Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-11-03
THE NEW YORK ELECTION FRAUDS

who has been in confinement az the Old Capt..
toll:
Adruin Jones, being duly sworn by Col. Johr
A. Foster, deposeth as follows: have been il
the employ of Col North, in this city. since
last spring. / came here dispatch from
Mr.. Seymour, brother OF the Governor, and
general military agent of the State. l am
Eyer by profession. but for the last eleven
years L have been a criminal and civil magis
trate OF the city of Albany, when L have been
able to do nythiDg, with the exception of the
time that have been In the army. L at first
assisted in getting up certain companies for the
Goth New York regiment, and after that repi.
ment left for the field opened a recruiting
office, and for about three months recruited for
tnem, al my own EXPENSE. l finally came on
win BODY OF 40 recruits to Virginia. stopped
in Washington week or two, and then re.
turned and raised attempted to raise a
battery. Some difficulty being in the way,
i went in as First Lieutenant The company
battery M, I'd New York artillery.
served, think about Is or Is months In that
position. We were stationed near Alexandria
AT the last Bull Run battle was taken pris-
oner My health being very niue h ina paired by
imprisonment, resigned after being exchanged
and took an honorable discharge. After being
sent for by Mr.. Seymour, the first thing nv wi
and myself did on arriving here, was to visit
the dlherent hospitals about the city. This we
nave continued 10 do. Mr.. Seymour LEI short.
~ after got here and was instructed always
TO report TO Col. North. He (Col. North) never
gave me any sneciai directions, but told me to
90 what could find to do, that knew better
what to do than he did. L used to visit the va
court house, and everywhere else where
ever solder needed any of nv
n nSsia wiieir . TINS was my business
agent came on from New York to get the votes
OF me New YORK soldiers Col. North was alb
sent at the Norm at this time, and he wrote
me 10 assist this gentleman i'm taxing these
votes; ard did so. l visited hut two hospitals
Ior this purpose, as soon became discouraged
rom impedlments which were thrown in my
way-the soldiers refusing to vote owing 10 an
impression which they lad got that they were
gong 10 De iurlough" ii for the purpose OF going
nolne 10 Vo'e. 4 had commission other tn IN
ne'e asspnrt showing what nv business
was: This 1 obtained after Mr. Motifs
Gee n, who cied very suddenly of apopiexy
ais commission afforded me no aid in getting
passes TO the Notifications and elsewhere
Tor had previously obtained passes, re-
movable monthly, permitting to go any
where within the Union lines. The two hos
pitfalls visited were HARDWOOD and Judiciary
Square. l got Two votes at Harewood but
none, think, at Judiciary Square Several
soldiers came to the office and requested us TO
so 10 fort Reno and take the votes Of the SOL
dlers there, but when reached the fort the
soldiers refused 10 vote because they expected
burroughs. 1 went there three times. l after
wards went 10 Fort Strong, where took some
twenty or thirty votes. There were TWO regu-
lar batteries there, but they were not full,
mink. L went to several other places, but we
experienced considerable difficulty and delay,
owing to. in many Instances. having no
person at the office 20 with US TO swear the
men. L took only democratic votes During
all this time i was al the Office more than half
the time. suppose. We had two or three diff
ferent officers. but there were none at the of.
nee One OF them was wounded officer from,
L think, the e1st regiment of New York / for
get his name. did not, nor do l know of any
one else, sending men down to Col. Fosters
office, on street, to be sworn. There was no
station at Wizards Hotel as know of. During
these various occasions of which h. We spoken,
L cannot tell how many soldiers came into the
offee TO vote. l know man said to De Mr..
Otennel A little over a week ago he came
from The frCnt, or at least it was said So
and at the request of Colonel North he re-
manned here two or three days, for the puI-
pose OF assisting IN taking votes. He then |
Went nome. L have an impression, bat can
not tell when or how / got it, that he |
lived dc some where in Western New York; can
not tell the county. q. Where was The 10th
raised! A. L do not know. q. He is Cap
tain in that regiment, is he not A Yes, sir
Since you have mentioned the regiment, can
say think he was. He took a considerable
number OF afiidavits OF soldiers, aud | think
left some aftdavits signed in blank. 1 wit
and signed by soldiers, but no blank ones. q, |
Were these soldiers sworn A. Not that | |
know of. q Did you ever administer an oath
10 any! A. do rot think did. because had
no authrrlty 10 do SO. q. Then they were not
s"orn at all! A. They understood they We're
sWr. IN. The substance of the affidavit would
" read over to them, and then they
would be asked If that was what they swore |
to! L and others would do THIS. Mr.. Cohen,
Col North, Mr.. Reeves, clerk in the Office, |
Mr. Schofield, of New York, were there look
"a relative of Mr.. Mott, deceased,) Were also |
there. MI. Bamber was the head man in |
charge of getting the votes off. He is a lawyer
by profession, and has lived in Albany for |
some years past. He was formerly in the Office |
of the Secretary Of State at Albany, David r. |
Floyd Jones, think Mr.. SchotieId is Young |
lawyer from Chenango county. Mr.. Mott is |
from the western part OF the State of New |
York, ! think nj. Reeves used TO he in the |
army. do rot know how he got or OF the
army. Mr.. Cohen told me he nsed to live in
Albany. He Itpresents the Paymastar Cen
eral of the State of New York iii
paying State oounties to soldiers: The blanks
OF utenntt Were laying around loose on
the tables for one or two days, L
believe l do rot know whether l have or
was NO officer osxear the soldiers in. think
portion OF ore Of those two or three days we
had another officer there. / have no means OF
knowing the amount of ballots that passed
through our Office within the last two weeks
hey were generally put up i'll bundles or
mas, board boxes, ana sent by messenger.
The seSGts mad e9nrlers on the road between
here and New York, who went over every
week day Tn, boxes We're generally three
inches thick j do n. knowas ever saw one
q foot and half. l do not know captain or
an assistant quartermaster j. f. Jones. l do
think either, know Capt Henderson, 18th
New York. / do not think / ever knew or
heard of man named j. NJ. Murphy. / do
Lot think there WAS any man in our Office by
the name of Murphy. Think would recollect
II tnere was, owing to a peculiar cir cumstance.
young friend of mine bearing that name was
hh..o opUi ny nitT ne enlisted Wnlle ON MS way
to New York and have thou 0 hit OF him often
since. He lived in Syracuse and mis- Christian
name was George have no Recollection of
any sucI person As I'd Donahue never saw
Mr.. = cry In fact han forgstten that there
WIS an agent Of that name in Baltimore, until
n letter from him was turned over To me- The
letter was on an upimportant subject. l re-
r,ember of seeing man in the Office answer
ins inc description OF Newcomo somewhat.
in regmd to these blanks which We're signed,
OIL North SAID, as there was so much difficulty
4, gettino NJ Gers To sign. these would be souoe
hing 10 fan hack on in case we could not get
an ofneer till next day. do not know tina, Mr..
Cohen was present at that time. l do not
North. but 1t is It substantially. The soldiers
would sometimes come In TO his office IN squaos
end sometimes one at q time. They would
ssicom he in full dress. but In different rigs,
ust as they appear at the hospitals.
~ Judge Field, In the U.S. Circuit Court At
90 EEa mel co ON Mnu.tsv, confirmed the claim