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Article submitted by: COSMO WOLFF
An account from a History of Honor
From the records of the Knights of the Golden Circle
As told by Jesse Woodson James of The Kentucky
James’s
And recorded by this grandson Lee Houk aka Jesse Lee
James III
KGC Epitaph
They drew a circle and shut us out.
In vain, they thought they’d won by rout.
But men of God, with wit to win.
Drew a larger circle and shut them in.
The information provided here
has be accumulated in the past fifteen years thru
many interviews, personal research, correspondence,
and a close association and personal friendship with
one Jesse Lee James III ( Deceased ).
Cosmo Wolff
If one grew up in the south
near the turn of the century, there were many
stories told by men of old to their sons and
grandson about a very elusive, secret organization
that many a southern man had belonged to in their
youth.
The secret organization, which
could more likely be described as a underground army
or better still, the underground Confederate
Government. The name of the organization(s) was
known as the Knights of the Inner and Outer Circle
of the Knights of the Golden Circle.
The obsessive purpose of this
secret organization and other secret organizations
was the revival of a second Civil War by a very
influential group of southerners. These men had
discovered that a international group of very
influential bankers had conspired and financed the
Northern Government of Abraham Lincoln, during the
Civil War to help over throw the 13 Confederate
States of America. This time they wanted to plan a
well finance winning strategy. A southern
strategy.
The reason for this treachery
was very simple. This group of Bankers, the
international ones and their northern conspirators
had not figured a way to fully profit from the very
controlled cotton trade, which had developed in the
south.
Even though these men had been
instrumental in delivering slaves for profit to the
Southern States, the successful ideal of free labor
by the South, the southern control of the cotton
trade and prices, was just to much for them to
bear. Their desired was simple; they wanted all the
money derived from cotton. Besides from experience
they knew that there could be more money made with
war, than with cotton anyway.
Its not unlike it is today in
our time except cotton is passé and military weapons
are now in fashion. Especially obsolete ones. The
new cotton so to speak.
These southern gentleman were
truly men of honor and tried initially to retain
some dignity and honor but it didn’t take long to
figure out that their chosen enemy was very cunning,
greedy and terribly treacherous. It became obvious
that they to had to become very much like their
chosen enemy.
Through this web site I will
try to tell the true story of post Civil War history
as told by the Southerners who fought in it. The
same men who conspired, plotted, plan and executed
what was to become an abandoned attempt around 1914
to rejuvenate the Southern call to arms.
There will be an attempt to
show how these great patriotic men who live by a
very moral code of honor, dedicated to the Republic
of the United States of America, proceeded with a
plan to over throw the forces of evil. These same
evil forces, which still exist today, have now
almost succeeded in over throwing the morality of
good men. Hopefully this story will open a few men’s
eyes to that treachery and help to ignite a new,
deep quest for all that is perceived as good and
honorable, for the benefit of all mankind.
“ The south WILL rise again”
Cosmo Wolff
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4/5/04
submitted by: COSMO WOLFF
A Poem
An account from a History of Honor
From the records of the Knights of the Golden Circle
Men of Quantrill
Written by: Col Jesse W. James
aka
Col. J. Frank Dalton “1947” Lawton, Oklahoma
When the civil war was
over,
and the south laid
down her arms,
They came back to
their wives and sweethearts,
To their villages and
farms.
Quantrill’s men were
classed as criminals,
They had not been
mustered in.
To the Regular
Southern Armies,
A known band of
outlawed men.
Hunted down and shot
like Wild Things,
Like Coyote, Wolf or
Bear.
Chased from one state
to another,
Hunted, hounded
everywhere.
Not a crime so dark or
fiendish,
Not an act so mean or
low,
But “twas charged to
men of Quantrill,
Yes, it must be them
you know.
And when the war was
over,
And they scattered
o’er the land,
Here and there arose a
rumor of men who did lay low,
Careful what you
speak, he’s was a Quantrill man you know.
Some were chased and
killed or captured,
Others ran and hid
away,
But it’s time the
truth was spoken,
They are feeble, old,
and gray.
Let us tell a simple
story,
How they fought to
shield their home,
From the thugs and
border ruffians,
They had to fight
alone.
Some made good while
other didn’t
Some gained wealth and
honor too.
Others took the Hoot
Owl trail,
There was little else
to do.
But no matter what
their station,
Or how well they
became renown.
