The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-21

he demonstrated, shot him dead in the
street. His sons, maddened by the outrage,
Joined Quantrelrs band Of guerrillas and
there learned the lessons which eliminated
in the crime at Mortified. which they ex-
plated in Saltwater Penitentiary.
Deeds of Violence
Created Quantrell.
Quantrell had been driven to deeds OF VIC
lence by similar outrage. and to his ban
ner flocked men in whose hearts a savage
hatred had been planted by ruthless tramp
ling upon their affections and rights by the
Kansas Jayhawkers and other desperados
who disgraced the blue. These men had
come to believe that the Stars and Stripes
and the blue uniform stood only for murder,
rapine and plumber. They came to hate
both. Everything that was associated with
either was to them an object of the most
intense aversion. In time they were con-
sumed with the feverish desire to wreak
vengeance on any one who wore the blue
uniform, 1t was vendetta of hate, born
Of past wrong.
Cole Younger
Once Saved Elkins.
One day. during the war, Quantrells men
captured several prisoners. after a sharp
brush with some Union troops. One pris-
oner was Stephen B. Elkins, now Of West
| Virginia. He knew the Youngers before the
| civil conflict, and when he was turned over
| to Cole. with instructions that he be taken
| to the rear. which in the parlance of the
| Quantrell band meant execution, he knew
that he had good thing, and escaped with
his life. Sure enough. when Cole Younger
| had taken his prisoner behind the main
| body of QuantrelIs men. he fred shot in
| the air, and then told Elkins to run for his
| life, which he did.
/ When the war ended, the Youngers and
the James boys found themselves hunted
with a price upon their heads.
Butler the Object of
Attack on Mortified.
| Ben Butler. whose deeds incensed every
son of the South, was an especial object Of
hatred to the men who had worn the gray.
When it was learned that he had deposited
a large sum of money in the Mortified
Bank. a plot was formed to rob 1t. Ben
Butler was more the object in this raid
than the mere matter of gaining SO many
/ thousands Of dollars. The history Of the
attack, the killing OF the cashier. the
l woundtng OF Bob Younger. the killing OF two
of the raiders in the street fight. the des.
| perate pursuit. formed one of the mos,
thrilling chapters in the wild history of the
James freebooters in the West.
Attack on the Bank
And Street Fight.
On the Afternoon of Centennial year. Sep.
TENDER z. 1876. eight men. well mounted
rode into Mortified. Five of the men ap-
preached the bank. three entered, two re.
. manned outside. ]. S. Allen. hardware
dealer, and Doctor II. H. Wheeler had no.
: ticed the peculiar actions of the men and
started to follow them in the bank. but
J were thrust back. They Immediately rar
) around the corner and gave the ALARM Cit.
;zens poured toward the bank from every
: direction. but a few ride shots from the
! outside pickets served to send most Of then
indoors. The shooting aroused citizens IL
? ether parts OF the town. who came run
ming into the street The three men VIII,
had been held in reserve then dashed upo,
the scene and added their fire to the tw
pickets outside. The cashier Of the banl
A attempted to defend himself and the prop
s erty and was slain. A volley fired upon tn
, robbers killed Bob Youngers's horse an
wounded his rider, who fell helpless unde