, 1870-04-19
THE GREENBACK UNION,
4 fSuEc Joke EKplodcd-It liza. i.s
Conception In the Brain OF IA Crazy
JTnn-EEfs Confessions About &t.ts
SChCinr.


Scheme.
From the fi7einaatl CAroni~,<, tprtlIs,
Our readers will remember that few months
since our venerable grandmother cack1eti with
intense JOY over huge egg Of sensation .hic,,
one Of her energetic youth. discovered Hnga
headlines and broad black points OF esclaai:-
tlon osnamented the top OF the column which
contained the startling announcement that IN
Organization had been effected all over tho
country which had in REV the issuing OF sucil
floods Of spurious greenbacss and government
bonds IS w"u1d eventually Cause The repu.lia-
the rest Of humanity, We laughed
at the e-poA, and At once. charsc-
terized it ns the emanation Of the cra7sd
brain Of some 1unatic. But eraudnother..per-
sisted aud the man who WAS the author OF the
great revelation WAS taken into the custody Of
officers Of the Treasury Department for
thorough investigation Of tho whola naatte1
He was finally sent to > New York asylun to
be tEeated for lunacy. or come other mental
discase-pfobably Grecnbaeks on the brs1n.
and the following copies OF letters. written by
him eince his release, one to Mr. E. c. Bal
field, Solicitor Of the Treasury. and the othar
to Colonel Whiteley, Chief OF the Treasury De-
tectises, tell the whole story and explode the
sensation. The letters are e1sct eop.ea Of the
originals:
HOUSTON Kryd TO SECRETARY pAyF1E1p.
NKw foKk, Jan %, 1s7o.
LII E2nN<tIa
DEAA SIN: After the revelation l msde to
you and other government officers, OF the e1-
istence Of an organized party for the counter-
feiting and reputation Of tho United Statea
securities, and thereby inplcating cersain
ta o IS asee WIN III
as to give yon full understanding of tho
matter, il my excuse for troubling YOU
With tfis letter, in which you VIII ind,
you tako the trouble to read it.
. frank, free,. and full confess Of al
! know about the matter; and I SUPPOSE
ought to know ali about it, for can trace iss
origin to no one elsa than myself, and With ms
it must have originated but how, or when, OF
under what circumstances, | AN nj loss to
know, unless il was under tho imagination of
direased brnin- don't place the o1iginAeion
Of the project under this head to scrtr7l myself
OF any infraction OF tho Law that NAV have
been guilty Of, but because it il the most
rational eoncluainn that I csn arrive at. II
some other person had i',ducsed mo
iust tho thiug would probably have
been able to have known Hho it was. but
tlo not therefore. it must bc my own bAnt-
ling, and I have therefore Presented tho
strange anomaly OF going back on my own. I
have At last believed that the thing was detfaeto,
nected With III ms time. turned out NOT to be-
10, and ain glad it did but the stranScst
naH Of the story is that 10 many people be-
iarcd in tho thing. organized my district
am satisfied to-aay il soa Should 50 down TO
kcntucky aud tell one of ny, members that
the thing was al hoax that he would
laugh in your face. and tell you that
King knew what hs was about, and that
le was only acting. part don't wonacr at
the plain, unsnphi-ticated mountNuecrs Of
Kentucky having been deceived. but do .un-
der that men occupying high official positions,
such ss District Attorneys. and Ia1sls1ls Of tho
United States, shoIiti hare given any cfedence
to the story: had they have done their duty,
thcE would have sent me- TO HI insane asylum
nearer home and eayed the expense Of any in
vcstigation Of the matter at all. nnt several
hulktred dollars to ny family, who need it.
In conclusion, | desire to sas tl4at any OF tho
prominent gentlemen, mentioned in the va
+: ''is atidavits have previously made, AZ be-
E'.iot., il seesetalty false. from beginning to
end, and had no other foundation than in my
own crazy imagination. desire also to e1-
tend 10 all the United States officers with whom
hare come in contact in the Developments
this thing, my sincere regards for their uni
form courtesy OF me at all times. My
only regret il thst / did not come in con-
tact with Colonel Whi.cley, in Cincinnati, iu-
stead Of Colonel Iueeland: then the thing
would have fallen to the ground. and either
cent home from there or to the lunatIc aaylum.
Don't understand ths above a. rejecting on
Colonel Hogeland, because 1 consider him =
true gentleman, but not nstute as Colcnel
With my gool wishes. I an. Hir,
u.
KING TO coIDEEl w1tiTELET.
SwASS uursE, |
PARKERsnCno, ". VA, March /, 1S70.}
Colonel II, c. H'hiAhy:
Dean SIR: am this far on nv wzy home,
will leave here in the morning. ~ steamer, for
Greenupsa,urg, ks, the home Of the Reverend
S. ]. Ellison. Er4l.. and thence for my home in
the secluded hackwools OF Elliott County.
from whittier it will be eonae time before I
stray awas 10 New York again to rhov any
more frauds on the government les.
with this individual; specially
when get them up myself. wonder how
Fiison viii salute me- l imagine le will bo
hostile. The thought OF them ten thousand
dollars ho was to have and didn't sc. still
r1nkles IN his manly bosou,. Toor fellow,
pity him, but then I will console him GONE,
and II this don't do, ! will get fnrions at him
and he will simmer down. I did not call on
any Of the Official At Washington. Mr. Rico
furnished me- with money required to
get home. I know. Colonel. Son and
yonr friends have 3 very contempt
b,c opinion Of ME. but con not help it, I AN
very grateful for the very kind manner in
.l,icl you treated me; and the kindest wish
CAD have for you is thai jon may never go
crazy. and am sure YOU wont. II get any
sour looks when get home am off for Cuts
Don't understand from this anticipate my
wife wonld aay cross things 10 mc. 10. rir,
have the beet little wife ia the world, and aAe
is au affection for your uledieut servant,
uOCsrOS E1wa.