Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-17
THE BUDGET FROM DALLAS.
THE TALE OF A FRAUDULENT
CLAIMANT ron a PENSION.
II = r.cnatrd u soldier whose Dcsth
he Witnessed Many Years Aro--sad
Tale of worthiess Lire----Aiiseei-
ianeous Matters.

Dallas. Tex. Oct. i6.--The Gazette
has before made mention OF che arrest
of John Mcqueen. alias David May.
charged with making false claims Ior
pension. The preliminary hearing Of
the case came up before Commissioner
Lednum at 10 o'clock this morning.
The story was told by the witnesses as
follows;
Or. W. II. Monday who resides at
Terrell, where the claim was made,
said he knew the defendant In july,
1891. under the name OF John May.
The affidavit made in support OF the
false claim was shown to Or. Monday
and he admitted making 1t. lie said
he did 80 at the request of the defend
ant and that he never noticed the
name. John Mcqueen, on the affidavit,
because his attention was never called
to It before the trial.
j. II. Montfort. also resident OF
Terrell. testified that he knew defend
ant as John May; that he had known
him for four or Ave years The state.
ment OF the defendant. made before
aeorre NJ Elick nerstn, .,,a,,,Ino. m,
shown him, and he was asked IL that
was his signature attached. He admit
ted that Il was. lio said he had signed
II as witnes to the Defendants maxi
lng his mark. lie had never heard the
statement read over to defendant. He
said defendant and another man came
into his onca ma ~. 49,, ,,,,,t ~,
t,,,a,,, $3.50 80 N'e ii'"u WIN w
"9heu MN 10 witness detend-
ant make his mark. He did SO. pld not
know the party with defendant
Georre Nv rii,i, $1,000,
-, fe's''h examiner
s"iu 'nat ueiehdan' under the name OF
John May appeared before him on the
g5th day OF Aprn AT perrsii ma h,.l,,,,
! by him iirst diiIy a,voIn 4, n,s,,e, tr,,is
2 All interrorntions nro,r,,,,i,,I 90 ~,
4 said.
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N.Y. lew MVehA' allu tnsn wen, UP 10
! Dahp'u inlIl,urE.l Was th"Wh rom u
norse ~ tuslor ourIicNN hhu my nvau
nlpNneu, was III INV huhpi'h three
Weeks win H.
Az hankton got drunk one hSh'
anu V"liy the next morning inc reg
hSnt "ent up the river ana lett hle
pehlnu, nlid no lhtchtipn 10 desert
anu Woulu nave iulpWeu up inc roBl-
ment az the hrst opportunity nut was
arrested by marshal ~ desorter
thut very Gay: ana was taken BACK TO
tue regiment thnt night
was not away from the regiment
over twenty hours. The ndluiant ad-
Ylaed me 10 plead gulliy before the
court martial. was IN my Uniform
when arrested, which shows J had no
intention OF des"rtion' could easily
have gotten away " that had been
my intention. I was tried at Fort
Randall d, IT, and sentenced to two
years confinement IN military prison
with loss OF nll my allowances and
then 20 be dlshonornhly discharged
My discharge was burned N the nome.
! have lived In Garrett Tex, | have
told you the eudight truth about my
last enlistment ana the circumstance
OF my descrtion. They have certainly
got II down wrong II they record Il
differently. ! reckon l am not en-
titled 10 pension under these cir
cumstances. was lead to make the
false claim under the name Of John
Mcqueen. through feeling that had
actually done good deal Of service
ana was afflicted and needed moro
than .ots Of others who arc getting
Il. and then sometimes when I'D net
TO drinking with old soldiers J was
Fourth Kentucky cavalry. as knew
all about f. They kept telling me
I ought TO be getting q pension. and
that put the notion IN my head, /
knew John Mcqueen was dead and
thought some ono might as well have
IT, No one advised me to make such
false claim. I got the blank appli-
cntinn from an old soldier here who
got pension. DR.. Monday made out
the application" Defendant told Of
| tnuiup fits He Rald. 81 have bpcn