Deseret Evening News | 1908-09-04 | Page 9 | Confederate Major Sent up as a Vagrant

I CONFEDERATE MAJOR SENT UP AS A VAGRANT New Now York Sept Sopt 4 A movement has hal hasl l een started stu to obtain the this prompt ro re e eI loase I a e of Maj Francis D 0 Walker a n con confederate federate veteran n a from Ironi Blackwells Is Island Island land laud where he ho was sent Int recently as liS a vagrant for fOl six sic months The Tho homeless old mans leans commitment followed his application for IL a at a police c station Thomas Murray a 1 member of U S Grant post G A F R became Interested in th tIme case and wrote to Edward Owen liven tho ho I th commander of oE the only on confederate camp amp In Iii Now York City Ci la that he hi and other othor Grand Artily Army Arm men in hi Brook Brool Brooklyn lyn I n stood ready read to help the old con confederate federate veteran If It could bo ho shown that ho was wa deserving Mr Ml Owen then thop made an Ull Investigation and 11 titi t Maj aj Valker Y 1 tb to boa bea b a bouth m gentleman n who has ha all relatives r l and nci u ll is S thrown all the th cI t strangers strul i It h H been bl li decided to to have ha o th e old man nin tF 1 to tin in institution In tl n wh he will 11 receive medical attention hilt If f r this Is Impossible p os tIm the Confederate C camp will ili earn for