The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-27
TuRNEKe. LITTLE LIVER TURNtI'

dicates that he sees IN his minds eye
the coming OF those troublelous times dur
ing which he bathed himself in the Diooo
OF his fellow man. lie says:
There IS no news here but hard times
and harder still coming. for ! see thelr
shadows. and coming events cast theii
shadows before is an Old proverb. but
do not feel that my destiny Is hNeu II,
this country nor do wish 70 be coInpeneu
10 stay in IL any longer that possible TOT
tho devil has got unlimited sway over TINS
Territory and will hold It until we have
a better set Of men and society.
on the ed of March, 1850, Quantrill
wrote a letter To his sister. lie was sun
teaching school .at Stanton, Kansas III
this letter he tells her that he had not
enioyed himself or felt very happy slhce
he mad left home and he promises TO re-
turn and at least pay the home ioihs
visit during the summer. lie describes
tho beautiful spring day and then says:
What contrast when one year ago
was amid snow and desolation in the
Rocky Mountains. where nothing was 10
be seen but snow and sky-no sings OF life
except in our little company. Some OF US
strove to be merry and occasionally would
start some song which would be broken
off bv some one calling for help to get
some Door animal out of the snow. but
when night came and we were about 10
lie down TO rest with nothing but the
snow 20 make bed upon II was enough
10 make any one have cool thoughts. You
noople of the crowded city can form no
idea Of what men 20 through ana now
they have TO struggle TO keep from the
GRASP Of grim death which stares them IN
the face as they move along.
He then describes his camp life, and in
closing talks of the flowers and birds
and saws he wishes he could be as happy
as the birds singing. He said he would
nut n couple Of flowers In the letter that
his sister might see some Of the beauties
of Kansas His school must nave been
nearly out. for he told her 10 direct her
next letter to him at Lawrence Is. 1.
In this letter he made no mention what
ever of being with the Jayhawkers or OF
having been robbed incidents which Mr..
Edwards describes with so much minute
ness. Every line In the letter 10 his sitter
breathes love of her and his family and
his home There IS a vein Of sorrow run
ming through the sentences which
indicates that the writer was not
even at that time Il happy man.
That he had, when this letter was writ
ten. no intention of remaining IN
Kansas. there cannot DC any doubt.
lie tried TO impress upon his sitter the
fact that he would go home that sum-
mer and he fold her to tell one of the
Dover boys. Thomas Lechron, that he
wanted to see him and that probably he
would come west with him. When II was
that this apparently tender-hearted young
Ohioan was completely changed in his
nature and became equal to the man
hunting tiger in his thirst for human
blood there is absolutely no data.
CAREER OF KILLING.
But within eighteen months after these
letters were written he began his ca
reer of killing men. for he Joined Gen.
Prices command i'm May. 1861. and was
mentioned by the commander for bravery
exhibited at Lexington, Mo. In the fall of
1861 he organized the band Of guerrllas
which afterwards became so notorious.
At first he had only eight men. but they
accomplished wonders. and the band grew
in numbers until he frequently had as
high as $50 and 200 men under his direct
control He operated at first according
to the usages OF modern warfare, but
when some of his men were captured by
the Jayhawkers and shot he gave orders
10 his men 10 raise the black flag on the
Jayhawkers, which was done. During the
latter years of the war Quantrll visited
Richmond. Va. and had a personal inter-
view with Mr.. Davis secretary Of war.
He told the secretary that the South
would never win by prosecuting the war
In the way 1t was then doing The secre-
tary asked him what he would do. lie
replied
DO? Why, l would wage such a war
and have such a war waged by land and
sea as to make surrender forever impos-
sible. ! would cover the armies of the
Confedcracy all over with blood | would
invade. | would reward audacity. 1 would
break up foreign enlstments by indis-
crminate massacre. ] would win the in
dependence of my people or l would find
them graves
OF course the secretary could not take
the advice of the intrepid leader OF guer-
rillas. and Quantrill Immediately left
Richmond and returned to his band.
HIS LAST HOURS.
There IS one man living in Kentucky
Mr.. W. l.. Davis. the retiring postmas-
ter AZ Paris. Bourbon county who sat
up with Quantrill the second night after
he was mortally wounded on Wakefleld's
farm in Spencer county. Mr.. Davis in