The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-12-21

thing had happened. Burleigh con-
fided TO him that he had simply fab
ulous opportunity chance to buy
out mine that experts secretly told
him was what years later he would
have called bonanza but that in
the late sixties was locally known
as a "Shanghai" Twenty-Five thou
sand dollars would do the trick, but
his money was tied up. Would Fol-
som go in with him, put up twelve
thousand five hundred, and Burleigh
would do the rest? Folsom had been
bitten by two mines that yielded only
rattlesnales, and he couldn't be
ured. Then. said Burleigh, wouldn't
Folsom go on his note. so that he
could borrow at the bank? Folsom
seldom went on anybody's note. 1t
was as bad as mining, lie begged off.
and left Burleigh disappointed but
not disconnected. 81 can raise IL
without trouble" said he, "but it may
take forty-eipht hours to get the
cash here, and ] thought you would
be glad TO be let in on the ground
floor"
"l'vc been let in to too many
floors. major" said he. you'll have
to excuse me-" And so Burleigh
with his Louisiana captain, had driven
off to the fort. where Newhall asked
-, Iriggs and was importunate, nor
md Griggs' whisky. freely rendered to
all corners of the commissioned class,
tend to assuage his desire Back had
they gone to town, and then came the
cataclysm of noon,
In broad daylight, at his official
desk. in the presence and hearing of
officers, civilians and enlisted men, as
the soldier lawyers would have 1t,
a staff official of high rank had been
cowhided by cavalry subaltern. and
that subaltern, of all others, the only
brother of Folsonl's fair guest. Jessie
Dean the boy who had saved the
lives of Folsom's son and his sons inn
periled household. AID had thereby en-
deared himself to him as had no other
young soldier in the service And now,
what fate YVES staring him in the
face? Released from arrest but day
or so before upon appeal Of the Off
Ger whom he had so soon thereafter
violently assaulted. Marshall Dean
had committed one of the gravest
crimes against the provisions of the
mutiny act. Without warrant or cX-
cusc he had struck. threatened, as
saulted, etc. a superior officer. who
was in the discharge of his duty at
the time. 40 matter what the prov
ocation-and in this case it would be
held grossly inadequate there could
be only one sentence-summary dis
missal from the army. just as sure
as shooting, if Burleigh preferred
charges that boy was ruined.
And four mortal hours that afternoon
it looked as though nothing could hold
Burleigh's hand. The man was livid
with wrath. First he would have the
Youngsters blood and then led dis
miss him. Folsom pointed out that
he couldn't well do both. and by two
o'clock ii simmered down to a demand
tor instant court-martal Burleigh
wrote furious telegram to Omaha.
lie had been murderously assaulted in
his Office by Lieut.. Dean. He demand
ed his immediate arrest and trial. Fol-
som pleaded with him to withhold II.
Every possible amende would be made,
but no! Indeed, not until nearly four
o'clock could Folsom succeed in the
last resort at his disposal. At that
hour he had lent the quartermaster
Sl5,0 600 on his unindorsed note of hand,
on condition that no proceedings what
ever should be taken against Mr.. Dean,
Folsom guaranteeing that every
amende should be made that fair arbi-
tration could possibly dictate. He
had even gone alone to the bank and
brought the cash on Burleigh's repre-
sentation that II might hurt his credit
to appear as a borrower. He had even
pledged his word that the transaction
should be kept between themselves.
And then there had been a scene with
that drunken wretch Newhall. What
possible hold had he on Burleigh that
he should be allowed to come reeling
and storming into the Office and de-
handing money and lots of money
this, too, in the presence of total
strangers? And Burleigh had actual
ly paid him then and there some hun
dreds of dollars to the stupefaction of
the fellow-who had come for a row
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