New-York tribune., 1880-10-08
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RANK OF TIE METROPOLIS, 9Th Sep

BANK OF THE METROPOLIS, 9Th Sept. 1s46.
Of RecTIea 81 "a BENG dr twelve and our
mon hs pen lou due 10 Sarah Easton rom The AN day
Of Mrch 1881 to the Z9d Gy o' VIII ~ SGsH
10 20 oGi Al. Adtn'r.
The fact Of the Illegal action Of English having
subsequently 20 the notice OF the heirs, an at
rennt WAS made two years later to collect the
amount of the pension from the Government OH the
nleo and showing that it had been paid TO one who
had no legal lights to receive it. The history OF this
branch of the thus in the official records
tbe Pension Office being at that time connected
with the War Department The attorney for the
heirs. the latter being the mother of English, and
three of his aunts and two OF his uncIes, applied to
the Secretary otsWar, the Hon. William L. Marcy
for the amount of the pension due the grandmother
secretary Marcy called on the Commissioner OF PEN
sions for the facts i'll the case, who replied as fol-
lows:
PENSION OFFICE, Dee. II, 1S4S.
Tn The Hon WILLIAM L. MARCY. Secretary Of War
SIR: In the OF Saraa EastOn. deceased make
ndp tse net of the 4h of July, 1896, her pension at
~, ohtr na ~ s90 ser annnm commencing on the lth
March 1881. and enolng on The 23d o! yuyi loia was
MD 70 William H. English. who was ut that Tine clerk
IN the Second Auditors Office. As English was illegally
appointed administrator and now Refuses 40 70
tbS amount due may be paid to the ad-
mnisIaor who was lawfully APPOINTED under Der Ie ,ne
Mr. Cooper's statement have the honor TO be-, very
ffu liz yuur 10
Commissioner OF Pensions.
HOW ENGLISH CHEATED THE HEIRS.
The paper which the Commissioner of Pensions
mcosed contained the following joint statement OF
himself and the attorney for the heirs, then mem
Der of the Indiana Legislature:
WASHINGTON CITY d. c.. Dec H. 1913.
tn The Hon. W. J.. MARCY, Secretary OF War.
SIR: At the request Colonel Edwards Commissioner
Of Pensions we jony submit the following statement
OF facts for your consideration and decision, VIZ;
saran Easton, widow OF Philip Easton. was en-
titled 10 pension for the Revolu!ionary ser
wees Of her husband She died; WITHOUT appy rson
nSanW 9s rTt Ind gu w. H. English for raudulent pur
poses Of procuring the pension money as - now 9Sasn
Clark County, Indiana without tue KNOWLEDGE or con-
OF person interested anu preseneu .e @ e.un h
use oi heirs named aud has not pad over and
refuses to so, and wholly nsolyent az he says ana
the security Is insuncielL ana not uaoie ior the
amount. On the 23Ih Of November, ls4s letters OF
ADMINISTRATION legally granted to another person
by the Probase Court OF jefferson County Indiana,
which latter administrator. Ce OF the children,
apples tho pension claims 10 nc ahOWed upon
new application ms proper iorm. Aud II is
now alleged IN support OF this later clam that the al
m.nisfralion granted to English IN Clark County ln-
dama was Illegal fraululen and void. the PROBATE
Court of CLARK County had no jurisdiction or authority
TO grant the administration 10 Englisl, AZ the widow
died I'm Jefferson County, indiana. see Revised Laws of
| Indiaua on that subject. al page SOB section 92
| . I0at the ciaim having boen allowed ana paa 10
person wholly unauthorized oy any law or other iegii
hnnnd % paylt TO person shown To nave legal a'
thorlty TO receive It. Aud the children IN tais ease
| even II English and MS security were solvent. 49,
Tae decision OF the Honorable secretary OF war Is re-
auested In this To Justify the Commissioned IN
granting ihe cain now presented ~ Is Jnbuy nuc 10
Coone Edwards that the claim was passed upon
Once 10 Engsn, without sufficiently scrntinizlns the
| irgai authority ot Epgish 10 receive u ana that
lad Inirn gthn nin notice VIII the Hou. Secretary OF
War have goodness 10 decide tnss question I'M.