05/18/1888
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"The verdict returned upon the coroner's inquest...leads me to the conclusion that if a pension is granted in this case no soldier's widow's application based upon suicide can be consistently rejected."
"Much interest is manifested in this case, based upon former friendship and intimacy with the deceased and kind feeling and sympathy for his widow."
"I return without approval Senate bill No. 1064, entitled 'An act for the relief of L.J. Worden.'"
"Surely no one will seriously propose that a claim for pension should rest upon a conjecture as to what would have caused death if it had not occurred in an entirely different way."