Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-11


listment to the 9Th of August, 1861; to
$13 per month from Aug. 6, 1861, to May
l, 1854; to $40 per month from May /,
1864, to Sept. -, 1854, the date Of his
death. He was entitled to 500 bounty
by reason Of two years service; to 81
premium for the month of his re-enist.
ment; to $4O0 bounty on becoming vet
eran, and to a local bounty from the town
of Youngstown, Ohio, on his re-enlist-
ment.
3. The records of the Treasury Depart
ment show that Nelson j. Leroy received
his monthly pay up to April 80, 1864;
that he received his 800 bounty, So pre-
MUM, and $40 of the $500 veteran
bounty due him, and which was paid in
two installments. The total amount of
monthly pay received from May %, 1861,
to April 30, 1864, was $440.63; veteran
bounty, S110 dollars, and 500 additional
bounty; total, $G5063
The records also show that on Jan. 10,
1866, Mrs. Amanda NJ. Leroy, mother of
Nelson J. Leroy, received the pay due
her son from April 30, 1864, to Sept. 10,
1864 (date of Leroy's DEATH, amounting
to 1910, and also $500, the amount I'M
paid Of the $500 veteran bounty making
a total of $365.70 received by Leroy's
mother. Mrs. Amanda NJ. Leroy also re-
ceived the local bounty due Nelson j. Lee
roy from the town of Youngstown, Ohio.
4. James Leroy, of Sparta, Wis, prior
to the Gubernatorial election in 1869,
when Gen Hayes was a candidate for re-
election, made claim of $500 or 81 900
on Gen. Hayes, stating that Nelson j.
Leroy, his son, had, on the evening pre-
ceding the battle Of Winchester, deposited
that sum with Gen. Hayes for safe keep
ing. James Leroy drew on Gov. Hayes
through a bank for the am punt of the
claim, and threatened that if Gov. Hayes
did not settle it, he Leroy would pub
fish the whole matter. The Governor in
dorsed on the back of the draft: This is
an attempt to levy blackmail," and re-
turned it. The sum ofmoney said to have
been deposited with Gen. Hayes was
| claimed to have been received by Nelson
Leroy as follows: 800 for special bounty,
| 800 for veteran bounty, and the local
| bounty received from Youngstown, Ohio,
| besides some money for monthly pay
| Gov. Hayes investigated the matter, and
| found from the records:
| That Nelson j. Leroy did not receive
| his local bounty due from Youngstown,
| Ohio but that his mother collected it after
Nelson's death
That Nelson j Leroy did not receive
| $500 as veteran bounty, but only $40, the
remainder being collected by his mother.
! That Nelson j. Leroy was paid his
monthly pay in full up to Jan. 81, 1864;
was paid his 800 bounty and sixty dol
lars, first installment of 800 veteran
bounty, all on the 3lst of January, 1864.
| That in February, 1864, just after being
| paid he went home on veteran furlough,
| and that when his time had expired he had
spent all his money except what he had
delivered over to his mother, and wrote to
"A comrade in camp, who sent him money
| to return with
That Nelson J. Leroy after his return to
camp and before lis death, only received
$50, $50 as second installment as veteran
| bounty, and $50 ms pay from Jan. 81 to
| April 30, 1864. This amount was paid
| him Aug. %, 1864, just three weeks be-
| fore his death.
That Nelson J. Leroy always sent a
! portion Of his money to his mother, and
that Mrs. Leroy had received all the back
pay and bounty due her son after his
death
In 1875, when Gov. Hayes was n candi
date for the third time, James Letoy wrote
the following letter;
ToAAH, Wis, Sept. 70, 1915,
Il. Il. Hayes, Esq
SIR: ! see by the papers tina. your name
Is again before the people for Governor, and
| wishing 10 assist YOU in your election, |
deem it my duty TO place in .he hands of the
opposition the entire corrcSp ondcnce be-
/ tween YOU and myself in regard to my dead
| sons money, As well MS the letter with all
! contradictory statements, SO that the same
! can be used TO your advantage at the polls
/ all over The State on the day of election: if
| You should not desire such help, a full tele-
/ gram sent TO me mt This place on the receipt
4 OF this from some respectable bank of Ohio
that the amount So wrongfully withheld has
| been deposited to my credit, will show Your
| appreciation otmy good intent, and shall be
satisfied to desist. Yours, etc.
JAMES LEROY.
But Leroy's story did not then find a
market. The opposition in Ohio knew
better than to put before the people who
knew Coy Hayes. and who had learned
to respect and love him for his high char.
acter and sterling official principles, such
an infamous accusation GOV. HAYES hay
inc been nominated for the Presidency in
1876, this same James Leroy turns up
again and realtempiS to levy blackmail.
1t is needless to say that Gov Hayes again
/ refused to recognize this claim, which is
entirely fraudulent and to buy the silence
/ of Leroy The tield being larger, and
/ party politics running at white heat, ii
has been possible for such scamp to find
a hearing for his story. Fortunately it
has thus been possible to disprove il from
official records and thus triumphantly de
feat The third ami last attempt of the De.
moCracy 10 make some mud stick To the
garments of the Republican candidate. If
IN doing this work James Leroy has been
I shown up in his true character he can
( blame nobody but himself
STATEMENT rY GEN. HASTINGS.
Gen Russell HASTINGS of Rockford