The cloud of “65” was
present,
And their names were
not their own.
But the secret was
well guarded,
By the men who knew
them well.
Quantrill’s oath took
care of that,
“WHAT YOU KNOW DON’T
EVER TELL.”
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6/24/2004
Article submitted by: COSMOWOLFF
THE COMING OUT
From
the records of the Knights of the Golden Circle
They drew a circle and shut us out.
In vain, they thought they’d won by rout
But men of God, with wit to win.
Drew a larger circle and shut them in.
A
very strange thing happened on May 19, 1948 at
Lawton, Oklahoma. A very old gentleman who was
going by the name of Col. J.Frank Dalton claimed to
be over 107 years old came public and released an
incredible, almost unbelievable tale regarding a
very secret Southern underground organizational
known as the “Knights of the Golden Circle”.
Frank Dalton claimed to be the original, famous
outlaw and desperado affectionally known as “ Jesse
James”, who’s Christian name was Jesse Woodson James
of Kentucky. Mr. Dalton claimed that as a result
of his legendary past as Jesse James it was
necessary for him to stage a fake death way back
in1882 so as to be free of the mystic and legendary
tales for which he was becoming famously known and
wanted. He claimed in truth that over the years he
assumed over 73 different personalities or aliases,
some of which had a great impact on the history of
this great country.
One
of the more mysterious things about this time period
is the fact that there seemed to be many Jesse and
Frank James’s running around different parts of the
county causing all type of mischief. Many of these
other muderous unscrupulous individuals took
advantage of their assumed namesakes reputation to
do many dishonorable acts, including unmanly murders
and other outrageous crimes, all in the name of the
“James Gang”. This is not meant to presume that the
real Jesse and Frank James were angels, no, not by
any stretch of the imagination. The real James gang
killed many of these imposters and actually staged
the accepted cowardly murder of Jesse James in St.
Joseph, Missouri.
They had to spin and work it so the history books
today read quite differently than what actually
happened; but given the times, circumstances, and
the fact that a number of these thugs, border
ruffians and downright dishonorable backstabbers
were using and hiding behind the fear and fame of
“Jesse James” at the time. It was conflicting
considering the important, vital work of the
Confederate Underground Army which he Jesse, along
with Quantrill, headed., So what actually happed is
quite understandable.
For
the sake of this article at times I will refer to
this particular gentleman as JWJ.
It
was said that the so called James Gang, Quantrill’s
Guerillas led by the famous William Clarke
Quantrill, and the Missouri Confederate Irregulars
under General Marmaduke or General J. O. Shelby,
where nothing more than a secret underground
Confederate Army operating secretly throughout the
South and Southwestern
United States. This was the same Gen. Shelby that
led his troops into Mexico to help the proclaimed
French foreign leader, Emperor Maximilian.
Unfortunately Gen. Shelby’s expedition proved to be
a disaster and it was necessary for the Knights of
the Golden Circle to send in an experienced guerilla
force under Col. Jesse W. James and William
Quantrill to rescue what was left of Shelby’s Army
around 3,200 men. It was also said that the Hapsburg
Jewels and heirlooms entrusted to Maximilian by
Napoleon Bonaparte
including the Emperor’s personal wealth and a great
Aztec treasure vault, were secured by the
Confederate’s and moved into a cavern in a very
large and famous peak in the San Andre’s range of
New Mexico. Benito Juarez, the liberator of Mexico
and his so-called patriots captured Emporer
Maximillian and executed him and his entire staff by
firing squad.
After the close of the Civil War the Knight’s of the
Golden Circle moved very quickly to establish a
foothold in very profitable businesses throughout
the country. They set up movies houses, livery
stables, a clever ploy, mining companies, timber
companies and railroad contracting operations. They
even started a chain of drug stores, not to shabby
as its hard to fight a second civil wall without a
good source of drugs. Later on they moved into the
banking business, wall street brokering, money
laundering and manufacturing. They would deposit
large sums of money in K.G.C. banks, insure the
deposits thru Wall Street Brokers and Bankers and
turn around, rob the money back and of course
collecting the full amount from the surety insurance
companies.
They even continued the practice that they were most
famous for which was stealing illegal contraband and
of course more sophisticated forms of robbery, a
trade that they had perfected into a science.
Every venture had a military responsibility and
specific purpose.
