The record-union., 1894-05-09
Who GOT AWAY WITH THE SACK?l
The Sutter Fort Industrials Robbed
by Their Leaders.
Several Light out-Carpenter and
Payne Observation-Disclosures Men
Now on the Road.

early in the day, and oddly enough sew
eral Of the officers disappeared about the
same time, including the Treasurer, one
of the aptairs and the deposed Colonel
Carpenter TIE latter and young man
named w. d. Payne, who was known as
the Adjutant. were arrested, and are now
in the County Jail.
Captain Logan, the Treasurer, and
Captain Savage are still at large, and last
night squads of the men were industri-
ously patroling the city and its suburbs
in search of them.
To attempt to explain the entire affair
would puzzle the best word-juggler in the
country, but the main facts, as briefly
told as possible, are about as follows:
The army gave an entertainment at
the Metropolitan Theater on Monday
night for the purpose of raising money
with which to enable them 10 make
start yesterday on their way East. The
audience was SMALL but it is said that be-
tween $500 and 5000 worth of tickets were
sold. The affair was managed by the
leading officers of the camp.
After the performance, and along about
midnight. Colonel Carpenter and half
dozen or so of his comrades went TO a
saloon at Sixth and III streets and had
HIGH OLD TINE
There for a couple of hours, including a
fight between the proprietor of the place
and one of the men, who insisted on hay-
ing all the beer he wanted. The high
inks finally broke up and the crowd re-
turned to the camp for the night.
\ Nesterday morning Colonel Carpenter
Tor Inman, as he was first known) Treas
urer Logan, Adjutant Payne, Captain
Savage and one or two others left the fort
tho ! Il 10 ci h lo
purpose of making arrangements for the
army to leave the city about o'clock.
Shortly after their departure the men at
the camp, who had been suspicious for
some time past that everything was not
all right outside the ranks. held meet
ing and deposed Colonel Carpenter and
several other officers, electing Major
Drummond to the Colonelcy.
A bout 1920 o'clock message was re-
ceived at the fort from Carpenter stating
that he would be out on the next car, and
instructing the men to pack up and be
ready to leave by P. NJ.
Although Carpenter had in the mean
time been deposed from his command,
the men set to work to get everything in
had also notified them to give up the fort
in the afternoon.
CRUEL DECEPTION.
The hours passed and car after car
passed the fort, but Carpenter did not
come. Neither old Logan, the man sup
posed to have the sack of coin, nor
Payne, nor Savage. The latter, however,
it was understood, was to go ahead to
Auburn and prepare for the army's show
there at night.
Finally squads of men were sent out to
search for the officers, but they could not
be found, and as each messenger returned
to the camp and repeated his story of the
failure to locate the men and the money
those in the fort began to realize that they
had been betrayed.
There wasn't dollar in the army fund
and hardly enough hard tack for one
meal.
CARPENTER ON THE ROAD.
Early in the afternoon telephone mes
sage was received from kelly's saloon at
Sutlerville, TWO miles south of the city, to
the effect that Carpenter and a conlrade
had stolen a horse and cart there and
gone down the river road.
Sheriff o. Neil had been informed of the
situation of affairs at the fort, and he and
Deputy Ben O'Neil started off in hot
haste after Carpenter. They discovered
at Sutterville that the cart had been hired
and paid for, and that kelly's hired man
drove il. The officers were Joined by
Constable Rich of Sutter Township. On
reaching Freeport they learned that the
men were only halt-hour ahead of them.
keily's man was there, and the other two
had gone OH afoot.
Sheriff o. Neil kept on down on this
side of the river to Clarksburg, and the
ether officers crossed over. They learned
that the men had crossed the river below
EreepOrt. 10 be brief, the officers came
upon Carpenter and Payne asleep under
a tree near the road on the \ olo side
a few miles this side of Clarksburg, and
brought them TO the city. Carpenter. it
is said, drank some beer at Kelly's, and
paid So for the use of the cart.
DECLARES HIS INNOCENCE.
Carpenter was seen at the County Jail
by q RECORD UNION reporter, to whom
he gave his reasons for leaving the city.
lie said he took the property-box, con-
tanning the minstrel outfit, to the depot
in the forenoon and then went to the
Metropolitan Theater, in company with
Payne, the printer and Adjutant, where
they met Treasurer Logan. On the way,
Carpenter says, he met a man from the
fort, who told hun of the action OF the
men in deposing him.
Logan, he says, showed him a receipt
signed by Drummond for the money,
some $3.50.
Having been thrown out'' by the
men. he concluded not TO go back, but 10
strike out for himself and Payne said he
would stay with him. He lCarpenter)
said he had SO of the army money in his
pocket. which he had collected from the
sale of tickets to the show, and this, he
concluded to keep, feeling that he was
entitled to il after all he had done for the
men.
on reaching Kelly's place he hired the
horse and cart to help him part of the
way on his trip. but abandoned it below
Freeport and took to the road. Becom-
hn pax- lox ri N rpa
and were overtaken by the Sheriff.
Carpenter denied that he knew any
thing of the company funds, beyond the
50 referred to. OF this he had 50 when
arrested. and Payne had 81 10.
OUT AT THE FORT.
A RECORD UNION reporter visited the
fort about 8 o'clock last night. Colonel
Drummond. the men said. had gone
down town, and there was no one who
seemed to be in authority.
The men said they were satisfied that
several of the deposed officers had gotten
away with the money and divided it be-
tween themselves.
They would not believe anything Car.
penter said, and if they had got hold OF
him, or of any of the other elopers, last
night,i would have gone hard with them
SIN HOLE,
Parties were sent out from the fort in
all directions in search of Logan ano
Savage, and about 10 o'clock last nigh
one party came upon them down neal
the gas works, and in an attempt TO cap
ture them several shots We're exchanged.
They thought they had them surrounded
however, and expected to get them a
daylight this morning.
THE LAST APPEAL,
The men at the fort are without a dol.
lar. and have not particle of food OIL
hand. They authorize the RECORD UNION