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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29
General A,cxanaer's Repls.


Forty replies were received and
the whole published in neat pamph-
let. which was widely distributed.
Among others who replied was the late
General u, P, Alexander. From his
letter / make the following extract
"Some Confederates may put jackson,
But Jackson had an ill-regulated mind
lie once favored raising the niheN
| flag. aud taking no prisoners also
durine, the Seven Days battles lie
shlrked all the fights possible. (see my
memoirs,) His head during these days
was not a level head and his actions
showed it,
4 he one who shirks duty orsdanger, am
"a shirk is defined: TO procure b,
mean tricks. 10 avoid, get away fror,
4 unfairly or meanly to shirk away from
"a practice mean tricks, tn avoid per
!. fornance OF duty, etc, I submit IN
i facts without comment, % nortul
NIL M 81 boaun. !
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[Tfie correspondence recently printed

tine correspondence recently printed
1n Tho Timcs-Dlspatch as passing be-
tween General Robert Won Massow. OF
the German army, and Colonel w. III.
Chapman, OF this city, has aroused
great interest among Confederates VINO
remember the distinguished German
soldier when he was a lieutenant In
ytie Confederate service. Colonel John
IS, Mosby. the distinguished partisan
'leader. under whom Won Massow served.
has written the general and received
a most interesting letter from him in
reply, copies OF which follow.-Ed.l
Washington, d. c., April 81. 1910.
General Baron Robert Won Massow. Old
enburg. Germany:
Ny Dear Baron.--I was very much
Eratifed to read a sketch OF you in a
Richmond paper some days ago that
also had your picture. 1t revived mem
ories OF u long time ago. when YOU
aerved az an honorary member Of my
Battalion. particularly of that morning.
February %. 1864. when you were so
badly wounded in tho fight with the
California cavalry. and ] parsed you
in the charge, lying In the road. and
as I supposed to be dying. near the
man who shot YOU Although the Sc
we're wound you received that day dis
abled you from serving any longer
with us. yet we all cilerished'the rec
election OF your bravery and are proud
OF the high rank you have don in the
German army. We not only feel a
Just pride in your military rank, bu.
claim a small share OF credit in having
given you some elementary lessons IN
war.
When you bade me farewell to re-
turn to your native land I did not an.
tic.pate that 1 would ever serve the
United States at home and abroad as
Loyalty as I had served the Confeder:
ate States, or that General Grant. who
had then taken command Of the North.
arn army in Virginia, would become
my best friend, 1 am now seventy six
years old and am IN tho Department OF
rustice at Washington When I wrote
she date of this letter ] was reminded
that It Is the anniversary of the day
babe farewell to my nen--just forty
hye years ago. During that time
have had many yicissitudes OF fortune
hut such is the common lot of mortal
,ty. When / was consul at Hong Kong
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private memorandum gives
ment that will surprise many.
did us. The common idea ls
President Lincoln was murder
John Wilkes Booth because h
the head of tho Northern Stat.
was Responsible for tho war up
South. In other words, that
In being In intense sympathy vi
South, and being somewhat da
assassinated the President on q
of his course In the war.
After the plans failed, DR..
says Booth hurried to Wash
and on his knees implored Pr
Lincoln and Secretary Seward
don. or, at least, respite Beall
coin promised to respite, but tina
ordered his execution. DR.. Foot
This order was executed. an
was hanged within thirty yards
window and inside Fort Col
and not at Johnson's Island,
been frequently reported.
Booth, for what he termed Z
fdy OF President Lincoln towar
self and friend Beail. at once
to ayenge his trends death Sby
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both Lincoln and Seward He ala not
intend to shoot Lincoln IN the the-
etre, but the contemplated oppof,ohi-
" did not offer itself elsewhere.
But for the fact that Booths spur
caught In the curtain that fatal night
he would have cscaped--at least Tor =
time. Tho war had nothing to 90 with
the assassination OF the President; ~
was due simply and solely to revenge
intensified by Booths love and admir-
alton for his friend. -. 49,.
Booth went to New YORK the
morning Of Beails execution, and be.
| ing so grievously disappointed al
| what had occurred. he became meas
urably an insane man. had moi .ns
least idea OF Booths plan to assassi
| nate the President. This plan wa
| known only to one man. and 10 nm
/ Booth revealed It only an honr oeIor'
the assassination. The man 10 wnoh
| he thus confided his purpose negse'
him not to carry 1t out, and hnain'
that Booth was not to be turned lrot
his revenge. left the city before w
i horrible tragedy occurred"
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Haul ED ENGINES
OVER MOUNT AIMS
Huntons Men Took Place of Teams, Flying
Southern Flag on Locomotive.