A
grand plan, so to speak.
Does all this sound like a bunch of hicks running
around trying to stir up trouble, or does this sound
like a group of well trained military men who are
planning a grand battle adventure to again fight
their enemies, who defeated them badly in the first
American Civil War.
All
they had to do was to figure a way to finance it
themselves.
Stay tuned for one of the greatest K.G.C. treasure
tales of them all,
“ The
Treasure of the Four Kings”
As
the story continues……………………………
Cosmowolff
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7/15/04
THE TREASURE OF THE FOUR
KINGS
Story Written By:
COSMOWOLFF
It=s
a little known secret that the
Knights of The Golden Circle
established major treasure and
goods depositories in every
state in the United States plus
Canada, Mexico and other places
in Central and South America.
A list
A
list of
of many of the treaures and
depositories buried by the
Knights of the Golden Circle was
listed in the book
AJesse
James was one of his Names@,
by Del Schrader and his
co-author Lee Hauk a.k.a. Jesse
Lee James III. All of the
information for this book was
provided by Lee Hauk including
the specific names and list of
treasures provided in code.
The K
The KGC
had
a very prescribed and detailed
method to burying large treasure
depositories; also leaving a
very sophisticated and
overlapping methods of signs,
clues, and many other types of
locating devices. Every
treasure has a name that may or
may not give a clue to where the
treasure is located. Remember,
these treasure were not to be
easily found by weekend treasure
hunters but were meant to be
located and opened by the right
person or group of people. I
will indulge myself in this
article to describe some very
public and well protected
methods of communication left by
the leaders of the Knights of
the Golden Circle.
It sho
It should
be
also divulged that the KGC
buried smaller treasures in the
vicinity of large depositories
in an effort the conceal and
divert attention away from the
major treasures or depository.
They also knew better than to
keep all their eggs in one
basket.
If you should happen to find
a locating device please do
not destroy it as it may
prove valuable later on as
you understand the KGC
method of location
intelligence. Sometimes
a locating sign besides
pointing to something local,
can also be a locating
device for other treasures
many miles away and in some
cases hundreds of miles away
in other states. I have
heard of locating devices or
treasure signs (symbols)
strung along a chain of
mountain tops covering over
120 miles. Its important to
know that the exact distance
between the locating devices
as they can be very
important and should be
plotted on the oldest U.S.
topographical maps that you
can obtain.
In this article I will
begin to list and describe
certain signs and symbols
which will provide a great
deal of history and
information on a set of of
KGC treasures buried using
the four corners region of
the United States. It is the
apex or starting reference
point for one major KGC
treasure known as
AThe
Treasure of the Four Kings@.
Please keep in mind that
there are also hidden KGC
treasures known as
AThe
Four Queens@,
A
The Four Jacks@,
and
@The
Four Aces@,
and possibly
AThe
Four Tens@.
If you can find the area
where the Four Kings are
located, you will start to
pick up locations and clues
to the other
@Royal
Deck of Card Treasures@.
The 4 Kings Treasure was
listed in the book under
KGC code F. The
treasures listed in
category code F are
all located in the State
of Colorado and New
Mexico with locations
in Arizona and
Utah ie......the four
kings, the four states, the
four major depositories,
marked by four major
petroglyph sites and, with
the major depositories
located near or around four
special mountain peaks
Please keep in mind also
that the KGC organization
used numerology in many of
its ciphers and if your not
familiar with numerology you
should know that the
number four is a very
dangerous and mysterious
number. If I had to describe
it in a few words I would
describe it as a bad
code or bad number.
Confederate or KGC codes
utilize many variations of
numbers usually associated
with
Masonic Symbolism and
Biblical stories.. A good
example would be King
Solomon who would be
associated with the number
666, which is the amount of
gold that was given to him
by the Queen of Sheba. Well
now, you already have a hint
about two very important
people associated with the
KGC, a King and a Queen. I
wonder if they are depicted
as one of the Four Kings in
the Salt Creek Canyon
petroglyph site in
Canyonlands National Park in
southeastern Utah.
Also, did you know that
there is or was a road in
central Arizona listed as
route 666, which by the way
terminated in a town called
Solomon in Southern Arizona.
The old route 666 is a very
important reference point
for anyone trying to locate
KGC treasure in Arizona.
Are you familiar with the
Old Route 66 which of course
today is Route 40, running
east and west across the
United States.
