The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-01

the rail The wheels of the rear truck
could not have been six feet away
from him when he twisted his body
into the position which threw his legs
across the track"
The accident was also Witnessed BY
Harry A. King. who is connected with
the Santa Fe railway j. r Sims 2
Santa Fe porter; Harry Clancy, q.
youth whose home Is IN Imdianapo
Ind. and number of others. h v
Sherwood and Z. ". ZanzoW- passen-9
ger Representatives of the Santa F'e at
the depot, were on the spot almost IIl-
stantly and took charge of the injured
man. Everything possible was done
for Colonel Jackson, and the am
bulance was in waiting on Union ave
nue. when he was placed on stretch
er after the emergency bandages had
been applied.
Colonel jackson served with distinction
in the civil war and was regarded Dy MS
comrades as a man of. great bravery lie
was lieutenant colonel commanding the
Ihlrty-fourth Indiana infantry, lieutenant
colonel of the Sixth United States ar
tillery and colonel of the Eleventh United
States infantry. He is past brlgadier
general, U. v. L., and past post com
mander Of JudSon Fitzpatrick post. he is
also chief of staff to General Patrick
Coney, department commander for Kan
sas Of the g. A r.
Survivor Of Fort Pillow Massacre.
Colonel Jackson was known particularly
because of his being injured in the Fort
Pillow massacre. He was the colonel Of
the regiment of colored soldiers who
were killed at that time, and colonel
jackson and one private were the only
ones who escaped. Colonel Jackson was
wounded fourteen times in this fight and
was left for dead It was the intention
of the eonfederates to leave no one of the
regiment alive because they were SO
much opposed to having the negroes fight
against them. The negro private who
was LEFT alive, although he was believed
to be dead, lived in Emporia for years.
One day the colonel and the private met
on Commercial street in EInDorias the
first time they had met since the mas
sacre It was the most pathetic meeting
ever seen in that city. The old negro
recognized his former colonel and wound
his arms around Colonel Jackson while
he said:
Great God. colonel, is you still alive?'
and he kept repeating the remark while
the colonel patted his head and sobbed:
@One Of my boys. one Of my boys.
Colonel jackson had a silver Jaw bone
which was put in by the surgeons when
they got through operating on him after
ne was found among the piles of dead
citation OF the colonel was not perfect,
but they did not know why it was.
Colonel Jackson has been identified
with politics in his St - for many years.
in the state legislature. Since then no
| session has gone by without his being
present. Most of the time he has had
some clerical position about the house or
/ senate. He has his law office at Newton.
Cooper Jackson, his son. was for two
/ years city editor of the Topeka Capital.
/ Since. then he has been associated with
4 the Mexican Herald. recently having been
/ appointed WASHINGTON correspondent He
+ is at present on his way to Washington
to take up his work there, and his father
] had accompanied him as far as Kansas
City.
i There are also two daughters. Miss
/ Agnes Jackson. and another who is mar
! r1ed to DR. Brown, of Newton.