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LAST OF OUANTRELL'S MEN
Survivors of the World's Most
Famous Guerrilla Band.
WHO AND WHERE THEY ARE.
The Son of One of Quantrell's Lieutenants
Writes of Them—Some Thrilling Ex
periences Related.
To write the history of Quantrell and
the men who fought with him In the
tumultuous duys from 1S61 to 1865 would
be to write a history of the civil war In
Missouri. The events surrounding tha
career of the guerrilla chief and his men
are so interlaced with those of which
history has taken greater account that
It woiild be difficult to write of one with
out dealing with the other.
Opinions differ yet as to the character
of Quantrell. Fighting under a black
flag,, refusing to ask or grant quarter, he
has been regarded by many as a human
beast who killed for the love of slaughter,
and who was simply one of those mon
sters who are cast up by the wars of all
rebellions. In the eyes of his friends he
was a patriot who gave his life as a gal
lant defender of his native south.
Whatever estimate the world may
place upon him the fact remains that he
was the central figure of the greatest
guerrilla organization the western world
has ever seen George Tod owed pri
mary allegiance to him, and so did Fer
nando Scott, William Haller, Bill An
derson, Dave Pool, Coleman Younger,
George Maddox, William Gregg, John
Jarette, Ol Shepherd, John Thrallktll,
the James brothers -Jesse and Frank—
and a hundred others who rode with him
to battle.
Of them all a score, perhaps, remains.
Tod, Anderson. Scott, Maddox and Shep
herd are dead. Those who live arc scat
tered through the west. Nearly all are
prosperous citizens, living lives of quiet
industry, honored mid respected by their
neighbors.
Among the survivors, aside from Frank
James and Coleman Younger, Dave Pool
is probably the best known. He lives to
day at Phenix, Ariz., where he conducts
a freighting business and where he has
the friendship and confidenoe of all who
know him.
Pool was the man who succeeded to
the ^command of the guerrillas under
Shelby when George Tod was killed In
the desperate charge of the stricken rear
of the Second Colorado at Independence
In October, 386.1.
The separation of Tod and Quantrell
had marked the beginning of the end of
guerrilla warfare. The former, a man
of fearless Independence so far as his
opinions were concerned, had quarreled
with Quantrell over the proposed Law
rence raid. Tod denounced it as inhu
man to make war on women and chil
dren, and the upshot of it was that he
left Quantrell, taking with him the major
portion of the command. This is dis
puted by some, but from letters in the
possesslon of my mother I know that
George Tod was not at Lawrence. One
of the last letters he ever wrote was
dated a few days subsequent to the
Lawrence raid and In it he stated with
great posltlveness that he was not with
Quantrell.
MaJ. Emory Foster of St. Louis, who
knew Tod as well as any union officer
could know him, said a few days ago:
“I was convinced yearB ago that ToJ
was not at Lawrence, in spite of the
claims of the historians. If you will no
tice, Quantrell's power waned from that
time. The defection of Tod crippled him
and he never regained his loss. Tod was
a guerrilla fighter par excellence. Had
he been with Napoleon he would have
commanded the rear guard on the re
treat from Moscow.”
The death of Tod left the command of
the guerrillas to Dave Pool. Early In
the war Pool had distinguished himself
by an act of personal courage, which
had attracted to him the attention of
Quantrell, who always had an eye out
for feats of bravery. In one of the minor
engagements Poole saw among the fed
eral troops a tall, raw-boned soldier, ev
idently a plainsman, who was dressed in
a full suit of buckskin. Singling him
out. Pool made a dash for him. and In
stead of shooting him, as he would have
done ordinarily, he ordered him to sur
render. The federal soldier laughingly
declined and playfully seizing Poole's
long black beard in one brawny hand
proceeded to carve David's face with the
blade of an enormous bowie knife. The
first thrust left a long gash In Pool’s
cheek and the latter would probably
have fared seriously had it not been for
Haller, who shot the federal dead.
