Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-10

Mr.. Ripper aturped as pale as q
negro eau, only answering. "You are
very unjust to me, COLONEL"
The A. C. S. aud the adjutant, obey
ing the colonies orders, repaired re-
%luctsntly to Lieut.. Flipper's quarters,
where the search. began. Soon they
were seen returning to the Office with
Lieut.. Eys car fidgSN eJt aud pistol.
They fenorted9 the fndibg Of over
$3OOj9in$ around loosasfp different
places.S Aach dew Womkqes clothing
in trunks, several dress patterns. aud
any amount. of jewelry, a large
diamond stud (afterwards found it
was pastel an elegAntrvgold locket
aud Deckchafn,s w6fhat's gold watch
and chain, bracelets; four handsome
finger rings, a mans gold .watch'and
chain, and slnailers articles. As. the
woman's clothes were found IN Lieut..
Fiipper's room and closet, the colouel
meant to have Lucy Smith, a colored
cook OF Mr.. Flipper'S. searched.
Burnt papers W ere afsoss6ensfn tie
CRATE. The colonel smouuteisaad
started. for Mr.. Flipper,s. QuarIeys,
directing the two officers stO xfeEafn.
and renew the search, and stopped
for Kin, telling him he must 60 down
and search Nj. Ftipper, and examine
the papefsNfhfh tbs XtsteA Rts6hidg
Mr.. Flipper's quariers. he told him
si% ss ana se as!sFi,s g se ssisti !; i ssgss
to disrobe himself, quite confidently.
During this the colonel directed his
ordeelyss e take Lucy e Ais.omoasAs
woqfds1 6estionsh eraS To- 41iefhaf 1tS
jewelry, etc., belonged to her, aud it
Mr.. Fiipper had given it to her. The
personal search 0verLWithout any
discovery, the colonel told him be. be:
lieyedhe adAeg6r sentbddheces6ky
and that the fireplace would Be ex-
amined 10 see II the burnt scraps
we're checks, and everything thor
oughly examined for the same pur-
pose.ajHe3then returned!t pi tho Office
TO question the s~ervant-girl, leaving
the three officers in Mr.. Filpper's
quarters. Kin went on his knees for
the papers, and besmeared himself
with aches, as he says, carefully ex-
aiming every burnt scrap with a
microscope, but no checks had been
burned there. The colonel told nae
what transpired III the Office. The
woman was greatly confused, and &C
kpowledged tffkE re 1HvE4nd
clothing was herd, S{fd had beethoven
to her byaMr. lFlLpper. Fhensf5e or
derby said: "Colohel, sslhssMoman
has papers concealed about her. This
Lucy stoutly denied. "She has in
deed. sir. Before she came over, che
kept me waiting while she slipped a
clean dress on, aud crossing fhe parade
she kept pushing something up her
noeen. girSs sh ;a sansy she
cried. lndeed, slIes hads n6 pagers
about heyFthe coldifel .conldlooK for
himselft sShe barred heIself by epen-
ing hersdress. No papers were visi-
Die, but still the orderly persisted in
his affirmation. l know the woman
has papers concealed. I heard that |
the woman insisted the colonel should |
ppt his hand inside her dress and as.
CERTAIN for himself. he quietly ran
his andaab6tit has waiSt outside Der
dress, aud came across q pocket be.
tween her dress and underclothinrp
the back Of her arm.
''Ihere are the papers | Haud them
to me at once and no more Words.n
''lndeed they were not papers," s.No |
words hand that paper to me or PHI
call those two orderlies in here and
them takertAem b. forca.n T-7
She put her hand i6sade Tie dress
and drew forth an official envelope
totem. Smaf, sc6ntaining
all the missing checks. He mounted.
ordered thD ofieer 81. tho day to re-
pair to Mr.. Flipper,s house with q
guard, and entered there az Col. B.
was ON Bonded knee at the fireplace,
with Lieut.. Flipper watching him.
"Mr. Flipper," said the colonel, .'the
checks are found. ,Yopr have, lied to
me. Here they are, bhowing them.
Lieut.. clipper. was. conducted by
four armed men to the g~uard.house.
inventory'of his. effects was taken.
and much of the woman,s clothing
W as found in, his trunk and -his..in
lers; tlGfeirs clothiugAhpngito kether
10 d q closet, the, -r0oms: were
sealed. The whole affair was tele-i
sraphed to department. Headquarters. |
q woman was arrested by the
sheriff OF the town for unlaWfuliy
having in her possession !. certain.l
'hecks belonging to the United States
government 20 Lieut.. -Flipper2is con-
NED IN the strong cell at the guard
rouse, with an additional senEiiiii
pacing behind the building, aud EnSS
smith will repose to-nigkt ia the1
'ounty lAAsE Thus ends the career of
mp colQh9q Ss0ficer gwboyhas mstSwith
cq9eideratidn aud Hss oommand-
"a moro1nihence than. possibly any
,ther nan ID the army. The colored
roops FidolzodShim, as q shining ex.
nipple Of what the race was capable
u! L Am sorry5that the experiment
failed Speculation nSwais rife
TO whether the conrGmArtial will
'e held here or at departmeifs]head.
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