The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-11-24
PERJUkED FOR A PENSION.
william Patterson alias John Stewart
attempts to defraud Uncle Sam
and the story Of Q life IL told.

william Patterson 10 we'll known here,
having been before the criminal court In
this county on the charge OF murder.
Shortly after being acquitsd he was ar.
rested on the charge Of having illegally
attempted to draw pension. The Kan.
sas City Times gives the following account
OF his trial which will interest many Of
our readers.
"Faise amdavits In pension claims
brought . number Of prisoners before
United States District Judge Phillips yes
terday. Several were convicted.
william N. Patterson. alias John Stew
art. lives at Odessa, Lafayette county.
Last spring no made application for .
pension. Accompanying his application
was what appeared An afadavit signed BY
James Carter, Samuel Carter and John
Stewart, tsstifying that they had been
members Of Company z Of the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania regiment In the Late war,
and that william n. Patterson had served
with them. They had known him how
sver, - Mark Patterson, but understood
that he had since that time changed his
name for good reason TO that Of william
N. Patterson. The document further
stated that he had received . sabsr wound
In the battle Of Chickamaugs, Ga. and
various other wounds in other engage.
ments.
Investigation developed the fact that
. Mark Patterson had served In that com
pauy and regiment. but that he wal living
In Anderson, Madison county. Ia, and
was drawing . pension.
The Odessa Patterson was arrested and
placed under bond. At his trial yesterday
the Iowa Patterson was present - . wit.
mess, - were the two Carriers whose names
had been signed 70 the afadavit. The Car.
tsrs testified that their names had been
forged. This Wa expected. The surprise
came when In open court the Cartsrs and
Mark Patterson identified the alleged
warrior Of Lafayette county - . former
schoolmats Of theirs In Warrington coun.
ty. Pennsylvania.
There they ussd 70 swap jack-kaives
with him and they were Invariably cheat.
Cd, he tool NO part In the late war. % far
- they know. At sny rate hs was not en-
titled to Mark Psttsrson's pension. The
name they had known him BY In Penn
syivauia was john Stewart. That was his
fathers name and the name to which he
had answered "~prsssat" when the teacher
called the roll.
When John Stewart, alias william n.
Patterson, alias Mark Patterson. heard
this, be withdrew his plea Of not guilty
and before the testimony was In, said
guilty. The Jury was discharged and the
grixzied Lafayette county warrior wa
taken to Jail to await sentence.
Under the name Of william n. Patter-
son he was tried last January In Odessa
on q charge Of the murder OF Patrick
Flemming, committed several months be-
fore. He was acquitted. but the people
Of the locality were never quite satisnsd
with the result OF the trial.
Aullvilie wal visited BY q serious are on
Monday morning last, which destroyed
the Missouri Pacific depot, . large eleva.
tor containing between three and foul
thousand bushels Of wheat. The origin
| of the fire 10 unknowa. When hrst seer
1t was consuming the west end of thu
depot. The blaze was communicated u
the elevator from the depot. The loss o.
the Missouri Pacific included all tickets
some baggage and express which
amounted to nearly q thousand dollars
which was partially insured. The elevator
belonged TO Mr.. Barnes, but was leased By
J.s. Kiinkenburg, OF Concordia. IL con
tanned between three and four Thousand
bushels OF wheat and the entire loss II
estimated at . little ever $4,000, with httl'
insurance. The total loss OF the IRE II
5000.