Have you heard of the
AVanishing
Wagon Train Treasure@
located in a famous pass
between Leadville and
Fairplay, Colorado. It just
happens to be 66 tons of
Gold carried by 33 oxen
carts.
You might note that other
bad KGC numbers might be
2's, 4's, and 8's . Also
multiple of these numbers
such as 16, 32, 64, and 128
Most KGC or confederate
codes are deciphered using
multiples of 3's, 5's, and
7's, and of course the
multiples there-of, such as
12's, 24's, 48 and 96.
You probably won=t
find to many 10's, 15's and
20's or even 11's,14's, 21's
and 28's associated with
Confederate secret codes. If
you do, you better be
careful as you may be in
eminent danger.
If you find a number 13
B
make a camp on a trail.
Many of these referred to
treasures are primary
depositories and should contain
many different types of goods
necessary to stock a marching
army. They are very heavily
booby trapped and many false
entrance were developed that may
not be good for your health if
you locate and attempt to enter
one. Besides Gold and Silver
they probably contain uniforms,
food stuffs, saddles, livery
supplies, guns, ammunition and
black powder. It should be
mentioned that black powder
turns to nitroglycerin with age,
so be careful.
Please remember that when
searching for buried KGC
treasure that some of the clues
are very sophisticated and can
have double meanings. Although I
will not give you every clue, I
will provide enough information
to get you started in the right
location and direction.
The rest is up to you.
One has to keep in mind that
even though these old timers
were fairly smart and clever.
The one thing that they had that
we don=t
today is a lot of idle time.
It takes many hours, days and
weeks to travel across this
country by horseback or wagon.
There=s
lots of time to think of a lot
of different things and you didn=t
have to watch out for crazies on
the road with you.
Happy Trails.
Cosmowolff
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8/1/04
WILL THE
REAL JESSE
JAMES PLEASE
STAND UP ?
From the
records of
the Knights
of the
Golden
Circle
They drew a
circle and
shut us out.
In vain,
they thought
they=d
won by rout
But men of
God, with
wit to win.
Drew a
larger
circle and
shut them
in.
For some
reason, and
this will
become
obvious as
this story
goes on.
Historians
never really
got it
straight
that there
were more
than one
Jesse and
Frank James.
This was in
spite of the
fact that
many a
robberies
were
executed on
the very
same day
many
hundreds of
miles apart,
by the so
called
“James
Gang”.
The truth is
that there
were
actually
two “Jesse
James”
operating
during and
after the
Civil War,
who were
about the
same age and
did in some
respects did
look
somewhat
alike, but
hardly any
one really
knew what
the real
Jesse
Woodson
James look
like as it
was. You
see they
were really
cousins,
their
respective
fathers
being
brothers,
and
coincidently
both had
brother’s
named Frank.
It might
also be add
at this time
that both
sets of
Jesse and
Frank James
employed
doubles, to
create a
further
diversion.
That makes a
total of at
least 4 sets
of Jesse and
Frank James’
robbing,
harassing
and
pillaging at
any given
moment in
time.
It was a
fact the
“James
Gangs” had
done a lot
more damage
to the Wall
Street
Bankers,
their
European
allies, and
unscrupulous
Railroad
magnates
than the
history
books of
today
insinuate.
It no wonder
that the
powers that
be offered
such a high
price for
their heads.
The two
famous
Jesses
there-by
worked out a
very complex
plan to
stage a
public death
hoax that
would
legally
retire the
name of
Jesse James,
not only in
Missouri but
also
everywhere
else in
these here
United
States and
in
especially
in Europe,
where the
story was a
sensation
.
Well, the
best laid
plans of
mice and men
unraveled at
the last
minute. It
seems that
Jesse Robert
James from
Missouri
became laid
up with a
broken leg
and the
plans had to
be altered
at the very
last minute.
This caused
the planned
hoax to go
haywire and
as a result
was very
crudely
executed
compared to
the
sophisticated
plan they
had started
out with in
the
beginning.
At that same
time it
seems that
there was a
very bad
hombre by
the name of
Charlie
Bigelow, his
brothers,
and a gang
of thugs
working
together
doing many
very bad
crimes in
and around
the area of
St. Joseph,
Missouri.
They were
ignorantly
executing
these
ruthless
crimes in
the name of
the infamous
“James
Gang”.
