The native American., 1838-11-17

man promised to come and give him deed, bu
had not done it, he paid him year ago last Jan
uary; no person has told me not to tell what per-
sons voted for, nor whether was nat,lralized
neither Mr. Israel nor Mr.. Preston Stratton has
told me so; | have not told any body that had
been told so.
Constantine Toisard called again and sworn
! (Mr. Schener consenting to act provided he was
permitted to suggest, in part, the words of the
oath.) Was born in France; came TO this country
about years ago; has never been naturazed;
has lived in Millville, or. what is the same thing,
at Scheterve, 4 years; voted at the last election;
does not know the names of the persons he voted
for; John Frank gave him the ticket and he voted
the ticket he gave him; it was printed ticket; he
did not read il; cannot read English; the ticket
was doubled up; he opened it; was the same as
that; Ia Van Buren, ticket being thrown him. Mr..
Frank stated to him to vote for Jackson, and told
him that ticket was voting for Jackson; he under
stood Mr.. Frank that he voted for Jackson; he
went with Aboendshine. and whole parcel from
the factory; the man who wrote at the polls, Lew
is Milford, mentioned his name; is married, and
has family; intends to remain in this country;
has paid tax; no one objected to his voting; has
voted before, but does not know whether it was
once or twice; does not remember who gave him
his ticket when he voted before; owns no house
or land, and never has since he has been in this
country; worked at Schelter's factory, in Mill
vile.
Philip iSchetler called again-I never asked
any of the men at the factory to vote the ticket
did; l have sometimes argued the question with
them which was the best side but never, as far as
| can recollect, took them to the polls to vote;
they might have gone at the same time did;
first voted in 1897 at the Courthouse election;
nearly all the hands voted then who had been there
year: it was the opinion there that all had righ,
to vote; did not give tickets to the hands at that
election.
James Murdock s,yorn.-Was born in Ireland
came to this country four years ago the 10Th O.
June; have never been natulazed; lives in MILF
vile, and has lived there since about nine days
after he came to this country; work in Millville
Furnace Coaling; it is owned by David G.. Wood
of Philadelphia; voted at the last election in Mill
vile township; lives at the Coaling; voted the De
mocratic ticket; voted this ticket, "a Van Burer
ticket being shown him;) cannot say who gave
him the ticket he voted; got it at Millville; did no
intendto vote the Whig ticket, nor for any person.
me when came to the election; John McCardy
Peter Barrant, Hugh Richards, William McCar
dv, and Samuel McClue, | saw in Mlve on the
day Of the election; was at work in the Coane
last; was at work there on Saturday morning;
continued to work until about 10 o'clock; did moi
see John Robinson, or Elbridge G. McCIong, al
the Coaing that day; heard of his being at the
Coaling that day.
| In. Wall did not see the relevancy of these
questions. The committee thought it would be
proper for the Council to state what he expected
to prove.
Mr.. Wilson said he expected to prove THAT,
when Mr.. Bailey, as deputy Sergeant-at-A rms,
went down with subpgnas for the men at the Coal
ing and other witnesses, some of the claiming
members and their personal and political friends,
Immediately after Mr.. Bailey arrived at Millville,
sent word to the workmen to keep out of his
way, that the process could not be served upon
them to bring them to give evidence.
The witness (Murdock) said he would state
all the circumstances Of the case. He was pro-
ceedng to tell why he left work, &C. but was
checked by the committee and told to answer the
questions which should be propounded
Mr.. Wilson-Did any person last Saturday,
and who, and when, tell you to keep out of the
way OF the process that was sent by the commit
tee?
Ans.-I went over to the house of John Dixon
on the evening of Saturday, a little before sun
down. | was first told that process was issued
to bring me to Trenton. Villa McCurdy told
me that there was guard sent from Trenton af-
ter us; he seemed to be alarmed about it, and he
and went across the field. He did not know
who the persons were and we asked one James
Smith, boy in the Coaling, who it was, and he
told us it was William II. Abbott, at Millville
furnace, Noah Sheldon, and man from Trenton.
When | heard there were but three, | said |
would go no further; for | had been BETRAYED
once, and | would not suffer myself to be taken.
had not seen any of these persons at that time.
When | went from Dixon's, went for the pur-
pose Of getting out of the way of coming to Tren-
on William McCurdy was with me; he said he
went also to get out of the way. McCurdy did
not say how he heard of this. No other person
on that day told me TO keep out of the way. AZ
ter had said would 60 no further, he and went
back into the Coaling; this was pretty well to-
wards evening on Saturday. meant, by being
betrayed, that Squire Jordan and Mr.. Blackson
came to the Coaling the week after the election,
and sent up Hugh Richards, and said they were
sent by authority from Trenton to see whether
voted at the last election, and whether was ma
turalized or not. | told him that that was my