The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-27

o., .hserver would have said that he
| was IN. very impersonation of kindness.
| "a he was the impersOnation or the We'll
| bred gentleman. / never saw man more
| polite in the presence OF ladies. His dice
| was low and musical and In conversation
| he was one of the most amiable men
| over saw. The members OF his band were
| under complete discipline and obeyed MN
| not only by word of command, but by
signs Shortly after the arrival OK guam
! trill in our neighborhOod a Confederate
| guerrilla. called Marion, told my fatheT
| Jonathan Davis. who was county judge
| OF Spencer county. that he must burn
| the courthouse. Father told him that ne
| had taken an oath to preserve the coun-
tvs property and records. and that he
could not comply wrlh his request. Marion
| threatened to kill him II the courthouse
| was not burned within three days. on
| the night OF the third day, as father
| was going home Marion met him ana
was in the act Of shooting him wnen
| Quantrill and one-armed Sam Berry IN
| terferred and saved his life.
AFTER that warm friendship sprang
up between father and Quantrill and the
latter was frequently at our house. The
last time he came was on the 18th day
of April. 1866. His band had dwindled
| GOWN 10 ABOUT lhfnA9-liNt VI NiiiiNf NO.
as he had had numerous fights with the
! Federal cavalry who were after him
| from time to time. He and his men were
all under the influence Of liquor and be-
| haved I'm more boisterous manner that
ever saw them. NY wife and several
other ladies were on the porch and Guam
| trill. taking his hat off, bowed 10 them
| and said. Excuse us. ladies. we are
little in our cups to-day; the grand
! daddy Of all the greonbacks, Abraham
Lincoln. was shot I'm a theatre at Wash
ington last night. In a short while they
! called for glasses and drank toddies. one
armed Sam Berry. raising his glass OF
toddy high above his head pronounced
the following tosat:
|. Here's to the death Of Abraham Lin
coin: hoping that his bones may serve
in hell as o gridiron to fry Yankee SOL
diers on
This gruesome toast unnerved the Ia
dies. and my wife exclaimed: oh, Capt
Berry. how can you utter such remarks?
He smiled sardeuically and told her that
he meant every word OF It.
TAKEN UNAWARES.
About a week after this occurrence
Quantrill and his men were riding along
the turnpike which runs from Chaplain
to Taylorsvlle. They were going in A
northcr' direction. When near Smiley
Gown. now Wakefield Station. on thc
bloomfield branch of tho Southern rail
road. the party left the pike and went
10 James Wakehclds barn. about three
quarters OF a mile away. to take shelter
from a drenchirg rain which had come
up They fed their horses in the barn
and had been there about an hour, when
Capt. Terrell of the Home Guards. with
about fifty men, came up the pike and
co.. MI pvf Omaufrf1ffc hand had loft tho
road. The ground being muddy it was
easy to trail Quantrill and his men. and
Terrell was within fifty yards Of the
barn before the guerrillas saw hin. In
fact they did not notice his approach until
his men had fired a vOlicy from car
bines into the barn. This stampeded Guam
trill's horses and he and his men made
one Of the most desperate stands Of their
lives. Quantrin's horse. a large thorough
bred. could not be caught and one Of his
men. Glasscock. tried TO get Quantriil
up behind him, but the chieftain told him
20 go and save himself. that he could get
out Of the way. He started on foot down
the pasture with the company firing at
him When about three hundred yards
from the barn he was shot with car
bine The bullet struck him in the right
side and ranging toward the spine struck
the spinal chord. instantly parayzlng his
lower limbs. He fell. and Capt. Terrell,
running 10 him. aimed TO shoot him In
the head with his revolver. but missed his
head and the bullet cut off the left fore
finger and thumb OF the guerrilla. He
then pleaded with Terrell TO not kill him
and told him his name was Capt. Clark.
He was taken into Mr.. Wakehel3s house
and my father sat up with him the first
night They were both MasOns and he
told father many things as Mason
which father could not divulge. The next
night / sat up with him. lie did not
sleep; nor did I. He talked nearly all
night and among other things he told
me the following:
BITTER TO THE LAST.
"When | fell / am satisfied Terrell in
tended TO kill me, for he ran up and shot
at my head. My left hand was on the
ground as ] was trying to raise myself
On my left elbow and the bullet from his
pistol cut off my finger and thumb, as you
see. I told him that If he would spare
my life and give me my parole that l
would give him $3.50 cash and $3.50 addi-
tional within a week. He gave me the
parole, which you will find under the
clock on the mantle there. / think he
will keep his word, for he loves money.
You want to know why | sacked and
burned Lawrence and killed all its male
population? Well (and here n looked emon-
iacal in its wickedness overspread his
pale face. IL was because l wanted to
kin jim Lane, the chief Of all the Jay
hawkers. and the worst man that was
ever born into this world. Ny scouts had
located him in q certain house in Law
renee the day before that awful day Ny
instructions were TO first search that
house and find Jim Lane If possible. You
know it was just daylight when we got
into town. We reached the house where
Lane had been reached the room he had
occupied. saw his bed and st was yet warm
but he had flown. Then the command
was given to kill and burn. and well did
the men other work. You want 10
know what would have been done with
Jim Lane had ne been captured?' AS
Quantril asked this question his eyes
flashed fire, it seemed his nOstrils were
distended and although unable TO move
he looked the fiend incarnate as he almost
Missed the answer between his clenched
teeth:
~ would have burned him at the
stake
Il left Mr.. Wakefeld's house that morn
ing about 6 o'clock and about an hour
later n government ambulance in charge
of squad Of soldiers came and took the
wounded guerrilla chieftain 20 Louisville.
twenty-five miles distant. where he was
placed in the hospital. and where he died
a few days later. Even in death his iden-
tity was unknown for he was supposed 10
be Capt. Clark. About ten years ago l
saw a notice in a Cincinnati paper ask
ing If there was anybody in Kentucky