The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-01-20
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ring walked down Holiday street, from Balti
more street, and passed some six to ten of these
rowdies with muskets IN their hands and came
TO the window | asked him to arrest two
rowdies who had seen fire pistols they obser
we'd IN his and my presence they did fire the
pistols, and would shoot any damned reiormer
that came there Marshal Herring left without
arrestlng any OF them, or noticing what said;
when any arrest was made it was ofsome woun-
ded retormer, and the party making the attack
was unnoticed by the police finding il TO be
impossible 10 prevent illegal voting, or 10 Sc
cure an arrest, | retired.
Question. Were any persons brought up TO
the window by members of the rowdy crowd
that you have described, and voted, whose votes
you suspected were illegal
Answer. saw two squads of them MAJ ched
out from their coop, out from house near by,
six to eight in squad. Each squad voted and
marched back.
go to the mayors oiiice aud, if so, for what
purpose
Answer. | went there, and made to the
| acting mayor, Spicer, fall statement of the
rot at the polls (; he saId that nothing could be
doaer that he could not interfere with Mr.. Him
| sley.
swer to the ninth question, you have stated that
the arrests made were OF wounded reformers
| please state the name of the wounded relor-
mers, and by whom they were arrested.
| Answer. The only one whose name [ re-
member was Air. Fisher l saw two others,
whose backs were towards me they were
carried towards the station-house. Mr.. Fisher
was struck in the stomach by a brick | saw
! Weaver struck by a whole brick, somewhere
near the ancle saw Mr.. Gregg severely
assaulted by two of the rowdies, at the same
| time one of them discharged a pistol Mr.
Gregg was struck about the head.
Question. When Hinsley struck you, had
| you not just accused him of changing the re-
| form ballots voted, and substituting know-nolh-
| ing ballots in their place
Answer. had not, but was demonstrating
with him about not depoSIting the reform tickets
he had received.
sLEY ABOUT AGAIN.
Patrick Finnigan, a native OF ireland, and
| who has not been naturalized, testified to being
caught on Gay st. called the police, going TO
the watch-bouse 10 make complaint, SC, and
adds When I got outside met two men, one
OF whom knew, and they insisted on my going
along with them, and took me down to Holi-
| day street, between Fayette and Baltimore
streets, put me IN a room in "Ras Levy's house"
and kept me there until the morning of cleo
ton in two rooms there was about co or 20
other persons cooPed they beat me severely
with bilies and espantoons, and had the marks
on my body for some two weeks on the NOR
ming Of election they took me out, right after
the firing, and made me vote the man who
/ hold Il - -, / L
man came over and insisted on nt being let
90, and SO | was.
Question. While you were in The coop did
| you see John HnsIey there
! Answer. l did | saw him there on Sunday
@ ng9t e. when hem was taken il sag tabsH anything to.
4 NE, and then they beat me he went out for
| little while and came back afterwards ; | saw
him IN a coop afterwards [ think it was Tues
day, or it may have been on Monday there
were others cooped besides myself in the room
when HIusley was in there.
MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL BEATEN AND DRIVEN
FROM the PoLLs-No PROTECTION FROM POLICE
OR JUDGES.
Rev. L. D. Maer, pastor OF the German
| Lutheran church on Central avenue, near
| Baltimore street, testified that he went 10 the
! Third ward polls to vote, along with George
DobeT, one ofhIs vestry they had great diff
Guilty in obtaining tickets MIR. Dobler finally
got ticket, and voted, and witness soon aiteE-
wards obtained one went to the polls, but
there was crowd of young men, one in front
OF the partition before The window, at the en-
trance, holding bundle of tickets in his hands
hallooing, ''Hickets, gentlemen, tickets :" with
out taking particular notice of the man, or any
one at the place, wanted TO 90 to the window
TO vote my ticket there was stopped by the
man who had the tickets, and by others that
we're with him he was going TO force the
ticket on me of the kind he had IN his hand ;
| remarked | have ticket already over and
over he said should take ticket of his told
him again II have ticket already"
! Question. Was this right in frcnt of the
| window
Answer. Right on the entrance, between
the partition and the house at once | saw my
self surrounded by a Withholding crowd of
young men one hallooed, ''let this gentleman
come up to vote - | went up TO the window
and the whole crowd followed me from both
: sides of the partition / was asked by one OF
: the judges what my name was and where l
resided told hIm distinctly my name and
that | am the pastor of the church in Canal
street he asked me for my papers | handed
: them with my ticket 10 that gentleman-the
Judge every eye of the young men around me
was cast upon my papers and the judge far
as | could see the judge asked me how Tong l
resided in the third ward | told him over ten
months then he remarked, holding my ticket
: as high as he could, so that every person could
t see it outside, eMr. Maier, you have got to
:, bring certificate with you that you resided
; long enough 10 the third ward 10 be entitled 10