The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-30
yindiea,ion Of Col. Gray.

yindieation Of Col. Gray.
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Gray s slanderer and villfer. The following eyi-
dsncs indicating him from the char es he nan
uacsnsed and published aopinst tie Colone-1
Instead OF manly Yetraction of his ISLANDERS, ne
prelpes this clear spd positive proof of Col.
G . inneceaee, By thsremarK that these pa
,ers, on their face, would clearly indicate that
the charge which We heretofore published was
inoorrsct, and unjcstf - COL Gray. There
might, indeed, be another question, reaching
deeper, as to " neither The statsDsnts correspond
viii, the ar1ny rsguhtisns; but we waive any
discussion Of il. This retraction Is clearly
Of the sDeakins, Jolian sssipe-~n addition Of
insult to injury. and every way worthy Of its
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Nigo County, =.
Personally appeared before me, this
Goth day of July, 1866, George H. Purdy
and after being duly sworn, says that
Col. Isaac P. Gray was discharged from
the army in the spring of 1868, on &C
count Of physical disability; that at the
time he was about leaving camp for
home, he was advised by myself and
other offices Of the command, that he
ought to try and buy of the Government
a worn down horse belonging to my COM
pany from the fact that said horse very
well matched Col Gray's own horse, and
in order that Col. Gray might buy said
horse of the Government, l gave him q
written order to take said horse to Indi-
annapolis, to report to Capt Eakin, q. S.
Quartermaster, for the purpose of buy
ing said horse of the Government; and I
hereby declare that there was nothing
improper or illegal in Col. Gray trans
porting, or in his having said horse in his
possession at that time. r4, - ~.
/ -;s &c. H. PURDY,
Late Capt. Co H, 4th Ind. Cav.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
goth day of July, 1866
RUFUS H. SIMPSON,
Clerk Of Vigo Circuit Court.
Quart. GEN Is. OFFICE, FIRST DIv.,t
WASHINGTON, D. c., July %, &c. g.
certify on honor, that while was on
duty as Captain and Assistant Qurter-
master U. S. Vol. at Indianapolis, Indi
ana, in the early part of the year 1868,
Col. Isaac p. Gray reported to me That
he had in his possession one CD Gov
eminent horse, which he desired to pur-
chase, and at the same time presented
to me paper (the original being Oh file
among the retained official papers) of
which tie following is a true copy:
HEAD QUARTERS 4TH IND. CAv.,l
MUNFoRDsvILLE, KY, Feb. II, '63.
This is to certify that have given to
Col. Isaac P. Gray, one bay horse, very
much worn out, and no chance for recu-
peration here In consequence of scarcity
offorage and the inclemency ofthe wealth
err, and the Post Quartermaster refusing
to receive any horses for want of feed
GEO II. PURDY,
Capt. 4th Ind. Cav
That informed Col. Gray that had
no authority to sell to him public ami
NAL, except upon inspection. condemna
.,~.. aau sale at the public auction in the
manner prescribed by army regulations,
and that would cause the horse in his
position to be duly inspected, with view
to sale if found unfit for public service.
That subsequently did send an author
lied government inspector to inspect said
horse and having performed that duty,
he reported that the animal was fit for
public service; that thereupon the said
horse was turned over to the Quarter
masters department at Indianapolis, In
diana, and properly accounted for by me
on my property returns, and Col Gray
was paid for the care aud feed of the
horse, while in his possession, with my
knowledge and consent, the said amin al
having been better cared for, and more
speedily recuperated while in the poss-
ession of Col. Gray, than it possibly
could have been in the government sta
BILE at Indianapolis. att .---..
JAMES A. EAKEN,
Brevet Brig. Gen, U. S. A
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