The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-20
FORGED AN ORDER
JOSEPH ABRAM ENR0UTE FROM
THE HOME TO THE PEN.
He Forged Name 10 Postoftice
Order and Thus Swindled
Comrade-He Used "A Novel
Method Of Raising the
Wind--He RepentS
Abram is in the county Jail.

Abram is in the county Jail.
Unlike his namesake OF old. he Is not as
! righteous a gentleman as he should have
| been.
Deputy United States Marshal George
| Walker brought him down from Leaven-
| worth. where he was found by w. f..
Cochran of Topeka. one of the examiners
of the postoffice department. Mr.. Coch-
ran was seen at the Carey last night and
gave brief statement of the causes that
led to the downfall of Joseph Abram.
Way back in the dark days of the rebel
l;on Joseph Abram was gallant soldier
in the Seventh Kansas cavalry. In that
cruel war also were Z. J. X. Perry OF
Wallace and A II. Stutsman OF Burllng-
ton, Iowa. In one of tie fearful battles
that were fought Mr. Perry snatchea
Stutsman from the jaws of death at the
risk of his own life. 1t was n the midst
OF battle when powerful southern man
was about to cleve the head OF Mr.. SUITS
man in twain with heavy sword. The
sword was raised alOft aud was in the act
of decending with powerful force on the
head of Mr.. Stustman when Mr.. Perry
jumped between them and struck aside
life of Mr. Stutsman and of course the re-
suit was a brothers friend ship and love.
The war ended and the brave boys
who fought for the l Cnion were scattered 10
the four corners of the earth. Joseph Abram
found his way into western Kansas and
from there into the soldiers home at Dodge
City. He was getting along there finely,
fighting the battles over again with COM
rades, when the tempter came. He sat
down one day and wrote a letter to Stuts-
man, representing himself as MIR. Perry
and signing the letter as snch He reclted
fearful tale of woe to Mr.. Stutsman, IN
which he stated that he was out IN western
Kansas hunting and that by an accidental
discharge of the gun he received eight
buckshot in the leg, which rendered him
sick and helpless. He said that he was
poor and friendless in that part of the
country and wound up by soliciting the
loan of S25.
When Mr.. Stutsman received the letter
his blood fairly boiled. He had not heard
from Perry since the war ended, and he
was overjoyed at the discovery of the
whereabouts of the man who saved his
life. But his friend was sick and poor,
and appealing for aid. The thought of
that made him sad, and he at once sent II
postofics order for $25 Mr.. Abrams re-
ceived this and had it cashed at small
postoffiCe near Dodge City, where he was
not known. He then returned to the SOL
diers' home; took horss or two and
everything else he could lay his hands on,
and skipped out.
After some time Mr. Stutsman smelt a
mouse and began Investigating. He found
brother of Mr.. Perry's somewhere in
Iowa and through him found that the
saviour of his life was banker at Wal
lace, Kansas and he wrote to him. Mr..
Perry wrote back thanking him for the
promptness of his response to an appeal
over his name, but assured him that he
was duped. The matter was given into
the hands of an examiner three years ago
and the papers in the case found their
way into pigeon hole in Washington.
When the new administration clerks were
making themselves acquainted with the
pigeon-holes in the department they ran
across these papers and sent them TO Mr..
Cochran, who went to work on the case at
once. After several weeks search he To-
Gated Mr.. Abraham In the Soldiers home
az Leavenworth, having procured admis-
sion to that institution after being wan
derng around a few years.
He will be given preliminary hearing
before Commissioner Shearman next
Thursday.