The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-12

the Federal tJennison's) power. There.
too. were Mrs. Susan vandiver, her
little son, her sister. Mrs. Armenia
Whi.sett-silvey uheir sister, Mrs
Roscdalc. Kan), with them was Mrs
Charity McCorkle Kerr and her sis
ter. Nan Harris McCorkle (whose aunt
's the beloved Aunt Fannie Twyman
81 independence. Mo. sc deepl" re-
vercd and loved by the Missouri United
Daughters of the Confederacy): Sue
and Matte Munday and Mollic Grand
star twhose father was in the Con
tederafe service). In the prison. this
little band found Mrs. n. NJ. Womack.
and Hiss Younger tCole Younger. the
S,ucrilla's sister. who Is now Mrs. Jen
Duncan. OF Kansas city,. Miss
Younger was released with Alice Van
Ness. who later went upon the stage.
! marrying John Tcmpleton and becom-
ing the mother of the well known Fay
Telrplcton. These two We're rclea sed
the day before the prison fell.
The Metropolitan Block. wherein
was built by Mr.. Milton Mcciee. The
buildings were OF brick. two stories.
~ sf not uSsermned , Rs ada ia,
cent. stood for forty-scven years af-
ter the war. This block At the time
by a Federal officer. Captain George g.
Brigham; who later paiHted the "a
wSeb ordsr Mo- for
Federal authorities. He painted true
picture: this officer OF the Union re
Lexington, Mo. Il win not consort
with Jemison. Lane or Hoyt" Captain
Brigham never hesitated to denounce
the dreadful conditions OF border war
fare.
The first inklng OF the Federal plot
TO have the woman's prison collapse.
I I'M toe hon, NJ sc
Duke. then Mrs. Hogue. AT whose
boarding house some Union soldiers
Ssd eaan, the on p pna
cd why they were digging around his
buildings" and had been told Ito mind
OF the foundation wall of the woman's
prison had already been removed. and
as the building had not fallen last
day and the building was tottering
might collapse any minute Mrs
Duke called her mother Mrs RGs and
the military headquarters. demanding
to see Preston B. Plumb" the Federal
er three yonns cousins s u the n
girls. were In the prison; told Of the
plot: learned that the Federal officers
no, before Plumb called. guard and
ERE tho girls in the pon.
man who kept combination OF grog
gerry and groecry had had been en-. warned rI,se
aYns ou, Of he h sung IN hopes
securing further aid and protection.
these two agonized women reached the
suddenly bulge in the middle like a
barrel and collapse.
IRON BALL AND CHAIN
PREVENT HER ESCAPE
Mollie Grandstaff. after an hour. was
rescued. her legs and back badly in
liam Clay, at a643 Bales Avenue. Kan
sas City. Mo. Little jamie Anderson
htried TO climb out OF the window. but a
legs were broken. Sue Munday; now
Mrs was r also r
silvey and Mrs. Kerr we're crushed out
of all semblance to humanity Jose
phine Anderson could be heard ,a i1r so 'his
stone off my head but when aid
reached her. Bill Anderson's fragile
be sster Ss beas
incorporating I'm Federal uniforms. But
the browning horror was when the
brought from the ruin. lying, on the
pavement with her aunt and cousin
sobbing. STOPPING to wipe away the
worc pushed away by the bayonets or
the guards. Suddenly through the
crowd rushed an old woman Mrs. Ely.
hallelujah!" a Federal soldier having
the heart of a man, took her by the
shoulder and pushed her across the
street. saying, open your mouth again
and I'll shoot you"
Through the efforts OF DR.. Campbell,
director of the Kansas Historical So
ciety. and who as very small boy was
an eyewitness OF the collapse OF the
prison and saw the bodies OF the girl
victims carried out from the ruins. has
succeeded in locating the grave Of 10
Kansas City, Mo. The grave had been
lost for decades and had been searched
for in vain. Dr. Campbell found that
William Todd; the first sexton Of the
cemetery. and the only person who
could have the information since the
destruction of the cemetery records.
lived In Oregon. Todd Is now ninety
three years OF age, but remembered
enough about the location of the grave
TO prepare n chart by which IL was
found, May IS. 1912, at the extreme
cemetery.-(By Mrs. Townes Randolph
Leigh. State Historian. Alabama Divi-
sion. U. D. c., in the Montgomery Ad-
vertiser)
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