The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-25

Resuscitating hope long since de-
parted, Mrs. I. N. Earl, 2416 Riverside
avenue, widow of Major Earl, has ap-
pealed again to the United States gov
eminent for the money which she says
is due her as salvage on property taken
by or saved to the union thru her hus-
bands efforts when he served as scout
in the civil war.
The total amount Of such contraband,
acee99rding to receipts which iaa Mrs. Earl r
holds, approximates $50O,0O0. On stuff
taken in war, salvage allowed BY the
government runs as high as SO per cent
This would entitle her, as Major Earl s
widow, to some amount under $250,0OO.
Major Earl served under General Can
by, IN command of the department of
the gulf. General Candy took up the
claim Of the young scout who had
served him so fearlessly, and in let
ter, which Mrs. Earl has preserved,
stated that she was entitled to at least
$4,000. The general was going to
the Modoc Indians.
Since then General Sherman, General
Davis and other officers have taken an
! interest in Mrs. Earl g case, but each
died before realizing on it for her. Sen
ator G. K. Davis was the last to take
up the matter in Washington, but death
removed him, too, before the depart
ment was prevailed upon to make the
award. Now Mrs. Earl has placed it in
| the hands Of H. S. Swenson, a Mime
apolis attorney. ~.
Back of Mrs. Earl's claim is an in
teresting story of vivacious girl, Jen-
ME O'Neil, southern by birth and breed
ing; northern in sympathy and love.
The elements are chance meeting
with handsome young union scout,
who carried his lieutenant's5 straps IN.
der coyer;.a friendship eagendered by
Kindred interest and ripening into love
and marriage; then the killing of the
husband while the young wife anxiously
waited for him to return from an ,expe.
speaking last farewell, both know.
ing the hazard of such mission. ..r,
Mrs. Earl is now a tottering woman
| of g., but she is still true to her first
love and has ever since remained I'M
married. She lives, with the help pro
vided by the government IS pittance OF
$l7 a month, with her adopted dauph
ter, Mrs. Jorgenson, in the little house
on Riverside avenue.
1T Is Nearly Over Now"
70 a 4, Journal Journal reporter called on Mrs
up all hope Of ever getting anyt ii 9i1 fo1
my husband s services to the govern
ment, - she said, with a sad smile.
| ~ have had a hard time all these
years, but it is nearly over now and j
suppose I will get thru it someway. j
would like to have enough to live or
ceomfortably , until the end comes
that II not be long now-and I have
been told many times L am entitled te
She was asked about the stirring
days Of her girlhood, when she riske
life and liberty in the service Of he1
lover and her country.
nor+ III was y, s., always sy in sympathy with thu
Matches, Miss, when I first met Lieu
tenant Earl. He was very brave and
wanted to help him.. He sent me. as hi,
scout into the rebel camp. I tool
knives and newspapers and was very
welcome. I learned all I could and thei
went. back and told Lieutenant Earl
By the aid of my information he cap
acted as his spy for about year, whel
he rold me that he thought too much O:
me to let me go on such dangerous mis-
sions. He asked me to be his wife.
How Earl Was Killed.
i 1T accepted and after that I went O,
the scouting boat with him. It wa
o1I1y OuACC luOuCuS dlGST our Wo001nI
when he left me on board and wen
ashore on scouting expedition. III
was wounded and captured at 4Fayette
Miss, twenty-seven miles away. III
rebs knew him. and he had escaped s.
many times that they wouldn t tax
any more chances, but they forced ope]
his mouth and made him swallow poj
son. He died and was buried there
grew worried and went those twenty
seven miles with a flag of truce. ,Whe1
) I arrived at headquarters they told m
:. my husband was dead and buried.
} found out afterward that he was still
u alive when I was there ~
4 Mrs. Earl wiped a tear from he
cheek and said that it was all a Ion
time. ago, but she could not forget no
!, forgive even yet. She told of MANY o
! the brave deeds of her husband, such a
!. his escape from the awful life at Libb
4 prison by tunneling out to freedom, hi
escape from .Andersonville and the car
. ture of soldiers and water prizes.
81 am ready to die now. Life ha
not been much for me since those day
Of the long ago.
, I. N. Earl was born in New York
but moved early to Wisconsin, fro1
!: where he enlisted in the Union arm
and served nearly four years. Mr.:
Earl has lived in Minneapolis nearl
twenty years.