Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-02
ANOTHER 1IcuBORSE CASE.

An interesting case was commenced
In the United States circuit court Tor
the southern district Of Illinois last
month, the sitting being In Spring.
field. II il In some respects n repro.
ducti1n Of the CO famous but now
forgotten TiuhLorne case, and IL ia
fact called by the papers "Illinois's
Tichb0rno case" The claimant Is
called by himself Bill Newly aud by
the government agents Daniel Benton.
Il 10 shown that In 1861 he enlisted In
the army asa private. Hv went to the
front and participated Ia tho great
battle OF Shiloh, where, rs II claimed
and partially established by evidence,
he was struck In the head by frag.
mont OF shell, killed and buried. a
pension of sl2a month was awarded
bis wife anu she has drawn
Il regularly ever siuco until
the proceedings out Of which
the trial grew took place, when,
having "recognlzed" Bin as hes hus.
band, she Joins him Ia claim Tor back
pension money Tor himself which az.
grcgatcs over So, 900. II seems that
he ",utneI up alive" Rt his old home
In March, 1891, and after having "a.
tablished HE identity 70 the satisfaction
Of several OLD friends gave the follow.
ing account Of himatlg
lilo said tina. tho blow indicted ON al.
head by The fragment OF % shell, al tho
battle Of Shiloh, had Affected his brain
and Injured his reason. Ills memory
disappeared almost entirely. 10 could
not connect events. lie was not even
suro VI his own namo. But he had short
periods OF sanity, he said, aud could
recall portion n his history anor ho
was struck by tho fragment OF shell,
When the Union troops ro.rratou aud
the Cuniodcalus advanced, lac recovered
consciousness aud arose from tho ground.
hut tho Condolences were all around
him aud no was takon prisoner. They
soni HIN 20 Belle Isle prison, nt Rich.
mpud, Va. lila head was very bad
while hB was there, aud hu had but a
ihint aud disconnected recollection Of
the events that happened while he was
IN tho prison. liut ho was furu thai am
uncle named Charles Nowby cot him
out Of the prison, but when or how ho
ala not remombor, and took him 10
Florida. Neither docs he romomber how
long he stayed IN Florida, how he gDt
away, or what became OF tho uncle, Chas.
Newly. His uONt recollection was OF
being in the pourhDu-e ~ Mount Nor-
non, IN. by this time he had about for.
gotten who hu was, aud he wandered
about Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio aud
Illinois, spending most OF his limo ia
poOrhOuscs
According TO his own account, ho must
have been No. ility poorhousos altogether
lilo hal come 10 the Mount Vernon moor.
house again In 1870, aud while thofo tho
second timo bis head grow much better,
ana MS memory improved, no said. 10
began 10 recall who he was. Gradually
events grow clearer, Everything Tan
back lu % great blur Of iltmu and smoke,
aud the roar NJ cannon and the shouts oi
mon, Ho riod hard loplaoo that jumbo
OF sights aud sounds. ~ last he ro-
momuerod lhal DC was great battle. Iln
had been thoro and ho was Bill Nbwby.
The COVER mont has a remarkably
active anu able pension examiner In
the person OF II. IL, Mcbride. He
wCng to work on the case anl eventu.
ally made out a startling report, com.
p'etely upsoltiug "Nowby's" story at
overy Ioint anu giving the evidence
for his position as he went along,
whereupOn the claimant was indicted
by the grand jury on three counts-a
fraudulent attempt to obtain q pension,
making fuse affidavit to pension
claim, aud perjury. The limit OF the
Iuu.shment IN each case lie five y,an
Ia the penitentary,
The indictment was found IN the
came month uiat "Nrwby" came to
light, and the case haa been draw.
ging ils slow length along durirg
all the intervening time. The