CHAPTER XXVII.
_A Midnight Visit to the Barn._--_The Detective wields a Shovel to some Advantage._--_Fifty Thousand Dollars found in the Earth._--_A good Night's Work._ The day following the revelations made in the preceding chapter, Edward Sommers returned to the agency and communicated the information which he had received the day before, and awaited instructions before proceeding further in the matter.
My son Robert A.Pinkerton determined to accompany him upon this visit to the barn, and he also requested the German Consul to delegate some one from his office to be one of the party.

To this proposition the German Consul at once assented, and Paul Schmoeck, an attache of the Consulate, was selected to accompany them upon their visit to the Schulte estate.
Procuring a dark lantern and a garden spade, the party left New York about nine o'clock in the evening, and, without accident or delay, arrived at South Norwalk.

On leaving the train, they separated, and Sommers, being acquainted with the road, walked on in advance.

In order to avoid attracting attention, they walked up the main street of the town a short distance, and then, changing their course, they reached the railroad, along which they traveled until they arrived at the strip of woods in which Henry Schulte had met his death.

They traveled along the narrow pathway and reached the stone wall, from which the house and barn stood in full view.
The evening was beautiful indeed--a bright moon illuminated the landscape almost with the luminous light of day.