good number OF freight cars. which
We hauled with horses over the same
route
And Still Others.
At Leesburg the Confederate forces
captured two fine locomotives. named
the Lewis Mckenzie" and the
Charles p. Manning these two To-
comotives we hauled with horses from
Leesburg to Gainesville, on the Manas-
sas Gap Road. where they were re-
named the General Joseph E. John
son" and the General Beaureguard.
They were run on the Virginia Cen
trail Railroad, now the Chesapeake and
Ohio. It took team of forty horses
to pull each locomotive.
An incident happened In moving
one of the last named locomotives
from Leesburg to Gainesville which is
worth recalling. We arrived about
dark at a very bad hill and our men
and the horses were very tired Not
knowing how we would get up the
hill, we unhitched and went In camp.
Some time during the night the gar
liant Eighth Virginia Regiment of IN
fantry tCol. Hunton) encamped on top
Of the, hill. The next morning they
put Confederate flag on the loco
motive; they would not let US hitch
the horses up, but pulled the locomo-
tive Jup the hill themselves This
seemed to be great frolic for them.
I would like to know If any OF that
regiment are living that remember
anything about that occurrence i
have written this brief statement OF
facts to Show how little the Confed
crate States had, and how our SPLEEN
did soldiers not only captured guns
and prisoners. but locomotives, cars
and a great deal of machinery. These
locomotives and cars were used on the
roads throughout the South, hauling
supplies to Lees army. until the close
of the war
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BY GEORGE II. DARR-ACOTT,
Corporal Sturdtvant's Bnttery OF
Light Artillery, Twelfth Virginia
Batfalion, A. n. Va.

Battalion, A. n. Va.
SO far as I recall, have never seen
any account of the capture and re-
moval of the locomotives. cars. etc.
by the Confederate forces in North
ern Virginia. AS one who participated
in the enterprises, will state briefly
my experience.
In June. 1861, was ordered to re-
port to Col. j. 7. Jackson. near Fall
ing Water. below Martinsburg, now
West Virginia, being furnished with
an escort of Ashby's Cavalry and nec-
cssary papers. We impressed. for the
use of the quartermaster's department,
IS or 100 four-horse teams. AS there
were at Martinsburg fifteen or twenty
locomotives belonging to the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad. we proceeded
to disconnect the machinery. and. hitch
ing forty horses to one locomotive
hauled them on the Valley Turnpike
through Winchester to strasburg
There they were put on the Manas-
sas Gap Road and were brought to
Richmond. whore the Confederate
states Locomotive Works were locat-
cd Some OF the numbers Of these 10
;comotives which remember We're the
~, tHe "a, TIE % ana the %.
More Captures.
At Duttields Depot, between Mar
tinsburs and Harper's Ferry, I'VE cap
l1ured five locomotives. which we
hauled across to Halltown. putting
them on the Winchester and Potomac
Railroad. taking them to Winchester
thence. We then hauled them with
horses over the Valley Pike to stras-
burg. These We're then taken owe,
the Manassas Gap Railroad to the
Confederate states Locomotive Works
at Richmond. In addition, thore were
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WAS JOHN WILKES BOOTH !.
sAVENGING BEALL'S DEATH?
Papers Left by DR.. Foote Intimate That Refusal
to Save Beall Led to Lincoln
Assassination,

