Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-02
THE LOYAL PROVOST MAR
SHAL OF THE SECOND OHIO
DISTRICT COME I'D GRIEF.

DISTRICT COME To GRIEF.
From the Loyal Cincinnati Gazette Of M"uday.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST col. RoBERTs-AL.
Ls0ED OUTRAGE UPON sUBsTiTUEE--HE Is
ENLISTED, swIsDLED, DISCHARGED, ARRESTED
AND lRoSED BEHIND THE SCENES AT A PRO
vosT MARsHALs OFFICE
Mr. Joseph p Carbery, of the Sixth Ward
Of this city, was drafted on the 18th day of
September last, aud made a contract 10 pay
Thos Cassett the sum of nine hundred dol.
lars for his services as a substitute for one
year Me- G nov makes the specific charge
against Colonel Roberts, Provost Marshal Of
the Second District, that he improperly dis
charged the substitute and retained the mon
ey which had bees paid into his hands for
the use and benefit of said substitute This
charge, with a written statement of the facts,
have been submitted to General Willich, Post
Commander. are somewhat to the following
effect
After Cassett had been mustered into the
service, he asked leave to go to his hotel
for some clothing-S uniform that he had
drawn while a member OF the Isl o. V. l.,
in which regiment be had served more than
three years. The money which had been
the principal, Mr.. Carbery, received his ex
emptioH pa pers, was retained as sutety for
the return of the substitute, to be paid him
at the time when he should leave the city
for the general rendezvous at Columbus
Cassett was furloughed for few days, and
ordered to report on the oath Of September ;
but being ILL., he did not again appear at the
Provost Msrshalls Office until the 9th, when
he explained the cause of his lack OF puuct-
uality apparently to the satisfaction OF Col
onel Roberts, and reported himself as ready
for duty. The money, however, was not to be
found a fact which he immediately stated TO
his principal Every day for more than a
week CasSett went to the Office, asked for his
money desiring to be paid aud sent to the
army but as the money could not be found
, Colonel Roberts decided that he would moi
hold the men for duty, and told him to go, a
B the same time giving his personal guaranteed
= that no harm should come to him because o
his having heen sworn into the service
: THE, however, did not satisfy the principa
r who went to Colonel Roberts aud demahde,
r the money that had been paid him for th
benefit OF Cassett, the latter in the meantm
q having left the city for his home in Huntsville
# Logan county, Ohio. Mr.. Carbery derive
A little satisfaction concerning the dispositio
: of his money, and although he was exempte
Il from the draft for one year, he yet had som
z, interest in learning the reason why his sui
! stitute, Instead Of being paid and sent to tn
- front, had been permitted TO depart-a trul
y lsudsbe curiosity, which, however failed /
g. develope any satisfactory cause whel
u he determined to lay the matter before Co
he Wilcox, Provost Marshal General Of II
j. State. A man was sent here from hesdgua
huf ha oil fail N laiu eati afu
~ torily
III In the meantime, Cassett having gone
x Urbana regarding himself as having been r
lieved from any obligation he had made her
from the non-ful6llment OF the contract
We the part of the Provost Marshal was music
xt ed into the service there as substitute for
ok drafted man, for which he received 81 025.-
i'll Thereupon he came to this city for the pu
ds pose Of seeing some friends and paying
al some Indebtedness before be should go 10 Il
in army, intending to return 10 Urbaua as 500
be IS these matters were completed.
nd Shortly after his arrival here be was seizt
,p. by some detectives, charged with being
at common thief deserter aud bounty-jum
pit er, relieved Of 1903 that was found upon b
in person, roned aud confined in Lytle Barrack
lst A few days aiterwsrd bis mother arrived he
en- from Huntsville with the testimony Of half
eh dozen citizens Of that place, showing the go
IRE character Of the young man, who is on
'er t@enty-three years of age, showing also th
he had been in the army was wounded
Ow Mission Ridge, had been hOnorabIy discharge
-sS and with these proofs eudeavored to procu
ok his release, No notice was taken OF her,
ed though she was permitted to see her son, q
he be still remains imprisoned with these charg
he pending against him, and apparently withC
OF hope Of redress.
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