Pool quaintly remarked afterwards
that the federal looked to be 8 feet long
os he lay upon the ground.
After the war Pool went to Texas,
settling in the Pan Handle, where he be
came In time an extensive cattle raiser.
A few years ago he was elected to the
presidency of the Ex-Oonfederate Homo
association of Texas, and resigned only
when he removed to Arizona to engage In
other business.
Bill Gregg, another survivor of the
band. Is a prosperous farmer in LaFay
ette county, Missouri. No man is more
highly respected or more universally
liked by those who know him. A grim,
quiet man was Gregg, who mocked at
fear and rode to battle without a tremor.
Immense activity and a capacity for en
during fatigue distinguished him. When
ever there was fighting to be done he was
always at the front, and It was only af
ter a battle that he took time to talk.
He was essentially a man of action.
Warm-hearted In private life, he was In
flexible In war. This was shown in an
attack made by him and his men upon
a house near Kansas City, where fed
eral soldiers were wont, to congregate at
night. Taking ten men with him Gregg
crept upon the place under cover of dark
ness. and after s. careful Investigation
ascertained that twelve federals were
holding high revel within. In the room
with them were half a dozen bedizened
women. Not a guard was In sight. The
carbines of the soldiers were stacked in
a corner. No fear of Impending danger
cast a shadow over the merriment of the
dance that was in progress.
Peering through the windows, with
their hands grasping their revolvers, the
guerrillas waited patiently until the
strains of the violin ceased and the wom
en and the men had separated. Gregg
would not allow his desire to kill the
soldiers to lead him Into taking a chance
of Injuring one of the women. With the
women out of range he gave the signal.
The sharp crack of the revolvers rang
out, followed by the crash of shattered
glass. Eight soldiers lay groveling on
the floor In the throes of death, and at
the second volley the others fell. The
morning saw twelve stark corpses lying
on the floor of the house, from which the
women had fled. Just as they had lain
when Gregg and his men mounted and
rode away In the darkness to join Quan
trell.
With the end of hostilities Gregg went
quietly hack to Lafayette county to tend
his crops, to live a life of peace among
those he had known from childhood.
John Thrallklll is In Mexico—rich In
mines and cattle and a power with the
Diaz government, which he helped to es
tablish. Going there with Shelby, when
the latter cut his way out of Missouri at
the close of the rebellion, Thrallklll cnose
to remain. He fought against MaximS
lan and later joined his fortunes with
those of Disc when the latter was riding
Into power on the crest of a wave of rev
olution.
Thrallklll came originally from north
west Missouri—from Ray county If I am
not mistaken. He was a house painter
and was working at his trade when the
war broke out. No one dreamed that he
concealed beneath his quiet exterior the
•ferocity which developed later.
Before he Joined Tod he was engaged
to be married to a young woman, the
daughter of a well-to-do farmer. One
night in the fall of '63 the father was se9
upon by a band of militia and foully
murdered for no other reason than that
he was suspected of being a Confederate
sympathizer. The daughter, who wit
nessed the killing, was bereft of her rea
son, and died a few days later, a raving
maniac.
Thrallklll vowed Vengeance and began
to kill. Eighteen of the twenty men Im
plicated In the murder of the father of
Thrallkill’s fiancee died at his hands, and
the others escaped only by quitting the
service.
At Centralis Thrallklll commanded
Tod's advance, and In the fight that fol
lowed he was credited with having killed
seven men.
Fletch Taylor, who lives In San Fran
cisco, was one of Quantrell's fiercest
fighters. Bom In southwest Missouri on
a farm, he passed his boyhood much as
other boys raised under similar circum
stances. He grew up a powerful, deep
chested. broad-shouldered young man,
with the quickness of a steel trap and
the driving power of an engine. Trained
to the saddle from boyhood, he rode like
a Centaur, and no man among the guer
rillas was more deadly with a revolver.
