Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-10-04
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THAT "R0BBIRY~ ny GOV. AANES
The charge made early In the cam
psien that Gov. Hayes bad been guilty
Of robbias the body Of . deed soldier OF
$500, VA % infamous In its nature. and
20 palpsbly untrue on Its face. that We
have hitherto allowed it to so by with
out q word Of comment. twas exploded
almost at the moment OF its birth. and
we were content to leave Il in the obliv-
ion which IL msritsd. But certain Dem
ocratic papers have taken advantage OF
Republican silence on this point, and
upon the fact that thsir patrons
are not in the possession Of the Eastern
papers. have boldly reproduced The alan
der nearly two months after il original
publication. and contradiction. This
Was not generous Of the Democrats; but
- their battle cry IL anything to beat
Hsyes." perhaps We could expect moth
ing better from them.
The true story about Governor Hayes
and the dead soldier 10 this A man
had enlisted in the United States army.
and drawn his bounty. He was placed
In one Of the regiments under Hayes
command. The very hrs, day he de-
serted. To speak plainly. he was . pro-
fsssionsl bounty jumper. and 10 known
TO have drawn three bountiss from
the Government, each OF which hs
dumped" lie was less fortunate in
his dealings with Gov. Hayes. After
his de.srtion 10 WAS captured and taken
back to camp. A eourt-martial was con-
ysned, andh o was eon,icssd and ssntsnced
to death. The man was ahot BY his own
comrades. for that greatest Of al crimes
in war. desertion.
In the pockets Of this man we're found
four hundred dollars. . part OF the
bounty which the Union Government
had just paid him. OF eounss this
money was taken from his body before
burial. Il Wa forwarded 10 Gen.
Hayes for disposal. The man had NO
known frisnds to whom IL could b sent.
and sven II he had. the money rishtiuily
belonged to the Cove .nmsnt. He had
obtained hundreds Of dollars before on
false p~rstsncss. Gov. Hsyss took this
view Of the matter. and turned the $500
over TO the Psymsstsr. Who placed IL TO
the credit OF the Treasury. In doing
this. Gov. Hayss simply returned 10 the
Government What had been virtually
stolen from Il. and what vas Justly its
due.
The above are the plain, unvarnished
facts Of the "robbing Of . dead soldier"
by Gov. Hayes. They are vouched for
by the records Of the War Department.
which AN bs examined by Democrats
and Republicans. The receipt for this
money is on file there. Not . cent Of
It ever went to Gov. Hayes. Il had to
10 somewhere. To bury IL with the man
would have been an exhibition Of sheer
idiocy. Where should II 60 but 10 the
nation which had been swindled out
Of
This absurd story Of . robbery vas
frs. given currency through the columns
Of the Cincinnati Esq~ic0. The very
ns1t day that paper. sctusisd BY . spirit
Of manliness. rstrsctsd the Islander. and
apologirsd for printing IL. Even the
New York Sun. which 10 not ovsr-ssrs-
pulous In printing campaign lies. vas
honorable enough to contradict this
story the day after ii was published. And
nov our Democratic editors in Nevada
have the unblushine impotence to take
up the falsshood and give 10 al the
publicity in their power. Shame on
them! II this campaign cannot b
fought without resorting to such con-
tsnptibls shifts As this. let them give
up the hght. a. they will have to do In