Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-11-01
The Loyal Provost Marshal of the
Second Ohio District Come 10


Grief:
[From tho Loyal Cincinnati Gazette of Mondsy1
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST COLONEL ROBERTS
ALLEGED OUTRAGE UPON SUBSTITUTE
HE IS ENLISTED, swINDLED, DISCHARGE
ED, ARRESTED AND IRoNED-BEHIND THE
SCENES AT PROVOST MARsHALs OFFICE,
Mr.. Joseph p. Carbery, of the Sixth
Ward of this city, was drafted on the 18th
day of September last, and made contract
to pay Thos Cassett the sum of nine hun
dred dollars for his services as a substitute
for one year. Mr.. G. now makes the spe-
cific charge against Colonel Roberts, Pro-
vost Marshal OF the Second District, that he
improperly discharged the substitute and
retained the money which had been paid
into his hands for the use and benefit of
said substitute. This charge, with writ
ten statement of the facts have been SUBJ
mitted to General Willich, Post Command
er, and 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-a uniform that he had
drawn while member of the 1st 0. V. l.,
in which regiment he had served more
than three years. The money which
had been paid into the hands of Colonel
Roberts when the principal, Mr.. Carbery,
received his exemption papers, was retain
ed as surety for the return. of the substi-
tute, to be paid him at the time when he
should leave the city for the general rem
devious at Columbus.
Cassett was furloughed for few days,
and ordered to report on the Nth of Sep
tember; but being i'll, he did not again ap-
pear at the Provost Marshal's Office until
the 9th, when he explained the cause of
his lack of punctuality, apparently to the
satisfaction of Colonel Roberts, and report
ed himself as ready for duty. The money,
however, was not to be found, a fact which
lie Immediately stated to his principal
Every day for more than week Cassett
went to the office, asked for his money, de-
string to be paid and sent to the army; but
as the money could not be found, Colonel
Roberts decided that he would not hold the
man for duty, and told him to go, at the
same time giving his personal guarantee
that no harm should come to him because
of his having been sworn into the service.
This, however, did not satisfy the princi-
pal, who went to Colonel Roberts and de-
manded the money that had been paid him
for the benefit of Cassett, the latter In the
meantime having left the city his home in
Huntsville, Logan county, Ohio. Mr.. Car
bery derived little satisfaction concerning
the disposition ofhis money, and although he
was exempted from the draft tor one year,
he yet had some interest in learning the
reason why his substitute, instead of being
paid and sent to the front, had been per-
mitted to depart-a truly laudable curiosity,
which, however, failed to develop any salts
factory cause, when he determined to lay
the matter before Col. Wilcox, Provost
Marshal General of the State. A man was
sent here from headquarters, but he also
failed to explain the matter satisfactorily.
In the meantime, Cassett having gone to
Urbana, regarding himself as having been
relieved from any obligation he had made
here, from the non-fulfillment of the con-
tract on the part of the Provost Marshal,
was mustered into the service there as a
substitute for drafted man, for which he
received $l,025. Thereupon he came to
this city for the purpose of seeing some
friends and paying off some Indebtedness
before he should go to the army, intending
to return to Urbana as soon as these mat
tiers were completed.
Shortly after his arrival here he was seized |
by some detectives, charged with being a |
common thief, deserter and bounty
jumper, relieved of $S03 that was found up
on his person, ironed and confined in Lytle |
Barracks. A few days afterward his moth
here from Huntsville with the tes-
timony of half dozen citizens of that place,
the good character of the young
man, who is only twenty-three years of
age, showing also that he had been in the
army, was wounded at Mission Ridge, had
been honorably discharged, and with these
proofs endeavored to procure his release.
No notice was taken of her, although she
was permitted to see her son, and he still
remains imprisoned with these charges
pending against him, and apparently with
out hope of redress.