Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-08-12

Hank Williams A third, Richard
Kinney, was shot and died three or
four days afterward from lockjaw.
Shepherd and Kinney rode next TO me
on either side. Kinney was my closest
friend. We had ridden together from
Texas, fought side by side, slept TO
gether, and IL hurt me when / heard
him say, Frank, I'm shot He kept
on riding for time. and l thought
his wound wasn't serious.
"On we went up the hill Almost In
the twinkling of an eye we were on tho
Yankee line. They seemed terrorized.
Hypnotized might be better word,
though reckon nobody knew anything
about hypnotiSm then, though George
Todd by the way. looked like Sven
gall. Some of the Federals were at fix
hayonetS,' some were biting off their.
cartridges, preparing to reload.
yelling, shooting our pistols, upon
them we went Not a single man OF
the line escaped. Every one was shot
through the head The few who at
tempted to escape we followed into
Centralia and on to Sturgeon. There n
Federal blockhouse stopped further
pursuit All along the road we killed
them. The last man and the first man
was killed by Arch Clements. He ha,i
the best horse ana got little the start.
That night we left this woods AMI
this neighborhood and scattered. l re-
crossed the river near Glasgow ana
went southwark"
1T has been reported that my broth
or, Jesse James, was not at the Cen
tralia fight; that he was sick in Car
roll County at the time. This is a mis-
take. Jesse was here. 1t was he who
killed the commander of the Federal
troops, Major Johnson. The Younger
boys We're not at Ccntralia."
The plowshare has taken the place
Of the sword on the hillside. Frank
James took an ear OF corn from the
battlefield. ~ want some sort of n
relic" he said, "and this is the most
peaceful-looking | see" Later I'm tho
day Adam Rodemyre of the Centrala
guard gave him n bullet found on tho
field.
After two hours on the battlefield n
visit was made TO the Pleasant Grove
burying ground on the Silver farm.
where Frank Shepherd ana Hank"
Williams are buried The burying
ground is a typical country cemetery,
lying in secluded spot away from the
main Travelled road, some four miles
from Contrala.
The living guerrilla stood with his
black SLOUGH hat in his hand at the side
o. the sunken graves Of his dead COM
radcs. ITO this we must come at last"
he said, looking down at the withercd
grass. "Our boys are scattered every
where You will find their graves IN
the hollows and on the hills, by the
gulf, and on these prairles. Many have
no monument They don't need any.
They made their monument while they
lived. They left a record for daring
courage that the world has not yet sur
| passed"
A brief stay was made ut the farm
| house of William r. jennings. Mr..
| Jennings helped bury the Federal dead
the day after the battle He could not
remember the number but there were
several wagOnloads ~ felt sorry for
one poor boy, hardly more than II
years old, who had almost reached the
woods In nm attempt to escape All the
Federals," continued Mr.. Jennings,
had been shot in the head SO uner-
ring was the craftsmanship of the
bUshwhackers that frequently we
would find no wound on the soldiers
bodies until we would turn back the
cyclid or look into an ear, and there
would he the single little hole that
brought death" When the old man told
his story the party turned to go.
"Well' said Mr. jennings, Il hope
wen meet in better world than this"
Il hope So" said Mr. James where
there is no fighting"
A bright-looklng boy about II years
Of age shook hands with Mr.. James.
My name" he said, rs Marquette
Richards My grandfather John MIR
quctto, was tho last man killed In Tie
fight James looked kindly at the
manly little fellow. "Well. son, you
may be proud of your grandfather. He
was about the hrayest of Johnsons
command. He fought all the way. Arch
Clements shot him near Sturgeon lie
rode dun horse" No contrast of the
day was more striking than that of
Frank James and the grandson of his
old enemy, the grizzled veteran and the
mite Of a boy.
"The stories about cuerrlllas riding
with the rcins Of the horses between
their teeth and firing with pistols In
both hands IS simply dime novel stuff
said James There never was any
such thing We always held our horses
with one hand aud the pistol with ;ha
other II was Us important TO hold the