, 1876-10-03

$l0U GtT special bounty SfuU lbf veteran Doun'
town, O., bcsldcs so,nc money for monthly pay:
nov.. Hayes investigated The matter and
found fru,n tho records:
That Nelson j. Leroy did not receive his 'ocal
hs1 motht1r Collected t @ It aftef Neison's death
That Nelson j. Leroy lid not receive 800 ~
veteran bounty, but only. sl1o, the rcna!nder
being collected BY Ills mother.
rnt II M Sfs11 actSy Sas pad III i 91shy H.
bounty and &c., t]rst tns, aiinent OF $4uo vctcr-
m !,oiinty: ali IN the :ll.t Of January, 1861.
That tH February, lsgi juss after bcing paid.
whcn lis ttne expired i,e had spcnt oil his mon
~, except what he had delivered to his mother
anu write to q coEnrude IN camp who sent hin
munty to return with.
Tia. Nelson j.. Leroy, after his return to
cntnp un1 bGfore hla DEATH only received e80t-
kjU ia kcconI IstaIl.nent Us veteran bounty,
and ~, t39 a. Pay from !an; 81 to AEprIl q; fsN:
Ihla M amount was PAID lin Aug. ~ lsea' Just
That Nelson ]. Leroy always sent q portion Of
bis money to LIS mother, and that Mrs. Leroy
had received ail tic hack pay and bounty due
In iS75, when Gov. Hayes was candidate for
tue t!iiTt1 time, James Leroy Trote thc follow
ing letter:
,,Ios:n. VII, sep,. 20. 1s75.-R: e., a. n Mayt;:
6so; by e s9n5 Wsr
to anslst ron In your election, deem 1t my duty to
place In the hands Of tia Opposition the entire C0!
ny pea so moecy ~ vii eli as he ettet Viii all
contradictory statements. 70 that the eaHle can be
e s.s e n ssa It III :eud e 0ss, net IT,
sire such help, a full telegram sent to me at this
place on thc receipt Of Tiff from sone tespeetsbie
held Id. been deporitel to N.Y. credit, VIII aho.
a 81 ~ Eeoat Intent and shall
7'''''~' - A|''''' ' jAnEs LEROY.
I1,rt r,cror,s etorv lid mt then find MARKET
Tic Opposition In Ohio knew better than to put
before ttc people who knew Gov. naycs, and
who Ind learned to respect atld lore HIN Tor his
hlgh character and sterling o!!isial principles
ing been nominated for the Presidency In 1875,
this safnc .Jancs 1clsoy turns Up agu!n
and reattempts to lery .,.t bsackna'i. m,il
ayes % rssas;s teu.tG G to Say reto%a,zs ,sa i ;
claim, which Is entirely fraudulent. tand to huY
the silence of Leroy. The t!cld being larger,
aud party po!Itie running at a white heat, 1t has
BEEN possible for such scamp to find a llcaring
for his story. Fortunately It has thus bccii
possible to dsproyc It from official records, ant1
thus triulnptanly defeat the third and lust nt-
tempt Of the Democracy to mike some mud
date II In doing this work JaInes Leroy has
blame nobody but himself.
GIN. i!AsTISGs.
4 TRIBUNE reporter learned that Gen. Russell
Hastings, who wns Leutcnnnt-Co1onel Of the
Twenty.tlird Ohio, waa IN town yesterday, md
he determined to interview HIN H. In regarlto the
charges against Gov. Hayes The General Wns
found at the Sherman uuuFe. lie responded to
| the reporters queries M fulloWs:
II understand, Gencral that you were an
officer In Gov. llayes' old regiment, the Twenty
third Ohol"
III was.h
"At wllat time did 5ou become member Of
"The regiment was mustered Atay q, 1851.
| enlisted in ths army April, lsSi' but l did not
"whas Il. position ai: d!d you hold at flrst1''
u was second-Lieutcnant Of Company l."
| 'Thc sainc company of which Nelson J.
Leroy was private ~
"You wctc with tho regiment through all It's
| ca,npaigua until the battle Of Winchcstcri'
Ycs, and until the regiment was mustered
"Werc you well ncqualntcd with tho ~.
sTAND1N0 OF uKl1. HAYES WITH Ills MRFI"
| "Ycs, sls.n
"Was Ills standing with the troops high, and
did l,c have their confidence and estccm3"
I" Yes, In the highest dcgrce.h
You were severely wounded at the battle Of
WINCHESTER, 1belesct"
Did you ever bear any soldier Of Gen. Hayes
command during tho War, Or fur years alter
warle, Charge or inslnuate that he had not dis
charged Ills truzt to them in tho iuslcst and most
sa:s!sH{sste{y, 4 Hs1e1:y, man"er'"
"'y lien was this story of james Lcroy's first
brought 10 Your attention"
"D1rIng thu Gubcrnatorla canvass Of Ohio
in lfp9" ' 49,. :. ,.ona,,. :, ro,r u, .n,,on,,
~ was requested by Gov. llnyes to
INVESTIGATE THE CHARGE AND ASCERTAIN THE
OF Nelson j. Lcroy's service, and also rs to the
sincerity Of bis father III prefcrr'nG this claim" "
"rlsse sta.s . wiat was the general result of
III can make ills general statement: That
tho result OF my Investigation was to establish
tue fact in my own mind that james Leroy was
attempting to hlackma!l Gov. Hayes.
Most Of thu documents which bear out this arc
not now III my possession, but they will be fur
n!sllcl either TO TuE TRIBUNE or anybody
making Inquiry for them upon few daYs' nj:
Tire. I have, however, some papers With me,
tbs statement Of tkc facts that l understand
has bccn furnished TIE TRIBUNE.
taken from tllc rccordslh
"The facts given By you werc nearly oil
CLEANED by mic Ii tho investigation Of 1sJ9.''
DO you know Mrs. Leroy the mother Of tflt
sollierl''
ii Do; SIN Is now tivtng In willoughby, o."
| NELSON j. LEROY, TUE soLplERt''
| ~ knew him we'll, We having been raised II
the same town ns boEs together. lie was I
happy, good.natured, reckless, careless boy
money, spending It freely, rs lung Us 1t lasted
lie was continually borrowin. tuoney Of me It
small amounts, which hc promptly patd On pay
,iay: ue owed me small sum at the time o
"Do you think tlc could have had any suct
amount, of money rs claimed at the tlm'
statellh
"No. First, the payroll shows he could not
and second, from hfs financial lab!ts know u
never had this or any such amount. !"
nAfter YOU had Investigated the matter II