Grover Cleveland actually said...

"The death of this valiant soldier and patriotic son of the Republic ... has nevertheless shocked the country and caused universal grief."

"No substitute shall hereafter be employed in any Department."

"The checks remain in Leatherbury's possession until they were delivered by him to the special agent of the Pension Bureau upon the investigation."

"Someone with more intelligence than this ignorant colored woman concocted the scheme to gain this fraudulent pension."