Actually found the answer to this one in another thread. Apparently if you take Tom's finger and get in that way, the general will open that chest for you. I've never taken that route (always went in through Taurus' house) so I wouldn't have known that. Amazes me that no matter how many times I play through, there's always something new to discover.
Sadly enough, that doesn't seem teh case.
DKS/Patch change or should I have picked "I killed Tom" instead of "Time to die" as option for the very first choice?
EDIT:
At above; IIRC
# 1 in Tom's house (cosy house). One in a shop, near the gossoping girls. The 3rd in the inn at the gate.