The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-30

trick that Comanche Indians prae- I
tice, and which saved our lives mary I
a time Only two of our men were
killed. Frank Shepherd and Hank"
| Williams. A third. Richard Kinney,
was shot and diad three or four days
afterward from lockjaw. Sheppard
and Kinney rode next to me on
either side The blood aud brains
from Shepherd splashed on my
pants leg as he fell from bis horse, |
Kinney was my closest friend We
had ridden together from Texas,
fought side by side, slept together,
and it hurt me when I heard him
say, Frank I'm shot He kept on
riding for time and thought his
wound wasn't serious.
But we couldn't stop in that ter
rible charge for anything. Up the
, hill we went yelling like Indians
, Such shrieks, young man, you will
q pey. + hear as broke the Stiffness OF
J that September afternoon, now near
g ly thirty three years ago.
'On we went up the hill Almost
k in the twinkling of an eye we were
] on the Federal line. They seemed
b terro,ized. Hypnotized might be
;. better word, though reckon nobody
a knew anything about hypnotism
t then, though George Todd. by the
u way. looked like Svengali Some Of
It the Federals were at fix bayonets,'
n some were biting off their cartridges,
preparing to reload. Yelling, shoot
ing our pistols. upon them We went
Not a single man of the line escaped.
4. Everyone was shot through the
q. head. The few who attempted to
re- escape we followed into Centralia
le and on to Sturgeon. There Federal
as blockhouse stopped further pursuit
ID All, along the road We killed them
t, The last man and the first man was
,h killed by Arch Clements. He had
SO the best horse and got little the
~ start.
re- That night we left this woods
e, ard this neighborhood and scatter
D ed. I recrossed the river near Glas
I'd gov and went southwark.
|s, 1T has been reported" he con
p tinued "that my brother, Jess
ee James, was not at the Centralia fl gh
l that he was sick IN Carroll county a
10 the time This is mistake jess
OF was here. He it was who killed th
'at commander of the Federal troops
ly Major johnson The Younger boy
'm were not at Cen'ralia
ne After two hours On the battlefield
ut visit was made to the Pleasan
Grove cemetery en- the Silver farm
les where Frank Shepherd aud Hank
% Williams are buried. The burylD
ne ground is typical country cemeter,
ay, living in a secluded spot, away fro'
las the main travelled road, some fou
a miles from Centralia. 1t is reache
tie through half.cleared piece of tin
ag. Der and contains number OF newl
10 made graves. The graves OF the tw
ne. guer,illas are unmarked, not eve
ise a head board indicating their la
:ull resting place. A great pine tr'
rly stands near by and sobs their +
ais QUEEN as heavens breezes blow:
nto would give 500 for that tree. sa
red q bystander who had followed Il
party. That would be like robbil
in graveyard commented James.
get ITO this complexion must
aid: come at last he said. looking dov
ght at the withered grass. Our DO
eri- are scatte red everywhere. You "
find ,h.ir graves in the hollows al
the on the bills, by the gulf and
the these prairies Many have no mon
our men, They don't need any Th
no. mad. their monuments while To
to lived. They Left record for dari
we courage that the world has not 81
arly passed. They don's need any ruor
uch mept after they are dead Th
ONE sleep is just as sweet here as
cas- youIl b, in a beautiful city cen
hen terry.
me. Frank James pinched txig fr