Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-08-09

as they have stated Never mind, replied Cos.
tigrn, If they are they cant prove them, for they
don't know where TO go TO find the Witnesses
Gentlemen, said Mr.. H., we hare found the
witnesses.
There was another part OF the libel, and we
should endeador 10 prove that Costigan said 10
member Of the opposite party, when riding with
him over to Schenectady that he could or would
bring in voters enough to the 10Th ward TO de.
feat Aid. Jones.
This opening for the defence was made
good by the evidence, and that, the evil
dence-unwilling of course, and therefore
not overcharged, of Locofoco witnesses
for the most part.
John Mcknight, Locofoco Alderman of
the Eighth Ward, and in the Spring of
'43 member Of Democratic General Com
mittee-testifed that he, at the request of
that Committee engaged Costigan TO furnish
cars to bring down the Aims House voters.
The Aims House is in the Tenth Ward.
but Mr.. Mcknight did not know to which
Ward paupers were to be brought-only
that they were to be brought Into the city,
the terminus Of the rail road being then in
the First Ward. He also testified to Cos
tigan's applying to him after the election
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Journal, for pay for the cars; the witness
replied that shaving only done as the Com.
mittee directed" he was not bound TO
pay-however, after some alteration, he
did hand a 80 ora S5 note to Costigan--
who gave il back, saying he wished it paid
into the Office, so that it might go on the
books and show "like a business transaction"
The witness, Mcknight, also identified the
list referred to in the opening of counsel
as being in the handwriting of Jas. r.
Rose, then clerk Of the Common Council
and member of the Democratic General
Committee.
This list containing about 65 names is
divided into two columns, the one with 35
names headed "to be taken out" the other
with 80 names headed "voters in the Tenth
Ward"
Several of those marked as voters in the
Tenth Ward, were proved to have voted
IN other wards than their own, and it was
also in proof that Y. r. Ableman. Supern.
tendent of the Poor House, and ID. Maho-
neg, Overseer Of the Poor, were at the de.
pot when the cars with the voters arrived,
between 10 and ii o'clock at night Able
man IA public officer, be it remembered)
brought the people from the Aims House.
put them in the cars, and came down with
me"-thus swears John Harrison, who had
in charge the train of cars He also
swore. and his testimony was in no partic-
ular controverted. that these paupers to
the number of 80 or 49, "were brought
out from the back way Of the Aims House"
thus eptitiously.
The Clerk of the Common Council, Rose,
admitted the genuineness of the list, as hav.
ing been prepared by him.
DoRAs, FINNEGAN and others, thus
brought down, testified that they were re-
ceived at the landing by persons in wait
ing, conveyed in carriages to different des-
tinations, furnished with lodging, food and
drink, and next day voted-"the men were
taken" says Finnegan, "to almost every
ward"
This was the testimony relating 10 the
Aims House voters.
As to the voters from the vicinity Of
Schenectady, we have this evidence:
Thomas Garrison Il remember the charter
election Of 1843; | was in the employ OF M. &
II. Col remember two freight wagons coming
down the inclined plane: believe 1t a1ds on the
Sunday night before the election; THE Aims
House voters were brought down Monday night
there were men in them;-don't know where
the men were brought from, except from hearsay
i Cross ExAMINED.-l think it was on SUNDAY
night, and that was coming from church; can I
be positive, but think so; was in the employ OF
the company before Mr.. Costigan was appointed,
and continued until some months after he had
left.
Upon the evidence thus adduced, which
was cumulative upon the main points, so
much so that when the defence proposed
to introduce additional witnesses, the
Court, Judge Parker, minated "that
abundance had been proved already"--the
jury, after charge from the court. found
verdict FOR THE DEFENDANTs-in other
words, they found that the original charge
OF BRINGING ILLEGAL VOTERS INTO ALBANY
IN AN EXTRA TRAIN OF CARS WITH THE
KNOWLEDGE OF Mr. CosTIGAN THE SUPER
INTENDENT OF THE RAIL ROAD, WAS
TRUE.
We have il then brought home by the
decision of jury 10 noted Locofoco
partiZan, that he was instrumental in intro
ducing illegal voters into the city of AL.
bany. We have it proved in the course of
the trial upon the testimony of Locofoco
Alderman, Mcknight, that this was done
AT THE REQUEST OF THE Loco GENERAL
OF THEIR MEMBERS, ORGANIZED BY ANOTHER
OF THEIR MEMBERS, WHO WAS ALSO CLERK
OF THE COMMON Council, Mr.. RosE, AND
CARRIED INTO EXECUTION by TWO OTHER
LoCoFoCo oFFICE-HoLDERs, Ableman, Su-