12/02/1888
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"An attorney having the mother's application for pension in charge withdrew from the case in October, 1884, for the reason that...his death was caused by a snow slide."
"I can not believe that his suicide had any connection with his army service."
"I do not see how the relief proposed can be granted in this case without an unjustifiable departure from the rules under which applications for pension should be determined."
"I believe this claim for pension to be a fraud from beginning to end."