The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-10-29

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against General Cofroth charging b!m with
swindliuQ some peDsIoner oT selling a cadet
ship would appear on the eve OF the election,
and the JohBstown n7oyns On Wednesday ,
Of last week true to its vocation, furnished !
the ezp otsd document, which seems % have I
originally appeared in the New York Times
Ii is an af1davit dated March 2d, Is7o-Beors
tsdu nineteen months ago-Gy Mrs. hester y.
Boyd before the Protbonotary of Somerset
county, in which she states that her husband,
prior to bis death in July, 1859. over eleven
years ago, had made application through
General Cofroth for "a pension on account Of
services rendered and wounds received, etc.
that after her husbaud's s death she proSecu~
ted her claim for pension through Thomas
Ankeny, now Of Minneapolis, Mimi, and
Gen. Cofrotb-that she was ipdHced TO agree
to their demand to give them one-half the
amount theysecured for her-that in August,
1871, she was informed by them that they had
received the FIRST payment s9O3, one-half OF
which they left in bank for her and kept the
balance for their fee. This IS the matter
complained of in the affidavit
On the very day that this affidavit appear
ci IN the Tribune Oct. Goth, it was also pub
lished in the leading Republican paper OF
Pittsburgh, the C0n.reTetaI Gazette, ANA also
on the next day in the Dispatch of that city.
Gen. Coffroth happened to bc in Pittsburgh
On business at the time % its publication, and
he addressed to each Of the papers named the
following clear statement in regard TO his
connection, 0r rather his tota. want Of con-
uecti0n With Mrs. Boyd's claim
To t5e Et.ior rae Coensrs .al- GG=ciie:
I notice In your Washington news OF this mora
lie pension claim OF Hester 4 BOYD.
The charge th1t Was the attorney FOR Chauncdy
Tha charge -hat 75as in s1y way connected "ith
bargain uy which one-baif or azy other sum ''Gs
The char.e nat Tr AukerY sud myself retain
ed $4,000 Of the money granted 10 Mrs. boyd is
wa net a member Of Congress whilst this pen
sion claim WIS p'nolnS- Vas 3 pTaetclES aJloI-
uey az Souer-at aud as 7sch 1ir. Anbcoy, learning
that ] was going to t5reeushuru. called uie to
yet the deposition q Captain CnaUnccy r. Mitchell
who Eesidvd there. Th!s iz al! I had 10 do with
During the last session 0. Coueres. taIiy inycs-
Esq nIed the application for Chapccey r. Boyd
and that SIr Aukeny filed the application for
statement, Hhich ] read 10 The commissioner Of
pensions, showing that Mrz Boyd had received
. every dollar coming to her. except his own fee gi
5000 and shout $500 he had expended in obtain
aIsi lhS iop's''o1' and 0'neF proofs 70 7s''" ''0
II Is 5tTrnee IN g5s iaie day on. on {f eve 9i tis
( against me in the pualic prints.
F,ft. tIrS;S ,IrS ,tr-,bcreo % ISIS, II - $50
The Tjeoo,c5 il, r.,f5rri,r, IN Con Ccff-otl,, q.
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/ 1t il b-, Iust.ss 10 General CoF-orb TO state.
however that he is in his oral denial OF any com
RhstiS as in his &rIttca. lie stated that he never
sGed as atjorne{ T. collect peFsioa claiM IN the
tcalar Instance he was Ia nowfse pccunariiy con
eeIRea & ] NOT even a. sS5ora5y lie does fS9'e G 'fa nv
( bank through which Mrs. Boyd collected her pen
~ ii'i f il t ~ 'sflT cSni si-5 SII: 8
'yh,ch was deducted by Ankeny from the amount
uotiiin. to do Win tEs t-.rsI.ri5n whstsver,'
Il Ankery had claim against Mrs Bovd.
as Gen. c. saws above that he had. and de-
ducted the amount out OF tie pension, who
busa knayc or a fool will pretend to hold
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EHN Inc cdllef OF tAe tFt3"Rc jumped al
this affidavit as . hungry trout jumps at a
v-or7n i'm the bsriuninc,of Snrinf, and milling
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ABOUT - II. CUHfoth sWInuhHE W!GOW.
Two years ago when Gen. GJngoth was q
candidate the Tv;5,,,,e datar,,iuad +o da,noI-
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i7i nun 81 "'c ana III ~ "'eNiS S'l'''''
published seventeen columns, more or less,
Of calumuv and abuse against him The
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