The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-09-08

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lance without passing them and hearing
The remarks and comments Of the gamblers
and their victims.
GONE TO JOIN WHITAKER.
Lieut.. Flipper Arrested on a Charge of En-
bezzlement.
At Fort Davis, Tex. dispatch to the New
York Herald saws: On the morning. of
August Is the people of the pleasant garri-
son of Fort Davis were thrown into. a state
of wild excitement by a rumor TO the effect
that Lieut.. b.. o. Flipper (the colored Off
cer), Tenth cavalry, had been detected in
an attempt to defraud the government of
nearly $4,000. Atfirst the would
not be believed. as heretofore Lieut.. Flip
one believed him to be @above suspicion"
For several months Lieut.. Flipper has been
acting O nsmissary of subsistence of this
post, and since the 9th Of July last he has
not transmitted his commissary funds. to
the chief commissary OF the depart
ment at San Antonio. A few days ago
Col. Shafter (the commanding officer here)
received a telegram from the commissary at
San Antonio stating that Lieut.. FGpper's
funds had not been received; that he had
telegraphed the fact to Lieut.. Flipper, ask
ing for information of them; that he had
received no reply, and requested Col.
-Shafter to investigate the affair. Col.
Shafter questioned Lieut.. Flipper, who
stated that he had sent the funds by mail
on the 9th of July, but that he had kept no
record of them, and no one had witnessed
the mailing las I believe is usual in such
cases) he cuold not prove that he had done
so. This was looked upon as a very gross
piece of care lessness on the part of Lieut..
Flipper, out no n regarded it as any
thing more.
FL1PPER's ARREST.
On Friday evening some of the officers
and ladies were driving, and seeing Lieut..
Flipper's horse, with a par of saddle bags
on the saddle. fastened in front of n of
the stores in the little town Of Chi
huahua, Immediately outside Of the garri-
son, thought that it looked as thoughLieut.
Flipper might be contemplating a fight in
Mexico; SO the commanding officer sent the
adjutant to bring Lieut.. Flipper into the
garrison, when he required him immediate
" to turn over his funds to another officer
and relieved him from duty as acting com
missary of subsistence. The funds which
Lieut.. Ripper claimed to have sent by nail
on the 9th of July were composed in part
of checks on different banks which had
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Of their monthly Hills. A description of
these checks was telegraphed to the banks
and information received in reply that they
had OF been presented for payment.
The commanding officer now concluded
that circumstance looked very suspicious,
indeed, and determined to have Lieut..
Flipper's quarters searched for the miss
ing checks. He accordingly told Lieut..
Flipper that circumstances pointed to his
having made away with he commissary
funds, placed him under arrest and began
the search OF his quarters, telling him that he
might possibly be doing him an injustice:
that IL It proved so he could very easilyeand
willingly make amends to him for SO doing,
and that otherwise. he was only doing his
duty. The adjutant and the officer who
had relieved Lieut.. Flipper were appointed
to
SEARCH HIS QUARTERS,
aud they found money to the amount Of
$500 or $500 strewn about in 8, very care
less manner, in drawers, books, trunks,
desk. etc., etc., besides a quantity OF gold
| ieweiry, consisting of watches and chains,
| rings, buttons, earrings and pins, bracelets,
lockets, etc., some of which are claimed by
his woman servant. Several weekly state
ments of subsistence funds which had been
examined and signed by Col. Shafter were
Troublesome of them in his servants trunk.
These papers Lieut.. Fiipper had
claimed to have sent of also and after find
ing some of them in the servants trunk
Col. Shafter questioned her very closely,
and finally had her searched, and finding
an envelope containing the missing checks
concealed on her person, the woman was
turned over to the civil authorities and IS
now lodged in Jail. Lieut.. Flipper, to pre- J
vent his escape, has been confined in a cell
at the guard house. "'
Lieut.. Flipper had the respect of the Of
fcers of the post, and has been treated very
kindly by them, though he has never shown
a disposition to mingle with them ina So
cial manner. The fact of his having re-
tanned the position Of acting commissary of
subsistence for so long a time shows in what
light his character and intellect were re-
garded. Being the only colored officer in
the army, great regret is expressed that
Lieut.. Flipper could not have maintained
his reputation for integrity and high moral
character, but 'evil communications cor
rupt good manners" and it is said his most
intimate associates of late have not been
the best. It is said that some friends OF
Lieut.. Flipper are endeavoring to raise fo1
him the amount of his indebtedness to the
government, some So, 900 (since the, checks
ore found, and if they succeed they expect
the commanding officer to release him. from
the cell. 3.sH Elf e
SIeenfng Out the Siege OfParis.