The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-10-28

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Of the stafute vss not sueaised sinp,e money juds
nent shosid Be rendsssd Which should not imply Al
admission Of shs k.nds alleged 1. the petition. bu
simply that de dehe vas due.
II this staseneas Is q any service yoa give il d
you cheerfally 70 ne IL y you see proper.
Very respectfully,
(SisnedO, Tnos. p. FsxLox.
Seeosd-I am charged with leaving
my place Of residence in New York
State as q fugitive from Justice.
That / was guilty of some official act
for which my brother was made an
Innocent sufferer in, consequence Of
my ascending.
All this is wlckedly and maliciously
false. Il left New York with the
knowledge of all who knew me.
There was no necessity for, nor was
there any concealment of purpose to
leave, or anything clandestine in the
manner of leaving.
Third am charged with bring
ing United States bonds to this state
and concealing them in the safe of
D. R. Anthony.
This is utterly false. I did not
bring with me to Kansas a United
States bond or any form of bond,
nor did D. R. Anthony become ac-
cessory to any crime of mine by aid
ing to conceal such bonds in the man.
ner charged.
Eox,zA-I am charged with a fraud
ulent conveyance of property to my
wife for the purpose, and with the in
tent to defrahd my creditors.
This charge is utterly false. No
property was eyer transferred to her
from me, nor does she now own any
property the title of which, or the
ownership of which, was ever direct
ly or indirectly in me. She was pos
sessed of property, real and personal,
at the date of our marriage. She
held and owned real estate and per-
sonal property in Medina, New York,
which was bought and paid for long
before the firm of Hill, Anthony &
Co. was organized or thought of.
This property was never enhanced
in value, nor increased in. kind by
from me since the Or
ganization of such firm. During the
war this property, real and personal,
was sold at private, and at public sale,
after having been publicly advertised
in the papers of the city of Rochester
md other papers contiguous thereto,
md the proceeds thereof invested in |
United States bonds or other secu-
titles, and this without the interfer-
nee or protest of any human being. |
Some of these bonds were brought
o Kansas some months after l came
lere, and may have been in the safe
# D. r. Anthony, as my Office was
With him, before being made special
leposit in the First National Bank of
.eavenworth City, where they remain
d until sold and converted into some
ther property, including home in
hat city, and other unfortunate in
estments.
FyM.-It is insinuated that l was
uilty of some malfeasance, or wrong,
T. dishonor, in my military record as
of the 18th New York
Independent Battery of Light Artil-
Try.
All such insinuations or charges are
and wickedly false. There
nothing in my life.acts of which l
,el so justly proud as my military SER
ice in defense of my country. In
nat position I had the confidence of
Il men over and under my. command,
kept such under me as sought to
wade their duty.
There was never a dollar that came +
ito my hands or under my control,
5 contribution or company funds, that
as not paid out in the interest and
n the purpose for which designed and
nor was there ever thing ,
one by me in connection with said .
artery that was not intended to pro- +,
tote its interest and its honor. II
As an evidence of the esteem in
hich / was held in this relation l re- !,
II to letters herewith. II
The letters of Generals Ord, Barry S
nd Augur were wril.en in response to .
request of mine written after it had
cen determined to 60 out of my ma .
We State in search of a new home, a
arch which resulted in my settlement G
, Kansas. instead of in the South, as \
,ntemplated. Evidence of this kind
ould be given you without limit, but
lis is believed sufficient: Ii
STATE OF NEw YoRk, ExzcurIvr)
DEPARTMENT, I'D
ALBANY, November 8, 1866, %
reun Major Gss,xs T. Asshe.y:
DEAR SIR: have the pleasure to transmit here
tn brevet commission conferred by the President
recognition of your faithful and distinguished ser
e in the late war.
In behalf Of the State allow me to thank you for
gallantry and devotion which induced this con |
cious mention Of the general government. feel A
ely solcitude in all that relates the honor and
,sperity Of the soldiers Of the Union army and
rialy those from eur own state, who advanced Its
Town while defending the cause of our common u
,ntry. Very Respectfully, L
Signed) R. E. FsNroH. Governor. !,