Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1902 — A PECULIAR PENSION CASE. [ARTICLE]

A PECULIAR PENSION CASE.

Pensioner’s Fortune of $25,000 Will Revert to the Government. The pension board of Huntington had a peculiar case before it, at a recent examination. Henry Wensler, of Wabash, was a soldier. He lost his mind and was pensioned at |SO per month. Thos. F. Payne, of Wabash, was appointed his guardian, and so well were his affairs managed during the thirty or thirty-five years intervening, that Wensler now has the snug sum of |25,000 to his credit in the hands of his guardian. The fact being brought to the attention of the government the pension was cut off. The guardian at once made a fight for the restoration of his ward to the pension rolls, claiming that the government had no right to discriminate against Wensler; that whether he had one dollar or |25,000 the pension cannot be withdrawn legally. The result was that Wensler was again ordered before the pension board and will probably be reinstated. Wensler has no heirs, and whatever estate his guardian may accumula'e in his name will revert to the government.