would have done ordinarily, he ordered him to sur render The federal soldier laughingly declined and playfully seizing Poole's long black beard in one brawny hand proceeded to carve Dayid's face with the blade of an enormous bowie knife. The first thrust left a long gash in Pools cheek and the latter would probably have fared seriously had it not been for Haller, who shot the federal dead.
 Pool quaintly remarked afterwards that the federal looked to be 8 feet long as he lay upon the ground.
 After the war Pool went to Texas, settling in the Pan Handle, where he be- came in time an extensive cattle raiser. A few years ago he was elected to the presidency of the Ex-Confederate Home association of Texas, and resigned only when he removed to Arizona to engage in other business.
 nf 1,a band, is a prosperous farmer in LaFay- cite county, Missouri. No man Is more highly respected or more universally liked by those who know him. A grim quiet man was Gregg. who mocked at fear and rode to battle without q tremor. Immense activity and a capacity for en- during fatigue distinguished him. When ever there was fighting to be done he was always at the front. and 1t was only af- ter battle that he took time to talk He was essentially man of action Warm hearted in private life, he was in flexible in war. This was shown in an attack made by him and his men upon a house near Kansas City, where fed eral soldiers were wont to congregate at night. Taking ten men with him Gregg crept upon the place under cover of dark ness and after 3. careful investigation ascertained that twelve federals were holding high revel within. In the room with them were half a dozen bedizened women. Not a guard was in sight The carbines of the soldiers were stacked in a corner. No fear of impending danger cast shadow over the merriment of the dance that was in progress.
 Peering through the windows, with their hands grasping their revolvers, the guerrillas waited patiently until the strains of the violin ceased and the wom- en and the men had separated. Gregg would not allow his desire to kill the soldiers to lead him into taking chance of injuring one of the women. With the women out of range he gave the signal. The sharp crack of the revolvers rang out followed by the crash of shattered glass. Eight soldiers lay groveling on the floor in the throes of death, and at the second volley the others fell. The morning saw twelve stark corpses lying on the floor of the house, from which the women had fled, just as they had lain when Gregg and his men mounted and rode away in the darkness to join Quan- trell.
 With the end of hostilities Gregg went quietly back to Lafayette county to tend his crops, to live a life of peace among those he had known from childhood.
 John Thrailkill is in Mexico-rich in mines and cattle and power with the Diaz government, which he helped to es- tablish. Going there with Shelby, when