Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-08


Another week. ana aii wyoming was
aWnke and thrilling. There had been
dreadful ioinEa ON the Hlg Horn, and
John Idlsom'a prophecy had come trun.
EnilcinF one detachment after another
rom to- blockade nf Warrior Gnp hv
snow 1f nrufiorod bands OF braves. that
head devil N the Ornllniaa. RED cloud.
hnd gradually surrounded three CONE
llnlgf with ton tlmc1 their forre N
lighting mon md Slaughtered every col.
der N tho iot
There had boon excitement AZ gnio
CITY during hief visit ~ tho general
and hlu old Inspecting tho affairs N
Major Hur'o'nh who. confined 10 his
hed hy nervouH prnatrail1n and forbid.
Don ny ne doctor 90 sec anybody. had
nevertheless rcnt NE keyf ana books
md bang account. ana. 20 tho tnynun-
cation uf The chief more money was
found ln the biz nTr1 1lff a. The depot
nuafiorwa than was neccn1nry %
cover Dir accountability.
Pc roncfnl and hI1 Inspector wern
fllrly puzzled. They personally quoa-
toned uif bank cashier ana mo puar-
to-uae'cr's clerks They ranrnrfod that
rlfn ana poured over tho buoiA both
thoro md no tho bank. The only queer
Thing discovered was that n large sum
o. money 5000 or Hn-had been With
drawn from tho bank On c1Hh ono day
~
Then the general had 10 run back 20
Cheyenne and h1Hton thence 90 tho
forts along The Platte 10 expedite tho
sending NJ hiH soldiers to the relief u
tho helrnrupu1 posts along Tho Mig
Horn. the tIdlnr1 ~ the massacre
rglchInr Gate city and plunRlnr Fort
Esnuiy ln moruning only q fuw hours
nfter Dis departure.
Thou came Htiu another excitement
~ Gate city Major Hurioigh had sud-
denly become endowed with now youth
and cnorHy lie who was declared hy
his physicians 90 be- IN a critical condi-
lion. one demanding the utmost quiet.
he who could not even 200 tho depart
ment commander and ~ whom tho doc.
tor had said % might be- weeks before
be- wnn again NJ Tor duty. hnd sprung
from hl1 bed dictated certain letters,
wired important nowH 10 the chief quar-
tCrmuatcr 1t Omaha, demanded 81 the
railway authorities nm engine and ca
bnoHo 10 bear him over tho newly com.
pletcd mountain division 20 Cheyenne.
hnd taken every cent from hla private
safe. had entered hlH office NJ an early |
hour. Hntchel and Enfe key IN hand. was !
couufoundei by the sight of two clerks |
there smoking forbidden pipes and. |
turning. without word had ned. one |
of thcHc was the young man who no re-. /
Gently had written 10 coundnnt IN /
lrga and hls own 90 get from un-
n tranrrired later that nurioirh went
back 90 the bank prUHnntod n check for
he balance 90 hla credit and demanded
currency. but tho cashier had become
alarmed by the Investigations made by /
.he general md had temp1rigod. Hni1 he
must consult the president and asked
he major 90 call two hours later, /
Nhcront ilurlelrh had taken alarm. lie |
Vas looking rhnstly Hnid tho cashier
Il was apparent 20 every one that, men,
ally, bodily or both. the lately dohonnir |
ind successful man OF tho world had
ost his grip.
Ana before even M swift running
'nrino could have landed the fugitive
n Cheyenne the truth was known. Tho
package purpnrtlnH 10 contain so. 900
n currency Tor the payment of tho
Norkmcn nt Warrior Gap. scaled IN !
iurloigh'H ONCE and sent nt Incredible
INK by the hands ~ n young cavalry |
.iliccr with only ten troopers through
he Indian lines. borne intact 20 tho /
commanding ofnccr % tho new post.
hough ~ gallant guardians had run !
he gauntlet M tho cost Of tho blood
Z more than hair their number was
ound when opened 10 hold nothing
M waste paper.
Then Indeed was explained nurieirh'a
1HiHtonce. Then Indeed was apparent
ny De had not pressed his charges
rnlnHt the 0Hlnor who had publicly
nNeWhlppod him. Th0u indeed was
Nplnlnei why good ola John Folsom
nd Withdrawn so largo sum On cash
rom the bank and how nurlcigh was