The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-05

cordingSy called; at that time there was q
Jerk sittiAg in the ONCE behind the registry
book witness remarked that he did not
want bis handwriting % appear 70 any Of
take the clerks place and copy there, and
will put him on to your hst;o witness ac-
cordingly went to work. WITNESS here
pointed out the book and the place where
he copied these Names Ferry took his list
and witness went 10 work with the 10th N.
Y. Cavalry; the Lists that witness copied
were signed G. g. Arthur Ferry added the
words, Lieutenant Commanding" wit
ness thinks. and on some Of them Captain
and A. A. CT" witness desired 70 send q
few Of these papers to New York, bat Fer
ry objected, as Il was necessary 10 WA. FOR
Donohue, who was in WASHINGTON, and
said he would telegraph him; &c Fe-ry)
then telegrsphed to Donohue at Washing
ton 10 come on at once, and he SID when
Donohue came he would have tsese fixed
for the witness, and could Their sand them
on.
III should be explained here tina. The SOL
dier's power Of attorney con,a.ns blanks
for the insertion OF four names. tina: Of the
voter himself, the person authorized 70 re-
ceive the ballot, the witness to the affida-
Wit, and the officer before whom j. is made.
It appears to have been 80 arranged that q
different person filed each blank.
Continuing his evidence, Mr.. Wood said
that on Saturday afternoon last, ne met
Donohue and Edward NewcoMb. also OF
Albany, at Ferry's Office. Considerable
conversation ensued about the letters aud
telegraphing to Washington for Donohue
to come to Baltimore. Donohoe said he
was on the eve Of starting to City Point, as
he he'd received pass, &c, froln the War
Department; the party then separated for
the night, all having agreed 70 meet the
keep Ferry at work; in a conversation be-
fore separating, one Of them said Liza: things
were going on all right, and that there were
about twenty men in Washington operat-
ing on the work; Donohue sale .ha; they
were sending them in dry goods boxes full;
witness met them again Sunday morning;
all were present; Newcomb sat a: one end
ton Of the power Of attorney; DoIohue was
writing the names Of the officers who pur-
ported to take the affidavits; Newcomb
wrote one name in the blanks. and Uonohue
another, generally the last
!! The Prisoner-Do you swear that wrote
q soldiers name?
Witness-I dc.
ing the signature OF &C. 4. Arthur, Captain
and A. g. +" ~ the officer to whose presence
the AFFIDAVIT was made. and the signature
Of the witness Aft xed; full sets OF powers of
attorney blanks, all 6lled and ready to be
deposited in the banot-box Is soon as q
ticket was inserted; one package Of thirty.
in which names had been forged, was ider,-
tiled by M. Wood a. The work Of Dono-
hue; among the names ffaudulently inser-
ted we're those Of Lieut. Col. Murphy, Of
the eth New York Artillery, and Captain
Smith, Of the SD n. Y. The witness CON-
tinuinR, said thirty Of the proxies were
from Clinton county; . package of fifty.
Eve WAS to b sent 70 Gen. James Farrell,
Commissary General Of Subsistence, State
Of New York.
Mr.. Ferry remarked, while writing. that
DonoAue had . letter from Gen. Farrell
enclosing . list Of ooldiors who res.ded in
his county, and that he had fxed fity.five
proxies, which were ready to be forwarded
to Farrell; Donohue said he would make
oct Farrelrs list and send it together with
what Ferry had prepared.
The following 10 . letter from General
Farrell, found in the Office OF The State
Agent:
New YORK, Oct 20, 1864.
EDWARD, DoNAEuE, JR., ESQ, Balti-
more-Dear Sir: InclOsed in this package
you will find tickets, also list OF names Of
the actual residents of Columbia county,
now members of the 18th regiment. With
my best Wishes for your success, remain,
&C., JAMES A. FARRELL,
r ...o 1 -.
me me exsmination vas resumed. MI.
v.,s saa9 tnas TWO sololers came inso Mr..
a cs1sy ,. oMoI ~ siEnea p0wen OF ss1orney
eacn placed the Union electoral and Demo-
Ferry distracted the Union ballots and
pP9s ~ 1nose containing the names q the
ncCieHan eiecIors.
!, vn MonGay Mood vent TO lie Provost
Marsna' Col. ooiey, ana inies,nea him
~ 81 Wnas was neing done; the OH = at s.
" est cayette street was then vlsited, and
Oononue ana Ferry, wish the books, pa
pers. etc, arrested.
Ine looks. &C.; OF rerry aSa Donohue
we're tnen exnlclted 70 the Court, inclu-
1inS o number OF letters, among which
YES the following; found In 2 package Of
nny.nve votee, addressed 20 Gen. A. Far
.eu, hudson, ~. T., Win the words New
I ORR state Agency, % ". Fsye'ie street,
oaitimore, Md., printed on one corner.
anC the letter was marked personal" 1t
wiu % perceived that II il in answer to the
e'ser above:
NEW YORK STATE AGENCY, BALr1-
AoR9, 70 y. Fayette st., Oct. -, Ca.
~. GEN Nh: =. a. a; fARRELL-A Dear ST.: