The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-04

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house.
Major Ferris and wife went west on
No. 4train yesterday. They were bound
for Fort Sanders, where a series of am
ateur theatrical entertainments will be
given during the present week.
Lieut.. John Scott returned to Raw
Inns on Saturday. 1t is reported that
he is 20 to be relieved from his duties
as depot quartermaster there and sta
toned permanently at Fort Sanders.
He has performed double duty as depot
Quartermaster at Rawlins and post
quartermaster at Fort Sanders for sew
eral months past.-Laramie Times.
The leave of absence granted Second.
Lieut.. Arthur G. Ducat, Jr., Sd cav
airy, has been extended one month.
Hospital Steward John Lempke, u.
S. A, is received from duty at White
River agency, COL, and ordered to
Fort Sanders, W. T., for duty.
Mr.. Thomas Moore, chief packer, has
been relieved from duty in the de-
partment of the Missouri, and ordered
to report to Gen. Crook, commanding
department of the Platte, for duty.
Second Lieut.. John T. Barnett, 9TH
cavalry, now on sick leave of absence,
will report in person to the command
ing general, department Of Texas, for
assignment to duty in that department.
Leave of absence for fifteen days has
been granted First Lieut.. George O..
Webster, 4th infantry, and for one
month to First Lieut.. E. L. Bailey, 4th
infantry, and Post Chaplain David
Willis, United States army.
Commissary Sergt. Hippolite Gus
towski, United States army, now on
duty in the department of the Platte,
will proceed to Fort Cameron, Utah
territory, and report to the command
ing officer at that post, relieving Com
missary Sergt. Dowd, United States
army. Commissary Sergt. Dowd, when
relieved in pursuance of the foregoing
order, will be discharged the service.
The following particulars of the
search after the robbers who recently
got away with 800, 900, while en- route
to Fort Reno, are CLEANED from the
Kansas City Journal: "E. NJ. Mors-
man, general superintendent of the
Pacific express company, and Kirk
johnson, division superintendent, re-
turned from Leavenworth last evening,
Where they have been investigating
the late theft of $40, 900 while en- route
to the Indian Territory. The money
was in charge of Paymaster Broadhead
and was being transmitted from Fort
Leavenworth to Fort Reno on the
north Fork of the Canadian river to
pay off the troops at that point. 1t left
Leavenworth in a safe of the pattern
usually used in transferring large sums
Of money, and was in care of the ex
press company as far as Topeka; thence
over the Santa Fe road to Wellington.
At the last named point it was taken in
charge by a guard, and not until it was
opened Mt Reno, where the disburse-
ment was to take place, was the loss
discovered. 1t is not positively known
at what point the money was taken
from the safe. The whole thing was
adroitly managed; the safe vas not
harmed in the least, and if the money
vas yer placed in it it was afterwards
taken by some persons having duplicate
keys and intimately acquainted with
the workings of the department. Some
persons are of the opinion that the
money was taken from the safe, if at
all, between Leavenworth and Atchison
Many others are inclined to believe that
it was never put in the safe but stolen
at Fort Eeavenworth. 1t may have
been mislaid and will turn up. At
present it is a hard matter to place the
blame on any one. Mr.. Morsman
stated last evening that every possible
clue that could lead to the detec.
ton of the thief had been taken up and
loiloWcu. NotiiuS ueulltc lids 40 yct
resulted. He had been at Leaven-
worth several days, had examined every
person who is supposed to have seen the
lost package, but all profess utter ignor-
ance. Unless the money is found the
affair will take rank with the Charlie
Ross and Billie Patterson mysteries.
Sergt. John Dolan, of the 9TH cavalry,
has been in almost continuous service
for nearly thirty years, considerably
over twenty years of which has been
served in the.rank of first sergeant. He
has fought the Indians in many expedi-
tions; he served with the 4th cavalry in
the early operations of the late war, in
Missouri, participating in the battle OF
Springfield, and subsequently his regi-
ment was with Grant at Pittsburgh
Landing, engaged in operations of that
army until after the fall of Corinth. He
participated in the battles of Perryville
and Stone River, greatly distinguished
himself, and in the latter being in com
mand of his company, and having a
horse shot under him during Bragg's
retreat. He was also present at the
battle of Snow Hill, and while com
handing the advance guard had his
horse shot under him, and was himself
- IL. 49,