The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-02-03

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and upon their Application 10 me TO have
the clause inserted. 1t is the only oath
with such clause inserted that | ever
administered, and this was done at the
request Of those making the oath.
l gave the Superintendent the dis
charge for Mahony and Steward, with
Mulky and o DELL in tie usual form in
such cases and the words honorably
discharged" were not therein.
have the honor to be
Your obit servant
/ (Signel,) J.. c. TURNER,
Judge Advocate
The above is quite sufficient to put an
everlasting quietus upon su dry jeremi-
ads in which Mahony has been indulg-
ing since his discharge But ty way of
cumulative evidence, and to show up
/ plainly how that gentleman played off a
deceiving trick to get an honorable
discharge" in form, against the fact, |
insert copy ola letter upon the subject
from the Superintendent OF the Prison.
1t is as follows, the initials of Capt Hig
gins having been wrongly printed or er-
roneously copied by Mr.. Wood
Old Capitol Prison, Woshipstonl
d. c.. Dec. ~, ls62. !
SIR:-I am now, and for upwards ola
year past have been, Superintendent Of
the !" Old Capitol Prison" and the Gus
todian ofall prisoners who, during that
period have been there held. have
now before me printed certificate, Gu,
out Of Dubuque newspaper, which
reads as follows:
Oh Capitol Prison, WoshiagtonJ
d. C., Nov IL, le62. !
To all tciom mag concern:
This will certify that ,he bearer. Den
MS A. Mahony, prisoner of State, has
been duly and honorably discharged
from custody at this prison.
BY order Secretary War
CAPT. j. r. HIGGINS.
CO \, s6th y. Y. Y Comm'dg
The circumstances under which the
certificate was given were these: On
the day Of its date | received an order
from Major L. c. Turner, Judge Advo,
cate, which read as fellows:
War Dept, Washington CityJ
NOV IL, lc62.
70 sup1 Oa Capitol Prison:
j. II. Mulky, D. A. Mahony, d.
Steward and Andrew d Duffy. having
taken the oath or allegiance, YOU will dis
charge them from custody.
! BY order Secretary War
l.. C. TURNER.
Judge Advocate.
| On receiving this order, directed
my clerk to make out certificate of dis
charge for each Of the prisoners, in ac-
cordance with the terms Of the order, as
"a safeguard, as was usual in such cas- S,
TO protect them against re arrest As run
away prisoners. while going home, and
as il was then necessary for me TO leave
! the prison, on business tor short time,
directed Capt. B l.. Higgins, who WAS
then in charge Of the guard, to sign the
safeguards and give them TO the prison
ers when they were ready.
When the safeguards had been pre-
pared, the prisoners examined them, and
Mr.. Mahony insisted that the words " and
hoporaUy' ought 70 be inserted, because
i they had made oath, voluntarily under
taken, to behave peaceably, add Loyalty
in their release, showed them the or.
der Of the Judge Advocate. aud pointed
out jba. ii merely directed their uncon-
diljoual discharge. Hereupon Mr.. Ma
hony Insisted. that if the Judge Advo-
cate was present, lie would furnish them
with certificate in the form they desr-
ed, when, yielding 70 Mr.. Mahony's i'm
portuuity, directed my clerk 10 draw
up new forms 10 suit MI Mahcny. ad-
ding to the old ones ,ha words and
hoaaraJy."
The new forms were sisned by te
Captain Of the Guard. The above safe
guard is copy Of Mr.. Mahony's, and
all the others we're o! the same form.
, As /, dil not seem 10 be matter Of any
importance how certificate VAS worded
that vas intended merely asa safeguard.
{ thought that there would be no harm
. in putting i, ~ the form Mr. Mahony
desired. ana nov | Fac aoup. except Ihat
! Il was done wtbau, authority OF order.
! wlach shall not happen ia another case
j u4ylas complied wisl yoor request 10
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