798:, 319 (U.S. Court of Claims May 31, 1887) ("Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: Know ye that, by virtue of the authority conferred upon the President by section 1768 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, I do hereby suspend Ward McAllister, Jr., of Alaska, from the office of United States district judge for the District of Alaska until the end of the next session of the Senate, and I hereby designate Edward J. Dawne, of Oregon, to perform the duties of such suspended officer in the mean time, he being a suitable person therefor, subject to all provisions of law applicable thereto. In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent and the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, the twenty-first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and tenth. Grover Cleveland.").
888:, 319-20 (U.S. Court of Claims May 31, 1887) ("Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: Know ye that, by virtue of the authority conferred upon the President by section 1763 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, I do hereby suspend Edward J. Dawne, of Alaska, from the office of United States judge for the district of Alaska until the end of the next session of the Senate, and I hereby designate Lafayette Dawson, of Missouri, to perform the duties of such suspended officer in the mean time, he being a suitable person therefor, subject to all provisions of law applicable thereto. In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent and the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and tenth. Grover Cleveland").
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claiming to be Dawne, and claiming to hold office in another country, sent a letter outlining their intention to claim her fortune by having their divorce annulled. While it was believed possible that the statute of limitations had passed relating to the forgery charges from 1885, because charges had been filed in time, the charges were still pending, and Dawne did not appear. There was doubt as to the validity of the letter, viewed as part of an attempt to claim the fortune, which was inherited by Dawne's two sons.
277:, who had business dealings with Dawne, sent a letter to the White House detailing his misgivings with Dawne's appointment, including financial improprieties, his false claims regarding medical experience, and his inexperience as a lawyer. Dawne took office on August 20, 1885. While Cleveland initially defended Dawne's appointment, within a month, he had sent a letter reprimanding
281:, the former Oregon senator and governor, who had recommended Dawne. With his application for the judgeship, Dawne had sent a list of 123 signatures of leading citizens and lawyers recommending him for the post. He also received letters of recommendation from Grover, ex-Senator and State Supreme Court Justice
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of Dawne's disappearance the next day. Swineford stated that "while no judge at all is better than such a one as Dawne, his disappearance nevertheless completely blocks the wheels of justice in the
Territory." By December 24, there were seven summonses out for Dawne in Oregon relating to $ 30,000 in
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Following his disappearance, his wife and two sons returned to Salem to live with her father, and she secured a divorce in 1887. She subsequently remarried and was widowed. Her father died in 1904, leaving his $ 80,000 fortune to her, and she died in early 1905. Later that year, Dawne, or somebody
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341:. He had told several different stories of why he was departing and instructed the marshal to adjourn the court until his return. Dawne sent letters to his wife admitting to crimes and indicating that he had fled to British Columbia. She informed Governor
229:, and that the degree had been left behind in Virginia, sent for, and received, but local media found that the university had, at that point in time, never had a medical school. During the campaign, he also claimed to have been a Lieutenant Colonel in the
217:, a race which he lost by 40 votes. Upon moving to Salem, he had claimed to be a medical doctor, which was shown to be false at the end of the 1874 campaign. He had also been given a faculty seat in the medical department of
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