Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-03-14
CHAPTER xIu.-CoNr1NUED.
Copyright. 1893. by J. B. Lippincott Co.

And then one beautiful spring day
<Schramm sent for Mrs. Hinke1 and his
box, and she, weeping, came to Con-
stance, and together they appealed to
Morgan, and then the old man in the
new shoulder straps realized that the
matter could be no longer hidden, and
before nightfall Schramm learned that
he was under the surveillance of the
sheriff, charged with being accessory
to the robbery of Paymaster Graves, at
least to the extent of receiving and
econcealing a certain part of the money.
And Schramm, speeches. with wrath
and amaze, stood attention to his
captain on the hospital porch, and
simply quivered and shook and clenched
his hands. Morgan made him sit down,
and prefacing his statement with the
assurance that no one who knew him
believed him in the faintest way con-
,nected with the robbery, went on to
SAY there were certain matters that,
unexplained, seemed to point to him
with the finger of suspicion. He and
Schultz left camp on Bear Fork
toward haIf-past twelve a. NJ, and
though they started back by the
trail of the regiment they had prob
ably left it and borne away over
the bank of the Ska, in plain view of
Minden, ten minutes after the depar-
ture of No. and just after the rob
berry. A Mr.. Long had seen two troop
Aers on roans riding briskly west at that
time. The operator said the troopers
had come in beforehand with the false
dispatch, and he thought they might
have looked like Schultz and Schramm.
The paymaster couldn't be sure
couldn't identity him; but Mr.. Lacy,
the clerk, had described the two who
met them at the train and led them
back from the depot while he followed
in the rear, and Lacy's description GER
tainly pointed to them. Then on reach
ing the garrison Schramm had gone to
Mrs. Hinlzel, got his box, put pack
age in it and charged her on no &C
count to let it fall into other hands,
land this box the sheriff had opened in
presence of the commanding officer,
and the first thing found was an en-
velope containing five hundred dollars
in fifties, which Lacy was ready to
a6wear was some of the lot taken from
the paymaster's valise. Then they
were in town together and hurried
away the moment they learned that
the robbery was known and soldiers
suspected. ana instead OF returning &c
the regiment they had turned off and
gone away northward through Wagon
gap until met and run back by the
Sioux. This, said Morgan, was the
case against him as far as he knew.
Schramm's first question was as tc
, the letters and papers; where were
they? ''Sealed up and safe" said Nor
gan. Eve have the officers pledge as
to that. So is the money sealed up
But Schramrn didn't seem to care about
the money. That was of little conse-
>quence. He could explain at once
where it came from. A draft from the
old country had reached him early in
May at time when he wished to use
money, and Schultz cashed it for him
Schultz would not put his savings In
the Butte banks. His money was in
Chicago. He had had money sent out
90 him by express. This could be veri
, fed at the express Office, and the draft
could doubtless be traced back through
Schultz's Chicago banker. AS for then
taking the Minden road, it was mo-
much longer, they had plenty of time
and the road near the river was pref
tier. Close to the bridge on the soutf
side they had seen some horses held by
-One or two men just as the train pullet
away. Then away over by the depo