The Minneapolis journal., 1902-04-22
DREW DEAD BROTHERS, PENSION

H. L. Roethe, special pension exam
iner in the federal building, has caused
tho arerst of John Hauslander, an Inmate
OF the Soldiers Home for alleged yio-
lation Of the pension laws. He was ar
rested last night by United States Mar
slal c. A. Nimocks on warrant issued
by Commissioner Charles L, Spencer
This morning Hauslander was arraigned
before Commissioner Howard 8. Abbott.
He pleaded not guilty and was remanded
to the Hennepin county Jail in defaultSof
$4,000 bail. The case is set for 10 a. m.
May in order to secure the government
witnesses who are scattered over McLeod
and Carver counties.
The case is a remarkable one. Haus
lander is accused of having posed in the
Soldiers Home for four years or more
as George Hauslander, a brother who died
twenty. three years ago. He has re-
ceived a pension of $12 q month under the
name ant1 service Of his brother. Tle
back pay of some 5000 with payments re-
ceived since amounts to about $1,000.
The specific charge is that on NOV. Z,
| 1901. John Hauslander, for the purpose Of
obtaining payment of a false claim against
the government Of the United States,
sent to E. D. Coe, agent at Milwaukee
and a civil government officer, a false al
1jdavit and voucher with the statement
|
Company E, Fifth Minnesota volunteers,
whereas he was never in the army q
It seems that Hauslander, through A.
| Blanchard, pension agent at New Ulm,
now dead, applied for pension April
1 2, 1895. At&that time, according to his
own statement, he was an inmate OF the
Nicollet county poorhouse. When the
authorities learned of his application
he was at once sent to the Soldiers
Home in Minneapolis where he has
since resided.
! The tact that Hauslander could live
: nearly five years in the home among
men supposed to be comrades in the civil
4 war without revealing the fact that the
only Just pension claim he could make
was one against fate, owing to many IN
juries received through accident, is one
Of the most remarkable unearthed II
searching for pension frauds.
any language but German aided in con
cealment of his identity Whether ig
norance of English is feigned or not III
1 made his plea this morning through al
Interpreter, and stated that he had nj
money to hire an attorney or to brtnt
a witnesses to the city. rms
Z The discovery came about in an inter
esting way, and after being appraised. <
the fact. it took Mr.. Roethe only thre
Il
= learn the names of witnesses. 1t seem
s that the prisoner, John Hauslander, Wa
!, supposed by his relatives to be deat
After the receipt Of his pension none
Hauslander went into his old neighbor
hood about Lester Prairie and reporte
that he was living at the Soldiers HON
and drawing pension. The nerve OF n
man, or his ignorance, is shown by -
fact that he made the trip, although hi
brothers widow, now married again.
: still living there. incidentally some on
acquainted with the facts wrote tn
q bureau and after long investigation u
a man was discovered to be living in Minnfe
sofa and Mr. Roethe was put on the cas-
K Hauslander looked the typical old SO
y dier as he was brought into court
: wears the regulation blue, and, owing 4
3 an injured limb, walks fee bly, with a can
e The penalty for such an otfense as chargt
G Is Imprisonment for not less than yea
u nor more than Ave, or the payment Of.
fine OF $1,000 or not more than $4,000.