People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1895 — Swindled the Government. [ARTICLE]

Swindled the Government.

St. Louis, Mo., June 19.—A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Francis M. Rhodes, alias Peter Rhodes, a resident of Macon, Mo., charging him with perjury. It is claimed that he has obtained some SIO,OOO in pensions from the government by making false affidavits regarding the loss of eyesight. Investigation shows that his eyesight is good; that he is quite rich and making money as a money lender.