New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-02
MORE RASCALITY EXPOSEDD-GOv. STEW
ART AND OTHER MISSOURI OFFICIAL
IMPIICATND In FRAUDS.


We ask our people to read the following testnouys
given before legally constituted tribunal, ~ W.T.
under and then conclude whether the Free
State party have not been subjected to wrongs that
would justify q revolution. The testimony Wa
brought out by the Board Of Commissioner bear The
cloee of their session. lt
Dr. j. Sabip testfes-" That he was on HE way "a
Kansas from St. Louis about the middle Of Decembee
last That on arriving at jefferson City he was Dc.
tanned four dsys. That, while there, he stopped
at the Virginia Hotel, where Gov. Stewart Of Mis-
sour was boarding. The Sherfs from the dhsr.
ens counties there 10 make returns to the Ieao
urer. Among them severl from counties bosders
ing on Kansas.
Frank j. Marshall came in on his way 70 Wash:
ipgton, but arriving there learned that WALKER AA@
resigned the Goverborship Of Kansas, and 20 cone
cluded to return. While he was stopping there, he
had frequent conversation with the officials q Misc
sour resye to his chances for success In tho eectou
of Jan. 4.
thought be need have DO fesr-thst Missouri boye
were all right. One Of them said that he IVES reaey
70 give three or four votes for Marshall and biz boye
would give five hundred. Another said that hN
county would give the same.
"Governor Stewart said that he was sorry that he
could not be- in Kansas that day, but he knew thst
the boys of Missouri were all ready.
"Msrshal said that the Administration did not send
ont Governors such as he wanted that he hsd twelve
or fifteen traps set for Governor Denver, and be did
not get his feet into of them, il would be ID
singular; that he would not remain the Governor ct
Kansas two weeks. -
He testified that he lie Democrat himself. 70
Charles Godfrey testiies-" That he was one Of the
County Clerks of the election at shawnee W Johnson
County, for the election Of Jan. T. Mr.. j. Z. Hare
wood, printer, residing in wesport, was the othes
Clerk. ~
"The polls were closed at about sunset. After The
polls closed the Judges and Clerks oil signed blank
sheet of purpose Of having certificate made out above
their names at leisure.
"The last man who voted was +. Z. Bailey, and HE
name appears on the pollbooks a. No. l63 majority
of the i63 were residents of Missouri. but held caime
in Kansas, as they said. ... ...r..r. -
1.-THE day after the election he went 10 Wsstport,
at the request of Mr.. HARDWOOD. When be arrived
there, at Col. Boons store, HARDWOOD wee writing
names on the pol-books. He took the other st end
copied from Harwood's until he caught up with hims
After he caught up Alexander s. johnson, son Of the
Rev. tt omas Johnson, came in and took the pou>
books of the 2rt Of December and called of names 70
both Of them He wrote three four hundred Nance
and then left When no left, there were not - many
as 936 ssmes the hs.., ...fs x 81.
c. j. Farland one Of the judges, CONFIRMS the teeti.
mopy of Godfrey and says that tho 773 nsmes added
on after the name Of Bailey are oil forgery.
Col Danforth was in the room when these forged
poll-books were being made out, and in ryp'y TO =
question of HsrwO0d as to where the Oxford poll
books were, said that they had not come In yos-