Early in the conflict he lost an arm—
shot away by a bullet from a carbine—
but he fought on with even greater pluck
and determination.
I saw him two years ago In Joplin, Mo.,
where, as a successful business man, he
was living a life of comfort, surrounded
by a host of warm friends.
In the winter of 1S63, with two com
panions—Boon Schull and Will Hiilse—
Taylor was neatly trapped near Inde
pendence. Surrounded In the house of a
friend by a detachment of federal troops,
the three guerrillas were cut off from
their horses and ordered to surrender.
Rushing from the house, they reached
their horses under a galling fire. Raw
and untried, the horses became unman
ageable. The shouts of the m^n and the
roar of the guns frightened them so that
they plunged about until Taylor and his
companions were unable to mount.
Slashing the halter which fastened his
horse with a knife Taylor leaped Into the
saddle and. firing a pistol with each
hand, held th" federals at bay until his
companions could escape. As they dis
appeared he gave bis opponents a part
ing volley and, with a cheering cry, leap
ed hts horse over (he orchard fence, leav
ing the troops who had tried to surround
him to gaze In open-mouthed astonish
ment at his rapidly retreating form.
Later he rode alone Into Lawrence
disguised as a trader In live stock to In
vestigate the numerical strength of the
garrison and report to Quantrell. The
town at that time was filled with union
troops, and every avenue was guarded
by a cordon of pickets. Plentifully sup
plied with money, Taylor remained a
week at Lawrence, He mingled freely
with the soldiers, drank and dined with
the officers, and in this way was ena
bled to gather all the Information de
sired by his chief.,. It was a ticklish
piece of work, for a man even of Taylor's
dare-devil nature, but he carried it out
with such boldness and cunning that no
one in the doomed town suspected for a
moment that the liberal, good-natured
man who lounged about the bars and
hotel corridors was other than he seem
ed.
His report to Quantrell settled the fat*
of Lawrence and the day following hlh/
return to the guerrilla camp Quantrell
and his men swept down upon the town,
killing and burning, with a ferocity terri
ble even for them.
Living quietly on a farm near Wil
lamette Falls, Wash., Is John Jarette, a
man who probably never knew the mean
ing of the word fear. Of all the men
who rode with Tod and Quantrell,
Jarette was probably the most tireless.
To immense energy he added the physi
cal strength of a giant and a contempt
| for danger that was remarkable even
among the desperate men who harried
the border. An unerring marksman, he
seldom missed his man and It is related
of him that he oould hit a silver dollar
five times out of six with a revolver.while
circling a tree at full speed on horse
back.
In the winter of 1863 he and BUI Gregg
with six companions came upon eight
federal troopers in a wayside Inn on the
main road from Kansas City to Leaven
worth. Five were In bed and the others
were grouped about a blazing fire In
dulging In stories of the war. Gregg re
mained without to guard the horses,
while Jarette and his men boldly en
tered the house. Jarette without a par
ley killed every trooper as they sat or
lay and then shot the landlord, who
made a show of resistance. To complete
the work Jarette set fire to the house.
The flames rising high In the darkness
j of the winter night aroused three com
panies of cavalry, who were stationed
1 near, and within an hour the country
side was alive with armed men. The
chase grew hot and Jarette and his fol
lowers were forced to ride like demons
to escape the avenging wrath of the men
whose comrades had been killed at the
Inn. The guerrillas literally shot their
way hack to the camp of Tod near Kan
sas City and for miles the road along
which they fled was strewn with bleeding
corpses.
On the retreat from Lawrence Jarette
came within an inch of losing his life,
and but for Coleman Younger, who was
with him, he probably would not be liv
ing today the life of a peaceable, well-to
do farmer. Surprised and well-nigh over
whelmed by a superior force of federals,
the guerrillas for a few moments were
hard beset. As the result of a murderous
volley Jarette’s horse was killed, and
seizing upon a mustang pony he strove
to mount it and ride after his compan
ions. The animal was stubborn, and re
, fused to submit to the guerrilla’s guid
ance. Undaunted under the fire of a
regiment, Jarette remained patiently try
ing to subdue the fractious pony, appar
ently oblivious to the danger. Seeing his
desperate position, Younger, at the risk
of his own life, rode back, and mounting
Jarette on his horse behind him, in the
face of a heavy musketry flre'dellvered at
short range, succeeded In getting away
unscathed.
