The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-11-10
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Board to guard. They eau only expose
the rascalty, and thus answer the ialsc
charge OF official corruption TO which y
has given birth.
No. 3. Henry Smith, OF Libtrly
TowHship. Seneca tu,miy, Quo, wss
drai,ed. Appeared bclore the hoard and
upon examination was found to be aft
ted with fstula IN ouo Sc, &c. His dis
ease was 50 strongly developed that no
man, Surgeon or not Surgeon could
hesitate for moment to dcclurc him Hn-
fit for military service. Smltn produced
and nfiidavitof his own, drawn 40 by
James pillars, Esq, Of Titlinj sworn
certificate Of Dr.. A. y. Hovey, OF Tii'iu
both dated October 2lst, 1864, aud nlst
a certificate of Or. Mcfarland, Of T,ilip
Ohio, dated October 9th, 1864, showing
him to be diseased and effected with IN
ternal hemorhoids and prolgpsus oui.
Smith was exemp cd n wou!d'ha' Q. .bo iu
had he made no affidavit himself or pres
onted no physician's certificate. Aitcr
Smith was eNomtcd, ho was examined
upon oath and declared that for tho SER
vices rendered by Mr.. Pillars TO procure
his oxcmption, he was % pny Pillars four
hundred dollars, that Pillars FIRST asked
five hundred, but finally agreed to. procure
his (Smith's) exemption Tor four hundred
dollars. But for the examination OF
Smith under oath he would have paid
Pillars tho four hundred dollars, bcIicv.
inc that Pillars had duno the work OF
procuring his exemption, aud the charge
would have been repeated IN Seneca by
Jno McCauly aud others, that with money
any man could get exempted Mt San
dusky. .I.I .y..I.I.
No. 4. Henry Mangus was drafted in
Seneca Township, Seneca County, Ohio,
lie appeared before tho DJard aud pre-
scntetl sworn certificate, signed by his
father, John Mmgus. stating his sons un-
fitness for military service, because OF
debility. &C., by onanism, sworn 10 bclorc
A. II. Byrcs, Esq, notary public in Til-
fin (this affidavit does not appear to be in
the handwriting OF Mr.. Dyrcs) )--also n
very strongly pointed affidavit OF Doctor
f. w Recmc, of Tilin, wrluon by DE-
Recmc, IN which no not only certiiies ns
TO John Mangus being afflicted with
Spcrmato torrhnt, hut givss u history of
tbs said Johns having once bccn IN the
service, and having been discharged from
tho service. The Surgeon of the DDard
upon close examination, held tho said
john MHngis TO be fl for service, aud he
was not exempted. but is now IN the ser.
vice. Amer being examined the said
John Manuus stated under oath, that him.
self anil father were to pay Doctor Rccmc
fifty dollars, for making ~ this ccrili'
cate and for hclpng Ia get him exempted
from dralt.
No. o. Before giving statement OF
this case il is necessary to give u short
history of the nctings aud d1ings OF these
Professional ExImptors In Sundusky
City. On the night proceeding the day
on which this aud several other claims
for exemption were presented TO the
Board, quite large number OF pcrsons,
drafted mon and others, among whom
were Doctor McCollum, Doctor IIovcy,
George Adams and James Pillars, came
from Tlilin to Sandusky City on the train
from Tiilin, on the evening of the Gath OF
October. Shortly after the arrival Of
tho train the Provost Marshal was bld
by his deputy, levi Wcirck, Esq, that
John McCauly he'd openly inserted in
Tilin that IN could be- OK 'mptcd at San
dusky for money. In addition To this hr
was also informed by A. G. Bildw in aud
X. M. Boyer, Esqrs., that the charge wus
extensively circulated in Seneca, aud
that there were men who had come dow u
on the train expecting TO be thus rxcmp-
tcd, and that the engineers IN this work
had also come down. eve Jnly give
the substance of what was said, not the
precise language used by these gentle
mcn.) Upon hearing these facts II was
determined to keep an eye upon the move
ments of these parties. "A very short
period of watching developed tho play
that was being enacted on that night,
preparatory TO the grand assault that was
to be made on the Surgeon aud Board
the next day. A room m one of the up.
per stories Of the West House secured,
aud Board composed of Doctor McCol.
lum aud Doctor llUyoy, who are TO ccrl.
ly as to the diseases, aud James Pillars,
Esq. who is to do the writing aud pre-.
pare tho certificates, is organized. AS
soon Ms this organization IL perfected
one George Adams, o, T,ilin, commbnccs
his part OF the work as "Runncr" Tor the
club. lie hunts up and ropes in the
poor, diseased, drafted one, takes him up
the entrance Of the West House, aud up
the stairs 10 the presence OF this Board
of Exemptors. There tho victim is cx.
smined, aud made To believe that by
great cxcTtons and the use of their inilu.
cnce, and tho preparation Of certificates
by this club of doctors and lawyers, aud
with money TO be used somewhere, he
can be exempted, aud bargain is made
by which the man is TO pay roundly for
the valuable services that they are 10
render, aud which they advise him will, of
course, procure his exemption. As soon
as the mans case is well arranged ho is
conducted down stairs, and tdrned into
the street, by \ private stairway, aud
then another, aud another victim Is run
down, and put through the club by the
industrious Mr.. Adams.
No. b. PmLLlP MILLER, of Adams
township, Seneca county, Ohio, was
drafted came 10 Sandusky aud was
taken up into the room alluded to above,
In the West House. lie came before
tho Board OF Enrolmen, and presented
three atliduvits, all drawn up in the hand
writing of James Pillars, Esq; one ollhe
afiidavits was sworn to by Miller himself,
In which he states that Tor the last four
years he has been afflicted with liberated
iniernal hemorhoids, and is unable to per-
form the work OF an ordinary healthy man,
and that otherwise his health is poor and
fooble. Another of these uilidavlts is
signed and sworn 10 by DIR. MeC OF
Tifiin, who swear that he is acquainted
with Philip Miller, and has heretofore
] examined him, and certifes that he finds
him afflicted with internal ulcerdie hemor-
hoids, end attended at times with eunsid.
erable bleeding, aud that from his knowl-
edge ofhim, he is not able ip consequence
iof his said aiiiction and his generally
poor health, 10 do aud stand tho work o;
an ordinary healthy man. The other
Z Affidavit 10 made up by II. ID. Ring, Henry