We We're much interested in a short
article in the April number of Wake
Forest Student, says a writer In the
Wilmington Messenger. It was sent
by George Anderson Foote, son or
the late DIR. George A. Foote, of War
renton. an honored and highly repu-
table physician lately deceased. He
first gives an extract from "Appleton's
,Cyclopedia of Biography" of the hang
ing OF that gallant and merltorious
Eoficer. Captain John Yates Beall, a
native of Virginia. and born in s35,
iIIand hanged on the a4th Of February,
Hs65, as a spy, A sketch was found
among DR. Foote's papers, who was a
surgeon in the Confederate army and
twas imprisoned in Fort Columbus, New
mark haIbor. y Dr. Foote's' post luminous
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Oddehpufg. May 3,Slslo.
My Dear coipnel,-I thank You very
much for your letter of April I'll and
the two pictures showing you as you
1.-Two in my remembrance. But yet more
like the gallant Confederate partisan
chief is the picture In book that often
I take from my library to enjoy tho
remembering of long, everyone times.
You ought to know it for II is pre-
faced by facsimile Of your letter
to Messrs. Harper Brothers. in New
York, written IN Warrenton. April IL.
1862. The book is entitled Partisan
Life with MoSoy," by John Scott, of
FauQuier published in London, Sam on
Low, Son e. Marion
am very anxious now to read your
book. "Stuart's Cavalry in tho Gestys-
burg Campaign" and have already or
dered q bookseller to procure 1t for me
in New. York. ! often think OF the
great events in your country that
have witnessed. What would have be-
come OF North America If the Yankees
had not been successful in famishfnG
tho Confederates. In my opinion an
other war would have broken out five
or ten years later. Still 1 will never
forget and always admire the high
mind. the persistence and the admira-
Dlo ptsISsiN pipNt' W ''to Nns.1St :.
mon lighting for home and what they
believed to be their just claims You
sir. live in my memory as the ideal OF
Confederate soldier and commander
and viii ever be proud that could
follow you during a few months.
hope It will be possible for you &c
uurayel this letter. since left America
forty-six years ago / scarcely ever had
occasion TO speak or TO write English
Wishing 20 you a long turn of years
| in good health and happiness, 1 Away:
remain, Truly yours,
ROBERT Won oLASSOW.
Colonel John S. Mosby. Washington. D
c., u. S. a.
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paper is both interesting and inform
ing.
He tells OF the. efforts made to
save the life of CAPTAIN Beall, who
was a regularly commissioned Con-
federate officer, by Governor Andrew.
OF Massachusetts, and others, but in
vain. DR.. Foote'S cell in which he was
confined was adjoining Captain. Beall's.
4Beall and John Wilkes Booth had been
room-mates at'collese; and We're dear
friends Booth tried every way to
Secure BealPs release from prison, but
IN vain An effort to secure his es-
cape WAS made In which DIR. Foote
was to be party, In fact, two plans
came to naught,
nooth Jnterccdes for Rcall.
'Rhe interesting point really OF hiss
storic interest,is to,follow. DR.. Foota'a
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good number OF freight cars. which
We hauled with horses over the same
rortn
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Won MASSOW THINKS SOUTH
WOULD HAVE FOUGHT AGAIN
Victory for Confederates Would Not Have Set
tied Great Issue Between Sections

/ was introduced to your Prince Will
liam Of Prussia, who was there In the
German naval squadron. I would be
very mitch pleased to have a letter from
you. i send you two pictures OF my
self-one taken a few months before
the close OF the war, the other a few
months af;erward Yours truly
JOHN S. MOSBY.
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Letter From General Wright.

General Marcus j. Wright mas SEM
the editor of The Times-Dlspatch .he
following interesting letter regarolhss
the opinions held by Brigadler-Gen ls
p. Porter Alexander of the great Con
federate commanders.-Editor.l
In your notice of the death OF ~
Porter Alexander you pay tribute 70
his hook, "Miltary Memoirs OF Con.
federate." But there is another anc
later writing Of General Alexander
which, from it's remarkable character,
am surprised has not attracted notice
In sentember, 1907, Hon Charles ~
rn,herson, United States Senator iron
Texas. issued circular letter to al
surviving general officerstof the Con
federate army, of which the tollowins
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rrn,ted states Senate,

washington, D, c., Sept. ~, loo'.
Dear General: | take great ihteres,
in the history of the Civil War. ! VII
therefore thank you to DO mo tne
favor of giving me your OPINION ls
to who is entitled TO RANK as 'ho
greatest commander developed on mo
Soutern side of that war.
"Very truly yours,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
1t Seems That Lynched Mexican Was
Born in the United States.

