Deseret Evening News | 1910-05-21 | Page 1 | Staley Didn't Die, Merely Deserted

STALEY MERELY DINT T DESERTED OlE OIE DE lii t ii lUc Ih HiTi hl ili III To Tu 1011 ti UI U May M 21 Andrew 1 J 1 taley of or kIt Bait Lake Ike City Ct has ha denied to t the l war wr department In emphatic t terms term le th ti the official ol record that lt ha lie I I I Is dead dd Being very Ve much macli an anI Matey I Is seeking legislation laUon which l win cot cor correct e reet f the tie war ws ar department claim that lt tn h it long 1 ago a shuttled lu 1 off oU o this t mortal ml coil coll cl deflator at at of o Utah ha has prepared pr a Mil bill 11 destined designed to t correct Ct th thol the ol record nr which sot sets 1 forth lorb that tt Haley 1 died die Dec D It 1 IMS lS u In I a hospItal llala at a Memphis wa was a a member of company H Out One O Hundred HI and an seth In For many I years year n sinco ane anete th te the war w JM h it ha hi b made mad mae Knit Kilt Lake City hi h his home hr but bt only quite Iy learned m that t the war at department hal tuil J I him Ue listed among antong lo tile the te dead dl hero 1 heroes of or the tb Civil war warThe wr wrT The T name t of Mr lle due does d not nt ap up 11 pear In Is I the city elt Ity Directory fur for tu 1 It II appears appear In the th 1802 directory but ini La tl at east South both IU Temple Tm house gIven give 1 n na a as hi his residence dI has hH been f demolished to flake way fur for an n h hone buu us Ol one oe Orand Army Arny man hers her we to tu know anything about the th man vis Ia William Crume rom the pension agent who says y Mr Ir taley Is III n nut not t a member r ut or either eithe of or th th the lo al Q 0 I A H It i port poeta 11 and nd does doe doa not know at II present Just where he h I Is However Mr taley ItI ha has hai a petition to Congress being handled by Mr Cram Crome for relief from C t being classed ead a as a deserter dl during the Civil CIvi war It seem m that the petitioner enlisted when hen he wa was but 15 1 years year el old but bul had not nt been In the th service Ivl long before being taken sick alck which necessitated hi his re turning home hm on 0 a furlough The T boy by neglected aJ to rejoin Jn hi his regiment BO ao 10 that tt after the lh statutory time Ur he h was WA ported Ite a as a deserter Irr As Apt A Mr taley Staley ha ha consumption and hi his hIe sojourn In 1 Ufe ife fe Is I thereby limited an he h Is I desirous drua of straightening out this record ord for the sake ke of ot posterity as a well 1 a u as to re lieve him from fm the edlum elum of or a boys by thoughtless ai He Ite clint to Utah Uth a U I good amid J man v r ago 0 engaging In mining milling Ac A online to 10 the th Mr M mUllet b h tH In WH seeking kin in to n ri Ht pt nth i ro ml d which hI he ii t I him as cc R dp deceased d yea PI In h I I