l Entuimtt tttttts tisstttt ill liilii Sit-wart a Member of Ander- son's Band That Killed Federals at Centralia. WAS YEARS OLD Tells Him-T)§c'iiargcd Sol- dicrs \\'cre Slain. 55 Years :\ gt) Tod :1)‘. I5 Tml.l_\' iniiritit the fifty-lifth anniver- ,...n- of the ('1-ntrtiliti muasui-re and of the li.iitli- wlilrll followed it. said by .~ullll' itistoriiinit to be the lilimiiit-.~t l|¢.lUlt~ pt the Civil \\'ar. "llill" Stewart. at that time only 15 d the youngest of Quan- tlte sci-tie of his C has returned to Columbia recently to make his home on rdon street. Ste 'art Is one of possibly two or um... ljviug who were under Quantreil the day of the maiiiiacre at t‘:-ntralia. 'tti;t“ Anderson was the organizer .,1 the band. Anderson started fight- mg the Federals after his mother and int: liouse. and the house ltnoi-lied over on their heads. tlritnitlu-it Fulton: Band. .-\ftt‘I’ the light at Goiilindii Lane on Si-ptonitier ‘.23. Anderson organized at. Iuiiiil ii: iii» guerillaa. George Todd anti Julia Thralltill came with seventy- tiw men from Howard t‘ounts'. The Rev Tull) Todd and Si Gordon brought small tiatida of men to the gang. e .l.tlll(‘!-i boys were among the members of the band. led by Quantreil. The band marched to Randolph txinnty where they attacked Allen and his t'niun forces. l)efeatin.g them. the i:ut-rillzts sucked a station .\|uberly now stands and went to Mon- rue county. then returning to (‘en- trtilin. "The biggest light we ever had was .-it t'etitrulia." Stewart says. en. it was just abount 10 o'clock on the morning of September 2'.-'. lift y f‘l\‘E years ago. that the band enteredl I A.-' they approached. the citizens fled e iihntiting. "The guerillnii are coming. ‘t .-tinderlion went direct to the Eldora- du liouite. one of the hotels. where he I».-gziii talking to the proprietor and Val t'ullii:r Dr A l-‘. Sneed appronclr ---l the hotel and was lllll'tId|l(‘€'1l tn" Attdt-rsott by t‘iillier_ 'TliI!i is ii iliie location. do<'tot'~ it ||lt‘ll_V plat-e fur ti figlit if thiieie Fed»: up All :-lturgt-on will come clown I will - the-tn ti twist today " bani! led away Snet-d's h rue. s.-iii sent him after it uith the instruc- tiiiii to tell the thief the captain said to l't~ft.Il'l1 it liardly oil of the veranda. 5]‘-_..I-‘ For college . ness men, ‘ =1 5 men, men where. . pouring I liuriiig this t-omreritation one of the? Ander- - ‘I'll! EVENING IIBSOUEIAN. COI.Ul[BlLo£l8SOURl. SATURDAY. SEPTEIBEB 97, I010. 'nocioi- snoeii was miiiiott of his Pocketbook and valuables. Later he answered several times to the cry of "Handii up" with "You are too late- ebody beat you to my money.” Arrive by Stage. The Columbia stage arrived at 11 o'clock. It was an old-fashioned Gordon. drawn by four horses. The stage rer. Joe Kelley of (‘o- lunibia. had been warned the guorilliis before reaching Centralla but niilsted on continuing with the mail. In the coach were Jiinieii H. ‘Waugh. sheriff of Boone County. John M. Samuel. ii former iiherill. Jam 8. Rollins. i-ongresitiorial representative from this llllflfltl. then on his way to it iliatrit-t miivcntion. Henry Keene. Boyle Gordon. Lends Sharp. (‘olumbua lllflilllll and Lttfayi-tie Hume. Thu iui~.~i.-ngei-it were questioned and then robbed. The arrival of the train at llziltt o'clock from St. vented it thorough search of Rollins and Sheriff Waugh. which would have led to their death or being held prison- ura had their identity been detected. The engin r. seeing the mob. tried in run the rain through the town but tic--. were thrown in front of the l“'¢‘n|.'~‘-three ii-derail soldiers on the train. all of them Just discharged and I25 |lll!~.-('llgl!l't-l. .\'nne of them were «I larmi . §nltllrr'~ i‘InllIing ls Tali:-n. Th" l'3"‘~“"nE9l'l1 were btitlly tn'tstreal- "*5 3"-l ""l|lI£'"‘;.?