National Republican., 1880-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS
TIE WIDOW KAsroX,s pEYs1oM.
Engiish's Defense More Damaging Than the
Original Charge.

Engiishs Defense More Damaging Than the
Original Charge.
A prominent lawyer Of indianapolis fur
nishcs the Cincinnati Gdsette with some perth
ncnt notes in relation to the English -Euston
pension case. lie says:
First-He drew tho pension September 8,
1886 as shown by the published copy of his
receipt.
Second--By his defense he shows that lie
was discharged on the 11th day Of November,
fs46, by the probate court of Clark county up-
on the production Of his account aud vouchers,
whereby 1t appeared that said estate was fully
aud finally settled.
Third-In December 1913, two years after
ho lad settled with aud been discharged by
the probate court of Clark county, ho was cx.
posed In Washington.
Fourth--By his defense he shows that he
wrote to the commissioner of pensions, under
date of October 0, 1910, TO know what con-
structon had been given to the act of congress
as to the persons entitled TO the pousion aud
he received an answer, under dato Of October
Is, 1Si0, telling him who were entitled.
Fifth-Mr. English in his defense says the
real controversy was whether the living
children were entitled to the money to the
exclusion Of the children Of the deceased
children.
Qucry-If there was any controversy Of this
kind, how did it happen that Mr. English
fully settled the estate in November 1876,
and produced vouchers, aud was discharged :
Did lie pay in full aud settle tho estate, aud
three years afterwnrd, in 1Si0 commence max
ing inquiry of the commissioners of pensions
us to the persons entitled to receive the
money!
Sixth-In his defense he shows that he set
tied with Charles EastOn and took his receipt
October To- 1917.
Query-How did he come to do this, If he
had settled with the court in November, 1s462
IL he had Mr.. Charles Easton's vouche9 when
he settled with the court i'll November, 1916,
how did ho come to get another receipt in
| 1877 If Mr.. English had settled with the
| court in 1S46, how did he happen to take the
| receipts of James X. Reed and Sarah NJ.
Reed August "a, 1892 How does 1t happen
that all tho receipts set forth In his
defense are receipts for absolutely nothing,
no amount named in any ono of them :
This is about conclusive of fraud. Fraud
always deals in gencralties, and never
| partiCularizes. Who before ever saw re-
ccipt which did not specify the amount re-
| ccived2 How does it happen that the order Of
| ths probate court of Clark county is also gen.
| eralP 1t does not show how much the admin.
| istrator received or how much he dsbursed,
or to whom, or what was the character of the
| vouchers he filed. Mr.. English was a lawyer
and he knew when his grandmother died that
the probate court Of Clark county had no
| jurisdiction to grant him letters OF admins.
tration, she having died in Jefferson county.
1t was evidently bogus administration got.
| ten up for dishonest purposes, aud tho sette-
| ment WAS bogus also. When the exposure
came Mr. English commenced getting up
defense which is equally bogus. His
defense shows that he fully settled
in November, 1916, and in July, 1s47,
he took an assignment from his mother,
Mahala English, of her claim as one of tho
heirs. Had lie cheated his mother by the set
| tlenlcnt in court2 Ii not, why take subse.
quent assignment from her of her claim ?
Why get his mother, under tho name of NJ.
English, to join the two Reeds and Philip
Eastou in II certificate, under date of August
30 lSi0 certifying to his good character and
ropollng all imputations made against him in
relation to this pensiOu2
The defense is much more damaging than
the charge.