Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-08

and his men swept down upon the town, killing and burning, with ferocity terri ble even for them.
 Living quietly on @ farm near Will 1amette Falls. Wash, is John Jarette, a man who probably never knew the mean ing of the word fear. Of all the men who rode with Tod and Quantrell, Jarette was probably the most 'tireless. To immense energy he added the physi- cal strength of giant and @ contempt for danger that was remarkable even among the desperate men who harried the border. An unerring marksman, he seldom missed his man and 1t is related of him that he could hit a silver dollar five times out of six with a revolver, while circling a tree at full speed on horse back.
 In the winter of 1863 he and Bill Gregg with six companions came upon eight federal troopers in a wayside inn on the main road from Kansas City to Leaven- worth. Five were in bed and the others were grouped about a blazing fire in- dulging in stories of the war. Gregg re- mained without to guard the horses, while Jarette and his men boldly en- tered the house. Jarette without a par ley killed every trooper as they sat or lay and then shot the landlord, who made a show of resistance. To complete the work Jarette set fire to the house. The flames rising high in the darkness of the winter night aroused three com panies of cavalry, who were stationed near, and within an hour the country side was alive with armed men. The chase grew hot and Jarette and his fol- lowers were forced to ride like demons to escape the averaging wrath of the men whose comrades had been killed at the inn. The guerrillas literally shot their way back to the camp of Tod near Kan sas City and for miles the road along which they fled was strewn with bleeding corpses.
 On the retreat from Lawrence Jarette came within an inch of losing his life, and but for Coleman Younger, who was with him, he probably would not be liv- ing today the life of a peaceable, well-to- do farmer. Surprised and well-nigh over whelmed by superior force of federals, the guerrillaS for a few moments were hard beset AS the result of murderous volley Jarettes horse was killed, and seizing upon a mustang pony he strove to mount it and ride after his compan- ions The animal was stubborn, and re- fused to submit to the guerrilla's guid- ance. Undaunted under the fire Of a regiment Jarette remained patiently try ing to subdue the fractious pony. appar- ently oblivious to the danger. Seeing his desperate position, Younger, at the risk of his own life rode back, and mounting Jarette on his horse behind him. in the face of a heavy musketry fire delivered at short range, succeeded in getting away unscathed.
 Jarette drifted to California soon after the war bought a farm near San Jose, and later on went to Oregon. where he now lives and where he has grown rich. John Barnhill. who was with Quantrell when the latter met his death in Ken lucky, is living at Independence. Mo. Tuck Hill is in the Indian Territory, where he conducts a cattle ranch, and is fairly prosperous. Frank James. of whom so much has been written, is tending door for St Louis theater. Coleman Young CT and his brother are serving life sen- tences in the penitentiary at Saltwater, Minn.
 few of the more obscure members of the old command are in Arizona and Mexico, living quietly and observing the law as good respectable citizens.
 2f" HENRY M. TOD.