333, entitled "An act granting
a pension to Catharine Bussey."
It does not appear that the husband of this beneficiary ever applied for
a pension. He was discharged from the Volunteer Army on the 9th day of
December, 1864, after a service of more than three years.
He was found dead on a railroad track on the 11th day of June, 1870,
apparently having been struck by a passing train.
It is claimed that the deceased suffered a sunstroke while in the Army,
which so affected his mind that he wandered upon the railroad track and
was killed in a fit of temporary insanity.
Though it would be gratifying to aid his widow, I do not think these
facts are proven or can be assumed.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _September 7, 1888_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I return without approval House bill No. 5525, entitled "An act granting
a pension to Mrs. Jane Potts."
The husband of this beneficiary enlisted in 1861 and was mustered out of
the service in April, 1865.
He was taken prisoner by the enemy and endured for a long time the
hardship of prison life.
He never applied for a pension, though undoubtedly his health suffered
to some extent as the result of his imprisonment.
The beneficiary married the soldier in 1871.
He conducted his business affairs, managed his farm, and accumulated
property up to the year 1880, when by a decree of court he was adjudged
insane, caused by sickness as far as was known, and that his disease was
hereditary.
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