Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-06

spired with two other men to draw a pen
SIGN in hts fathers name. The plan sue
ceeded Tor some years, until, being found
out, two were convicted and sentenced to
eighteen months Imprisonment The other
one turned states evidence and escaped
A man at Wescott, Ga, Intercepted a
letter from the Knoxville agency contain.
ing soldiers pension check, forged his
Endorsement and pocketed the proceeds
The pensioner failed to get his check and
con planned A special examiner was de-
tailed and ran the case down He first
ascertained the number Of the check, da tie
or mailing and located the culprit at the
post office the date of the arrival of the
check and had the opportunity to get
hold of the envelope in which it was mail
ed. The original check was forwarded to
the examiner, and by tracing it back
through number of indorsers he nailed
the culprit, who was sentenced to three
years for robbing the mails
Oklahoma territory furnishes duplicate
OF the above case although the cuiprit
got on with year and days sentence,
showing the INEQUALITIES of justice.
ro apom NIX Ric tn va. comes a case of
resenting himself a special examiner.
IN MS rambles he ran UP against a bona
nae examiner who took him into camp
and sent him up for three years for i'm
personating government officer.
A man in Cincinnati Ohio known to his
associates as Everett, filed a claim as the
John Lawson who served in the 1O9th
United states Colored Infantry. Unfortu-
nately for him, Hester, the widow of the
soioler, was also an applicant, and, being
convicted, he Travelled to the pen for
eighteen months
An attorney at Dansville, N. Y, collected
Illegal fees for his services in connection
with four claims and was sentenced to one
year and one days imprisonment
Collecting Illegal Fees.
For collecting Illegal fees in four cases
an attorney in Harrisburg, Pa, was fined
$500 and costs and was glad to get away
without jail sentence.
A man from Leavenworth, Kan. known
as John Canady, attempted to impersonate
j. A. BeShear, soldier who served in the
23d Missouri Infantry. The widow of the
dead soldier was drawing a pension at the
time, and the bureau in its business did not
neglect Canady. whom it put away for a
year in the penitentary.
A Kentucky man residing at Louisville
was recently convicted Of perjury in a PEN
sion case and got sentence of four years.
A Society Woman's Effort.
Saratoga Springs furnished the case of
society woman who attracted the attention
of the pension authorities in an endeavor
to pass herself off as the widow of de-
ceased soldier. Her widows weeds and
weeping eyes did not blind the bureau rep
resentative, who discovered the fraud and
put her in Jail for year.
Even the Indian territory furnishes
frauds. 1t was from there an agent hailed
whose client was the dependent mother of
a soldier who was killed al Vicksburg.
The mother died before her claim was
allowed, but the attorney supplied SUBJ
stitute and drew the pension for some time
until caught If he can pay 800 fine his
liberty will be given him early in 1900.
An agent from the sunny south, Savan-
nah, Ca. was recently tried for forging the
name of one of his clients. and after re-
ceiying the money was arrested and shut
up in Jail for two years.
A woman in Kansas got hold of pen
sioner's check for s194.13, which she put
in her pocket. After an exciting chase
she was caught, convicted and sentenced
to three years imprisonment.
For impersonating George Marsh, de-
ceased soldier Of the 124th Ohio Infantry,
a man whose real name has not been
learned is now serving an eighteen months
term in the Onondaga penitentiary.
Early in 1897 a Virginia man appeared
as the guardian of soldiers child entitled
to pension. but who died before the claim
was filed He substituted another child,
and the government caught him in the de-
ception and made him pay $1,000 fine.
A doctor at Fort Scott, Kan. imperson-
ated a soldier who served in the SD
United States Colored Infantry, and sue
ceeded In obtaining pension, but was
caught after a short time and sentenced
to two years Imprisonment.