, 1877-01-27
4 Pathetic Letter to United States
Treasurer Wyman.
Tho Treasury 1iobbor's Btograph.
tcal Sketch Of Himself.
How he Struggled with Poverty and
Sought clerkship.
ALI Ne Wanted Was Modcat Compe'
teucS to Maintain His Family.
He Positively Denies All Knowl-
edge of the Theft.

Guys VI kAAV AAANAss
4 Tnlnusx reporter was yesterday permitted
through tho courtesy of an official To uIakca
Of the following letter, which WIS written ~
United States Treasurer Wyman by Fcrd 3.
Winslow, fen days previous To bis arrest for
stealing from the Treasury Department 4 psck-
age OF $4,000, addressed to the National Bank
oG Illinois, in this city, with the details Of Which
tho public were made familiar ut tho tiluc:
No. 1915 q BTREEr, n. W., WAsuiH01oE,
Thursday Evening, Dec. @, 1810.-Dtar Sir:
In layinr mr. mind entirely opcn to yoli and
With tho mind pressed down unt1cr tho i,,ftlt.
cnre Of The painful developments o. tnc lnst
10 be serious enough to drop oil consideration
Of difference In station md position, and you
will be liberal enough to a1loW the to cotne be.
fora yeu rs man over against !nnn, and Tor 2
confidential friend. And although | havo A.
ways found you easy Of access, and willing to
listen, yet there arc some reaaot's lint proinpt
me TO say what ! wish t. say II writing rather
better collect my thoughts tllts, WY and con-
dense what Wish to convey. as ! mn now freq
from fear Of Interruption; ana next, hecausc
that whenever my feelings lappcn to be BROUGHT
iuto commot!op, II seems AS II lost MY control
Of the English language which, alter al'. T. 1or-
eign 10 me, md am apt to find II even difficult
10 EXnrCH6 Hl1AE1k 1ntElk5ECnkl5, 4aaltl III l Hsk
your serious attention to ny communication, l
would suGgeat that you delay its reading to mn
e7ening leisure hour, knowing how much your
time Is occupied during the lay.
last days Wish as shortly as can to give you
. st7tcmcnt Of my situation and condition Of
lilo from tho titne OF the ruinuus crlste In my
lie when my bank failed In Chicago In Dcccnn-
1t half-past o'clock, the door.bcl rang, and III
eanse Col. Benson. lie asked to Interview my
wlfc ail nlouo-oll, iEov bitter sncll humiliation
my pure, noble, devoted wie, with all tie
hare to 20 through such NIL ordcal,- but tho
Inst drop Of the bitter cup must be drcnchcu-
md while they arc convcrsing downstairs cotl-
tinue tlia upstairs In the boys roonLl
Invitation ou t,,v return from Europe, where !
lay stes aud distracted for many Days, Of ~, old
friend who d ycnE or two before had bought .
River, and moved ththcr from town, 80 rs 70
lire Iii quiet and rcposo there for awhile, md
regain ll,y health, and bidc my time for getting
ulivellhooI again, and. tnktaG oil tho hot,acho!d
Richmond County. The Assignee tlsobert F.
1cnkinsl paid my wife S1.cU0 for tho rclinquish-
ncut Of her right OF dover 10 tho homestead:
a%a .r, t' rsaxs s%Sns r an arfcuee 1sm te'''1a u
endowment iifs INSURANCE policies form;
III small parktnE-l1ouse TOR fruit nllu pystcrH),
With n d h'sss ~ ela cut fr pr0nse mise
port thu family, but l!lst as II went Into opera"
tpn she Jay Cooke failure ocrurrul-ar'l tho
bottom was knocked out Of all kinds Of nanu-
featuring business. struggled aong lor. Il gear
eyury llttlc lot Of eanned fruit was no aonner
rcasly Tor tho utarlsot, than prices lad ntothcr
fall, and na had not capital es,pugll to Hold On
10 the gvods the little VIC had was soou Cut,sunlcl
In bEGrs MI tffu11r fn11n1 fnyxhlf fh,fe. III n
comparative wilderness, In tho poorest Of poor
countrses with no prospect or los,
sinli!'ty Whatever to earn penny and
TN "erca my sersi,es sesEs IL i Every res.ionp ip'Dt: Dut
found n0 RESPONSE You l;Euw low tunes hayc
been, md sitting In the far distance cou!!
hardly Gxpcct TINT situations shuuld be held
opet' fur me, wten thetc were hu9nltcdA gu TIM
spot really 10 stop tuto vacant plapca ut low.
aalarics.. You cafi t,nsgtnc my situation. At
II years Of aEe, without the least prospect Of
earning anything, far from the working part of
ciyiilzatlor-with no future for my children
the days can1c and passed In darki,cas, aud the
future scenlcl hopGicss.
flaging failcsl III my application 10 a number
nt OLD friends and ucuatutances, thought
Ilnally VI getting situation under tho Govern
mont. | went into the War from Iowa ~
Flrst Licutenant anil lltcgt1ncntal Quartcrmas.
ter Of tie Ninth Iowa lnfuntry, commanded
BY my personal friend, Gen. William vandcvrr,
thsn member. VI ConEress. Tnia was IN the
fall of ls1i. month after orr arrival at st.
Louis, Vanleyer sent mo from Washington my
co'llnllaslGn % Captain anu Assistant Quarter
master. went INTO TUG campaign win MAJ.
ucn; samuel Is. Curtis, Army Of Tue Sn'lth~rst
(which the then Cnpt Phil Sheridan Thirteenth
lnlantfyl was then ncttng Chtef Vuartf'niastcs
anu Chief CoH'!ssary., ! was with him for q
co9me a. O. mouths, When l raa ordered t;
relievc Sheridan, who rct1r,ed TO st. Louis IL
Chiet ;snartcrn'aster n,d Co!n1nsssary sl't,s!st
s1e, envg oi the arMS fenaincd IN tas l,oslsao,
Wneis, lAtcr, oen' curtis Wat MaIc Com'oanu
I'M 1ahnrAl o. tue Dep9remcnt OF Missouri
Msn ~ hS Ss', was T9!leyst ny Gsn. fairfield wa;
sent IT, ,SaanNl!'e, whcfe Ior e!eYSn months
E "as usspuhlnE queer a!1n enlct o'iletr OF f'Trl
tfa1spottaition. ny heaith broke down IN ,tn.lc!
Lar onessa Moss' .-d, a!snussoa ovef $S,uNreu
Ill.,, tofsvoa . ~ steamers t w'th tt'e!f cur
sosa t"Is 's, oInaaty H. ~ Aays loutl, ahtl my uc
soun.s WIN @ t'.s tose3a'"e'1' promptly settled
alhount " mosc t"aa ......
riYFr MILLIONS or potLAAa,
. small baiaticc Hl SONS *lEo standing agains
Mu on h9al dettlctnent 10 tilss day. llayc NJ
hlcans ol rectl{!hs thla, winch originates froIE
errors OF OMISSIONS from sono une " thu nun,
clerks then llau On ny pay.sollt' for all NJ!
aupilTato papers, Wdtlcl aione co4la help nc IL
expiAni1e tho ulueremee' anu Wh!en hat
bavk WIN me iros!I Tug Naf ~ excellent order
were VI conss.thea ny ute III tao great are
n.