washington, Nov. 12.-Through IN
oInclaI sources a report has reached
the state department that Antonio
Rodriguez, the alleged Mexican who
was burned at the stake at Rock
springs, Texas, by a mob, was really
porn in New Mexico.
If this should prove true of co,,rSa
the mexican government would be
op1ged to withdraw its protest and
demand for reparation. 1t would leave
the United States the aggrieved party
in the rioting and anti-Amerfcan dem,
onstratfons in Mexico.
Little doubt is entertained here that
the wireless message on the subject of
the CITIZENSHIP of Rodriguez, which
Was plcked up last night by the war
departments wireless station at Fort
LeaVenWorth, Kansas, was one being
sent from Secretary of State Knox 70
President Taft who is on board the
cruiser tennessee en- route to Panama.
II is expected at the department that
the dual investigation of the lynching
OF Rodfguez. which now is being con-
quoted by Governor Campbell of Texas
and Mexican consular officers from
Eagle Pass, viii settle all doubts as to
the nationality of the victim of the
Rock Springs mob Just bare mention
| OF the disturbances at Ciudad Porfrio
Diaz and Guadalajara came over night
70 the state department, giving no de-
| tails and merely confirmed so much of
| the press reports as indicated an out
break of anti-American feeling in the
Mexican cities.
The inference is that Ambassador
Wilson. who forwarded the news, eth
er found it difficult to obtain the de-
! tails. or looked upon the disturbance
| as of minor Importance. The fact that
| the Mexican government lost no time
| in suppressing the uprising is taken as
| a confirmation of Mr.. wilson's state
| ment that its attitude has been correct
| throughout.
| Meanwhile the governor of Texas is
| expected to see that no Injustice is
| inflicted upon Mexicans within the
limits of that state such as is reported
to have been threatened at some points
| on the border.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
ABOUT BANK CASE
Attorney Generals of Kansas and
Nebraska Confer.
Session Regards Procedure in
State Guaranty Hearing.

Attorney General A F. Mullen of
Nebraska today conferred with Attor-
ney General Fred S. Jackson of KAN
sas regarding the bank guaranty case
involving the states of Kansas, Ne
braska and Oklahoma, a case which
has been set for hearing December IL
in the United States supreme court.
Among the questions involved is that
of whether any of the states have the
right to administer the law as on the
statute books regardless OF the com
pulsory provisions of the Nebraska
and Oklahoma law or the voluntary
law as applied to Kansas.
Nearly all the vital legal questions
concerning the guaranty of bank de-
posts are involved in the cases now
pending. What questions are not IN
vo1ved in the Kansas case are involved
in either the Nebraska or the Okla
homa case, as the laws being different
ly constituted cover the entire grouno
among them.
The state bank part of the Kansas
case was decided against the law by
Judge Pollock of the federal court ano
the Tarabie case was decided against
the law, also the national bank. part
of the case. On appeal to the clrcu1t
court of the United States. Judge Pol
lock was reversed. The case Whlch
now is to be heard along with the Ne
braska and Oklahoma cases is the
Larabie case.
Points discussed by Attorneys Gen
eraI Mullen and Jackson had to DO
mainly with the procedure in the case
and the course which Will De pursued
IN the fulf1lIment of their duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

wadsworth, as a small boy in To-
peka, was fascinated with hunting rs a
sport. His father bought him a small
shotgun and while Wadsworth admits
that he didn't kill anything with it he
had a habit of taking frequent trips
into the country and often stopped at
the home of Mrs. Sealover, where he
often lunched.
In speaking of the letter, Wadsworth
said that while he did not remember
the first name of the woman he did
remember those hunting trips wildly,
and he wanted to see her, among many
other friends here. He declared that
he remembered those lunches and the
woman's kindness more than any other
Dne thing of his boyhood.
Wadsworth's return here recalled to
some of his friends an incident of sew
era1 years ago when Wadsworth was
playing in Alabama" Though a small
circle of friends knew of it, nothing re-
garding what had taken place was al
lowed to get out at that time and until
this day anly a half dozen persons had
knowledge of it.
Lottie Bowes, a Topeka society girl
who ran away with theatrical troupe
playing THE Black Crook" had
signed in the Alabama" company and
was playing a minor role Through
Wadsworth's interest in her making
a good showing before home folks it
was arranged that she was to displace
the leading woman for one night only
That night was to be in Topeka. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
PATRONS HOLD MEETING.
Urge school Board to Take Action on
South Side Building.

Forty South Topeka persons attend
81 an informal meeting in Peterson 5
hail Friday night for the purpose OF
discussing the school board atIlluue
S.l[Sa-dine the new school building.
: persons expressed themselves as
: to have the work completed
and prevent possible difficulty.
w. W. Gilmore, the contractor, az.
+anded the meeting and made some
,.Iain Statements to the effect that il
The The board did not settle the trouble
before next Wednesday, that the pulld-
ing would be closed and the courts
given an opportunity to decide the con
discussion of the question that Gilmore
wanted an immediate disposal of the
trouble. He was supported py the
South end people who want place 10
send their children to school,
The school board meets tonight and
a number of South Topeka residents
propose to attend the meeting and take
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
PLEA FOR FUNSTON.
Senator Curtis Wants Him Made a
Major General.

