Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-09-16
HAYES A PERJCRER.
The Radical Candidate for PreSi-
dent Proven by the Records
TO Have Sworn Falsely.
How he Gave i'm Statements of
Beggarly Incomes While
Rolling in Wealth.
Especial to the Chicago Times.

hitting perjury in connection will
his income away back in 1868, the,
little dreamed they were throwing {
boomerang that on its return woult
completely knock the wind out of thei
own pet, Ruthy Hayes; but such al
event has come to pass. Politics j:
said 10 be a trade In trade there are
sometimes Offsets Here is one, anC
when the organs of the bloody shir
have evcned up the account let then
raise their voices and inform an eX
pectant public bow much they are
ahead. Your correspondent, sk.rmish
ing about Ohio, dropped into Fremon,
the home of
UNCLE BiRCUARD'S NEPHEW
today, and in the course of his per-
ambulationS stepped into the Court
house. The brethren of the Republi
can press having set the example
deponent asked leave to scan the pub.
lie records, and he hadn't been en-.
gagged at the task great while before
he became literally petr;fed Could
he trust bis own ewes? What! Ruthy
Hayes, the good, the pious, the all
that is eninenIly respectable, a per.
jurer, swindler, and that not away
back in 1868, but again and again as
late as 1874, 1875, and 1876? Yes,
verify, unless the record of SanGusky
county is lie, and such thing is
NOT TO BE SUSPECTED,
Gov. Hayes is fraud of the worst
description, a penurious cheat, and
that in the face of a great fortune that
came to him literally without an effort.
! But to the facts. Old Sardis Birchard,
Gov Hayes uncle. died in January,
1874, leaving his nephew all his pro-
perty, estimated at valuation verging
from S25O,OOO 10 100000. Aside
from this he bequeathed about s4O,-
600 to various parties, most of them
distant relatives. Uncle Birchard
was
NONE TOO LIBERAL
in his estimates, but the last time be
listed his property under oath the
total reached the figure of $9,9S2.
This was in 1873. In 1874, Gov.
Hayes having come into possession
of every particle Of his uncle's personal
property, TO which all he bad pre-
viously held in his own name must
be added, listed the total 81 ,53l. The
following year, 1874, without having
made
ANY SPECIAL ADDITION,
he returned a total of $6,l29, and last
year. in spite of the addition of $500
piano, of which no mention is made in
his return whatever, though specii-
cally required by law, be reduced the
total to So 2G0. Now note the items.
Gov. Hayes had received considera-
bic fortune from his wife, added TO
which was the great wealth Of his
uncle, whose ready cash at the time
Of his death is estimated at from $780,
900 to $4,000, and yet
THE CONSCIENTIOUS CHRISTIAN
returned under the head of money a
grand total Of 500. The TIVE follow
ing years be went himself precisely
S2UO better. Is it not curious coin
cidence that he should have been
worth for two years, on certain day,
just precisely the same SUN, to-wit !:
$500 in ready cash? In the line of
watches be returned one in 1874,
which be valued at $500. The follow
T. ing year the value of this time-piece
was reduced to 5000, and the same
this year. Now it is known that
UNCLE B;RCHARD HAD A WATCH
left to Gov. HAYES. by will. Did the
uugracious nephew spout it? 1t is
also known that Mrs. Hayes sports
such bauble. Why was no mention
made of that? Now comes the elm
cher. Under the head "all personal
property not included in the enumer-
ated items" appears in 1874, 81 900 /;
in 1875, $4,000; in 1876, a total Of
$4,000. In 1874 the figure was $1,000
This covered mortgage. notes still on
record, which should have been given
in full every subsequent year aggre-
gnting over $4,000. Added to this
should be
A GALLERY OF PAINTINGS
valued at the lowest at $4,000, and a
library repr. senting $4,000 more.
Though these are inside figures, here
is a total of $l3 1000, to which at least
$4,000 or $4,000 Of the household
goods should be added. and yet the
total for 1874 is but $1,000 increased
to S6,l2O or $5.7l0, respectively, in
1875 and 1876. The mortgage notes
PRESENT SQUARE ISSUE.
There is e dodging them. They rep
resent q specific sum, every cent OF
which, according to law. should have
been returned for taxation, and vet
Rutherford 3. Hayes has affixed bis
signature under oath to a statement
entirely ignoring this item. More