‘-Q --‘. .. ‘ ~‘x.~.’tt~i-o:~;«.-.7.-'-.‘l'.~‘i-:'.es,3..t. ;;w._.ati*a-.:é&s;I~=@i~i§?.§§t!ii*5:s°.oa-:§:;- file--;i.«. :.;»;‘:tn.“‘ Ra-_,-i.» ' ed to the camp or the guerillas deter- mined to secure revence 101‘ 1119"’ 3°‘ tiln. The battle is described by Stewart. youngest of Quantrell'e men. as follows: “We let the fed’:-ale know that we were there and they came under John- son to clean as up. We were on the Prairies near (iolumbia. When John- n and his men came through Cen- tralia the citizens warned him not to continue- "But he brought his men down there. and we killed the most of them. That wiui because we were armed so much better than the federals. Each of us had from six to eight pistols. while the l'nion itoldierii carried only powder and ball musltetit. lieu Shot and Buried. "0l'IIPV6 Taken. "'I‘wo-thirdit of the Federal» were stiot through the lie-ail. The last ma" ltilied wait iihot by Frank James. W could have gotten him sooner. but he was on the best horse and we were afraid that we would ltill it too. We took all the horses we wanted. eavlng the others there: We couldn't sell them. you knots. because they were branded on the shoulder with 'l'. S."' After one volley the battle wait a masaiai-re. Only four or five of the federal alive. Quan- tri-ll'is gang ituflered three killed. three badly wounded and several .-«lightly wound . The bodies of the dead l‘tiioti men were giiihei-ed up by the people of the village and taken in (Tentrallii. A number were iietit to .\lt-xii-o \iii. for out ° burial- but se\'enty-tiino were buried. utililentiiletl. in a long tretii-h in the eastern section of the village.‘ litany years later the trench was reopened. and the rentains taken to Ji-l'ft‘Tt-‘Oil t‘it_\'. whr-.re they were buried in one i-ummnit grave in the .\'iitiun:il (‘vine- P‘ Q ‘I V in telling of other experienreit while with Quantre-ll'it band. Stewart said: ’ Wonndt-ti Illll) tlnre. "i was never really wounded but on was at l-‘ayeite. The federtls shot me. it curb- They took me to the cellar under Max- wi-.ll's house and waited three or four days for me to die. When I didn't they took me to a l’l!\'(' on Salt (‘reek one night. I stayed there nine weeks. My bed was a horse blanket. "When i was thrown from the horse _____H__ .___.-_V-‘ Pagefiuo S P O R T uh his athletic work as much as 3305- Collins is one of three bi-Jthen who Hglblte. He returned to Columbia the have been idoiitilled with football at i P8 vructice hi’ on leave from his Missouri for it number of years. his Tos of it (‘out _\|g|.¢_.. .3“ W “I "10 "1117. and it was only elder brother "Clint" having starred before "Bill" became well known and the younger of the three. "Hersh" Just now becoming a promising man on is Slankevrukl Captain. The loss of a new hall dollar C . ' ' - . . ‘.3‘.i‘.Z..'.'..f‘I5.'.‘.‘.’I;.2li1'i§Jéi..'§°fI‘..'l§f33&2: §h“;:°g;mg";;;°= ;;';~- hi; mm -I ltowitld. all-Valley quarterback. cap-§ n‘ noun 8' taln of the 1919 Tiger football eleven. The vote at the end of a number of: ballots stood (‘ol1ln.-i. three. Statiltow-' slti. three-. The election lasted thirty. minutes. much longer than the ut--l erage Tiger voting t'otitinue.<. it rhoive’ usually being rntiiie on the first ballot. ’ (‘oat-li .\lilli-r tried several bailout an or the wit» htiil bi-i-um»: ll three to three tleailiurlt, to see if any member ileitiroii the (‘llli!'i|.'.¢' but the you» re- rntiiiietl tho- siiino 'n.'