Show 44 IS THE TAE TAR mai it ont out for tile ney jah jall cox col ion han Fran cloo chronicle jn jan 17 for a mini minister ter of the gospel the fervency of whose piety has earned him the of hallelujah the ri RC henry cox D D united states pension agent is a peculiarly thrifty man when secretary of if the youn young mens christian abc at a salary of a month he lie combined the business of soul with that of life in insurance su rance and when not engaged in cither either he lie took part in party politics always with an eye sing single le to the main main chance in duo due time his reward came for he was appointed pension A agent gent at a salary of a year all went well with the Doi dominie ninie for a while and until the yo young mens chastian Chr stian association b began an to groan under a heavy mortgage and tho the increasing and of its secretary in can consequence tience he had to lay jay down tho the but lie did not devote himself entire entirely lv to the life insurance and the pension penion business but also turned his energies in the direction of several mining raining schemes up to six 61 months ago ago there was an old mexican and ci civil V 11 war veteran named thomaa Thom asHill hill at the city and almshouse alms house blind and paralytic under the new pension law ho lie was entitled to back pensions and also a premium of 72 a month the rest of his natural life in tills this mana case dr cos cox took a special interest it hill the blind veteran had iad made rando rip application for ay tl the money due him through W IL aiken a pension attorney and as 03 this claim was just it was allowed simultaneously with the announce the nione money would be paid came cam a letter from keator senator john F miller to rev dr cos cox as the result of a conference with the commissioner of pensions at washington Ya shing in which dr cox waa was instructed to p pay ty particular attention to this award as the amount was an unusually large one the ilian man blind and paralytic ara and harpers and swindlers lers numerous the rev dr cor cox knew where the pensioner lived rived and he lie went out to the almshouse to be the barer bearer of the glad jad tidings himself taking ifill to one side lie told him that the government had in trusted him to act as trustee to invest the money for him and to take care of the pen adoner tins as wad was on oil saturday on buthe the following monday hill was sent tent to town ton for the purpose of drawing his money lie ile went to tho the pension office effice with IV 11 II aiken liis his attorney being blind and paralytic two men had to carry him up stairs to dr gois coxs office aiken attended him there also alth although the law expressly prohibits the pr presence of the attorney when the tile money is is paid to the pensioner the feo fee being regulated by statute and fixed at 10 A pa dr ni was in an gin especially pious mood he ile had already prepared a power of attorney and an irre irrevocable one at that empower bugli to draw fuik invest inott for the blind man the iari mont wa was q so worded as not to refer to at nil all hiu who bu be sides being blind can neither read bor nor apa edaily induced to mark a cro cross with a pen guided by dr cox ox he lie claim claims to have been told that the paper which he signed was wagon only lys a voucher dr cox then mr made dc out a check on the united states treasury which he put into tho the handa hands of his biff clerk his own tin win for collection therein vib violating lating the tile law which commands h him im to deliver the check int into the pensioners hands the clerk elerk aped to the treasury building and soon returned with the money it lt was Pe readout upon the table and di ened into two portions the larger one was raked in by united states pension agent agai it orax and the sni smaller aller amount ty attorn attorney y aikem with liis his client tha atia cox where it remained for two n I ont ifal d t twenty v enty aix six days aud nud usulia U lii aniie W for f r just J that amount became due to one drexler the latter had bad advanced this suin upon the stock of two mining coin panics pAllies of dr cox was president and in which he was also chief owner he ile then took this trust truit money noney in with the investment of he lie biad and il it id is all alleged bcd without the con consent conent ent vf of the blind and decrepit veter veteran ja paid d oil the debts of the receiving in in return a tot lot of mining stock chus failing fa to carry ou out in n any particular th the e principles principles ofa of a transaction suppose supposed to be an all investment vetna ent of trust fonds meanwhile the old soldier had fared badly aiken also failed to pay over to him the money money rece received iveAl the veteran had his complete willingness ne to reward liis his attorneys labora labors with a present of 1000 although the law does low not permit pension agents to accept presents from their clients under penalty of a fine and imprisonment finally hill visited the office of dr cos cox again to to in n quire after his money the th pious divine ivine then told him it ia charged that it was invested in a mill and that it was perfectly eafe to further allay any suspicion which the old warrior warrior might lit have lie eang cang two hymns for mij him jim and knelt down on the carpet of hia his office to pray for him the blind veteran went away satisfied soon after the mill of ono no of the mining companies burned to the ground and with it went thoe thos nill s last chance for rc recovering covering his money there waa wag an insurance of on the concern which the insurance com companies banies refused to pay to dr cox but ut he sued theland the mand gained the suit by bya swearing that the i property was his which is scarcely in consonance with his redemption of Drex lers note with hills money AN OFFICIAL thus matters roat tere stood when colonel i T morgan ft a special pension agent came to san francisco in the courie course of his official investigations he happened to hear of the affair He sought out aiken who at once turned over 1270 of the money to which hill was entitled this he lie deposited in a bank by order of the head ot of the department in washington iio ile next turned his ilia attention attention to dr cox the united states grand jury being in ees eion sion the mattar matter was brought before it there it now rests whatever may be the outcome it is certain the official head of dr cox will fall there is 13 abundant evidence pointing to the truth of the charges that he has violated the rules of the department assisted in fleecing fleeming flee cing a decrepit and blind veteran and made liis bondsmen liable for the amount mis appropriated the tile question fuestion with which w tell the grand jury nil haa to deal is whether he lie is guilty of embezzlement of the funds of the united states state the point is made by the prosecution that the money was never paid that the power of attorney was not only obtained in violation of the statutes but that it was further obtained by direct fraud and that not having paid it to the pensioner ens ioner dr cox is still liable to the e united states for the amount involved the statutes in in regard to the payment of pensions are very tery strict as they should be to protect the beneficiaries from shar pers and lere lers the money must in each instance be paid to them direct and the claim agents and attorneys are not permitted to be present the grand jury will probably report on the matter today say all COX IN MORE trouble LE the phase of the whole matter ia is that thomas hills cliant ch anc ej ca for getting back his are nil and that dr cox threatens threaten to resume preaching if he should get ruined by the expose unfortunately the above is is not the only transaction in which dr cox figures with discredit credit to hims himself elfand and to the loss of others on monday a judgment waa was rendered against him for 2535 with interest at the rate of per cent from july 1882 in ili this matter also dr cox figured as the friend willing to relieve other people of troublesome iome wealth the sum of money was the property of mrs irs el A D ely and waa was loaned to R ilenson on dr coxs responsibilities she was given a quantity of worthless minin mining stock as collateral and of course lost all her money the jury brought in a verdict for the whole amount and interest against the rev II 11 C cox ox D DD D |