Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-06-08

colonel, the sheriff sent communica-
tiOn to him:
"Sir:-Will you inform the authori-
ties of this county by what right you
invade this state As the legally con-
stituted officer of the county, | demand
that you appear before me and explain
your conduct under penalty OF arrest" :"
To this the colonel made no answer.
1t was six o'clock in the evening
when the regiment was marched to an
open tract on the southwest terrace
overlooking the town: strong guards
were thrown out in all directions and
apparent preparations made for going
into camp. As there was nothing for
the town to do but wait the arrival of
the governor in the morning, it slowly
quieted down. The camp fires of the
military burned in long row on the
far terrace. The regular beat OF the
drum was heard far into the night,
which was an unusually dark one, and
at twelve o'clock all was still
But as soon as it was light the
streets were thronged. There were
the fires on the terrace smoking as il
with preparations for breakfast and
the white tent of the colonel could be
plainly seen. The early train brought
in crowd OF idle men. but the rail
road officials denied having seen any
regiment.
AS soon as the day was fairly arrived
crowds began to make their way to
the edge of the camp. The guard had
been withdrawn from the bank in the
I'll yfa Maf IL
ceived word that the regiment had dis
appeared. He went immediately to
the bank with the sheriff. At the same
time the news of the disappearance
spread like wildfre. Crowds over-ran
the camping ground, but not n sign of
the soldiers could be found except the
smouldering fires, the remaining tent
and the strong smell of the trodden
grass, with here and there n dropped
fragment of clothing-a cartridge or a
piece of food.
Then 1t was that the director dis
covered that all the specie had been re-
moved from the bank. A great crowd
had gathered round the entrance. lie
got upon n chair and in an excited
manner conveyed the information. 1t
was received with incredulous jeers,
cries of Served you right. We don't
believe IL. You brought the soldiers,
etc" and the widest excitement
ensued.
The sheriff was paralyzed and lost
his head. He sent kilograms to Louis
vile and Cairo calling on the author
tiles to arrest all soldiers in blue shirts
and duck trousers armed with Spencer
rifles. He arrested the agents at the
Paducah railroad and held them for
collusion. Armed parties were sent
out on the highways and discovered
nothing but struggling men drawn to
the town by the news.
Every other subject was now
swallowed up In the robbery OF the
bank, and upon the arrival of the gov.
ernor and his adjutant in the after
noon, there ensued a scene OF in
credulous Indignation and fussy Of
fIcialism. The adjutant, an old-timo
veteran with purely Kentucky pref
udices and Kentucky dignity, immedi.
ately framed theory that there had
been raid from southern Indiana,
and was for calling upon the governor
OF that state to make good the loss and
to return the raiders for punishment
In Louisville, Cairo and Cincinnati,
the most extraordinary accounts were
published in the papers. One of the
sheets announced in its head lines
''The English syndicate at St Mary's
makes away with "A million and IA hall
OF money belonging to the working
men"
A paper in Louisville announced that
Kentucky had been invaded by an army
OF Indiana frec-booters, and its head
lines were startling. Are we to have
another civil war;" they asked.
"Shall an invading army desolate
Kentucky while our apathetic officials
are dicltering with the bloated baronsi
Let there be call 10 arms"
One fact alone was clear to the
people Of ST. Mary's. The money and
the regiment had disappeared together.
That the astonishing circumstance
did not at the time bctray to the coun.
try some OF the real facts was owing
To the muddlc which the incompetent
Mr.. Matlock and the pig-hcnded sheriff
and governor had produced in the
minds OF the people. There was o
widespread suspicion among the work
ingmen that the superintendent was IN
some way implicated In the removal
OF the gold, and nothing could eradi-
cate from the governors l@ad the no
ton that the regiment was an exag'
Grated rusc which had been brought
ohout hv "a descent ~ invading ,illaius
from southern Indiana.
Hendricks had counted on this very
result. His motto was: "Audacity
that bcwilders-and then, energy that
disorganizes."
(To lie coNTGNuED.)