Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13
The Remarkable Adventures Of n
Watch.


Strange things happens In this life Here IS
curious story of watch. General Thomas L.
Crittenden, who is we'll known In Washington
was U S. consul at Liverpool In 1850. While
there he bought watch for himself and one
for his wife. His only son, John j. Cr1ttenden.
entered the army. To him General Cr1ttend,n
gave the Liverpool watch: Young Crittendan
General Custer. He was at the disastrous firht
on the Little Big Horn and was among the m an
who died there. Bis parents recovered no
trlnket @ @ or anything that he had about him 4
who fell were plundered by the Sioux
By strange and unexpected means, the watch
which General Crittenden gave his only boy has
Just been returned to him: Under date OF Port
age La Prairie, April 2sth, E. w. Gigot, OF the
Home Bay Company, wrote to General Sher-
man. In that letter he said: sometime 10
July last gold watch was offered for sale 20
me me Dy French half breed by name OF Sea-
dleux. This man stated that he had purchased
the watch from Sioux Indian, who told hin
that he had taken the watch from an American
officer whom he had killed. Scadieux was not
hoseooro' valley. or at one OF the many skir-
m1shes before or after It, The watch Is a gold
nnntlng watch and bears the name OF the man
nnTonar; aG.u,er; Ro6ert @ Roskell, Liverpool and is
means Id OF returning this watch to the relatives
OF tne poor fellow who had been killed. pur
o9dsea ~ 1hr NJ paying therefor only the small sum
vi vi tnree QollarS, this being the same amount as
the half- breed. had paid to the Sioux. The
watch Is more or less battered and the works
are parity DESTROYED, still the case is of is karat
goio and the gold value OF it is from SIS to x3O
MI. GlgOt also said that he at once wrote In
hosKell q co. to find out If possible to whom
Iney sold the watch He received a renly SOW.
thst the ma nave referred to our books and find
in NIL Liverpool and numbered 81 7s9, alluded 10
~ NJ 90ur letter OF 18th ulto, was sold by us to
iaavS % Sm dasa enden July IT, 1850, and he bought
GraS nuS golo watch at the same time. No al
the uunIortunately IS given in our books with
cnr,t cnn puicnasers name" He mentioned the cir
Gumstances and showed the letter from the
mMttIpool flrm to the Rev. Henry George. Thai
EN- sensieman told him that the name Crittenden
otsMtu FAMILIAR. and that OF some distinguished
EinceI eat In the United States army during the
na. da.e civil var. He next looked up the y. s.
oohsui at winnipeg, who told him that either
q a. soM OF Colonel or General Crfttenden
Ciied GaS kliied Dy the Sioux at the Custer massacre
fe. TfeneTai sherman was away when the letter
i,oa LION MT G1got detailing these circumstances
maS received. Colonel John NJ. Bacon his aide
ttepled, stating that a son of General +. Z. Crit
oehaen was killed with General Custer and
u,neIS IN battle against the Sioux on the LITTLE
DDIg Hoin river, Montana, June, 1876. General
CtiIteEden was written to. He was very hanny
at Ine prospect Of regain1ng the watch at any
SAlefse, There was no doubt of 1t having baen
Els soas. These facts were known to Mr.. Gfror
On the 18th of october last he forwarded the
Watch TO army headquarters, and iU was deiiv
eIeo so TO General Crtttenden. Upon General
SrefMan's return he wrote a very handsome
Ietter to MIR. Gizor.