The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-03
CanOIed Pension
Stransest East
- Retcra RsIatea


peciaIly interesting. aud eOmes fro2
Washington. The story reads more lika
a work OF Action than actual facts. Tor
the methods by which one man tried ana
successfully Impersonated another. thus
securing tuo pensions and almost q third.
seem almost beyond belief Tho storys
according - the records % ths pension
OfEies is as follows:
Ia February. 1889. Jacques ROllingers
alias Jacques German. % ShsibyViiie. III.
filed claim for pension on account Oe
q disease alleged to have been eentraet-
ed while a soldier IN comoany X. One
Hundred and Seventh Ohio inftnary. TIE
records Of the war department showed
that Jacques German. served Ia said or
ganizArfon from August IS iSs2 70 July
-. lSss.
An explanation Of his having served IN
der the assumed name. RolliRger Sts.et
that prior 20 his enlistment IN the oaio
regiment had enlisted undor his true
name in an organization knWn as ''rha
Lost Children" New York volunteers.
and had deserted thcrsfrom within TIRES
days after enlistment
In response TO a call for q report oe
this service. the war department stated
that the records showed thata jacques
Roliinger enlisted In company +. indepen-
dent battalion. THE Lost children" New
York volunteers. March 5. lSs9: that ne
was subsequently transferred 10 company
p. Forty-second New York Infantry; thak
he was wounds ard taken prisoner as
the battle OF Olustee. Florida. February
80 1864. and taken to Andersonvlgle Geor-
ga; that he died q scOrbutuS. While a
prisoner. August =. ISst. and THAI he IVES
buried in grave No. 6.5ol.
II was thus male 90 appear taas the
claimant. Roilinger. alias German, had
served At the same time On two orSaa-
izations. one from New York ana the
other from Ohio. ana that he had died
while serving under his first enlistment
and had survived his second service.
To add TO the confusing complicatiohI.
81 was found upon further examination
OF the records II the pcnslon bureau.
that claim for pension had been hled
in lSss in behalf OF the man who had
Died IN AndersonyIlls IN lssi.
, Examination OF this case In Connection
with others. revealed stlll more Interest,"
ing and startling facts.
One Frederick Guscstu had served in
1.-The Lost Children" and. by transfer.
IN company A. FOr;y-sevsnth New Y RI
infantry. He had been a prisoner IN An
Jacksonville. and was thus aware of tha
death OF Roilinger. Guscettl fret secarei
the allowance OF his own claim for back
pay and bounty. lie then filed a claim
for the back pay and bounty that would
have been due Rolllnger had he been
alive, He fled false testimony 90 shav
that Rollnger WAS not dad and n WIS
Rollinger. and thus secured q change e
The records and a certihcats Of dscharEs
OF ROliinger and an order for his hack
pay.
ON June -. 1866 Guscetti secured natur.
allzatiOu papers in the name Of Jacques
Roliinger. In New York city. and on the
same day he filed two claims Tor pension.
one his own. as FreJeriCk Gascetti. q
company a. and the ether a. jacques
Roilinger. OF company %. ForJy-sevsHsh
New York infanirs.
In September SIS. tho pension bureau
was advised - letter chat Guacetii vas
an impOsteF. pernonatalng Roiiinger,
When the Usr department became aware
of this fact "a Cancelled the amsndmsua
thata 10 hal made 20 its records upoa
false testimony. and thus restored Hoi-
finger 70 his resting place Ia grave Ne.
{. Sol
There upon another claim WA made fos
Rollinger's back pay and county. This
was by Aiphonss RolHnEer. as fatabsT %
JacGues RoIlinzcr.
-
OF this claim. ewing % the soldiers frat
name not being properly given. bat that
wa explained away ~ false testimony.
and this claim. too. was allowed IN ltsz
Who made this last false claim Sas
never shown % an absolute certainly.
But a. q was shown. many years after
ward that RolinEef's fathers nrst. or
Christian name Gas Morris. and not A.
phonse. and that he had never zen In
America, while the claim and ala the
evidence ia suppsrt thereof were gotten
up ~ New YORK cry. and bore al The
evidences Of Guscettgs bandiWOrk. 70 o.
believed 90 BE- safe % assume that Il was
ne who made this claim. and secured
the second tine. OF RoliiREsF's
back pay AMI bounty. The last paymsat
amounting 20 tZ8p
Guscstt's own claim for pension vas
allowed August. isss. and By a clerical
error pensi5n- Vaz granted for tso
wounds. wLsn bat one had ben alleged.
lie was detected IN the Drosscutl0n %
false calm Tor penrigs Ga the name Of
Boii.nKsr. and va tried and convicted
ia So AMI sentenced FOR . term gf ssysa
years i1 enc poaltsnuasy.
Ia this fraud sisnt application. 81
Nhlch Gascefti perforated fha dscszsed
R1iifuzer. pension vas claimed far % &C.
csunt q shell wound % right sfnes. bayo-
net thrust IN bowels ard liver AMI ms
ksi balls IN neck and cb~si. received a.
Jae battle % Oiys<ss. FiuridA
VINO persanats5 ths Deceased RaiHhssF
tsfars the eEamiaiaE safEeoa = bst
kaown The surgeon Sho Eaads tbs ss-
zrninasl5n In 10 fsports1 . esmaSsn5
fracture % right fcrnsr. bal ifhrguEh
night high. bsy7ns; sound through ~
ARA. bail ihrgash Jeff shssissT. sasss
cue on bark sa5 left taiiKh au8 0Ebsr
Uousfa to sunnsy8Bs - malta
When CEscsta rst aut u TIE psaltrn-
.tiary Eas aSi deanltsiy ascerf aired IA
81. O. 80 Es eft ths Cn.ied ssssss.
IN Us b. uzs nTirk 10 F.9Ess. fialy, aod
% - shs aceTsslfsd agsnt q
prominent Asasricsn eorpgTa tios-
There vas sft ors Jacques HsliinErF.
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va rhz Jscqaes Roll hEsF shsEn ~ shs
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