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Show ONE OPQUANTnifLL'B MEN. Ono ot tho most Interesting feature M the Lnno Jack plrnle nt Kninat City the other day wo the pretenco there of a number ot Qunntrell'i men, promt-tunt promt-tunt among whom naa tho fnmout deo. W. Shepherd, known oer Missouri and Kansas nt "One-cycd Oeo, Shepherd," qunolrcir trusted lieutenant lha true record of this man a n soldier, guerrilla, guerril-la, friend of tho Jnmet and Younger boy and alleged (layer of Jesse Jnmc mitd All vnlnniM 3i,.lt n rwnrri should It over bo written, vould thrill the ndtcnttirou, and throw light upon many of Hie most daring deed of border bor-der outlawry both during and alter the war. The namo of deo. Shepherd wa familiar fa-miliar long before Prank and Jesse James ero a.nown to the outilde world a daring criminal nnd dotpcrato men. Shepherd I a ton of tho late Ja. Shepherd," Shep-herd," a respectable farmer ot Jackson county. In 1SIJ7 ho left homo and proceeded pro-ceeded to Utah where he joined the army, at that time operating agalntt the Mormon under tho command of General Albert Sydney Johnston. At the beginning of tho war he enlisted In Captain Duncan' Company ot Ilotier'a regiment, and participated In the battle bat-tle of Wilson' creek and Pea nidge. When deneral Prlce'e army wa ordered order-ed east ot tho Mississippi he returned to Jackson county and Joined Quan-trell'a Quan-trell'a band of guerrillas Among these kindred aplrlta Shepherd Shep-herd toon came to be known oa ono of di:o. w siiKi'iiKim. (he most recklcia and daring ot the rough rlderi. In 18C2 he and I till drrgg rodo down tho itreet ot Independence, Inde-pendence, then garrisoned by federal soldier under Colonel llurrls' command, com-mand, and by shouting nnd ihootlng at everything In tight so terrified tho blue coat that they wero not molested. He wa In the Tate houte at New Bauta l"e In March, 1HG2, when It wa iur-roundo iur-roundo ibd oletrdly Pc'g-k 11H vb rounded by aoldlcr. and with tlxtesn other, Including Quantrell and Cole Yuunger, fought hU way out through the flames. Ho waa at tho battle ot Independence when Quantrcll'i -guerrillas assisted the regular confederate forces, and after It wa over Quantrell designated Oeo. Shepherd as one among halt n doien ot hi men who bad mortt distinguished themselves for daring courago. On the Kansas Clty-Harrlionvlllo Clty-Harrlionvlllo road. In the fall of 1!C2, Oeo, Shepherd rode Into an ambush prepared for tho guerrillas. A gun wa leveled at hi breast, but be leaned forward for-ward and tbot the man holding It, wheeled hi horse around, and In iplt ot the volley that wait tent after htm, rode back to warn Quantrell. |