Leavenworth- Kan, Nov. 12.-Sena-
tor Charles Curtis is taking a personal
interest in General Fred FunSton's case
and has written President Taft de-
manding that Funston be promoted to
major general of the United States
army Curtis says that Funston has
been held back long enough, in fact, too
long already, and that no other army
officers should be jumped over his
head.
For about four years now General
Funston has been in line for promo
ton to major general Many vacan-
cies have occurred in that grade dur
ing that time, and in each instance
some general below Funston was jump
ed over his head and given the higher
place. At first Funston and his friends
submitted because the generals jump
ed over him were civil war fighters
and they soon would go on the retired
list. But the jumping" finally be-
Onous.
Roosevelt Was Jealous?
Had President Roosevelt given
Funston the promotion when he was
entitled to it, Funston would have been
the youngest major general ever in the
regular army. But for one reason or
another Roosevelt kept Funston down.
1t was whispered around Washington
three or four years ago that the real
reason was because Roosevelt wanted
to be the nero Oh the Spanish <AAAlCiA
can war himself, and he didn't want
to give Funston the prominence in
that respect that a promotion to major
general would carry. Anyhow ne al
Wavs turned a deaf ear to the Kansas
delegation in congress when it asked
him to promote Funston.
There is a vacancy now in the grade
of major general. Kansas people are
anxious for Funston to come into his
own. They resent the further discrim-
nation against him in favor of others.
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BADLY BURNED.
Mrs. Boyle May Die as Result of
Her Injuries.
Dress Caught Fire While Burn
ing Leaves in Her Yard.

Mrs Margaret F. Boyle probably was
fatally burned at 8 o'clock this morn
ing while burning leaves at her home
at Fourth and Fillmore streets The
face, hands and body were severely
burned. She was taken to Stormont
hospital, where she is under the care of
DR.. Mum. There is slight hopes for
her recovery.
While Mrs. Boyle was raking and
burning leaves, she stepped too close to
the blaze and her dress caught fire
Mrs. Boyle became excited and ran
screaming to the home of a neighbor
When help arrived her clothing was
almost entirely burned from her body
strong wind famed the fire and her
clothing in an instant was a mass Of
flames. A physician was summoned
and the woman was taken to the hos
pital. She was still conscious and
asked that a lawyer be called so that
she might make a will.
Mrs. Boyle is quite wealthy and has
lived in Topeka nearly 40 years. Her
husband died nearly 25 years ago. She
is the mother of four children, two Of
whom are in Topeka. A daughter, Mrs
Charles Trowbridge of Ell Paso, Tex.
was here visiting when the accident
occurred.
was the fact that Mrs. Boyle had Just
celebrated the marriage of her young
est daughter, Elizabeth Boyle, to John
w. Marsh of 1923 Kansas avenue Mrs
Trowbridge had come to Topeka to at
tend the wedding which occurred
Wednesday. The two daughters were
at the Marsh home when they received
the news of the burning They vera
nearly Frustrated when they heard the
news of their mothers misfortune and
fastened to the Boyle home nearly a
mile away.
Mrs. Boyle is nearly 72 years old and
is we'll known in ToDeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12
KILLS His WIFE.
Man Removing Shells From Gun
Accidentally Discharges 1t.

Kirksville, Mo, Nov. 12.-Mrs. John
Moore, wife of a jeweler in Gibbs,
small town near here, was killed today
by the accidental discharge of a shot
gun. For several nights Gibbs has
been overrun by burglars who robbed
MANY of the business houses. Mr.
Moore kept a loaded shotgun in his bed
chamber for an emergency.
When he arose this morning he at
tempted to remove the shells for the
day that the children might not endan-
ger their lives playing with the gun. In
doing so the weapon was discharged.
killing Mrs. Moore who still lay in bed.
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theater was filled to capacity and no
one became the wiser, all thinking
that she had made good to the extent
of being elevated to the leading part.
Miss Bowes afterwards married an
officer at West Point and retired from
the stage.
Wadsworth, as the burglar in ''Sev-
en- Days." has one of the most import
ant parts in the comedy, yet in the
entire bill has not one speaking line.
In the last six or seven years he has
played servant or similar parts and
among other appearances was with
Blanche Walsh in one of them