New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-09
The Late Election Frauds,
urlhtr Lea lhNr'l-at'iH
Rlackweli's Island md the Third District
Watch-Hou.e.


Watcb-Hou.e.
Staie IF Nesr.Yort Ctr and Co-Hfg of Nj 5rt e.
GEosGE JENSisoS being duly sworn, saSs bat - re-
side al No ~ sprng r-e q sud City, an = a Mana
laturer. D-oneui Further says Tat about das bfeA IN
the morning Of The lih MT he ~r % IT, faI ~ ".
between Spring snl Broome s'reets te When dep neni
al been aid Pol about I'VE s'nu,e Fernando >.rah
allan one l the In.rectors of Election ~ All D..f-
came 10 .sd poll anil came -oNu M0osfer street n dc
rectoH from Prince stee-lnI depoleHt -'y' 'Lai 20
-uanahan reside q No - Grand sweet A, tef"n-ni o.
eea informed AID .ceveS Dep9neui -1rtrr ~ Nli
tla, tbe vge. Second Ds,rc, Of he s'h Val Ne-~ l-
ceived At ~. > 1o.ier sire tt rs ,al >sii1 a-fls
IL m1fnin5 OF ne I'm ~, ~ " ,h.. i..l- ~ i'i
ior ihe Eecuou a. I'D Poll did to orire~ ius' '
'Da about ore or teq O'Clock ou al morning 10 Pc
~ "a place Where sa.d Pei ta. heidi lli 'aN in I'
. cre-thsi 10 then went ,i- ialri ,rIli a' hol
torner II Prince ADD Wooster sree Ft~re o. ''ii 70
MOI nng.nd iii, depoaen. ave. t1e' "hen 'ad >raaah
came 10 5. DOLL on sad i-rar., he came lr' -ill
ron sall watch lI0u.-, mi rot n ue direction f)H
place NJ residence ru Grand sir -
D.poreni urhtr says taf during n~ morning ~ ne i-h
Mt 2 mar who's name gfkno-H 70 i-psneal sn1ed 10
81 -rsrsh.o Al 80 Poll two a1ts ore for Nsyo-
t,,t.~t- CJ,-r q n, ~rr,rrf 10 .- FL ss.f
voter and caused hm 10 ir sworn ny r Inspector Wn
ii.,er 10 hr1 boih the Elect m cam, taken hy voter
And ieponr-- fshrr says, hat ven aid man wss a.d
by depo Where lee resided sai man replied uai b. re
,id-G II No u posfer-,r-i, or ~ Woos'er,e De-
on the ~orner OF Prince ami No0.ie street.. a teioren
kuowing tiiai the Thru Ds,rci Ns..h fiouS. Wa IS,
H. 10 rs and IL w.o-trr.reet remarked iAai ,ft
u.da bad gwen the Watcp Rouse A. hs r. fences "trr
upon sanc man "as qre>u'tr 90 T,..iun 10 o., r.
-fr4H4hdn. ana iarsf~ NJ VI rrof ~
Inspector of Election ~ 'ad Poll bot ,'d man jared
be- conused, and DID not ger ,ai,tsoiHv iFqie, All
aia sfanahan ADMINISTERED Ihc se"n" ua'h 10 'ad man
.ayng h1l would sff1e s, "r 01ris 20 hat eject AID
J" Is ''''''' WI GEORGE JEvNIsoN
Sworn 70. this l3i day of Apr 1912, before No,
EoHERT TAYLOR, >pef sl fns,.ce.
Cur an7 County If Neu- Iovt MILLS 1tYLoR. of
the city Of Newly ofk capiaino Ire Ihrd District watch.
onthe corner OF Prince art Wooster streets. rat tbs te-
ponent duty Tho lib Of Aprl. the night PRECEDING
3D. o..
The watch at usual hour and u.1a" srt DOT o e
house during The ngit-ta tbs te;pncnl turned 10 % 100
two CclDckthat Ia, depononi -d not SEQ any persons
there from Backwelrs Iaud-nor doe. 10 know any rer-
sons beng there from Blackwell. ,lsniand ilIi,rilt
h. docs not know o any persons hs'h- been brought tr,
or me purpose Of v'ih2 at n Election 90 no., &c
Fernando >ranahan tie Watch hD ne ai n-uf .1E
that uight Captain bogari, OF B1rkwcf' Hand - ta11
DAYS >pnug street., 10 ihe early rsT ~ 'hr rfe1n-
think. BOgar did not say any t'rg about sending
from Blackwell. Island tie watch house from any
time during the night carriage az the watch house
DO not know Of any persons beng 70 ,,G tnga hoq, nd
sworn tnis 1871 Of April, is32 before me
ROET II. N0sls Mayor K
orr and County If va TorI -. siMoy Srisr,.a o.
the City II Newly ORR, Assistant Captain uf thr mpaay OBJ
Wa,chmen Of which Captain N.ian ~ llf commando
duty the night Vt tic lih ~ Arr, l.i2 t'e night
previous 10 the Election w1' 10 the house dang e VIZ
ting all he night IN lhe house until about 70 10 ocork,
then retired and again got ar lille after ore o'clock $50
rot hear oi any persons coming from Blackwell. Island
All the persons that were trre NAT nirii ~" te 1ur
named on the attached paper ami 'hea psoncrs " s
sleep.aud | fispr where
I've and where theN are 'FRONT.' happens nearly every
nght-thcse brought ~ by vai"hnen. Iio not know
Of person, benz there that night who came for the
purpose oi Votng-err Nas rJne there 90 knowledge.
know OF person bong ~ ihe Engine house. | r.i-
her Jaw or heard Of any caroec being 'hcrc ha night
there person there hat oil .hi who o hc ~
Inspector Of klccoss-ani 10 not know Nr Fcrrart
strdnahan-l 'aw one there who understood belonged
on Backw-lfs Island.
