PATTERSON, Mo.,
January 11, 1864.
Brigadier-General FISK:
Snow and ice have been so bad that my scouts cannot travel far. I sent 4 men after the remainder of the Tucker gang. They found and killed 3 of them. Crites was one of them. He was with the party that stole Coplands mules. All is quiet here now
W. T. LEEPER,
Captain Commanding Post

I'll bet the other two that were killed with Crites were the Leach boys.
Jack