Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-17
pTCINOND Va. TUESDAY, MAkCH II.
o.,,.,.oons Viii. Fraud.

The mos, important disclosures have come OUT III t,ie
contested Election between lngcrsol! an" io
seal in CONGRESS \ Commission Is now sittihS III
Philadelphia, for the purpose OF examining ,he usp"
d VOTES IN order 10 decide the controversy before thc
Committee of Elections OF the House OF Representa-
tvcs The developments are siar'llhg' !A"""@ 't,'
facts this has out on me evidence oi VT
DOYLE ain the five wards Of the Northern Liberties.
,nrnd from examiniur the Commission books
bo, there were 1876 more votes pocd than there were
taxable inhabitants IN the same wards = nc "St'o-
nv taken at the Commissioner sitting, on inc 'h 'is,,,
shows how this fraud was pepctratcd against
Amono other witnesses who had been summoned 10 al
TEND was John G. Gill; but he was gone, ana nor !"
br tnunJ-thc reason is as iolows:-lt was proved by
Andrew Miller, that he convrrscd with Hi at t'rS-
burg on The evening Of the day he was to nave appear
ed here Ia testify aud that Gill told Mr. MILLER, he
would have lost thousand dollars II he mao not Iclt
| Philadelphia suddenly rs he did
.By Hugh W Me- inity, that Jno. c. Gill was an OF.
lrer in Sheriff Watmouehs oic,, active v hig and
PARTISAN of Mr. Naylor and election officer at the cleo
sion in I:sS that having been removed from Office by
Sheriff Filter, Gill had confdrntially informed Mr.
McCinitv that Filter not lawfully elected Sheriff,
nor Navlor to Congress-; and that ultimately Gill dis
closed TO Mr. McGinity, that Gill present at Bella
Badrcr's house. in the night when, IN the presence o!
several election officers, he named upwards OF 100 false
votes were added to the Regstres. The whole mum
Der of false votes thus added to the RcgIsries OF city
and county for that election Gill said was $500
"Mr McGinity testified that Gill is very poor man,
an appcant for the benefit of the nsorcnt Act, and
frequently borrowed from Mr. MEG. small sums for
subsistence, of which he So And that the
afternoon before Gill left Philadelphia, he showed Mr..
Nc Ginity thousand dollars bank notes, in hls pock
ct book.
Jacob r. Kline shows how it was done. He tcstIhcs
that Gill told him. sstha before the October election OF
lS3S he went TO the House Of Bella Badger in COM
pany with John Goodman Of the second ward, North
ern Liberties On the second day of the correction Of
he Registry list in the evening, they had the books for
the correction Of the list Of the first, second, third,
tour.hsand fifth wards of the Northern Liberties
They left out the third ward book, stating that they
could manage that ward themselves, and 10 the other
ward hooks they added that night 900 namcs-the
doors and windows fastened and bo!tcd by locks
and nails by order Of Mr.. Badger. The understand
nu was that THIS number Of 10 bc put into
the ballot boxes before the poll opened The 400
names alluded to, were prepared by George Hacker,
John Jordan, John r. Scott, Bella Badger, Thomas
NcCiratli and John Goodman all of whom were pre-
sent with Gill the aforementioned night at Bad
gcrs house He stated that these 9G0 names
tered the list previous 10 opening the election, and
900 tickets were put into the ballot boxes, with the
name of Charles Naylor them before the boxes
were taken TO the Hall He further stated, that John
c. Gill made the above disclosures of his accord
and that he said that night, that if he was brought to
Washington lie would burst the thunder cloud. He
further said that Mr.. Gill said that he was and had al
ways been a Wing
Who can read these revelations without horror and
INDIGNATION