Being further sworn. he says small nan who | have
heard called Captain Bogsr about ~ o'co. tie
SIMON SuI>nIFR
Sworn th, laih Of April, 1872. beorcme,
Rosr H. MoRRts, Mayor. &c.
Paper attached "M9ndGy night, frrl l3th LOCKERS
10 the Watt h-house.
Michael Brown. and James Gallagher from Troy Ira.
II saunders and kintlcv, from H.csen'sck
We have newt the Dfidavis oi JONATHAN RRowN Go.
ELKiS and DANIEL DouGHtErv, showing that there VI,
regular management cf IN" paupers remaining the Am'
House the day of Election with of getting
many possible that they taken of by
loads he kuokeihocko stages with contractor
oi the beside Ire who drove ho rrso' aad
farther appears iuat one naigraTcI paper banned Ii0s
Jones having died short time ,i"r- hispaP,s hndtd
to unotuai,;ed a.,eH naued Agaor, 1cao
suc'od 10 poe them as 2hosGs Jon and ,dfso rofe
The following il the concluding aiiidavtl
State # N,,r- Iok Cuy and Cotntyo( Nc1r. iort ST..
Isaac SAWYER being duy sWOrn SAYS that De reside" ~
Pclhdmstree and he blink, that Il u NJ. So 'ri hr vs'
paupcr Ia sad city for nearly tire" wears, and until
Wednesday, The l5in inst. iia stou year more,
there named 1tcniss Jone, he Am--iiou>r.
pauper, natuialSe AMI sad Jole, then showed deponc
h. naturaiiflcn paper tia said Jones died ~ sad Anus
House some months sHce, arponrui has been informed
belle that Tuesday NJ. the In inst hr
pan per sad AmslOu,c named AgncW handed depuu' Il
4 printed paper, WHY writing on Il also. ihst Ddnc
Doughery SAID Agncw hand ti, deplnen sad paper.
and on reading ad paper dcpoent iound 70 - nhtu.
raza paper declaring theciurenshipoi 'ad Jones aid
Agnc todd this iepOneni that be gong 10
In drIon.r, mai ,brahsm Van Ciref line s,el- T "a 4
Aims ioa", bad given hm SAID paper, and told him To
ie Foil 10 vote a, SAID Election, to his
Thomas Jones, and he was ch'enecd zee mast produce
& a sF..
day e Election he sad AfLvw come out o room of
ahou.e the Third Avenue where one OF The Polls OF H."
>Mtc' nth ward was hel at said kecon, snd SAID AsneW
subsequently told this dePoncnI that hr had voted al SAID
ElcctcD without any difficulty.
Dcponcnt further says thai said Agnew told this deponcut
that he Agnew bad DECLARED hs intention 10 hecomr CT
Of The United states OF America but that h. hal not
bis naturalization paper aud that be could not vote uE
ISAAC SAWYER.
Sworn to this 25th day q April 1872 before mc.
ROBERT TAYLog Special Justice.
State If Nor- York. CITY and County Of Ne,g- Iorl,
JACOB c. foRGss being duly sworn, sy'. That be fcsd
al No IFS Walker,et in sad city, and shocmaAtr
that he lily Waichman. aud belong, 10 Captain w
liam raylors company oi Naichmen oi The Third Dr I.
and that the Third Watch House the ct
fnce ami Wso,er-,treei' IN the thih Nera OF tine >lid
city. DcIonent further SAYS, that ~ was duty
Waterman on the night at the llth Inst and between
twelve and one O'Clock on said night deponcni took prs
ssid watck house. and there about hfftcr
on the benches IN the watch hose; that at >ad time ~
slstaut Captain Shlndier at the desk ~ sad watch
house, and Assistant Captain Garr'on also there, and
WIS Then geng ready 10 20 out OF the Louse And dro
nrn that sad NtiHdicr and GaTtso could not hsic
Goifcd see'nc sad situated a. they were. Depon~u
further that when The waich-hou,e bell struck
O'Clock, ad who bad been seated the benches
out ct the watch house under the direction ot kghh
Ward sunday officer nlised Presos and some other men
" hose names are unknown to dcpouent And dcponent
also that when the watch set by Captain Iayi2r
on sad night, he told the waohnen WHO % oct
their posts one o'clock 10 The desk before leaving g
house. And Dip neut Of >ad men 10 tire de-,
Al one o'clock but deponen rot paving sct alcnl
TO what took place at the desk and did hear what
said % Them.
De.na M further ihai MLE ~ Nun.