Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-03-04

The Pension Frauds in lancaster County.
The elphis Ledger says tsince The all
lodged extensive frauds on the United States Gov
eminent have been ferreted out, the city OF Ian
caster has losttwo of its most monument citz ems.
The parties referred to. are Judge D. p. Wonder.
smith and Gen. George Ford. men of wealth and
Of the highest Standing in society heretofore. The
charges against these two men have slready s5een
mentioned. but the amount of the frauds whicl,it
isalieged carried ON for a period of nine
years. has not been stated, Tue sum total 81
winch the Government, it ALLEGED, has been de-
arauded, is said TO gs awards of Ioooo of which
Judge Vondersmith is alleged 10 have been the
principal rsceiyerh supposed shal full two.
thirds. The names Of The femalesnseato petpez
trate the frauds IN the cases which ha, thus far
oesn investigated. are: Mrs. Susan Long, Matgas
let Lylel, MagGalena Russell; Rebecca Hurley, Eva
Catlagh ham, Margaret Hartman, Maria Gray, Juliq
ana Parker, Christina w atson, and Jane W.nnere
Omone of the claims, that Of ldts, Lyle, over
SlQ,OOO wasipaId onfraudulent pension, pa pers,71
In The cases given, the most cateful search has
been made Tor the parties or their relatives, and
several of them no Trace can be found that they
ever existed. In the case of Mrs. Long, lie repu-
ted claimant for pension, whichcaim was issued
in S44 and presented by Judge Vondersmth for a
tat person., as appears from The official records
and regularly FROM thnt time up. to 4 Sb4, when
fraud was suspected. The amount puid on this
claim was about S., 600. The husband. Andrew
Long. movedf from Lancaster county to Virginia, in
lSU4, where he and wife soon after died, without
leaving anytd least such is the state.
ment OF the officers, w no nave not been able TO
learn of their wereabouts, If there are any living
Two or three Other cases are similar in their char
acter. 49, 6Si
The mcdeo operating in tlese alleged frauds,
Is sad TO- Tie most ingeniols ana drc4pliye.l
For instance There is fled III The Pension 3tiieatf
at Washington, letters from several distinguished
FenuSyivanians recommending, the consideration
ol the claims on The GoHernment attheE solicita-
lion of the personSiiimplicat in the frauds. in
whose integrity tile parties pfevailediupon 10 ask
the AID OF GnTCrnrnent ior alLedged services rem
ueTed, had tile fullest confidence. Among Tie
gem emen inns vilainousl. and shamefuly out
ragged and 4 npoSed upon, are lanes Buchanan.
Simon Cameron, aud john StrolIn-all'W We'll anu
EtaVorablykn throughoutsthe Stale AMI cou n
Try Among the naueS rgetl, are the Sc of Judge
Scha1er, Post Master Reigart, Alderman MussEr,
and3othersFeSpeclabte citizens of Lancaster ms bas
appeared since tile defendants were TIA ken into
custody. II was before Judge Long they were ta-
zen on a wit otlta6eas corpus. aud was admitted
10 balIIn $4,000. after the strongest remonstranc.
n ma eeeu made by Marshat Wynkoop against tax
SeverJl days after The defendants were admitted
to bail IN $1,000 each, twas increased: to 5000,
and SetYsr adily obtained. Tuesday last was the
line appointed Tor hearing before The United
States District Court, but neither of the parties
we've present, hence the bail was forfeited, oanc
bench warrants issued for their arrest. Marsha
Mynkoop, and Deputy Marshals Jenkins and Mil.
ier' Immediately started I'M pursuit them. Mil
Ter wehtsto Lancaster city while the others wen
TO New York and Boston, fearful, from CERTAIN
representatives, they were about to leave The
country. Nothing has been heard of either o
them, except a ruInot IN New York that Ford touE
passage IN the steamer Baltic for Europe, on The
9Th uIt:, and that VonIersnith had taken ste am
et for a southern port. ~ q