Jarette drifted to California soon after
the war, bought a farm near San Jose,
and later on went to Oregon, where he
now lives and where he has grown rich.
John Barnhill, who was with Quantrell
when the latter met his death in Ken
tucky, is living at Independence, Mo.
Tuck Hill is in the Indian Territory,
where he conducts a cattle ranch, and is
fairly prosperous. Frank James, of whom
so much has been written, is tending door
for a St. Louis theater. Coleman Young
er and his brother are serving life sen
tences in the penitentiary at Stillwater,
Minn.
A few of the more obscure members of
the old command are In Arizona and
Mexico, living quietly and observing the
law as good, resnectalde citizens.
HENRY M. TOD.
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ZELLA WILLJE A STAR
She Will First Enjoy a Trip With
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RUHMAN HAS THE BUNDLE
The True Story of the 840,000 Check Will
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Zella, the Irresistible, woful and noto
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she should be, for with $10,000 of the
Gould fortune to use as a balm for her
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fun that she and her husband, •■Al'’ Ruh
man, can have with It), the satisfaction
of having brought Millionaire George
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her debut as a melodramatic star, why
should not be happy?
No longer will Zella be forced to hie
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and no longer will the young millionaire
be harassed.
Instead, Zella and her husband will
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tion of the wild and woolly west where
Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt once did
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rosy as they were before she and her hus
band moved to smoky Jersey City in or
der to gain a residence in the state where
George Gould resides.
The millionaire has bought peace for
the sum of $10,000 and the cost of Hie
suit that Zella brought to recover the
value of the famous $40,000 check, and
the suit will not come up in court for
settlement. The terms of the settlement
•were made Just one day too late for Zella
to offer up a Thanksgiving Day praise
for the windfall, but the cash was not
paid over to Zella until yesterday.
All was excitement in the office of
Lawyer Alexander Simpson of Jersey
City yesterday. The attorney had $10,000
in bright, crisp bills in his possession,
and in his safe was the mat little “bun
dle" that he had received as counsel
fees. He was happy—very happy—for
he bad won a suit that would keep his
name In the public mind for some time
and probably bring him additional
cib nts who are desirous of “mulcting"
millionaires.
Even Mr. Simpson’s office boy was
happy, but there were others. The oth
ers were Zella and her husband, Mr.
Ruhman, who came to the office early in
the morning. A conference was held and
when Mr. and Mrs. Ruhman left the of
fice "Al’s” trousers pocket looked as if a
vicious mule had kicked until a swelling
had resulted.
Neither Zella. her husband nor Mr.
Simpson would talk. Mr. Ruhman sim
ply said that he and his wife would st .rt
for the Rockies tomorrow.
An announcement, coming from a re
liable source, to the effect that Zella
would soon make her appearance as the
star in a new melodrama has been made.
It Is said that a well-known playwright
is writing a play around the facts In the
celebrated suit and that the production
will be brought, out next spring. Zella
has already made her appearance in bur
lesque, but was unsuccessful.
A reporter interviewed Zella Nicolaus
last night regarding the settlement of
her suit. Among other things Miss Nlco*
laus said: • ,
"A settlement has been made by Mr.
Gould, but I do not care to state the
amount. I will not say whether I re
ceived $5000 or $10.000—maybe I received
more. But this I will say—I have de
cided to write a book. It will tell of my
life. I Intend to study harder than ever
to become an actress. Melodrama is what
I like. I'll star in some play, provided
I can. get somebody to write a suitable
one for me. Some of the newspapers
roasted me unmercifully when I made my
debut as an actress. They should have
been more patient with me. The news
papers have also taken my character
away from me—the dearest thing a young
girl can have."
