>> close to $100,000. >> but the law isn't done with russ pritchard yet. i agent robert whitman is paying very close attention as the case is playing out in court. >> he was very smooth, he dressed well, he was very glib of tongue. >> it turns out pritchard and his partners had been running the same kind of scam on others who had civil war artifacts. >> usually ten times was what they were selling material for after they appraised it for one-tenth the value. >> ed's lawsuit helps whitman and the fbi build a criminal case. >> in the end there was a superseding criminal indictment that had more than 20 counts in it. >> faced with the mountain of evidence against him, richard strikes a deal in 2001 with prosecutors and pleads guilty. he's sentenced to a year in prison and $830,000 in restitution fees -- half of that sum is awarded to ed pickett. but -- >> russ pritchard doesn't seem to have the money. i think i've received a total of maybe $25,000, $30,000. >> are you furious? >> i'm pretty upset. >> look in the camera and tell russ pritchard what you want him

. >> next thing you know russ pritchard arrives uninvited in williams twilliamsen to. >> he wanting to be my newer best friend, followed me around like a puppy. he kept asking, can i see the artifacts. >> ed agrees to show pritchard what is in the old family suitcase, next few hours, are a revelation for ed. that old cap is called a capy, warn by general pickett at gettysburg, and his bloodstained uniform sleeve, and photos, and hand drawn map of the gettysburg battlefield. >> he was very knowledgeable. >> tell me about the reaction on russ pritchard's face. >> he was delighted. like high found a goal mine, he said, i'm prepareed on behalf of the mayor to make you an offer. >> who did you feel he represented? your interest or the museum? >> as i understood it he was an appraiser standing in the middle. that is what he said, he could not over estimate or underestimate the value of it. >> russ comes up with an offer to buy most of the contents of the case, $87,500, now ed thinks he struck gold. >> i thought wow, that say lot of money to me. >> it did look fair. >> it seemed fair to me, t