Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-10-08
The Late Frauds on the Gevernnieu Mt a, yew
Orleans.

The heavy swinolss on tue government per
peuatsd by Jacob LoswenthaI, a claim agent
ment authorities by n gentleman in the same
profession, now practising here. Mr. Loew-
enthal' frauds and forgeries were detected and
nae.d up to an abundance OF legal proof any
portion OF which is sum cient to con vict him of
forgery, fraud and subornation OF witnesses
ty very respectable claim agent of this city
IL appears that about the beginning OF Septem-
Der ample evidence OF the fraud lent practices
OF Mr.. oewenthal was submitted 10 the Sec
retary of War, and by him referred TO tue Paw.
IN aster General. who on the 2d OF October re-
turned the paper to the Adjutant General,
from whose Office At was Immediately transmit-
ted 10 Major General Philip II. Sheridan at
New orleans, who rs now engaged in ferreting z
ont TINS stupendous piece OF rascality, which
mas pIundered the United States government
OF about one million OF dollars. Last spring
mr.. Leowenthal sent two men TO New Orleans
1Mr. j. I. Loveloy, formerly q claim agent in
tised in New Orleans that they were govern
mentagents, duly authorized by the govern ment
10 collect the discharges of coIored troops for
bounties due them. The confederales were pro.
Vlded with spurious stamp. which they used
IN their transactions with the colored troops
and which they informed the negroes was a
lawful government stamp. When large n UNI
Der OF these discharges We're thus collected they
We're sent on TO Washington. Mr.. Loe wenthal
1urnlshed great q uantites of blanks TO the Ne w
Orleans confederates, who maie out applica-
lions, with the exception of names and
amounts. filled up the afidaVits and had them
stamped py notary pu blic in this inco m plete
cosdition, and sent them on to Washington in
huge bundles. Here Mr.. lIoewenthal filled nm
the blanks with the names and amounts due
the soldiers. whose discharges he had preyi-
ously received. made out the necessary vouch-
ers Tor pay, forged the signature Of the claim
ant, or signed IL in a manner representing that
tie claimant had made his mark, ba wing the
soluler's discharge rs proof, and presented the
claims Tor payment Mr.. Loewenthal, after
10 inf a lar
this manner, started for New Orleans, first
warning his partners to give notice 10 ali
claimants that their presence was required at
the Office IN New Orleans to receive their mo-
ney. Arrived there he was sure 10 ii ad an i'm
mense concourse of coIored claiman Is. in the
midst OF which. with all the noise and confu-
sion usnai on such occasions, he called each
claimant up in succession, and by an in
geBious and rapid method of payment, which
not little mystIfied the recipients who were
hurried away too quickly for their surprise 70
nnd expression in words, he contriyed TO force
from this branch Of the service a very gratify-
ing remupfraton. Unless means are dis
covered to recover from Mr.. Loewenthal all or
a portion OF the money thus frauduleutly OBJ
tanned the Government must be the loser. inas-
much as the claims which Loe ewenthal col
lected were real, while for their settlement the
Government has nothing but forged receipts to
show. Most Of the men whom Loe wenthal
professed 10 pay received but a portion of what
was due them, and therefore have still a claim
against the Government. A great number of
hctttioHs claims which had been presented
at the departments and had been stamped as
rejected on account OF the claimants names
not appearing on the rolls filed in the Adiu
tant Generals office were found in the office of
the New Orleans partners, thus plainly indi
eating another mode in which fraud was at
tempted on the Government. The matter is
now being thoroughly investigated by the
Government authorities, and il is expecIed
that in short time all the details will be made
public. 1t is also said that full developements
Will implicate certain paymasters who were
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