At this point Miss Nicolaus began
weeping, but she quickly recovered her
self-control. Continuing, she said:
"‘In a day nr two I expect to start for
the west, and perhaps will visit my ol<J
homo in Wabash, Ind.”
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EARLY ELECTRIC CARS.
The first cars in the morning leave as fol
lows:
From Cleveland.5:50
From Twelfth avenue.6:05
From South Highlands.5:30
From North Highlands.6:00
From Avondale.5:30
From Avondale, second car.5:48
From Fountain Heights.5:48
From Fountain Heights, second car.6:00
One hour later on Sundays.
Late Cars.
Leave Second avenue for—
North Highlands.11:30 p m
Fountatn Heights. 11:00 p m
Avondale.11:00 p m
Cleveland.11:30 p m
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South Highlands.11:00 p m
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GROSS SURPLUS DEC. 31, 1894. RATIO OF ASSETS TO LIABILITIES I RATIO OF SURPLUS TO LIARILlTIEsl ASSURANCE IN FORCE DECEMBER INCOME SAVED FOR INVESTMENT INCREASE IN ASSETS IN 10 YEARS,
— DECEMBER 31, 1S94. DECEMBER 31, 1894. 31, 1894. IN 1894. iS85-’94.
Equitable. . .$37,481,069 Percent Percent. — . , . . -
Mutual. 22,729,570 Equitable.125.40 Equitable.....25.40 Equitable..$913,556,733 Equitable.. .$16,243,243 Equitable. .$127,173,189
Now York 21 576 751 Mutual 11° 65 Mutual. 12.55 Mutual. 854.710.761 Mutual ... 14,877,638 Mutual.. 100,194,322
New York . . - New York " 15.30 - New York. 813,294.160 - New York . 12,343,884 - New York. 103,551,792
Northwestern. 14,100,8.6 _ Northwestern. l's'ss _ No«hwestern.. ...*w1 2X83 _ Northwestern . 340,697,569 _ Northwestern . 8,785,132 - Northwestern. 60,750,484
Mutual Benefit. 3,862,742 Mutual Benefit." 10L4S Mutual Benefit... 7.46 Mutual Benefit .... 209,369,528 Mutual Benefit ....... 2.192565 Mutual Benefit..... 17.019.069
Connecticut Mutual. 7,763,270 Connecticut Mutual. 114 25 Connecticut Mutual. 14.25 Connecticut Mutual 156,686,871 Connecticut Mutual.. 6*0,199 Connecticut Mutual. 8,801,43*
Trtnn 6 859 919 Etna. 119 55 Etna.... 19.55 Etna . 135.907,796 Etna . 1.689,380 Etna. 12,219,441
Penn Mutual"!!'."" 2,334!60O Penn Mutual. llo!,34 Penn Mutual. 10.34 Penn Mutual . 126,537,075 Penn Mutual ........ 2,098,393 Penn Mutual....... 15,251,383
Prov. Life and Trust. 8,305,334 Prov. Life and Trust. 113.93 Prov. Life and Trust. 13.93 Prov.Life and Trust 103,671,924 Prov- k'fe. an,d ■■T,1!!'.®*", ProvTjlfe and Trust 17.891,778
New England Mutual 2,049,607 New England Mutual_ 109.23 New England Mutual. 9.23 New England Mutual 93,868,387 New England Mutual 769,743 "Jew England Mutual 7,172,34
- -- k . .~' “ '- . —-: ————— I I
SURPLUS EARNED IN 1894.
Equitable-$8,181,068
Mutual. 8,010,801
New York. 5,209.629
Northwestern. 4,003,745
Mutual Benefit. 1,933,648
Connecticut Mutual.. 1,816,234
Etna. 1,165,678
Penn Mutual. 1,008,160
Prov. Life and Trust. 1.142.404
New England Mutual 863,66?
