Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-16
LEADER OF THE NOTORIOUS
oUERRiLLAs IN CIVIL WAR
TELLS OF ESCAPE.
IS NOW 70 YEARS OLD
BONES OF sUsHwHAcKER SUP.
POSED TO BE ON Ex.
HieiTioN IN KANSAS.


his raiders were cut up. is alive and
well at Quntsino. on the northwest
coast Of Vancouver island, under the
name Of John Sharp. according to
number Of people who have conversed
with him.
J. Il. Duffy. a prominent timbcrman.
who recently became Interested In tim
Der land at Quatsino, recognized John
Sharp, who In over 20. wiry and gray.
ms Quantrcli. Duffy having been q
member OF the Michigan troop OF cav
airy which cut up Quantrcll's force.
Quantrell stated to Duny that ho
was correct In his recognition. Sharp
said he had been left as dead and In.
stead Of dying OF his wounds at Louis
vile. as history recorded. that he had
taken a horse. ridden many miles and
disappeared. lie made his way To
South America, living n number OF
years In Chile. whence he went to-
Texas. wher. he engaged In the cnttlo
business. making considerable money.
which he exhausted. Then he went 10
Oregon. whcr. he punched. cows and
drove cattle owe. III mountains. From
Oregon he came To British Columbia
nearly two decades ago and engaged
In logging nj different camps of tho
northeast coast Of Vancouver island
uutit Ten NsuTh uSb. Wutu ut bs0hNuu
. q tTappcr Of the northern coast.
Six or seven ycaTs ago he went to
| Quaisino. where hc was made car
, carer nj West Vancouver mines.
when J. T.. Duffy landed AT Quaisin1,
from the steamer Tees he met John
Sharp ON the beach at Coal Ilarbor.
DuiIy looked the OLD man over and
sasd: is that you. Qaan,rcii. you old
! rascair'
Come into the house." said Sharp.
ard for some hours the two men.
talked. Sharp stated he ~aa In reality
Qnan'rcii. and he talked at length of
| the raids In Kansas and elsewhere.
and eagerly listened To Duny'a tales
from the point Of view of tho cavalry.
men at the Union men. ii- was most
! tcs'niy Interested In the story of tho
cutting up of his hand. and when his
narrator told of hos forty men hadi
been Killed tears arc said tn have
rolled down the aia mans checks
u. y. Montgomery. who In onkakrd
In business at Quaisino. and who knew
SHARP. or oIanirrii. n, For, Worth.
Texas. and ". q. BsrE. postmaster a.
Qua'sinn. ere t~o others To whom
l Sharp has stated his identity as Qsan-
| tTcii.
II might as veil admit IT, Sharp
told both. 1T seems that cannot hide
the fact -.
The story the old n,an told IN the In
fornian, Of the Associated Press ~ns
THAT ~hcn his hand had hrcn cut 0p
he had been hayoastrd In the chest
and had bullet wound through tho
shoulder. The surgeon ~bo looked
him over diagnosed that he could not
liSc tnorp than q couple of hours. AMI
he had been left that others With n,ore
chance os recovery could ts- attended
To by the oscfuofkri sursrons While
they tended III" others he got M do
spite his wounds and disappeared.
Tha, bish'. he says. he rod. seventy
miles. lie took nisht 10 South Amer
lea.
Kansas Ci'y.-krruf,iin in local
history. niii Quan,r.ii. the Euoriiis
leader Who played 8, impor'an, a part
In the Missouri. Kansas border warfare
Of the early days. died In the Sisters
hospital at Louisville. Kentucky. Rcv.
Thomas Cobb. formerly pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church of this
city. but now located In Oklahoma.
knew Quan'rvii in Kentucky during
the Civil War. lie vas a cavalry re-
cruitins ossicrr. and at the time camped
with Quantreil for t~o days and had
many talks with him.
Rev. Cobb said:
''Quan,rcii was then In Central
Kentucky. lie was on his way TO Wiz.
eiuia and Maryland to join Mosby. 1so
had skirfnish with the federal troops.
the Twelfth ken,uck cavalry. and was
seriously wounded. He vas not known
as Qpantrpii during that expedition.
but went under the name OF Captain
Clark.
Il was parolcd In Louisville about
that time by Colonel Folsom. One day
Colonel Folsom asked me n I knew
Quantrcil. and Z told him I did. lie
then asked me u would identify him.
and ! said I would II he we're dead.
Then you will not identify him " he
Ia aliver asked Colonel Folsom. No.
I replied. I was taken to view a body.
but II was not that Of Quan,reli. Bat
a day or two later several Of Quap.
ireli's men saw the dead body OF their
leader in the Sisters hospital and at
tended his funeral In the Catholic
cemetery. This. I believe. Is the true
story Of Quantrcli's death and burial
Topeka. Kan.-Mention Of the dis
covery Of W. G. Quanireii being alive
In British Columbia calls to mind the
fact tha, in the state historical rooms
here are two shin bones and a Iock OF
hair supposedly Of the famous raider.
They have been there since May. 1sss.
when the mother Of W. e. Quantreil
and ". ". Scott OF Canal Dover, Ohio.
opened the grave at Louisville, Ken
lucky.
Jacob c. Choa,e and Miss Kitty