Show CUSTERS DEATH cheek fop drawn in his favor found at bismarck N D bismarck N D sept tragic death of general ouster and his ballant taw at the hands of the sioux indiana in the massacre of little bix horn was recalled here tire week by the forwarding to mrs ouster of a check tor 1500 drawn to the order of general george A ouster in the check ie dated june and is signed by B L smith at that time assistant paymaster in the army it was on june 25 abat the massacre took jacc the chock Y till unpaid and soiled and tattered though it be a valid claim against the government for the amount represented upon ite face which waa no doubt intended as part payment of general austera Cu stera eatery ae an officer of the united states army where the check has been all cheso years no one knows least of all michael francis who found it in the street here lust february and who has retained it in bi possession until now when franci picked up the bit of paper it was almont as legible ai when drawn but three heavy crease in it bowed that it had been worn through the parte were joined together by narrow stripe of paper pasted on the back and the edges were somewhat ae though the paper had at one time been dropped in the mud no endorsement indorsement indor appears upon the back of the check and the face the marke of no cancellation stanop demonstrating that alio check has never been tor payment the check was no doubt forwarded to the northwest before the news of the cutter massacre reached washington had it reached those in charge of the dead soldiers effects it would have been bent back at once in order that one payable to the heirs could have been sent in ite place it bae evidently been under belter somewhere and the chances are that it wan lost last february and out into the street where it was found by mr flaucie Fr aucie |