Arizona republican., 1902-11-17
GUERRILLA MOsBY's HAIR.

Think of John g. Mosby, the one-time confederate guerilla leader and the most "unreconstructed" rebel in the south, quietly drawing a salary from Uncle sam!
 That's just what he is doing, how ever. The "oo-onel" is now a special cmploye of the department of the in terior, and he showed willingrS-s to talk about his wartime experiences to a reporter a day or two ago. The latter inquired into the truth of a story that Mcsby had entered Alexandria in dis guise and had engaged in some dare devil trick
 "Oh, that story is all nonsense" said Colonel Mosby, II never went to a place in disguise in my life. These stories arose because of the rapid movements of my command. Why, there is an off- cial telegram on file in the war depart ment stating that I was in Washington in conference with Wilkes Booth the night of the killing of President Lin coin. It is needless to say that the statement was known to be false by most of the federal generals.
 Yes, I frequently got close to Wash ington during the war. Many a time would ride up to the hill up wonder across the Potomac and look down upon the city. I might have one or two men with me, and we could soon disap- pear. Just over on the Virginia side early one morning I met Mrs. Barlow on her way into Washington with a wagon full of vegeta bles. Her husband was a federal soldier and she was q northern woman. She had a pass to go in and out of Washington, and drove into the city often from her farm used to go to her house often and get sup of good coffee. Of course, she gave it to us. knowing that we rather had charge of things all along on that side of the river. Well, on this particu- lar morning Mrs. Barlow had a pair of scissors hanging from her apron. After l had talked with her awhile I said:
 Mrs. Barlow, lend me your scis- sors'
 She handed them to me, and reached up to my head, got hold of | bunch of hair, cut it off and said Mrs Barlow, please take this lock of hair right in to Lincoln. and say to him that l am coming in to see him soon and will expect lock of his hair in return She looked much puzzled but she said shs would do it.
 "I found out afterward that she rode straight to the white house and gave the hair to the president personally, re- fusing to give it to any one else. The president was amused and laughed heartily. No, I was not afraid to do that, because I knew that by the time the president could attempt to catch me, I would be thirty miles away. President Lincoln never made an at tempt to catch me because he knew that l would be somewhere else when his men arrived. Many people took in- formation of me into Washington for the purpose of trying to bring about my capture.
 II covered the entire south side of the Potomac for many miles each way, and the largest number of men I had in 1864, when Sheridan was in the Shen- andoah valley, was five troops of cav airy, total of 250 men. With that command we captured all the arms we needed, all the ammunition. food and clothing, and had a wagon train run ming to Lees army frequently with the supplies we had captured No, I was never a general. I was private in the First Virginia cavalry for the first two years of the war, and began raising my command after that time, beginning with one troop of cavalry Each man was armed with two pistols and a sabre. We had no carbines''