Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-30
The Whole case.

For some days past the city has been
flooded with minors to the eject that
Auditor Bisch, has been guilty Of charg-
ing soldiers who had enliaed IL the ser
vice Of their eoentry, large fees for pay
Inz-rham tie bounty allowed BY the
county. Through the politeness Of Mr..
Theodore w. Yenneman, the opponent
Of Mr. Bisch, Ne have obtained the fol
lowing afia&sits, which wepresume con-.
stitafe the entire foundation for all the
charges that have been somewhat reek-
ftssly and very persistentlyA made
Neither Mr.. Biseh nor his friends are
@illing.to- sbirk any responsibility az
tachfng to bis actions. Therefore, We
eheerfuIly give place to the affidavits IN
full az foIlows: r
STATE OF Dk.AN&S- sJssT q ~ F.
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Personally appeared before the under.
signed, IHssice of the Peace In and
for said county, Joseph Dean and En-
cry Rrainrwho being duty sworp eeeord
Elm 70 LAD, say Athat hey enlisted and
we're mustered into the United States
ssesiessasf eftkaars .ssassi s6,t On tbs
United States steamer Feirplay, on o.
8benk thsIlAE day of Eebruary, a. d.
1865, and served on said steamer from
the date AaforEgaid.s until August TIA
| 1865, al which time we received fur
le1ehfo oowe b Evansville, Ihdiaoa
| our home; that we enlisted and werl
ersdstsd % Pigeons Town ship Vauder
bure a. Cennty, Iudianaf FSat %beu vi
enlisted, il was par understanding tha
we @4rs4o az I'D local bounty of fou
hundred dollars each, from said Count
| and T 6wpship; thar on the afterhoon 0
I the y 9Th day of August, A. d. 1865
| (seven Tnonthsafter we enlisted as afore
said, and al Of which time we had beel
in the United States service on boar,
said steamer Fairplayl we went to Viz
Tor Bach. Auditot Of Vauderburg
heoanry, and demanded the local bount
which was dua-us, and which bad bee
gPfufnissd 50 aforesaida MEs Biach the
took Us up stairs in the Court House
and sthere said that there was three hun
iAtired ffffd sixty dollars coming 70 eacl
Of us. Mr. Bisch also said to us, at th
same lime andplace, that Nichoison an
Smith (seamen. and petty officers 0
board the said steamer Fairplay) ha
paid him, the said Bisch, the sum {
twenty-fye dollars each, for getting the
tfAishoison and lSmith1 Ioesl bounty, an
that we ought also to give him, Bisel
tgantg,6ve dollars each which was d.
Quoted out Of the three hundred an
sixty dollars aforesaid, leaving the ba
ahee dae us BY Mr.. z Bssch's figures, (
three hundreds and thirty-fve dollar
arbtgwhichshe, Biscb, then, aud ther
paid us, reInarkipg that We must not IL
any one we had received our bounty, fl
the reason thai the war. was so near owe
Some people might make d fuss abot
it. And thAy farther swear that the
ware not indebted to Mr. Bisch in an
manner whatsoever, either for any Sc
vices ia collecting said LEGAL bonAty,. {
| for any other services Whatsoever, an
that Mr.. Biseb, without law or color |
Eiaw, withheld the sam of 9 sixty.ive do
/ lars from each Of them Il @hich said sui
Of sixtgsfge doilarR1i is still wholly nl
paid, and Is Justly due each Of them frol
bs said Blseh: 10 sEiI LIZ 4
/ J{asEPH BRAIN,
EAERY DBAE.
SubAcEibed and 1Hwofn to before M
this 10th day of September, A. d., 1856
BEN. II. SrrSsoN, Justice.
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