New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-18
ENGLIsHS DEALINGS.
AN ATTEMPT To PAIsIFY DATES EXPOsED-cERT1F-
ICArEs WHICH CANNOT BE EXPLAINED AWAY.
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AN ATTEMPT TO PALsIFY DATES EXP0sED-CEKIh-
IcArEs WHICH CANNOT BE EXPLAINED AWAY
fBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl
WAsurxGroN. Oct. 1.-THE proof has reached
Washington that when the exposure OF Mr. Eng
lish's dealings with his grandmother's pension ap-
peared false transcript from the court records was
furnished at Indianapolis TO be telegraphed over
the country to break the force of the disclosures
This bold fraud consisted both in changing the date
of the court record of settlement from November H.
1S47, to November II, 1916, and IN presenting the
receipts pertaining 10 this settlement as coverlngthe
distribution Of the pension As Mr. En- glish collected
the pension September 8, 1916, 1t was sought 10
prove by this altered and irrelevant record that ne
settled the pension matter with the heirs aud oD-
tanned full discharge as administrator from Ihe
court in less than weeks after collecting the PEN
sion money in Washington. transcript oi THIS
court record certified by the deputy clerk, shows
that the settlement was made November IL, lof''
and that it did not embrace the distribution of the
pension The latter fact appears from vouchers for
expenses fled with the settlement which do not IN
cude any of the expenses of collecting the pension
which as the papers in the Department show, in-
volved among other items, the cost OF trip from
Washington to Indiana. This, in 1S46, was no
small matter. No proof is needed to show that
gentleman of Mr.. Englishs well-kncwn business
habits would not have omitted such an item, had IL
belonged to this settlement settlement into winch
the only vouchers introduced we're two, together
covering the sum of S3 go The following Is the
certified form of this statements
The final settlement of W. II. English as admins
traitor Of the estate of sarah Eason, deceased shows
that he uas paid expenses OF adminstat0r AZ per
vouchers one and two. e3 30, and has fully distributed
the balance of said estate, as appears Dy VOucneI
four and five Aud he prays that his account may Dc
closed and he discharged from furtler RESPONSIBILITY.
WILLIAM II. ENGLISH. Administration OF sarah kaston
Irappears further from the records that the certI-
cate showing that English appointed admins
traitor was dated August 13, 1916. Fanny Fuck
dated the receipt for the share of the money which
she received from English July %. 1917. Mahala
Encllsh's receipt is dated July %, 1917 The court
certificate that English had settled his accounts as
admin strator was gwen November IL. 1847.
The deliberate dating back of a court record BY
year aud producing receipts which had no relation
whatever to the pension money as receipts TO- It's
distribution Is in exact keeping with the acts OF
first illegally collecting it from the Government and
then embezzling it from the heirs. But even ac-
cepting these receipts as being what they are falsely
claimed to be, they would show that more than
year after Mr. English mad received $3,064 Al for
the exclusive use OF Mahala English, Sarah Reed.
Lucy Rawliugs, Fanny Frick, Charles and Philip
Easton he had only settled with thcee, and still
beld the port.on due to the other three This is all
that be can claim according 10 the receipts he pro-
duces even If they were accepted relating TO the
distribution of pension money which, however
| they do not.
This alteration of dates in one class Of tie receipts
efectually discredits the whole series presented bg
| Mr. English. But even accepting them rs true aud
correct there j. only one of them which directly
mentions the pension matter. and thar bears date
more than five months after he had been put out OF
the Treasury Department because he coulc not pro-
duce evidence of having paid his crandnOtners
peusiou over 10 her heirs. And this late paper only
hears the signatures of three of the SIX hens. and
does not claim that the pension has been Glstrib
uted but only accounted Tor 10 the satisfaction OF
| the 6lgncrS. =
4 late interview with member or the FAMILY OF
one of them mentions 500 rs the sum that satisfied
some The curiosity of Mr.. Englis's STYLE OF dong
business at that early day Will not escape attention.
| He had an estate to SETTLE and pension OF
50 9G4 Il to distribute independent OF the assets OF
! the estate He filed no schedule, and the only
| papers which mention any specific sum OF money
are the two vouchers for the grand total OF - oO
! which he himself expended None OF the receipts
nor any Of The other signed statements pertaining
to ms settlement either Of estate Or pension name
| any sum whatever.
Two of the certificates Of correct de liing which
| were furnished for telegTaphIlg over the country
! were 10 the effect that Mr. English mad properly
settled the estate OF Philip EastOn. we'll tnat
OF Sarah EastOn. The deputy clerk certines that he
! finds no administration on the estate OF f1Hp
| EastOn." The facts herewith presented are GER
! family sufficient 70 warrant strong presumptlOn
il not full belief. that the entire defence put for
| ward by Mr.. English Il spurious