CASH DIVIDENDS PAID IN 1894.
Equitable-$2,139,735
Mutual. 1,308,345
New York. 1,681,755
Northwesern. 1.261,325
Mutual Benefit. 1,674,264
Connecticut Mutual.. 1,265.415
Etna. 806.853
Penn Mutual. 750.281
Prov. Life and Trust. 644 632
Xew England Mutual 530.W8
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Assets, $185,044,310.06. Surplus, $37,479,802.85.
INCREASE IN SURPLUS IN 10
YEARS, 1885-’9t
Equitable... $27,017,995
Mutual... 16,662.661
New York. 14,883,707
Northwestern. 10,593,993
Mutual Benefit. 722,365
Connecticut Mutual. 3,553,853
Etna. 1,890,053
Penn Mutual. 1,052,549
Prov.Llfe and Trust.. 1,761,370
Now England Mutual —463,790
(Decrease.)
INCREASE IN ASSURANCE IN FORCE
IN 10 YEARS, 1885-’94.
Equitable. $604,147,562
Mutual. 502,921,476
New York..'. 683,911,574
Northwestern. 241,903,687
Mutual Benefit. 73,525,985
Connecticut Mutual 4,456,186
Etna.;... 61,244,205
Penn Mutual. 82.557,215
Prov. Life and Trust 61,980,155
'lew England Mutual 31,239,691
INCREASE IN PREMIUM INCOME INCREASE IN INTEREST INCOME INCREASE IN TOTAL INCOME IN Increase in Payments to -Policy- 1NCOMF SAVED FOR INVESTMENT SURPLUS EARNED IN TEN YEARS,
IN TEN YEARS, 1885-94. IN TEN YEARS, 1885-94. TEN YEARS, 1885-94. Holders io Ten Years, 1885-’94. IN TEN YEARS, 1885-’94. I885-’94..
_ Equitable_$4,658,645 Equitable . .$28,666,246 Equitable. . .$12,278,566 _ Equitable. .$126,000,761 Equitable . .$46,259,509
New York. 18,452,023 Mutual. 3.882,786 * Mutual. 26,661.211 1 Mutual. 7,166,195 Mutual. 91,621,748 Mutual. 41,384,129
Northwestern. 9,381.890 New York . 4,176,360 .. New York.. 22,650,562 —. New York. 8,980,048 ——— New York. 97,643,828 New York. 33,993,408
Mutual Benefit. 3,278.187 Northwestern.. 2,216,320 Northwestern. 11,610,159 Northwestern." 2,665,193 Northwestern. 48,421,138 Northwesern..:. 21.098,950
Connecticut Mutual. —29,465 Mutual Benefit....... 991,896 Mutual Benefit..4,266,385 Mutual Benefit...... 2,619,123 Mutual Benefit. 16,775,122 Mutual Benefit. 14,798,901
(Decrease ) Connecticut Mutual... 431,179 Connecticut Mutual.; 404,665 Connecticut Mutual. 687,506 Connecticut Mutual.. 8,633,528 Connecticut Mutual. 15,502.408
Etna. 2.145,024 Etna. 634,458 Etna. 2,578,971 Etna. 1.142,909 .Etna. 11,838,533 Etna. 8.266,010
Penn Mutual. 3,564,967 Penn Mutual. 692,494 Penn Mutual. 4,239,841 Penn Mutual........ 2,068,353 PeftH Mutual. 15,001,784 Penn Mutual-..... 6,843.644
Prov. Life and Trust 2,509,757 Prov. Life and Trust.. 851.761 Prov. Life and Trust 3,390,758 Prov. Life and Trust 1,726,518 Prov. Life and Trust 17,515,426 Prov. Life and Trust 5,527,22'i
New England Mutual 1,075,849 New England Mutual 281,648 New England Mutual; 1,336,994 New England Mutual 652,042 New England Mutual 7,644,951 New England Mutual 4,904,633