Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-14
BY GAPT CHAa.rs k,ss, U.S.A.
IA uyeuco,y Co AID PUBLISHED " SPECIAL Assxolasn

OF Lacys appealing letters to former
employers In official station In WISH
reference was made to the malig-
nant hatred Of Col Rand as the inspira-
ton Of all their proohess and damna-
bic accusations, and these getting to
the war department and so coming to
Rand for remark, the placid colonel
finally waxed indignant II was bad
enough, sald he, that Lacy should be
IN expert thief and blacklcg, but that
TO cover his own tracks ind those Of
his pals he should seek the ruin of in
noccnt men was rather too much Of a
good thing. Then the general came
back from the field about this time;
Rand made his report, and on went a
four-pagc letter 10 Washington reciting
briefly the evidence now In their pos
session as affecting Lacy This was
shown 10 the cx-clerks friends at
court, and two letters from the east,
after being opened and examined by
the sheriff, were handed In TO Lacy's
cell the day after Schramm's arrival.
That night tho prisoner asked for more
paper and permission to write till late,
ind when morning came the neatly
folded document proved to be the final
statements OF the clerk who had cashed
so many papers Of TINT name within
the past ycar-but would cash no more.
What was left Of Lacy lay stlf1ening
on the narrow cot, The night-watch
had not even heard him groan,
A fellow OF much inventive genius
was Lacy, and OF uncommon useful
ness until luck turned Cards, mining
stocks, wheat, wine md women all
combined against HIN. He had TO Gov
Or the money nbstracted to pny hi
losses and put up more margins. liz
owed still more, md hiscrrditors, gam.
blcrs like himself, said; PAY or we
peach" There was just one way to
raise the wind without reaping the
whirlwind; the paymaster must be
robbed on the very next trip; and the
plan was to have the train "held up
until The sudden move of the cavalry
suggestcd an easier way, Gut went
two Of his sportsmcn friends with let
tiers OF Introduction to the hunter her
NIT In the Tonahawls range. Down
they wont with him as their guide and
companion and scout. Cavalry over
coats and slouch hats and equipments,
@eh as were worn ia the field in those
| lays, were to be had almost anywhere,
Armed with their BOGUS dispatch they
rede to Minden, dodglng sergt, Do
lans escort from Bear fork to Alkall.
Leaving their horses with the boy at
the bridge, The three men received the
paymastpr and Lacy at the station l.
which he had been Tired, and the resi-
was easy until 1t came 10 ret
ting away with the money. Tho
hermit forbade their Returning by
way OF his hut, rs they would DO
trailed thlther and he and his boy In.
stantly suspected. They must go far
Their east, by way Of Wagon gap, and
back TO the agency with their game,
as though from innocent md successful
hunt But, in dodging the troops ind
cortain e1uriers they saw, time was
lost in which they got to drinking and
quaneIing. Lney's friends were two
wclLknown contractors for Indian sup
plios, long accustomed to agency ways,
well.vcrsad In Indian affairs and often
suspected Of being knavcs Of deeper
dye than mere swindlers Of the ab-
orgines, which species Of crime was
not bereft Of virtue In frontier eyes.
They were known to the trade by the
names Vt Stein and Writ, and their
intimacy with Lacy and certain Gnu
ployes VI the quartcrmaster depart.
mont had attracted Rands attention to
them months before tho robbery.
licallns ~ 'ielr ABSENCE from town,
nv .raeeo 'nell 70 inc agency thence
to the range beyond, and found that
'i'o an's " 'nclr return mat way cor
Iesponaea eSae'iy win that OF Thorn
'ons lq'h. aoung otearns mud ut last
lnaue y eoheren. statement, promising
"R've MS iuchiess iatner ms share us
soon w liley gov PACK within sight OF
WA! Iifoor OF refuge put plying him
WIN liquor aii 'ne 'iine' these mon
Ioae " ., iosSi, eteeh N company, thon
gaVe ,helf uoA'ng gulae inc slip and
uusneu rapidly a'leaa' Icing aware OF
VIC inulan ou'pfoaR, they probably
s'uu'co 'no country win their glasses
ano saw INC cohlho'ioh among the dis
.ant wa1 par'ies IN" no lodged into
'ne range away nom lhe road, and by
= w,oe ae'onr gov saleiy H. walle their
hapiess gu'ae, ioi'owlng IN drunken
pursuit. ran ioul OF the sioux was
cn"seoanu Killed Wisely they md such
o. INC money IN .ney uia not need at
Tue moment, una Kept away rom head
quur'crs ana Lacy awhiie until tho an
no'nceinent III INC papers That the