Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-29

I'D savs he is now Leather Inspector ofthe city
r. New York. know James b. Glentwofth' ionucI
70 INSPECTOR of the city of New York In he IAN OF
1888, was connected with the Aims 'iouse M
ment of the city of New York; and was, during NO
yamher. 1898 know Patrick McArdle; ne was at
acbed nj that time TO the criminal department Al hec
yue know Noah Cook who was elected n,snioeI
NJ the Legislature for this CITY IN Inc la VI I0o1'
Lnsw filen,wor,h in the fall of 1885 Noah Cook IS a
| card,n, merchant / do not know that James D.
(sntworih procured persons to come here ana vote at
fall election of 1888. | never had any conversation
with him upon that subject IN my he.
n wos talked of that pgersoll and Brown were or
$50 nsrsons 70 come here and vote the Locotuco
La,. bat Glentworih had gone TO Philadelphia 10 gel
nor ~ come here TO watch the polls, and prevent the
other persons voting whether Gentwor'h suceeuea ~
ge,,;na men. do not know from my own knowpoge'
SSn, Sa ID he did This conversation might nave oeen
Min Nah Cook. / heard Patrick McArdle hnd gang
az men nnder his charge in the Sixeenlh ware; anu
my impression they were part OF 'he uel'
worth had rot This heard from McArdie himself
MIGHT have told McArdle that Gientworm was 10
have men come from niaue'p""' ~
die. must take care OF them -, o..
y had ,h;s conversation with McArdle while Client
worth was in Philadelphia, as suppose. oiu not See
McArdle on the night previous to the eiecuoh VI W.
| n.h- 1899 unless / saw him before he had seen
Glentworth. 80 e., .no,he-
man not from me- heard in different Committee
rooms md from Noah Cook, that persons were 70
come and be at the different polls from ihaaelp h
and New Jersey to prevent illegal voting; TO watch Inc
onnos;,e marty There some such men ! know
from New Jersey, attending the 10th Ward poll. MY
impression al the time that there was an
ON hand TO get illegal votes, and that The men ~hc
MeArdIe had under his to put IN Iilegai votes
if they could be successfully managed heard greal
deal about Glenworths being gone at the time, ana
heard Noah Cook say letter had been sent To MN,
that fhe had gone any farther than to get men 10 come
and watch the poll and prevent illegal votes aga'ns,
the Why ticket he must stop and go no farther about
IL md this heard while Glentworth was gone and BE-
fore the election. CO.,
did not, according to my impression, see Client
worth after his return Philadelphia before or dur
nt, The election now remember that, day alter the
ELECTION or very after, heard Gentworth speak
np of McArdes nefhciency, and SAID ne was not Tue
man for him. as the enterprise had failed 'hrouSh us
neficiency.
been spent by Gentworh spoken OF in many places
in nv presence II said he must have aPpIopfi'
ated some Of the to his own use, and had not
applied as he was have done, and as he stated he
| had done
/ | think Robert c. Wetmore was the person who
uaye the directions to McArde. My impression is, i
sent McArdle to R. c. Wetmore TO get his directions
abou, the men should think it was The day prevlons
10 the election that sent him heard II SAID IN
!saton among us, that it supposed we had
but in by The other party this may have heard from
Robert c. Wetmore Noah Cook, Henry W. Ravens,
or Gpntworih, but not certain 1t was either OF them
Mr. Robert c. Wrtmore told me TO tell McArde To
meet him. and that there would be TO DC put
IN his charge First conversation had with MIR. Wet
more was that Glentworh had gone To Philadelphia
and would get some men, and McArdle was I" take
charge of them. | gathered from the conversation,
though cannot give the words, that the men were 10
come on here and vote illegally ut the then cnmingrec
,ion JOHN +. RAYMOND.
Sworn this god day of OctnLrr, Io40, before me-,
ROBERT FL. MORRIS,
Recorder of the City of New York.
AFFipAvITs OF GRINNELL AND OTHERS.
| City and County OF New York, ss-Moses H. Grin
nell of the city of New York, being duly sworn doth
depose and say, that he has read the dePosons Of j.
D. Stevenson and others contained in the Standard of
this morning. and that the far they duplicate
this deponent unlrue that this dcpnnen never did
directly indirectly employ the sud james T. Client:
worth 90 Philadelphia or any other place. for the
purpose Of procuring persons to come on to Tins city tor
The purpose of voting; nor has he any knowledge or
belief that he employed BY any person or per-
sons; this deponent remembers that previous TO The fall
election of 1888 there was report IN this city, which
was believed by this deponent that the Loco Foco par
ty of Philadelphia and other places, intended TO send
to this city persons not entitled to vote, for the
purpose of voting their ticket and that 1t was
therefore deemed advisable by this deponent and
Others that persons who acquainted with the resi-
our polls for the purpose of detecting any such illegal
vote RS, if any such should appear that this deponent
ne " had any conversation with said Gieniw"r,h IN
relation his going tn Phila delpha, did ne even
know that he had gone TO Philadep hia until some time
after he had gone-that the first knowledge of depo-
nen that he in Phadelp ha arose from reports or
letters intimatlng that the said Gentworh wns about
employing persons to on to this city tor the pur-
pose Of voting; that this deponent Immediately after
hearing such reports consulted by X. NJ. Batch
God lr g
most effectua mode OF preventing the contamination
of such plan, if any such contemplated by the
said ]. B. Glenworth-and that tlcreupon the letter
following, was sent to the snid J. b. Glentworth:
I "NEw YORK, October 3lst, 1888.
"Dear Sir--Two of your letters, written yesterday,
have found their way 10 this city. The project which
you laid is not wholly understood by your friends
here. The position which they consider themselves
placed in is easily summed up, and their only fear
that you may have misunderstood their motives and
desires. If you have made any arrangements which
in any way tend 10 any thing beyond general super
vision of the polls for the purpose of detecting and pre-
venting illegal voting you must at once uncqnivocaiy
abandon il, and look to them for any expense which
your precpitate steps may have occasioned. We va
ue the highly any portion of our fellow ciii-
zens value IT, but are determined not to enter into
any sort of arrangement which, under any crcum-
Stances could be construed into bargain Tor foreign
votes. We therefore ake the earliest and most efec-
tive mode of saying TO you that while ready to
submit 10 the expense which you have incurred in your
preliminary arrangement will no, cnuntenance any
system which can in any way encourage the imPorta-
i ton of voters.
awe know your desires, and shall be willing TO meet
your Wishes provided they based upon the simple
point of protecting the rights Of the honest voters,
which we deem your only hope or expectation
And this dcponent most solemnly asserts, that he
never did directly indirectly employ the said J. b.
Glen,worih any other person or persons 10 go TO
Philadelphia to any other place, for the purpose of
procuring persons to vote in this city, at the elections
place; nor does he know believe that he
ployed by any person persons; and that if any per-
sons procured by the said J. B. Genlworth, or
if any such persons did vote at any election who
not entitled to vote the same was done without the
knowledge consent or appreciation of this deponcnt and
as far as deponent knows or believes, without the
knowledge consent or appreciation of the said R. NJ.
Balchford, james Bowen or Simeon Draper, Jr
/ Nj H. GRINSEI,I,