New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-10

despite her trials and tribulations. she had mar
ried the man OF her second choice. but. being dis
Greet man. he held his tongue. and left the Widow
JoneS - her new-found felicity. This Is only one
OF ~ hundreds OF Enoch Arden cases which have
come to the notice Of the bureau.
Inc ofhcials OF the Bureau find however. that
most OF the swindling is done. not by the claimants
themselves, but by the pension sharks. who abound
In a.! paris Of the country. particularly In the
South II these men. more any others,
"hohi the Law DIVISION. through the DIstrict-At-
'vie!s -. me diner.nt States. prosecutes all
us power one OF the most noted or these sharks
vas tne He. I, ". Lewis. VINO nved IN LOUISIANA
after me war, wnence ne Went To Kansas carry
IN me seventies. he was nrsl ny the Bu-
49, III 10. an an attempt 40 set tnrougA fraud
saIy. lie would Jorge afiluevi,s whenever he coud
set no else 10 do !. for MIN, and ~as versatile
ana 50 plausible a that ne could bring Wit
hesses 10 prove anything required. rerioaica.ly ne
Would array himself III blue uniform wearing
row 81 GRAND Army badges. ana would represent
Cute any claims, ana getting anything out OF his
methods Of REV. I. a. Dunlap. OF Nashville
Tenn were similar to those OF Lewis. The NUMBER
OF forgerles he committed is not known, but II is
believed TO be enormous. lie s in the peni-
Tertiary.
THE KING OF PENSION SHARKS
The king Of this pension-shark business. though.
according to the Law Division. is J. l.. Dupart, OF
New-Orleans La, whose forgeries number among
the thousands. Dunlap was caught trying to fix
up d woman named Lucy as a widow OF Lewis
sargent When the papers filed the Blu
reau' however. they were met by the claim OF the
living soldier. The claims sent out for inves-
sargent VINO. with rare talent. convinced spe-
ciai examiner that she was the soldiers Borrowing
MuoW. IL appeared however, that the real solder
was most pecuar-iooking man. He looked
much Ike ape that he known a. Monkey
~ .is cVinrauss ana ne easily established the fact
mat ne himself and no other person performed the
service for which the pension was asked. The spe-
otal examiner then returned TO Nashville in search
OF Lucy out Lucy had gone, and, IT is needless TO
The Special Examination DIVISION comes across
fraudulent cases. where, If the affidavit TO be
sons have had Children when eight Years old
ihree persons have Agured In twenty marriages
any Of the parties concerned Deathbed marriages
Tor the purpose Of getting hi pension money are
The letters too which the Law Division receives
T1 nrb S 0cN, ar Here
NicksbuTg saw by spiritual sight light shining
] was sanctihed, and what allied Chris
uaniiy. ! have II in my head heart and whole
ague and attending church. 1 feel there is some
thing in my head which may run out when II gets
loose. In the investigation OF this case IL was
shown that the claimant had suffered from severe
case Of sunstroke, which he had contracted al the
The bureau also receives letters from prisons in
ga 80 ht took heg nv t. 81 saws aS
bought me a pig and some seed potatoes and
KEEP; the pig ali summer. and he has 1ecome fat
hog. and l dug my potatoes last week and Tow
John Jones has levied my pig. and he wants 10
take my potatoes. ! want the Government 10 pro-
erty?"
TAKING PAINS TO FIND THE TRUTH.
There Is no better example OF the and perse-
OF the bureau TO arrive at the truth IN
doubtful cases than the following incident:
man applied for pension for d wo-nded knee
which he had received Lexington, Ky, being
run over by an ammunition wagon while he was on
a special detail. The asked to furnish
the afidavi;s OF some witnesses Of The occurrence
but owing 10 mis- being the time u the injury on
& special detail taken from several regiments. ne
did not know the names Of any or the person. IN
this detail He only remembered that his comrades
had called Of the men postum an. that an
other called Coon. $500,
The mans story straightforward. ana MS
claim apparently so just one, mat IN spItee
OF the difficulties attending search for 'Possum
and Coon the Bureau went about 1t sysiematl-
cally l. found that there was one Kentucky
regiment at Lexington; After Gons h con
the detail were found. except one man by the name
OF Adams II was subsequently, found that ADA ms
had been in Mexico. 4 letter was written askn3S
him who "Possum" The letter was returned
uncalled for. It ascertained that Mr. Adams
who was an engineer. had gone TO some mining
town in Nevada. where he was finally locatel
gone again.. but no one knew WE %here ,o,d AZ some
one that he lived somewhere In NE v'c' 1bs
postmaster OF this town was correspC nded win am
he Informed the Bureau that family by the name
OF Adams lived in the vicinity one menOef Ot i
engineer and was expected home soon. letter
was addressed this Mr.. Adams in the care OF tne
postmaster who delivered 1t 10 MN on ms va
soon efterward 1t subsequently appeared that ms
Mr. Adams was "Possun and ne described thc
accident OF the ammunition wagon so clearly that
the claim was allowed