Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-11-27
HOPE FOR LoUNsBERRY.

Charges Against Col. c. A. Louns-
berry.
Webster Ballenger. Washington cor
respondent of Grand Forks Herald:
Washington, Nov. 23-The rumor
that Col. c. A. Lounsberry had been
suspended is erroneous. The chief
clerk of the general land Office says:
"Col. Lounsberry has not been sus-
pended or removed. We have taken
steps to close the inquiry and reach a
conclusion. To predict what the final
action Of the department will be in
his case, would be premature"
Col. ~Lousberry's principal hold on
public places has always been his re-
cord in the civil war; and it is GER
tainly a c%reditable one. He enlisted
in a Michigan regiment at age Of II,
n when he was only p, was colon
ell commanding his regiment; after
four years of service in-the field. dur
which time he was five times wound
ed in battle. The writer has known
him many years. About nine years
ago, while he was resident at Duluth,
Lounsberry came here with a broken
leg. and he vas carried up stairs by
attendants to see Commissioner Black.
The writer accompanied him on that
occasion. Commissioner Black said:
What in the world brought you here
and on crutches; and the elevator out
of order, when a cripple like you
needs rest"
81 came down here" replied LOuns-
berry, to ask your surgeons to cut
this leg off. and file it in the case OF
my application for increase Of pension
There was only one little bone below
the knee, and now that has broken,
because l slipped on the ice. Cut it
off. and give me my increase"
The commissioner ordered an i'm
mediate examination, with the result
that Lounsberry's pension was in
creased that very day. Commissioner
Black said: 81 have just read a letter
from Gen. McCutcheon, of Michigan,
in which he says you we're the bravest
soldier he knew during the entire
war;"
Lounsberry, who does not look like
a fighter, and whose voice Is as gen.
tie as a girls. replied: II can only
plead not guilty to that charge, and
l don't believe that Gen. McCutcheon
can prove It,"
The charges against Lounsberry are
regarded as serious. and the general
impression here is that they will be
sustained; although the n OF the
chief clerk indicated that there is hope
for him yet. Malfeasance in Office Is
something serious, and the writer. in
common with all Of Lounsberry's old
friends, will be 10th to believe him
guilty, even though the decision pro-
mulgated should prove to be averse
The colonel may not be known to the
6cucTdl TcducI, dICuOu6u OIL Va ASNo
ta's editors know all about him. He
was the founder of the Bismarck Trl
bune. and Is an excellent writer. Ii
1884 he was a candidate for governor
Of Dakota territory, or thought h
was. In fact he did have something
Of a show, but Alex Mckenzie queer
ed him, while he was here braggini
on the support Of Big Alec. HI
founded the Bismarck Journal. and
b lived for about two years. Then h
\ went to editorial work at Duluth, an
finally went back to Fargo, and ha
since made his home in North d.
kota. He Is IN ardent believer !
spiitualism, and the narrator hi
S gone with him many a time to sc
). the "spooks;" and LOunsberry AWAY
believed that everything he saw We
good leather. But it wasn't.