Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-31


avoid being known in the affair.
On tho following morning, Stevenson had an inter-
view with the captain OF Tie CITY watch, Mhei, :"
whom the Mayor had introduced hun. Miller promsea
every aid 10 the proposed renewal OF the fauos OF
dsclorno tina, he as we'll his men had voted IN 20
yember of that year, Mt nearly all the wards I'M e"
yort and that he would take care TO send on as many
&c noss;be of the old men who understood the bus1ess
list of these he subsequently made out and nahdrc
10 Stevenson, promising to accompany Them hiinseh
t;nuIotn for $50 head, and adding that his ''is was
comnosed of The most desperate, daring fellows IN the
State who could whip their weight of wild cats, and
= nroncrlv managed would vote in every ward IN tile
city"
and made similar bargain with him-Looney prom's
mo that the men should far possible be the same
b had furnished Glentworth in 1888 and 1882 and tina
thew should be such as would swear through in every
ward if necessary He added, that if additional men
sbond be wanting Stevenson should write him letter
ordering nine and that he Looney) would understand
every foot of pipe ordered to mean man 10 be sent on
Iooncv declared himself practiscd hand IN election
frauds boosted that he had given the Wings possession
NJ pine ward by this means, and that i'll the election
between Inprrsoll and Naylor, ne had 20 men, VINO
by changing hats, had voted IN every wara. lie Of.
Mr. BADGER confirmed Looncys account OF hs EN-
CHENEY in frauds; said that he ooney) had often fur
nshed him fBadrer) with men, and was man TO DC re-
lied on. He cautioned Col. Stevenson against employ
nr Charles Swnt, he was not trustworthy anu iao
nearly caused an exposure OF the whole affair
moi naynp The men whom he took to New York on lla
occnsion. MIR Badger added an expression OF ms wls
,bot bc had here some twenty-five men from ~ 1otk,
for he could vote them three hundred tines as he had
the names on the list meaning, suppose, Inc ASSESS
ment list of the Northern Liberties i,
yonno The IIiq Constable, and Thornton, the
Sheriff officer made bargains with Col Stevenson
similar with those of Miller and Looney Young Parti,
tularlv offering to come HIMSELF and be registered
in New York. H., 4.
OF the evidence, which relates to kIston ALONE ue-
cline spea knr a, understand that his conduct IS the
subject of judicial proceedings in Baltimore.
ony add to this brief abstract that the facts which
il contains appear to be confirmed in important partl-
culars by papers in the handwrtngs OF Miller, Young
Looney Thornton and Badger, respectively, the last
under an assumed name.
The other evidence on which these charges rest, is
under the oath of witnesses heretofore respected some
of them parties in the transactions, and with one ex'
cepon, all of them, if correctly informed, asso-
ciaed in politics with the Wing pary
Such are the alleged facts. They bear most in]url-
ousy upon the character of the Mayor OF this city, the
High Constable, the Captain of the Watch, one OF the
deputy Sheriffs the City Plumber and Mr. Bella Badger
is il possible that they true? If they are not
call upon each of these gentlemen, Messrs swift,
Young, Miller, Thornton, Looney and Badger, by a
regard TO their own character and to the character
of Ph;ladelphia forthwith TO give to them clear, ex
plicit. particular and emphatic denial. suggest to
them that as the alleged facts mplIcate them jointly,
each should endeayor to procure denial by each
of the rest; if such denial can be properly made;
and without wishing TO be lnqulstoral, or having
anv disposition TO ask for the solemnity of oath,
where such solemuity is not mperlousy called
for venture to ask of each Of them, whether such
appea for the truth of their denals is not justified BY
the enormity and apparent force of the CHARGES
A CITIZEN.
THE NArURALIzATIoS FRArDs.-We are as deslrous
as any of our that the authors OF all frauds
with elections matter who they may be,
should be ferreted out without delay, and we were
therefore little surprised learn the trial respecting
relative 10 declarations OF intention 10
become citizens, which to have taken place on "a
turday, before the Court of Common Pleas was post
poned until Tuesday at the instance OF Mr. WIN. D..
