The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 22, 1954, Page 5

Story Of Captain Fogarty Is Fascinating Fogarty Is Important Name In Local History By FRANK W. LOVERING In the many stories of Key West in its earlier years the name @f Capt. W. H. Fogarty appears again and again. This time, through the com- munication by Walter P. Fuller of St. Petersburg to D. B. McKay of Tampa, editor af the page “Pioneer Florida” in the Tampa Sunday Tribune, the sea rover’s Marriage to the daughter of an interesting early Floridian is ac- cented by the fact that the moth- er was once taken for Judah P. Benjamin, cabinet member of the Confederate States. Her name was Madam Julia Atzeroth, always called “Madam Joe.” Fuller received the information from Mrs. Caroline Fogarty of| St. Petersburg, granddaughter of Madam Joe. She said Benjamin, who was taken from the Gamble} Mansion at Ellenton to safety in the Bahamas, by boat out of Sar- asota, was “shrewdly guessed by the Federals to be in the vicinity of the mansion.” The soldiers figured that Ben- — jamin would try to disguise him- self to effect his escape; and they decided one day “that Madam “Joe was Benjamin in disguise in female clothes.” She and her husband were arrested and Madam Joe was found to be a woman rather than the fugitive from the North. In her discussion with Fuller, the granddaughter said that Madam Joe’s daughter, whom she knew in her childhood as ‘Miss Eliza,” married first nephew of Charles Dickens, the noted author; that her second husband was Capt Fogarty sometime of Key West an dof Fogartyville, west of Bra- denton. Three sons were born to the union, Will J., Jerry and John. Will J. was the husband of Mrs. Caroline Fogarty and he owned a magnificent schooner he had built. 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Fin- ally it was decided to chop a hole in the bottom of the schooner, hoping the entrapped men might escape. The plan ended in the tragic drowning of the men.” Mrs. Fogarty’s father H. Walter Fuller, bought the wreck from the widow, converted it into a gasoline-driven boat, named it the Vandilia, operated it on the Tampa-St. Petersburg run—event- ually merged three lines on the bay into the Favorite Line of steamers which, at various times operated the Vandalia, the Terra Ceia, Manatee, H. B. Plant, Pokanoket and Favorite on Tampa Bay until 1918. One of the Fogar- tys was captain of the Manatee many years, Jerry Fogarty lived in Key West. John Fogarty operated many years a noted old country store at Fog- artyville, which had custom from as far south as Shark river. Fuller’s narrative, quoting Mrs. Caroline Fogarty, says: “Capt. Bartholomew Fogarty, brother of W. 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Veterans Administration said the increases are automatic and will be included in checks mailed at the end of October. VA requested veterans and de- Pendents not to write to the agency concerning the increases because they are payable automatically. VA explained that compensation is payable for service-connected disabilities or deaths and that pen- sion is payable for nonservice - connected disabilities or deaths. The Conpensation Act will in- crease service - connected pay- ments to 2,036,000 veterans and to 311,400 dependents of deceased ve- terans, or a total of 2,347,400 per- sons. The Pension Act will increase nanservice - connected payments to 544,700 veterans and to 520,000 dependents of deceased veterans, or a total of 1,064,700 persons. The old and the new monthly compensation ‘rates for veterans with wartime service - connected disabilities, are: Disability Rating 10% 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 OLD $ 15.75 31.50 47.25 63.00 86.25 103.50 120.75, 138.00 NEW $ 17.00 33.00 50) 66.00 91.00 109.00 127.00 145.00 90 155.25 163.00 100 172.50 181.00 Seriously disabled veterans who have lost, or lost the use of, two or more parts of their bodies are paid certain statutory rates rang- ing from $266 to $400. These rates are increased by the law to a new range of $279 to $420. Veterans with peacetime service- connected disabilities will receive 80 per cent of the new wartime disability and statutory rates. Additional compensation is pay- able to veterans with dependents who are rated 50 per cent or more disabling. No increase was voted in the amounts added for de- pendents. The statutory allowance of $47 provided for certain disabilities such as loss of one leg, arm, eye, etc., was not increased. This a- mount is payable in addition to the percentage disability rates which were increased. The minimum compensation rate of $67 for arrested tuberculosis al- so was not increased. Increases in excess of five per cent were granted to widows with no children and to dependent par- ents of deceased veterans. The old and the new rates, as set by the law, are: Class— Old New Widow, no child _ $75.00 $87.00 Dependent mother 15.00 or father _____ Both parents living, aC 2. 2 -- 35.00 40.00 Widows and dependent parents of deceased veterans with peacetime service will receive 80 per cent of these new wartime compensa- tion rates. Rates for widows with children and for children alone are not af- fected by the new law. Under the pension act, veterans of World War I, World War II, 60.00 Commercial Use... We Are Prepared To Furnish You With Clean, Pure Cube » Crushed ICE Thompson Enterprises, Inc. (Ice Division ) Dial 2.6831 |e sent to inspect the roof hadn't Key West, Florida and of the Korean conflict will re- ceive an increase in monthly pen- sion payments from $63 to $66.15. The pension of those reaching age 65 and those receiving pension con- tinuously over a period of 10 years will be increased from $75 to $78.75. The rate of pensioners who need aid and attendance will be increas- ed from $129 to $135.45. The old and the new death pen- sion rates for the dependents of veterans of World War One, World War Two, and of the Korean con- flict are: Widow, no child, from $48 to $50.- 40; widow and one child, from $60 to $63; each additional child, from $7.20 to $7.56; one child, no widow from $26 to $27.30; two children, no widow, from $39 to $40.95; three | children, no widow, from $52 to $54.60; each additional child, from $7.20 to $7.56. Spanish American War veterans receiving pension for 90 days or more of service will be increased from $96.75 to $101.59 and those re- quiring aid and attendance, from $129.00 to $135.45. Spanish - American War veterans receiving pensions for 70 days or more of service will be increased from $64.50 to $67.73 and those needing aid and attendance, from $83.85 to $88.04. The old and new pension rates for dependents of Spanish - Am- erican War veterans are: Widow, from $51.60 to $54.18; wi- dow who was wife of veteran dur- ing service, from $64.50 to $67.73; additional for each child, fromi $7.- 74 to $8.13. Five per cent increases also were voted for certain chil- dren where no widows are involved. The basic pension rate for Civil War veterans was raised from $96.- 75 to $101.59 and for aid and at- tendance, from $129.00 to $135.45. The pension rate for veterans of the Indian wars or campaigns was increased from $96.75 to $101.59 and for those needing aid and at- tendance, from $129 to $135.45. Also increased by five per cent were the basic pension rates for veterans, widows and children of Civil ,War and the Indian Wars, and for widows of the Mexican War. Missouri Man Ships Over For Six-Year Term J L Learue, an airman attached to the Fleet All Weather Training Unit, Atlantic, based at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Key West, Flo-| rida, reenlisted for a six year tour | of duty with the Navy on Septem- ber 17 1954. Learue works in the Air Frames Division at FAWTU and is working as a Metalsmith. He is the first man from FAWTU to ship over under the Navy’s new reenlistment bonus plan. Since this was Learue’s first reenlistment his bonus was computed on the basis of one month’s pay for each year of his reenlistment contract, or in his case, one-half years pay. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. 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