The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-02-15

his life. He told her that a rev uays Piioi
to the car robbery he buried caque near
Rathdrum and that the same consisted VI
$1,000 in gold coin and currency. the greater
portion being gold. He also showed her
plat of the ground where the treasure was
buried. All this Sadie cOntided to her real
lover Clifford and together they planned 10
use this information to secure their release'
The car robbers story seemed the more
plausible because he had already schemed TO
secure this money to assist him in his present
difficulty, and had sont men to dlherent
points to look for the treasure. The car rob-
Der explained to Sadie that the reason these
men had been unsuccessful was because ne
had become suspicious of them and after hay
ing divulged part of his secret decided not 70
tell them where the treasure was buried. but
sent them to some point on wild goose
chase. This was done when the searchers
went to Standpoint, and at another time to a
point on the Great Northern, full account OF
which appeared in the newspapers at the
time
The story of this hidden treasure came to
the ears of the officials about the jail and
Sheriff Rinear and Detective Warren became
interested in it, because of robbery case
which Warren had been working on for
long time without success. This robbery was
committed at COlfaX in 1891, ana the Doodle
consisted of $2.2OO in gold and currency. AS
soon as the story of the buried treasure
came to the knowledge of these officials they
| suspected the car robbers to be the ColfaX
robbers. and as the currency could be identl-
| fed, thought to work up a good case. One of
| the party who went on a wild goose chase to
search for this treasure was working under
instructions from these officials, and when he
returned without success, they became sus-
| piciOus and did not believe the searchers
story. This is supposed to have caused the
row between Sheriff Rnear and one OF his
deputies a short time ago.
But the officials who endeavored to sift the
| ColfaX robbery were not to be thwarted, and
believing the car robber had not yet revealed
the true spot where the money was buried,
appealed to Sadie Smith whom they believed
to be in close confidence with the robber
They we're not mistaken. for Sadie had by
this time secured from the rObber a plat of
the ground where the money was buried
drawn by him at the time just previous to
the car robbery when the stuff was buried.
Miss Smith showed the plat or drawing to
The SILVER BLADE representative.
At this juncture Sadie told the officers if
means were devised to secure her liberty and
a part of the money applied to fight the case
of her lover, Clifford. she would find the mon
| ely and deliver the same over to the officials
who might then use the currency for identi-
tcation. duplicating the car robbers in the
Colfax robbery Of four years ago.
| Detective Warren went on Sadie's bond and
she was released. She then came to Rathdrum
making the first trip in a rig belonging TO
Sheriff Rinear. And now Sadie's real trouble
began. Her expenses while conducting the
search were to be paid by the officials who
were bent on solving the ColfaX mystery.
Day after day She worked hard in the deep
snow and slush but without success. No
money with which to pay expenses was forth
coming. She gave her landlord a valuable
pistol as security for her board, and it has
since been learned that the weapon was the
borrowed property of Sheriff Rinear. He
gave her the pistol to protect herself and
bring the money safely to Spokane when
, found. For while the landlord was satisfied
with this security, but as time passed and
the search proved fruitless and the promised
money did not arrive, Sadie was compelled TIC
leave the pistol and down hearted and dis
couraged returned to Spokane Her adorned
Clifford wus sent to the penitentiary for three
} years, and she will probably follow.
} Now in regard to the buried treasure it is
: believed that the caque was moved by the
more discreet of the two robbers, but is
still somewhere in the vicinity of Rathdrum
This seems to be the general opinion of the
officials around the Spokane jail and is based
on the fact that one of the car robbers has
been treating the whole matter as a joke and
, when told that the treasure had been found
replied when l see the money, will be.
lieye your story. but not until Them