Evening star., 1894-03-24

at the facts of the case from separate in
formation and from Hendricks orders, but
he learned enough to convince him that the
commander in the boat had been led into
negligence by not finding a human soul in
the vicinity, and a force of his men had
been surrounded and captured in the wood,
and a party sent to their relief had been
overwhelmed. 1t was a dark night and two
large attacking forces from opposite sides
Of the river had surprised III" h0"' 0U'
after a desperate fight, taken possession Of
nor. iteHuI.c--s l'.a t.cE -,vIl, ~, aru
dressed his own men in the uniform of
the soldiers. and finding the books and
papers of the commanding officer, had got
a knowledge of his orders. The captured
crew were sent to the Laran and the gun
boat had gone up the Mississippi with her
flag flying. apparently under government
orders. This was on the night of the 9Th
of August on the 7th the government
stores at LeavenwOrth were seized by an
armed force. the troops at that place hav-
ing been reduced to a single company, ow-
ing to the Withdrawal of the sixth United
States infantry. and troops \ and f, which
had been sent to Paducah. The arms con-
slsting of 5000 stands Of carbines, five H.
pound guns, three SatlingS and four brass
howitZers, with about 10000 pounds of am
;nunitiOn, had been loaded on the vessel at
LeaVenwOrth and started down the Mis-
souri, for st. Louis Before she reached the
Mississippi, Hendricks, apparently under
orders, looking for her. and captured
her about two miles above Alton He then
started for Memphis with her in tow, hav-
ing sent a dispatch at Alton publicly an
nouncing the victory of the United States
gunboat. The consequence was, he was in
terfered with on his way down the river
but instead Of going to Memphis he ran
into the bayou and unloaded all his pIunder
into tie Laran.
Calicot had this news veried before his
eyes He had only to go into one Of the
little stations in the Laran southeast of the
rCtunda TO find evidences of the truth of
what he mad heard. He saw a strong
guard at the ma Eazine and a hundred men
busily at work transporting the newly ar
rived ammunition to the place. The wooden
doors of the magazine stood open and he
could see from across the rotunda that it
was dark hole stored to the stone cell
ing with boxes and kegs. He watched the
work with intense interest The electric
light in the rotunda threw black shadows
here and there. ana, hidden by one of them.
he scrutinized the place carefully through a
pocket glass that he had got from Miss
IapOrt. and he noticed for the first time
that there We're iron tubes running down
that part of the wall of the magazine that
was exposed. They looked like drain pipes
at a distance. He asked Laport about it
and was Informed carelessly that they were
ventilating tubs put in to make u Crcula-
ton of air and keep the place dry. There
are only two said Laport. and they
the railroad track. l put them in myself
and | ought to 80 and see that the men
VINO are working .heTe do not disturb
them
Il will 20 with YOU" said Calcot
The next day Stocking met Calicot and
said. abruptly, in his impulsive way: See
here, my old friend, it is idiotic to let a