New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-30

closing in upon him. he found resiutsaoe was
in vain and yielded. A he being taksn along, he
cried out pretty loudly for the Police, bat the Police
were al at once missing. Finding Il ives useless to
contend against fate, he passed quietly ang with the
guard escorted by numerous crowd of spectators,
A nan by the name Of Buger had been arrested On
Friday or Saturday 20 that yesterday afternoon tAefe
wtre i've men in the custody of the Vigaancs Com
mttee-Mulligan, Gallagher, Kearney, Bulger and
Duane II was reported late last night thai Duane
had been released, but we could not ascertain it a.
fast.
THE Preside ELECTION LAST FALL.
TIE CONFESSION OF FRANCIS MURRAY, ALIAS
YANKEE SULLIVAN.
Ftvm The Alta California June
TIE written statement Of James Sullivan Is
lengthy AM minute, and only portions Of it can be d.
yured at present; and o. severs Of the parties i'm
pncsed are not yet arrested it is thought best TO leave
names in blank:
Last September was living at the Preside House,
or the rosd to the Fort The general election was held
there and the bsotbox for that election was kept at
that house.
Myseh and - were elected that morning Judges
Of the Election. - was at the ssue time elected
Inspector. On the morning of the election DAY, -
rode out to the Preside House and called me up stains
and offered e4OO or $500 II forget Bow which; he did
OF have the money With him. but said be would give
TO me after the ballots were counted to change the
returns and throw out - aud -, and bring In
q large majority for - and -. asked mm
where the money was and be said he would get il
ready when the polls were closed. - was one OF
the clerks of the election He then went into the
where the baObox was and wrote out return, elect
ing - and - by large majority, nearly as
many a. all the votes Of the precinct. --, -,
man called and myself were in the
room while - was writing this return. Neither
my self nor the others knew what - was writing,
but when he had made some 200 votes returned for
---- ard =, 1 saw the paper, and say what be
he'd written. I then took the paper away from him
and tore it up. knew that, though be promised he
world MT pay. He made no resistance. ahls was IN
tie morning and before the votes were oil poned or
any Of them cOuL ted.
: About IL O'Clock a. M. and after --- went away
10 the ity, came and called me out OF the door
down BY the fence, and said he would be ruined Z
- did not get elected: He offered me saoo-sloo
each for and myself-if We would give -
large Dsiority He held it all in his hand in sao pieces
l refused. and - came out TO US just then,
and be peated bis offer to all Of U.s. Theywantedto
accept. but would mt let then The reason why
would MT consent was, did not want - to beat;
he acted wong to me in 1850.
When was out doOp in the evening, after had
finished talking with -, Isaw somebody at 100 or
$50 up the road and walked up 70 bin AN. :S%
to give - all the votes could. told him would
take it. He then left me and went away. l saw him
a few days afterwerd and asked him for the money,
he understood that - shared it equal with -
The first money received the day Of the election
was from Mr.. -, about 81 o'clock in the morning.
He gave siO and promised after the election was
me so %S Candidate o1 out
in the Of the morning, and gave me go for sin
money, to electoneer for him. - also gave me
e2Oo TO work for -. A man whose name DO MT
fDelookiDg man; be came apparently from the city
In the afternoon, tall man, who was then police
man, came out and gave me paper on which was
ss.., him o will Of f 5s yS yss sa' and
Two days after the election got $780, but do Mt
now remember whether from - in person or not.
shared this with - and - equally. S,me-
time afterwsrd - and myself went 70 - nim-
bis share, but would not give snyto ~, because
be cheated me and got the $500 II pad, and
during the cay, and was very urgent to cleo. -.
anne to me -nu and almost every one ese
wanted to elect -. Most of them waited that
more than anything elsei think his election must
men that paid the biggest $50. Irefussd -
svery time; the last time out on the fence; then
when said l would n't be got very mad, and ead
vas Cd id skunk. ! went away little way.
hen - SAID, what the HI is he more t! .. any
sne to me in tn, street IN front Of Gslaghsrs drink
pg ea'oon, and - said, let us put - on the
arei anybody but -; you make out the returns
md III sign them They went away. The next day
n two days, won't be sure which, went out to the
reside and signed the returns. --- sferwa'd told
ne bis election cost him $500. - and - did
ot tell me anything about it; 1lsuppose they thought
would want share.
The next day, being the second day after the cleo
ion was ever, went to - saloon and met -
I'd - there. l think now, that was mistaken
saying that the second day after the election
must have been the third day; 1t was late, nearly
ute dark. They took into the of the room;
- sat on the table by the window, but couldn't
ear what was going on between US; and my
elf were lot in very good terms just then They then
. ali the polls and bad got -. majority reduced
own 30 that about 500 would beat him aud elect
-. They said that we three myself, :. and
- could make o., 600 if we would - majority
Tiers had reduced - votes in the other Wards
Il thew thought would be stood but they hoped to get
,me more of in the Eighth. and could make 81 900
would make up enough Obeat him. l told
- sbouH have the benefit of every vote that was
oiled for HIM that would ut back out for q, 900
by other sum, and that coaidnt because ! had a.
,ady CARED paper TO - on which had put
own in my own hand writing every vote that -
nd received.
think il must be year ago or 30 thst vas lin Sac
,mento. saw - 10 the Orle ADS Hotel; he asked
e to take drink afterward went over TO q gun.
NTH and he took the caps "a Of ole OF bis pistols and
Ut fresh on; and asked him what was that for.
e told me he wss going TO take - on the wing
oot him. He sad- had abused him and -
ID - in a speech at a meeting, and it had fallen
his lOt to kill him.
persuaded him to go over back with me to the Or
ans and We sat on a sofa there, and l talked with
N long time. ! told him he would surely be hung,
ID talked to him about his mother, and at last lie
gen TO cry, and the tears began to roll down HE
e. ks and when that got bis pisto away from
M ana took him with me Gown TO the river bank