Missouri Valley Times

QUANTRELL GUERILLA NOW DYING IN WANT

Famous Outlaw of Civil War Days, Once Rich, Is Nearing the End.

Kansas City, Mo., June 17.--Clay Grenshaw, the man who rode the "clay bank" horse into Lawrence, Kan., in the Quantrell massacre, and so became the most notorious of the Quantrell raiders through the horrors committed that day, is dying at the Central hospital here. He is 72 years old, and one of the few surviving members of the notorious Quantrell band. From the day of the massacre Grenshaw never has dared set foot in Kansas. His body is covered with scars.

After the war Grenshaw settled down in Kansas City and amassed a fortune as a horse and mule buyer. He married one of the most beautiful young women in the city, and the two were noted as the best dressed people in the city. In a quarrel over his wife, Grenshaw killed a man, and it took the greater part of his fortune to save his neck. After he was freed Grenshaw opened a saloon, but did not prosper. He and his wife had separated, and he dropped down and out, and for years now he has lived on the bounty of old friends.