Reed because the books of the Clerk of Quarter SEES
sions were locked up in the Grand Jury Room. The
Grand Jury are nearly all Whigs-thcy were not IN
session. and their room under the charge Oh me
Wing Sheriff Where the difficulty: Is y posi-
BILE that the Wing gentlemen who talk so mnch ABOUT
Locofoco frauds in this matter are getting sick OF the
investigation: =,
When il is commenced, however, it is ntmated by
a correspondent that it would be well to procure the
aid of persons skilled in the comparison oil writings, 10
como,re the interpretations with the books OF the same
Office when il was in Wing hands, particularly as 10 Ger.
tain words, such "Ireland, "sworn, september
and certain letters such as 3D. &c lie thinks an idea
of importance may be caught in this way
ELECTION FRAUDs-FURTHEa INVESTIGATIONS
New YORK; Oct, p.
Citv and County of .Ne,o York, ss.-Samuel ). Wan,
dell Of No 1903 Bowery, being duly sworn, opposes ana
save Tint he is acquainted with Philip Becanan and
las Iren 81 n,l a Of years; has never made
statement him of illegal voters in the Fall OF 1885 or
Spring of 1889; has personal knowledge OF any He
gal votes having been polled in the Fall Of o3S or
Spring of 1892 has no personal knowledge of any per
son having been here from other States br the purpose
of maintaining the purity of elections here; and
knows nothing about the same, directly or indirectly,
except from the aidavits in the examination now GO
ing on. SAM FL .. HANDhLh'
GEO. w. MATSELL,
Special Justice.
City and County of New York, ss.-Myer Hart
Marks, now residing in the county OF Philadelphia,
State of Pennsylvania being duly sworn deposes and
SAYS, deponent came to this city in the fall OF leoS'
was asked TO 90 a meeting in South Fourth street,
between Lombard and South; he there saw from 81 to
50 Mr.. Young, the then, and now, High Coa,
stable of Philadelphia, came in. Young aeked US If
we wanted to 70 to New York. and said he would give
$50 apiece: he did not say for what; he took down
all our names that were there. / think this was on
Wednesday or Thursday night. heard nothing far
Their until Sunday evening. met MIR. John Gore al Il
the corner of Fourth and Shipper Streets he SAID all
the men could CO. that he was appointed 10 select
such men he thought right. lie then went to each
man, including myself, and stated that he wonld call
out the that were to 20; be would make
two parties of them, party was 10 60 on TO New
York the morning, the other the day following
was appointed to come on Tuesday morning. went
down TO the steamboat for New York; and there found
Mr. Young. Mr.. Yonng said nothing farther 10 me,
but gave me a ticket TO come on with, and Likewise one
ticket for breakfast. Young gave, in my presence;
Mr. Saffron 800 and two tickets, one for passage and
one for breakfast, saying that the other seven dollars
should be paid when he got back to Philadelphia the
other money was given TO Mr.. Gore by Young, III
large bank bills pay the other men. Saffron came
part of the way and returned back from Borden!own.
Young's brother on board of the boat with us
there was eleven or thirteen of on board the boat
Yonngs brother took up to house--a yellow
framed house the river side cannot say where 1t
was From there we went to Lovejoys Hotel. On
the way down. Gore changed the hundred dollar bills
and gave each man his money; say $50 each. MIR.
Gore, MIR. Moon, and Mr. Renwater was with me. Ii
was said what were to do by no man, hui was
supposed that were TO come on here to vote. We
all knew that Mr.. Young, the High Constable, was a
Wing, and that was the ticket to vote
next morning walked TO the polls myself.
went from Tammany Hall down Nassau street to the
Second Ward Poll. | there a number of Phila-
delphians that had with me, others that had