The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-14

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eses fns I'D. srarzinw sonfn 70 sosz
few wse<s later Gag. szeIhy ~as
- -. = AssaorseG SIS a coicrsg o. ezval-y az
-H~1 nsc& % Missouri 20 recrgIs reg
k@sHrEfns win hts BARI GO 80
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Feesrsi eazdz, Col. sssegzv es,eklr a-ua~s-
Ihe-s reri-1enr. - when was sufrAyf =.
- Sis@SoaT1 regiments Il . ezvzirv
sssiesat k-0wn as ~shsEhvss hrswzse"
ne hrAEasse under Ger sheEhy saw yrsv,eh
sssFa services tn Missouri. Arkansas. Leg
issariS ana Texas
Hnsn TIE ne~s % Lees szrre-esr care
- tfe Confederate army * shs IVES.
asfl- rnsloy tozrd himself az the hNaA
= wei e1utpp@S ard f8orourrfv a.
oiplinse body o. rnen. a great many a.
whom woui6 rot asr-tt nat gaesr czuxa
had been lost
c7s4syY however. sucresSs1 IN con-
FiScng his followers ttat further Tx4tsux
a<afzst the government would ,. Useless
&nf when az al alternative hs nrorsos4ss
marching to Mexico there 20 @=rsns, .ss
cause OF Maximfslau sr rnsr a. i.t.
following readily Joined hfrr- AZ rorxs-
cara 40 election was held ara snegtyx
elected commander. receiving every vote
The company moved on 70 Houston ard
tnsn Austin. tbs capital % r-~rax vrherA
TIE Confederate government hzr a. ssh-
treasury IN which was stored 800 SO IN
gold and silver. Gen Sh@Ibyss regimen.
arrived az Austin barely In tire 10 saw.
THIS NSrl bard ~ gusFrflias under Cart
Ez0h. who captured the treasury hagIa-
lng and started % loot II. Sheihves rnen
surrounded the place and sftsr shooting
COVE a number 81 raarzscers drove thea
or. Ger. Shslby'E men ruardet the treas
IRE until tire following day.
me next morning the mayor Of Austin
proposed 20 Gen. Shelby That iraasrnueh AS
his men were the last organized hofv Of
t5s Confsderacy ir Texas they ~bougS
taxa this Confederate money. Gen. Shsl-
By positively refused. saying. y went
into the war with clean hands and ~
Gods blessing. I will 60 oat Of the war
with clean hands"
Prom Austin shsihy's bard marched
20 San Antonio. and 20 Eagle Pass where
they crossed into Mexico and rexurs 81
their march when they reached the CITY
OF Mexico, Macmillan had beer reixninx
for a year. Shelby offered 20 take fsnrne-
date service with his band. and TO recruit
an army OF - coo Americans. but Maxi
milan was suspicious. ana SheIby's COR
pany was forced 70 clsband. Many e
them settled IN Mexico. others wsnt or 20
the Pacific coast and shipped for Gait
fornia. while some returned 20 their for
Gen. Shelby became a freight contractor
n Mexico. but IA 1851 be returned 10 his
farm IN Missouri where he lived = re
tired life until is9a when President CIeve-
land appointed him United States marshal
Tor the Western district % Missouri
During the great railroad strike IN 1884
when Marshal Shelby was active in sup
pressing the strikers he hecane involved
in a controversy with Gov stone who
cautended that the United States officers
and troops were being used in violation o.
the doctrine Of states Tights-the very
doctrine which Shelby had fought so
bitterly FOR during the civll war. bat TO
Gov. stone. Shelby replied that ''the ques-
ton OF states rights was decided ty that
war and settled for all time when Lee
surrendered at Appommatox.
In the recent campaign Gen. Shelby was
an active supporter OF the policy OF Prssi-
dent Cleveland
In isSs Gen. Shelby married Miss Betty
Shelby. Eight children survive him, the
eldest son. Orviiis. residing in Oklahoma
and the second. Joseph. y Kansas City