A respected schoolteacher who masks dangerous ambition and pro-slavery sympathies behind a respectable public image. After losing the marshal election, he secretly organizes raiders to terrorize settlers and ultimately wears Confederate uniforms.
Cantrell is married to Mrs. Cantrell, who remains unaware of his true ambitions initially.
The two men compete directly for the position of marshal in Lawrence.
Cantrell recruits and commands Bushropp to lead his illegal raiding operations.
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