The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-05

,,o,,..,, h, ,,.o o,iovod Tn, urescut
or,r, 10 Ga ,i,di,ote his character and to
rn,n.,atc hin, in nuhlic favor.
rho Kc,,uckv Central Railroad Is n limo
of about one hundred miles in length con-
| nccting Covington and Lexington, with u
| branch To Paris. r. b. BOWLER of Cincin-
| natl WAS the priucipal owner Of this road,
| his interest being about thrcc-fifths OF the
whole property. He was tho brothcr-in-law
| of Mr. pENDLEToN, who subsequently be-
| came the administrator of his estate. there
| hiding n widow and three children. two of
whom were minors In 1860 Mr.. PENpLEroN
was made President OF this Kentucky Cen
trial Rond at n salary OF s6OO0 n year. prin-
cipally. as he testified. to protect the inter-
csts Of his sisters family.
During the rebellion this road was en-
Moved To transport troops. supnlies. and
munitions of war. and a claim was made
against the War Department for extra al
low.nces beyond the fixed rates. covering a
pcriod of more than two years. between
NAV. 1869. and AUGUST. 1864. A former en-
rlovcc Of the road. A. H. RANSOM by name.
| tcmpted bv n contingent fo, OF Is per cont,
went To Washington In 1864 to prosecute
this claim. when all the facts were fresh,
and the witnesses within easy reach. Gen.
HON. Gen. Mrtas. and MFR. STANTON re-
iccted IL twice and the case was aban-
doncd.
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,,.o, r,,nonoI o,,irst tho sn,,loJ usooo ~
,ho Iii .or,.ioo A. p,,.,,,,. r,,, prosi-
dn,,, ~ ,h,, rrad and al,inis,ratnr If his
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IN, d,od cl,im Itc ,.,tir,d hof,ro tho
on,,,i,,oo ,hot h,. n ,,,,,.,I o,,roo,,,n, ho
wn. IN roooiyc ~ nor ccnt of INV ann,
,.,o.,,,,,.,; 80. ,,,i,, 40 Zoo ,r,,,,i,,d .,
p,.so,, tho or,,,,,ol o,,,n, win c,,.,,s
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nroyi,n.i, ll,,Lnd th, ross,,,, ~ tho cI,i,,
AMI ,,h,, i,', ,,,,,,.,,t ,,a., rn.,lI,, r,,, 10,
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tho dc,or,,,or,s in o,o S,v yyiu, ~
nh -, ,..,,.,.iai ,, 49,, a., -, h,,..,..,,
tho sneed Tho nmonnt allowed ,vos
sl4s.bh3s2. and in the pavmout it. was
divided into three parts Ia the order Of the
Hon. GroRGr H. prSp1rroN. as follows
/ II
for SIS. 1882. nil dated Juno - 1871 The
endorsement of Mr. pESDtrr ON tho first
draft of soooo was Gin violet ink " and ON
the two Others "in black ink"-a little faet
of some significance.
1t was quite remarkable that Mr.. Prypt.r-
TON i'm his testimony could not tell exactly
the amount OF the award. or of the fee he
had received. though he had had abundant
time To examine All the papers. and Ia pro-
pare himself with the elementary facts IL
they had passed out of his mind. All at
tennis To get from him explicit answers In
those natural ouestions utterly f,il,d Rut
other witnesses supplied the omission. II
came ont TINT the draft for S6s 553 70 was
the amount turned over To the Treasurer of
the road. and that the two for ss1 opo wont
| into Mr. PrNpIrroS's own pocket There
| fore instead of takin, 10 nor cont from tho
award. he appropriated n. 723oo moro than
half of il. which difference was not exnlainnd
by him or anv other witness. and .scnn.d the
| notice of I'M. committee,
Nor, ,ho, ,hi, NJ pr>,,,, ,-,<,,, 90.
o,aI,,, 80, I,,tals -, n. -, 49,, a.
o,,,rt and a. go ~ n,as In, 80, -, ~
drof, ratd - .no Tro,s,,r,. -, ,ra ,aI
a., o,,,,,,a,.,,i.,,' ,,r = ,,.,,,,,,', 49,
49, f ,t', a. I i''' ~
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a., ,'''' nv nav o'e' paw o''
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had maid Mrs RowrRs then tho sistcr-in-
| law and the preseut wife Of BrLKSAp thirty
thousand dollars for her innueneo in gettin,,
the claim rcopcned and pusscd lie had
been her counsel and friend in Cincinnati
after the death OF her first husband This
particulard draft. instead Of going to h.. Conn
mercal Bank. Of which Mr.. PrND1.1.rny's
brother was President. and where no kent
| hio ao.,u,t o,I ,,,horo 49,. g.. ara.