Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-23

lars, and . great many other receipts, all Of
which appeared to bs, and deponent believes we're
original RECEIPTS amounting to, in the aggre sae
dolIars all Of which had been thss expended fer the
purpose OF procuring fraudulent votes from Phila-
delphia all Of hch money he alleged had been fur
nished to him by the Wing party or persons belong.
ing TO that party for this purpose. That upon the
disclosures Of these facts to deponent by said Client
WORTH and unwilling to believe, notwithstanding the
evidences so produced the truth of this statement
deponent determined that he would proceed TO Phi
ladelphia and il possible, have an interview with
the persons named TIE this end deponent took from,
Glentworth letter directed TO May Swift, of Phi
ladelphia, OF which the following is copy =" Dear
Sir The bearer is entitled TO your fullest confidence
James b. Glentworth and with this letter procee
ed from this city the lIth Of Oct instant, AID on
the evening Of that day waited on Col Swift, Mayer
Of Philadelphia, at his honsc, No. lV1 South Tenth
street. and delivered the letter TO him, and thereupon
said to him. after he had read tse letter that the OBJ
jec Of deponens visit to make similar arrange
ments with those made by Glenaworth in the fall Of
1885, nd spring of 1880 and asked him il he could
aid him. He, Swift, said he woud then asked
where l could find Miller and Young, his deputies
He replied, that they were engaged on special duty
that ening, but if | would come 10 his office be-
tween nine and ten o'clock in the morning, he would
by wink, point them out to me. He then asked me
what my object particularly was, at this time
told him t. obtain lists Of that could be
registered and that was DESTROYS to get as many OF
the men who were o. before as Possible-that when
selves; this he said was desirable and that could
Place the fullest confidence in Miller.
l asked kim " hat was the best time for me to see
Bella Badger he replied the morning, and that he
would arrange it, il chose; that might place the
fullest reliaace upon his and Badgers aid then
asked him when il would be best TO have a meeting
with some Of those men, such as Young and Miller,
naming them, and at the same time suggesting His
tons
He said Riston was not to be trusted, that he was
al Incorporate noisy fellow, and that he could not
consent to meeting any OF his officers, at his, Es-
on'sh then told him that God Client
worth to say, that he, Rston, had on former
sion cashed checks for him. and he, Swift, pre-
sent at Riston's house with Miller and Young, in
November, 1888; to which he said yes, but it was
dangerous and had like to have caused detection,
Notwithstanding he, Swift, had been most cautious
in all his movements, to avoid being known in the
affair On the next DAY went about ten oclcck TO
the mayors office, where he introduced Inc to Ro-
bert Miller Miller and my self walked into the park
back of the State House, and Miller agreed to fur
nish me list of names by half past three O'Clock.
He stated to me that he and his men voted in New
York, at the November election in 1888, in nearly
all the wards, and that he saw most Of the W hig
committs in their room; he said he would send me
as many Of the old men, meaning those that were
before rs possible, whose names on the list would
be mar ed with cr,ss. y.
Upon this left Miller and went in search Of Saus
ders and Thornton, and found them on the sidewalk
in front OF the State House aud asked them If they
knew Glentworth Of New York to which thew re-
piled yes. informed them that had come on the
business that he had in 1888 and 1889, and ask
ed whether they could furnish me with some men
for the coming election in November.
They said yes, upon the same terms they had fur
nished them t. Glentworth, which was thirty del
lars per man. They then agreed to meet me at the
watch box, at the corner Of Chestnut and Sixth
streets at seven o'clock that evening, at which time
they said they wOulo furnish me with list Of the
men they would procure, which should consist,
principally ef the men they had sent on before and
the names of all such as we're on before should be
marked that list with cross They said they
were both in New York with the men in the spring
of 1859 at the election in April that they fire.
qucnt.y spoken to at the polls by citizens in New
York who knew them, and that the excuse they gave
for being there was that they hal come or TO pre-
the Philadelphia locofocos from voting in New
York.
Isaw Saunders a second time at the rooms Of tie
County Commissioners. asked him if he knew am
Of the Executive Committee of New York. He
aid he had them all that he very well ac-
quainted with Noah Cook, who aided in changing
Clothes Of the persons who voted. Saunders
said he had operated in the Eighth, Seventeenth,
Fifth, Second, Sixth, and Fourth wards, 10 the CITY
Of New York; that he could not meet at seven, as
agreed upon, but that Thornton would furnish list
for both of them. Saunders resides at Isl North
Second street. At two o'clock saw Bella Badger;
ertained from him that he had written Client
worth before, under the name Of George W. Rhawn,
No. 2a3 North Second street; promised 10 furnish
me list Of men directed 10 Mr.. Jarvis, 100 Upp,r
Post Office, city Of New York. Badger said he
wished he had twenty-five men from New York on
here, (Philadelphia) as he could vote then three
hundred times, as he had she sames on the list He
said Looney good fellow, and could be depend
ed upon; that he Uooney) had often furnis he'd bin
Bsdger) with men.
That on ore oo casion he furnished 100 men. Bad
ger said that Charles Swint could not be depended
upon that he was q swiss, and bad become poor
sof, and ad ysed that lad better not either Kim
or John Swint, as Charles Swint nearly caused an
exposure of the hole affair before, in consequence
of his rot paying the men he took to New York
that occasion that he, (1adger,) Mayor Swift, and
others, had raised the money and paid them after
they came back. Badger said he had a spy upon all
his men. and knew which of them did their work
we'll while in New York, and that his list sheud be
Of such men as understood themselves,
and could be depended upon. Half past o'clock
saw Miller in the Park, back OF the State House.
As | approached him he said, go into Washirgton
square and / will follow. l did so. He joined me
there and gave me list OF names tie stated that
al those which were checked with pe,ci were in
New York before and voted in several of the wards
lie said Benz amin Bow re and Mitchell Graham m got
be registered in every ward, and they would swear
through n necessary He said his list, hereanto an
xed, marked e, was composed of the most dospe.
rate, daring fellows in the state, who could whip
their weight In wild cats, and IL properly managed
would vote in every ward in the city lie stated hs
would come on with them, and he must have $50
per man, " bich was the price Client worth paid him
in November, 1898. lie said Col Swift (the Mayor
ef PhiladsPha) was present at the house Of George
Riston. with Young and himself, when Glentwprth
.
understood at the time, Gleniwor b obtained from
Ri.ton, fer cheek, which Rston had discounted
for him.
On the I2,h, at o'clock. p. MI saw Rober,
l.ooncy plumber, at his house in 9Th street. ted
him nv business was the same as Glentworlh's was
in lS and 1852 and asked him IL he could furnish
me some men; he said yes, m,ny Of whom should
be tse same that were on 20 New York before and
at the same price Clentworth paid him. He said he
Understood bis men, and that he would send such a.
would swear through inerery ward, " necessary
that he had often furnished men here (Pbiladel-
phia,) particularly for the election between MAYOR
and fDgersoll that on that occasion he had twenty
men who, by changing hats, had voted IN every
ward. lie said Glentworh had paid him like a nam
and that he should be promptly served. fe stipula
ted that the money should be paid him IN advance
as the would work with better heart II raid be
forehand. This interview with him was ia a room
back Of his store.
After an interview Of about half an hour. we part.
cd. having agreed 70 meet again at his house al two
o'clock on the l3ih when he was 10 furnish me
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