The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-10

| lieve he was the man but he was
not and as a matter of fact did not
bear a striking resemblance to Guam
| trell"
The Vancouver dispatch is as fol-
lows:
QuantrelI Alive.
Bill Ouantrel, leader of Quantrelrs
guerillas in the civil war, who, ac-
cording to history, died of wounds at
Kentucky hospital, after his raiders
were cut up, is alive and lives at Quat-
sine. on the northwest coast of Van
couyer island, under the name or
John Sharp, according to a number OF
people who have conversed with him.
J. E. Duffy, prominent timber man,
who recently became interested in
timber limits at Quatsino. recognized
John Sharp, who is over 20. wiry and
gray, as Quantrell. Duffy having been
member of the Michigan troop of
cavalry which cut up Quantrelrs force
He stated to Duffy that he was cor
rect in his recognition.
Sharp said he had been left as dead
and instead of dying of his wounds at
Louisville, as history recorded, had
taken horse ridden 20 miles and dis
appeared He made his way to South
America, remaining number of years
in Chile. whence he went to Texas,
where he engaged in the cattle bust
ness, making considerable money,
which is exhausted. Then he went to
Oregon. where he punched cows and
drove cattle over the mountains.
From Oregon he came to British Co
Iumbus, nearly two decades ago and
engaged in logging at different camps
of the northeast coast of Vancouver
island until 10 years ago, when he be-
came a trapper on the northern coast.
Six or seven years ago he went to
Quatsino, where he was made care
| taker of the mines of the West Van
COuNCi SOeti COMPANY a. >Oeti Ahe'- 49,
When j. E. Duffy landed at Quatslno
from the steamer Tees, he met John
! Sharp or. the beach at Coal Harbor.
Duffy looked the old man over and
said, rs that you, Quantrell, you -
old rascal?"
Admits Identity.
Come into the house, said Sharp,
and for some hours the two men
! talked, Sharp stating he was in reali-
| ty Quantrell, and he talked at length
of the raids in Kansas and elsewhere
and eagerly listened to Duffy's tales
| from the point of the cavalry man of
| the union army. He was most keenlV
| interested in the story of the cutting
! up of his band and when the narrator
told of how 40 had been killed, tears
are said to have rolled down the old
mans cheeks.
R. E. Montgomery. who is engaged
+, in business at Quatsino ard who knew
Sharp, or Quantrell. al Fort Worth,
| Texas, and II. o. Bergh, postmaster
| at Quatsino, are two others to whom
Sharp has stated his identity as Guam
! trell
Il might as we'll admit it, he told
both, sit seems that l can not hide the
fact"
The story the old man told to the
informant of the press was that when
his band had been cut up. he had been
bayoneted ir. the chest and had bull
let wound through the shoulder The
surgeon, who looked him over dag
nosed that he could not live more than
a couple of hours and he had been left
so that others with more chance of
recovery could be attended to by tlae
overworked surgeons. While they
tended the others he got up despite
his wounds. and disappeared That
night. he says, he rode 20 miles He
took flight to South America and after
raising cattle in Texas. cattle raLching
in Oregon, and logging in British CO.
lumbia, he engaged in trapping, and
six or seven years ago reached Quat-
sino. There he found employment and