The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-12

illegal voters they did not live in the ward sat
isfed of that. One recolect when asked by the jud
where he lived said. he lived the Philadelphia
road, which is not in the fifth ward and he was turned
away by the judges of course; there were numerous
men which came there and said they lived in Potter
street and they turned away by the Judges 9TH
er parties who lived in Stirling street. they said were
also turned away they seemed to be under charge the
parties who brought them, and the parties would tell
them to they lived in street within the limits
the ward; one of the who offered to vote gave his
William Fl. Lester; knowing him and his name
said to him, Glow do you do Mr.. Coser ?n upon which
he backed down and went away in the afternoon they
brought hacks there with parties in them crowded with
fellows in hacks and wagons, numerous. couldn't pre-
tend to give any idea of them-many with bruised faces
black eyes cut heads and the most filthy looking
lures lad ever seen in my life; there crowds of
parties who came up after that, perfect onslaught of
voters, might say, whose tickets were taken by the
other judges but of them by me- and these tickets
laid the table back of the ballot box before
the parties on the outside seeing the put the tickets
there, cursed and they put in the
box they directed their attention conversation toward
the two other judges particularly with threats of violence
if they did not put them in Of the party got in on
the window SILL his head being inside foot more and
swore that they would break up the box; heard rally
ing cries of Rose Buds" when these little things
Cured frequently through the dayoh you Rose Buds'
and such cries; after that there hack load up,
and man got out with blue stock with the ends fall
ing down in 'front.' heard him call the name and hand
the ticket in understood him saw he lived in East
street. after he had voted, heard the called Le
W. the clerk called out says he Ras looks very well
today and said to of the other judges, sis that
Ras Levy?" said he t is HE brother very short time
before left told the other judges would eave he said
had better stay; came out and made my way down
to the of Front and Fayee one or two stages
of the proceedings while was acting as Judge was
called a sson of bitch y and q niece Of a cigar was
thrown in my face when left; and before that
sed there was no fair election the polls entirely
under the control and in the possession of party the
rowdy element suppose it to have been the American
party they came to the window and asked for tickets
and Judges Abbess and Cozine would hand them tickets
from shelf on the inside; these tickets American
tickets which they wanted and they had black line
stripe, which ran the whole way down the ticket with
Washington's head at the top.
MAN BEATEN REFUSING To VOTE TwIcE-TEsTIMoNY
OF T. J. RUsK, FIRST WARD.
In addition to the hundreds of in which citizens
were cruelty beaten for attempting to vote, have
the testimony of Mr. Thomas j. Rusk of the first ward
an account of the treatment inflicted upon who de
clined to vote twice Mr.. Rusk says:
1.-The most brutal treatment witness ever saw in his
life was inflicted on man who sitting bench
the opposite side of the street, facing the polls party
came across from the polls and presented Know Nothing
ticket to him and demanded of him go and vote it, he
said he wouldn vote it. that he had already voted in
the third ward they repeated times that he had
better go and vote it, he refused and in the
of the party had sat down along side of the man. and
said to him that he had bowed he said he hadn't and
with that the fellow alongside of him struck him with
something lit could not have been his fist sounded too
hard right the face; as he fell over the fellow hold
ing the ticket kicked him in the face and from the sound
witness thought it wasn't fair boot there must have
been something on the end ofi and they continued kick
ing him in the side and the others beating him the
face the who held the ticket pulled out from under
his own coat pistol, blunderbuss put it
mans back, and used the observation, 'I'll put him
through with that police officer rushed up and said:
''lll be - if can stand that and grabbed the man
with the pistol and they struggled together finally the
oicer got 1T and redit in the air; the officer made
effort to arrest him. and the fellow followed him about
asking for his pistol other officer nerfered to pro-
tect the who getting beaten there was an old
gentleman rushed up and seized young man and the
police officers called to him let him 60 but the old
man wouldn't unless the police officers would take him 10
tie station house. which witness believes the officers
fused to do; witness understood that the young
| the old ones son.
A CRUEL STORY BRIEFLY ToLD-TEsTIMoyY OF WILLIAM
MAUER.
Witness is naturaZed voter of the second ward and
voted Know Nothing ticket the ID of November
Answer am cooper by trade, and was at my bust
ness, and hive or six men and knocked
down, and then put ticket in my hand to vote it,
wouldn't; then they drawed my clothes down and pulled
me like dead dog along; my neighbor, Charles Becker
| came to help me, and one of them said 'shoot him
shoot him ~ and after that they shooed he failed and
| he is dead and buried.
Questionable you vote after that?
Answer.-Yes, ! had to vote.
QUESTIONABLE these men take you to the polls
Answer-Yes they took me, and afterwards there camt
| two or three more, and they pulled me there.
| HOW 1T WAS DoNE-TEsTTMoNY OF VIM ALLEN.
Witness testified that he was at the Fourth ward polls
Questionable you observe any illegal voting while you
| were there?
| Answer did
Question-State what it was and how it was done
Answer person while was there vote a
least ten times during the short time there at dusk
| he would pass by the window and and then whir
round, change his cap, and back and again.
saw several men vote in this way than once anohe
had handkerchief tied his eyes, and led up
friend and voted as blind man, and then again h
went round the fence with the over his
ana Voted and the third time he had it round his
ana wen up over his chin, as Kind of cravat, and
| voted again.
HOW THE BALLOTS COUNTED IN THE NINTH WARD
AND BIZ wHoM.-TEsTIMoNT OF j. 2. uEINER, CLERK 0
| ELECTION
Question By whom were the ballots counted and strun
after the polls were closed
Answer. By the two remaining judges with Mr. Monta
que and a Mr.. Denson and J. A. Pierce n candidate fl
constable in the ward, and Joseph Creamer cand
date for constable in the ward these men helped to la
the ballots out, fingered them and strung them.
other than the judges take any ballots of the ballot
| box during the count?
Answer. Certainly they did.
| TESTIMONY PATRICK FINNEGAN-HINEsLY TURNS HI
| BACK ON A FRIEND.
Witness is native of Ireland and has been natu
rallied.
Queston.-Where you taken by the parties VIII
| cooped you2
! Answer could not say exactly, but it was in tn
| neighborhOod OF Gay street
Question.-What did they do with YOU
Answer.-They took me down along Cav street to tn
double pump near Odd Fellows Hail. and there Gale
out watch; policeman came and then they let me g,
went round to the watch house and told Captain Bra
shears all about it, and that the parties pretended
arrest me for murderer; he told down the
morning and see if could recognize them and make
charge against them then left thu watch house; whe
| got outside met two men, of whom I knew, an
they insisted on my going along with them, and too
me down to Holiday street, between Fayette an
Baltimore streets, put me in a in "RaS Levy's
house. and kept there until the morning of election
in two rooms there about sixty or seventy othe
persons cOoped; they beat me severely with bes an
espantoons, and had the marks on my body for SON
two weeks the morning of election they took me GU
right after the firing, and made vote: the man wi
held me did not want to let 60 but gentleman can
over and insisted on my being let 60 and so I was.
QueStion-While you were in the coop did you St
John Hinesly there?
Answer did; saw him there on Sunday night whit
was taken in; then called to him by name but
wouldn't say anything to me- and then they beat n,
he went out for little while and back afterw ard
saw him in the coop afterwards; think Tuesda
may have been Monday there were others coop
| ly in tbaro-