Vicki, That's the same Louis alright. The story sounds like it is the one told by Louis' sister-in-law, who was also there that day - she's the one who put out the fire in the house. She wrote the story down and it was published after her death in ~1925. The D. (L.?) Carpenter is in Douglas Co., Lawrence, p. 33, on Line 15. Thank you! Terry --- Ned Bench <nvbench1@juno.com> wrote: > I have access to the census through Ancestry.com. Just > tell me which > page it is on. I'll gladly look at it for you and give > you my opinon. As > far as age goes on census, I've found they can be off for > a number of > reasons and you can't always count on them as being > totally accurate. > Looking quickly through my papers as I haven't searched > in Kansas for > awhile I found a story I printed off the Internet. Maybe > you have the > same one. > > This is what it has to say about Judge Carpenter: > The most brutal murder was that of Judge Carpenter. > Several gangs called > at his house and robbed him of all he had-but his genial > manner was too > much for them, and they all left him alive and his house > standing. > Towards the last, another gang came, more brutal than the > rest. They > asked him where he was from. He replied New York. It is > you New York > fellows that are doing all the mischief, one replied and > drew his > revolver to shot him. Mr Carpenter ran into the house, > up stairs, then > down again, the ruffian after him and firing at every > turn. He finally > eluded them and slipped into the cellar. He was badly > wounded, so that > the blood lay in pools in the cellar where he stood for a > few minutes. > His hiding place was soon discovered, and he was driven > out of the cellar > into the yard and shot again. He fell mortally wounded. > His wife threw > herself onto him and covered him with her person to > shield him from > further violence. The ruffian deliberately walked around > her to find a > place to shoot under her, and finally raised her arm and > put his revolver > under it, and fired so she could see the ball enter his > head. They they > fired the house, but through the energy of the wife's > sister, the fire > was extinguished. The judge had been married less that a > year. He was a > young man, but had already won considerable distinction > in his > profession. He had held the office of Probate Judge for > Douglas County, > and a year before was candidate for Attorney General of > the State. > > This sure sounds like you man. The address on the bottom > of the article > is > http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cordley_massacre/quantrel.raid. > html > > I can also send you a copy of what I printed off if you > can find it on > the internet. Let me know if I can be of anymore help. > Vicki > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com