°" HI’ 0‘ mutt L-littlltle in Votn Schroeder, '-nil; 5 ' CHASEGBANBORNS Kolb. tat-ltle. Viner. : l-Jdwardis. half; (‘ullinit. half. anti Stanwoltalti, “Soul Brand" Coffee. quarte . into the itasltetball t-ourt (‘oat-ii Miller told tli--nt it would be, net-eiasary to flip anti melted t‘ulltns to, call the (‘uni As Miller threw ‘ . into the air “llill" (‘uliittr-. ‘Whu haiil played with Sl'dllk()\I'i~kl through two, seasons oi Tigxr football. t-ailleil "heads." and when the Hill’! hit the lloor and rolled a group of men fol- lowed it around the lloiinr. ll \Ii':.|\'L'l‘I'(l. it i~1‘t_’ll turned tl\'i‘i' l.'ii].~i? was declared I.‘lt"( 1---I by lliri ta-atntiittti-.~ illlfl Nlilrll. ' l..i.st 1.it:lit'~ i~lo-rtiun was in-iii .'ift- 7 er zt brief lllLlI‘lllIn.tl'|l tziilt by {.tl:l(‘l1 4 John .\lillL‘l‘ Four of lliP ni--ii who‘ tuult part in the elt-t-lion are bacltfleld _ Tlllffl. Sl'hU(‘(l-‘I’ and Roll) bi‘-iltg line- men _v1t.-ittkuwisltt. \'iner and Vtllllllii‘ - played lURf‘llII'f‘ in 1913- and 1919- their . nimst HU('i‘0.~':~llJl _\-ear tugs-the-r being ‘ tlw t-ltantptiinuliip season of 1916 when the liarl-tfteld of which they were the_ principal mernlit-rs pliiyed so import-, am it part in the trouiiritiit KiVf'I1 Kim‘, _.-...a nil .\t.<*nnti I-‘i -iii ' tCodtlnned or} Page Four.) The flavor llagaho. The aroma lingo:-o. The pleasure llngaog. YOU will lingo: not you 60c per Pound ' N 0We11’s Ninth and VValtiut GORDON CAFE has solved the high cost of living by “Stan” line been an lliilrrr in their Snafu Army. St£lt1ltolA'.~alti its 24 years old all making the following prices, on ac- .count of the reduction of the cost of meals. in the last ten days. We . ' 4 will charge 35c for Pork Chops and IlslilrljuittiiCtlllllltgnllb”;lldl'1:tll‘(:)‘linlt'l:l! , Small Steaks; Pan Cakes and Riley. .-l it pionshin I-‘unstuii team and kept , _ 1" I . V 59311? 10c; Cup of Coffee with my shoulder was dislocated. it was set by Maggie and Lucy Maxwell. both uf them about l? or l‘~' years old then I retnembt-t‘ one oi’ them putting her fmii against my body and pulling my unit into plare. ey were the only pliyetiiianes I had. 1-Every night the)‘ brought as food. "We got all of our provisionns from the people who lived around this sec- titin of the country’. 1':-eually when we went in to eat we would station Ruards nuteiale to want its in t-use of at- t.-ivlt llut .nni-t- we forgot tn it-.-we n Kllilfl Visit To Ills tilrl \ear|y l*‘ataL "That happened nine Tlllletd north of (‘olumbia at at fami uwiietl ty 3| \lr iiufftiian. through thi leg. but the wound didn't None of tho otlto-t'.~ E’ ,2 Tinner Hill I ' ‘tune. l&l'|01'l(l‘llK me out of the tree. §I.Il‘('?l'.(lEJ in es:-nplng on my horse with-h wait lied about 300 feet awn)‘- "Tlie way we operated wait by dis- bamllng when we decided to niove itito groups of two or four. Everyone was ,told llie time ‘and place of the next lmeetiitg. When we reorganized we would send a negro to tell the iederals where we were located The)’ would come. and then we would have il little llitlit." Stewart now has one of the 9! his belt. the other two or either iilde of his saddle. lie is it painter. flan-lire lions Home From 0rei-ions. Clarence Mose. son of D. B. Moss. returned today from Camp Taylor. Ky. He received his diiiciiarge a few days ago and is among the last Boone ty boys to return from overseas duty. Mr. Moss was with the Second B21- glneertt. First Division. Deon Loeb to Speak at ‘l|'arrenttbIl.'K. Dean laidor men of the School of Bnalneu and Public Administration will lecture before the School of (‘ill- zenshlp in Warrenitburg October 3 and 4. Cream 5c. We have the best Cof- fee, Pan Cakes and Waifles in town. They cannot be excel led by anyone. YEA TIGERS! (‘.1 0 Ti) Barber Shop For First-Class “Work 5 Honest-to-(ioodiiess Barbers 1 9 South Ninth Gitteits a trial. Conn-. - Sharp Edge: of Michelin Universal: '.,g ' , .3 ." ‘. .1"v‘-.'-J53‘ A *3- '~.«?:_- . . ESTEY PIANOS A I. v“\’ - -i