Albuquerque citizen., 1908-01-03
WAS A DEFENDER
Of THE JAMES
BROTHERS
Knew the Notorious Qudntrell
and Talked Freely of
Exploits.

Dave Greenwood. a member of the
so-called Quantrell gang. and one of
its very few survivors, died Tuesday
afternoon in the rear of Monroe and
Fourth street, says the Phoenix Re
publican. He had been i'll for many
years. a sufferer from asthma and
liver trouble. 1t was the former all
meht that brought him to the salt
river valley nearly fourteen years
ago. He was siNiy-siX years of age.
and a native Of western Missouri.
Though he was not an officer IN
the guerilla organization. he was one
of its foremost members. enjoyed the
friendship Of its chief and was the
confidential friend of Jesse and
Frank James through their long
flight after their war against socie-
ty, He served for a time under GEN
eral Sterling Price in the war of the
rebellion, was an intimate friend Of
General Joe shelby, and was rela-
tive by marriage of Colonel John N
Edwards, a well known newspaper
writer of a quarter of a century
ago, and the author of books descrip-
tive of the Quantrell organization and
the command of Shelby.
After the war Mr.. Greenwood
moved 70 Kansas and engaged in
business there. His associates were
the financially solid men of that part
of the state and he amaSsed quite a
sum Of money which however van-
ished in the panic of '93 He was
for two terms connected with the
sheriff's office Of Jackson county as
a deputy.
Defender of Jesse James.
He was always a valiant defender
of Jesse James character while he
lived and of his memory when he
was dead. James said he was not
naturally criminal, he was not a
htt hA
driven into that life by circumstances
which might not so have affected a
man of different temperament.
Most of the crimes laid at the
door Of Jesse James, he said, had
been committed by others without
his knowledge, by men who had new
er been affiliated with him, but who
traded on his reputation. The James
and Younger had already terrorized
that part of the state by hitherto un-
heard OF deeds of outlawry and
when such deeds required the pub
lie mind at once associated the
Jameses and the Youngers with
them and no one looked any fur
ther
Everybody remembers the bold
holdup of the box office at the Kar-
sas City fair grounds in the early
eighties The man who rode up to
the office and in the presence of
hundreds compelled the delivery to
him of nearly $4,000 was always be-
lieved to be Jesse James. In fact,
there were men who said that they
positively identified him.
james Had Bank Account.
Mr.. Greenwood, who was living in
Kansas City then, said that James
was not in the city at that time nor
had he been near the city for days.
About that time Kansas City was the
rendezvous of Jesse James and his
neA0un1rtpTS N "a nriu To
rooms of one of the banks where he
had an account under another name. |
The officers of the bank knew him
well as did hundreds of other men |
In Kansas City and still hundreds |
of others in st. Joseph, where he |
was afterward killed. In all the |
leading cities of the state he was well |
known, but those who knew him |
never thought of informing the au- !
thorities, for most of the county au- |
thorities of the state knew him !
equally well and sympathized with |
him.
When Frank James finally wearied |
of the life of a fugitive after the |
death of his brother and submitted |
proposition to surrender there was |
some doubt at ST. Louis as to his |
identity when he presented himself. |
1T was feared by the state officers
that another man had been sent to
simulate James in order to leave him
free 10 prey upon society.
Twenty men were sent to Inde-
pendence to identify the man who
pretended to be Frank James. All
of them had known James well but
Mr.. Greenwood was the only man
who could positively identify him.
Talked Freely of Quanrcll.
Mr.. Greenwood talked freely of the
members Of the Quantrell gang but
his conversation usually related to
personal incidents and characteristics
of the men. He seldom spoke of the
exploits which had already become
notorious. For instance he himself
had participated in the Lawrence |
raid but his story of it was not one
or bloodshed and fire and fiendish
cruelty it was merely a military
movement whose object had been
successfully accomplished. If there
was any sacrifice of human life, 1t
was quite incidental
Some members of this organization
have related with sickening zest the
massacres in which they had taken
part in kansas-and Missouri, but not
so Mr.. Greenwood. According to his
relation, Quantrell and his men were
all as mild-mannered as Mr.. Green I
wood himself.
During his residence in Phoenix, ,
Mr.. Greenwood was employed about
the courts and in what other light ;
he could find He leaves .
a son and daughter in ST. Louis and
a brother who was with him at the
time of his death
The body is at Easterling and q
Whitney's. Though the funeral ar ,
rangements have not been made the I
interment Will probably take place ,
here I
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