The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-03
A Former Canton Boy Exiled to the Philippines
At Brother Abner's Dictation.
War Department the United States Government Used to Bring
About the Result and Orders Issued Not to Permit The
Young Man to Escape-DoOmed to Bullets And
Fevers and Death.
Endorsement No. 2, red, reads:

Endorsement No. g. red, reads:
Fort Wood, N. Y, March 30, 1900.
'Respectfully returned tothe AdJutant
General, Department of the East.
Recruit Endsley has been ordered to
report on board the transport Sumner at
9 a. m. March 81, as directed.
"(Signed) DANIEL CcRUMON,
Major Twenty-first Infantry COM
manding post"
That would seem TO be enough to get
this young member of the family out of
the country as hastily and with as little
noise as anything could. That the case
was considered urgent on the part of the'
brother of the president was further
shown by another official document. 1t
comes from the General Depot of the
Quartermaster's Department Army
Building, Whitehall street." under date
of March 80 and is addressed to Col M.
V. Sheridan, Adjutant- General, De-
partment of the East Governors Island,
n. Y, and reads as follows:
Colonel: The large and commodious
steamer Montauk, with capacity'of over
1,20O persons, will transport troops to
pier 22, Brooklyn, from Forts Slocum
and Schuyler tomorrow, leaving Fort
Slocum at II a. m. and Fort Schuyler at
II 80 a. m, and arriving at pier 20 about
1 o'clock. Can you give approximate
strength to come from each of. these
posts? Are any troops to come from
Fort Wood or Governors Island? If
so the General Meigs will be ordered to
transport them.
SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ES-
CAPE.
what arrangements have been made
for recruit w. C. Endsley to go on board
the Sumner? No opportunity should be
given him to escape en- route from Fort
Wood to the steamer. l would like this
information in order that may commu-
nicate to Mr.. Abner Mckinley.
Very respectfully,
"a. S. KIMBALL,
Assistant Quartermaster General, Ar
my Depot Headquarters"
In carrying out these instructions the
department commander entered the fol-
lowing memorandum in his official
books:
Referring to instructions of this date
to send Recruit Endsley, Twenty
infantry, on the Sumner, the department
commander directs he be transferred
from Fort Wood to pier %, Brooklyn, by
the steamer Thayer, and that he be ac-
companied by commissioned Off
Ger, who will report him to Col Davis. Z"
That is the story of how young Private
Endsley, brother-in-law of Abner Nc
Kinley was started off TO fight the Fill
pinos.
There is more to the story:
RECORD OF YOUNG ENDSLEY.
Young Endsley is about twenty-five
or twenty-three years of age. He comes
from Canton, Ohio, of good family and
| was well educated. He came to New
York a few years ago as a clerk. He
was wild at times, as sometimes occurs
with rural young men, who, without
previous training, try to trot to the fast
pace of the native New Yorker. He
| wasn't a success and the family got
alarmed. Then he went into the army,
| to the great joy of the family, but too
| late for an excuse to make him a pay
master along with the other favored
| sons. This Is the story of Private End
| sey, who may yet win laurels in the
Filipino fields, IL not killed, and IL he
does not die with the fever.
| Young Endsley has a. brother named
William Endsley, who is a prominent
lawyer at Johnstown, Pa.
| Speaking about Brother kbner, he has
had the unhappy faculty of getting into
more petty troubles than any man
connected with the administration
Ever since Brother William got his pres
ent job Brother Abner has refused to be
lost for minute. He used to practice
law out in Canton. Ohio. After the
present president came to the front in
congress Brother Abner came to New
York and did a sort of promoting bust
ness. A few weeks after the Inaugural
ton of his brother. Brother Abner was
admitted to the New York bar and i'm
mediately began to be heard from as 6
business man" in the various depart
ments at Washington. Here are few
things charged against him:
WORKED FOR THE CATTLEMEN
Endeavoring to force the Indian bu
reau to lease Indian grazing grounds t
the Cattlemen's association at lowe
rates than those established. He ap
peared as attorney for the cattlemen.
Tried to make the president appoin
his partner, e. r. Meeks, Of Iowa,
Federal Judge of the Northeast distric
of Texas. Texas Republicans would no
have 1t.
Was charged with being attorney an
: agent for New York clothing concer
which sold upwards of $2,000,0OO wort
out of clothing to the army.
Was charged with being the counsel Q
a syndicate which. having advance In
I formation of the actions of the war an
navy departments, cleared up severe
million dollars out of Wall street.
Was agent for Alfred Darling Cushin
who got 100000 claim against tn
government, which excited a larg
amount of hostile criticism at the tim
;. Brother Abner was said to have iyotte
} one-third of the claim. .
8 Was charged on numerous occasion
h with helping to sell the government va
: rious VESSELS at about three times the
t worth.