The word was
out in the
Confederate
Underground
that this
band of
criminals
had to be
dealt with.
It wasn’t
unusual
considering
the
profession
of the
people
involved,
that any one
group or
individual
might use an
alias,
especially
of a reputed
bad guy or
ruthless
gang of
criminals.
Just the
mention of
the word
“Jesse James
“ would
start many a
brave man
trembling in
his boots.
But these
dishonorable
backstabbers
chose the
wrong name
to associate
themselves
with and it
was not long
that this
act caught
up with
them. The
members of
the KGC
assigned to
deal with
the Bigelow
Gang caught
up with them
in St.
Joseph
Missouri on
April 3,
1882.
Before this
Jesse made
several
arrangements
with his old
childhood
friend and
attorney
Thomas T.
Crittenden,
soon to be
Governor of
Missouri. It
was said
that thru
the
organizations
funding he
was elected
the Governor
of
Missouri.
The plan was
that the
Governor
would offer
a reward for
the capture
of Jesse
James for
ten
thousand (
$10,000 ),
dead or
alive,
preferably
dead. This
was to set
the stage
for the so
called well
plan hoax.
The
scoundrel
Charlie
Bigelow was
living at
the time in
a house on
Lafayette
St. in St.
Joseph
Missouri,
under the
alias
“Thomas C.
Howard”.
Unawares
that his
neighbors
were KGC
spies and
feeling
quite safe,
he started
to leave his
guard down.
It was
determined
that the
time was
now!!!
It was
reported to
J.W.J. on
the morning
of 1 April,
1882, April
fools day no
less, that
Charlie
Bigelow, his
brothers
John and
Bert were
living
together at
the time and
laying low
after
pulling some
fairly big
jobs while
working
together
with the
real James
gang. The
problem was
that the
Bigelow
brothers
were also
finding it
necessary to
pull a few
jobs for
themselves,
on the side
so to
speak. KGC
spy Elmer
Johnson
reported
that the
brothers had
the habit of
going down
to the barn
every
morning
together
around 8
a.m. to
relieve
themselves.
So, on
Monday
morning
April the 3rd
of 1882 the
real Jesse
Woodson
James, Frank
James,
ex-slave
John
Trammel,
Lucky
Johnson, the
jockey’s Bob
and Charlie
Ford in
addition to
Jesse’s
uncle Bud
Dalton the
brother of
Lewis Dalton
of the
famous
Dalton Gang
and a old
trusted
friend Gen.
J.O. Shelby
where all
laying in
wait near
the old barn
at Lafayette
St.
As the
Bigelow
brothers
emerged from
the house
and
approached
the old barn
two shots
rang out and
John and
Bert lay
dead in
their
tracks.
Jesse came
around the
barn and
confronted
Charlie
Bigelow who
was armed
with a gun
and a
pitchfork.
Shoots rang
out as
Bigelow got
off the
first one,
which
slammed into
Jesse steel
vest,
ricocheted
and
penetrated
his right
shoulder.
Jesse who
was knocked
down by the
blast was
lying
injured on
the floor
unloading
his pistols
in his left
hand into
the body of
Charles
Bigelow,
killing him
dead.
It was said
that over
forty shoots
were fired
that day.
It was
determined
that Bob
Ford, who
claimed he
never shot
anyone in
his life
would take
credit for
the staged
cowardly
murder of
Jesse
Woodson
James in
reality
Charlie
Bigelow and
collect the
reward. It
was an act
that Bob
Ford would
live to
regret all
of his life,
as it
eventually
was the
cause of his
Missouri
cousin
A.B. Ford’s
historical
but mistaken
death at the
hand of the
coward named
O’Kelly, in
a bar at
Creed,
Colorado.
Charlie
Bigelow's
wife Zerelda
was
intimidated
at risk and
threat of
death to
substantiate
the murder
of Jesse at
the hand of
Bib Ford.
So goes the
story of the
untimely
death of the
famous Jesse
Woodson
James.
Thereafter
the legend
grew and the
story went
on as
planned and
from this
point
forward it
was said
that the
“dirty
little
coward” who
killed
mister
Howard, laid
poor Jesse
in his
grave.
Rest In
Peace
and the rest
is history.
A
distorted
history that
is and
unfortunately
no one did
in fact
rest in
peace.
Not for very
long.
More later.
Cosmowolf
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