The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-14
The Alleged Beauty Jumping Frauds NJ
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Bsforc Commissioner Osborn
The further hearing Of the Of James Reilly against
James Hughes was resumed yesterday at ten O'Clock
Tho charge that the defendant dsfrsuded the pian,
out OF 500 bounty money.
General Fry was further examined by Mr. Stuart
The General said he had given Allen orders 10 do some
business for tho government with respss, 70 recruiting
fauda @ Was not the practice for the Provost Mar.
shall 20 withhold 1900 IL the bounty zach rccruitS
Some did, and sornc did not. There Axed rule
understood that tho Adutant General department under
which Colonel Tlgs acted had sach rule Colonel igis
wAa regular off1cer his assignment TO that business
was special and hts dutcs were exceptional: Colonel
Mills Provost Marshal had special orders In relation to
credits sivcn by h II wss mot contemplated 10 credit
tho bounty jumpers or disorders; II not con.u.
plated that any fraud should BE- committed but that
such disbursements as were pees:ay should be paid by
ss sS..Eanf", y nyousR Colonel ssss. % sSPs p
stand that that conferred on him direction to employ
Alec; he had discretion, and baker reported through
20 Colonel Iss 70 turn over the money which had boon
advanced; there was an impressnn on my mind that
Colonel Ies hsd Sccivcd some money account Of tho
bounty brokers' and had decided 10 diaaow tho credits
a. the government would not retain the money wrote
Telegram directing the money to DO returned 10 those
who mad aov""esd u; the telegram is In tho following
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Sn.ns =. ~. Provost Marshal General
The ordor u the Iv'h 70 In s,eso ,crms,--
B.rs, LID csa du'Oo Ilar,, "a A. Mu...ros ouo.r
III 8, sj;s 3, sr. Y y: :: he Marshal
VIA IT. ia V osoxsn, D. J.. and igns,srsd ~ you
5y at larss are dlssiowsd and that you " ssr.sy
money 10 the parties who advancedn ". ro'una "o
0epe!sl Fry sent 90 70 state that no had issmco
ran, III IA arrest An substantially on the grSd
that the recruits w.. not sn,.s to tho money; tbs
Jesrsy Ciy was entiiisd 20 a, ia hat a avs 20
reained ~ he ought 70 recover 10 for Jersey city, vii
rsss had interviews with Mr. Stanton rssrtsyna H. hat
10 did not precisely agree In regard 10 ~ tho werptf
was, rs no understood revoked by tho credits bsiag
allowed but not IN any othcr mapner that hs know o
no acton wa ever taken by witness the government
70 compel the repayment of this money 70 tho bounty
jumper, gAys NJ Stanton reasons for dsallewing The
credits; mensIcned 70 him that " tho United Staias
should ever assume s dsb Of tho counties for recruit
should be repaid the boSnly aminpss AZ tgness
knows mons Of these one hundred and xiy.cvht uc6
ever rent INTO tho army; underwood that the money
tor tI,es3 feruts was paid 10 Colonel Baker and III
clud,d IN his Expenses. but that when the trap wss
sprung tho bounty Jumpers aud desertsrs not to be
paid a ALI undersiood rhen The telegram sent thai
the money did not belong % the men and brokers' but
was the properly ~ Jersey City.
Rs-examIned-It was certafaiy not my inteption In
my dccicns 10 Colonel Baker Induce honest recruits
20 enlist and then have thcm arrested bounty jump
ers; did not know except from ports that the men
sent 10 Fort Lafayette were bounty Jumpers 10 you
know that Mr. Hayttornc has sent in bill for subsist
Ing those men Question objected 10 and ruled out
The further hearing of the case was adjourned I'll
Wednesday.