The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1864-11-05
Excitement at Baltimore.
4 rrcs Of New \ orb Election Agcnts


Albdnr. Oct. e7.-The following dispatch, AL |
dr'ssci to the Executive Impairment hrrc, w~ re-
ceivci his afternoons
" BAtrtNoRE. Oct. -, 1891.
"Mosc- u. Furry, state Agcu, al Baltimore Id |
vari DJuahoe, Jt, II Albany Peter kirby, OF
Lewis county snd III. Jones. Of New York city, |
vo,in. agents have been errcstri by tho Provost |
Msrshal. WIN has also closed the New York state
Agency
tsigurdl srrrnrS N.seos.
surgeon IN charge"
Governor Seymour ~ in Buffalo. and the tc,c-
gram has been forwarded ~ him.
Wash..qtoh, Oct. 2,.-Ihe New York s,stc
Ascn, IN his city was arrested To-day and his Office
closed.
Washington, Oc, "a Col. Samuel North AMI
two othcrs are those Of tlr New York agency ar
rested ia Washington to-day. They were confined
in the Old CsptoL and charR,'i with being impli
csici With the BALTIMORE agents in sending fraud
ulcnt votes.
BIlnpors Oct. fit il alleged that extensive
rauds ave been discovered n this city AM " ash
ingtou, on Tho part Of somc Of tho Commi ssloners
Of New York STATE ~ rccc We anil forward the votes
Of soldiers. Two State agents, " J. Ferry. OF
Canton, st. Lawrence CO., and fJwnrd nonohuc.
Of Albany, have been arrested, and were brought
for trial this morning before the MliIary Commits
SION, Of which Nsior General Ahn"r Doubleday is
President, and Colonel John A. Foster. If the i7sth
Ncv York. Judge Advocate The following charges
AMI specihcau ms were rcsi:
cnAGgFB Ash urvcrIoAroNs rRKrrrurp AaAr.er
gpsrNp posonur. ,n, AND n. J. Yvuu,.
Charge ;-conduc, prediudicisl N the welfare
| Of the service 10y falsely pcrsOpAting and repre-
serting officers and soldiers In the service ~ tho
nited States and IN such assumed capacity false
| " aud 'raudulenty signing ant forging names M
and fur the uar- officers and soldiers In such SER
! vice
srec 'dcston-In This; that aid Eiwrrd Donn-
| hue, Jr and !. Ferry, being osteusibly author
i2ci the agents Tor the Stat. OF New Ynrk,for the
purpo'e of receiving the votes ~ the 'lcrs ~ n =
United states for electors of tho State of New York,
nj the general election n tr bold the 9Th day II
N'vcmbcr, i,Gl, did falsely and irluduionty
personac officers and soldiers who hsvc been.
~ no~ are, or who Iutport to b" in The
military service Of the Quilted States, and did
falsely and frrudulcntly sign and forge, anil also
cnuFed To- lr signed and forget 70 tho blanks isnod
under and pursuant ~ Chapter Yb3 N the laws of
No state of New York PASSED April p 1864, On.
the State absent thcrrirom, and in tho mil
iioty service Of the tnit~i States In
The Army aud Navy thereof u vote
| names pIrurrti1g 10 10 the names Of officers
and soldiers IN tho military service 81 the United
States, aud qusl fed electors u the state of New
Yott, and absent therrirorn, said blanks heinz is-
| sued under said law, and intended to bo used for
tbc purpose of transmitting the vote Of tho soldiers
signing tho same to hs proper attorney, To hc used
1T the GENERAL election t. lee held N said state
the G,h day OF November 1854, NIL this being done
! b. sad p0nohus mud Ferry with the irient
| and Tor Ito purpose Of having such blanks NJ
siiucd. used -, md for the set and deed of tho
oaiccrS and soldiers pretended officers and sol
dlsrs- those purp rtei to lie -igncI thereto,
! and fraud % AhsI Tghla A such plsCtgra. "A
this ut ". cities o' baltimore aud Washington
during the month Of October, l1'a.
On the conclusion - the reading ~ the above,
Ferry pleaded guilty to a portion Of tho oargc-,
mud ,ad he signed The names Of come. In answer
g. Julso Advocate Foster, who stated that hi,
ples.iing to the charge should be either general OF
special. he said he desired g. have counsel
lie informed that be could send for any yersor
he should choose ss his counsel, and immcdistel,
sent for lawyer u his citv. Donahue plead
genersl denial NJ the whole affair, and wanted H. b.
represented by counsel from Albany u
New York lie said be thought tho mat
ter BELONGED T. . civil Tribunal, ins,eri q
military. lie requested to know
Rcyrr ly johnson was 10 bo had At he con
ndent he would defend him. Gen. Doubleday an
Judge Al, cate Gcu raj r'sior said they had II,
Objection TO postpone the cste as the prisoners hl
% counsel Ia order u allow :hom T. obtain &, al,
sccoriingly adjourned u fridsy, At 10 O'Clock.
D7uahuc then to'cyrlphci to Peter Cagger, an
saudiori + Church, notifying them ftheir arrest
and is-irny them b. obtain counsel 81 them in
nedin,dy.
l. Is stated that seven dry goos boxes Of vote
! for the Democratic National aud STATE nornnce
have been forwarded from here by express Seve
raj rao.ascs Of the alleged for ol tickets are in tn
hands Of tho Commission, with letters, g., invo'y
ing parties IN New York.
Alter ,hs adjournment n The Court Mr.. fcrry
made tho following full confession;
1 do not rccocct the time when tho frat paper
we're forged but II WIS IN the presence OF u,
Wud, ufCl!rtou Co, ny IL was done In m,
q | 04cr, ~ - Faye,te street, Baltimore am an,
hayc t-cn for the p1st Two years, tho Agent for III
state Of New YORK appointed by Governor Scympu
t. 10 after sick and wounded soldiers oi New
1 York | first saw Wood wednesday OF Lar
d, | w@,k, ri my Office H. came and represented hm
" self ~ A. 4 'ent OF the Central Committee ~ h
o County to .u.k ailcr iis local ticket He talEe
IA ! about tho way In Which votes could be taken,
! wa. agreed that we should sign the names Of IN
dcrs aud officers, and then send them home To hay
q ne local ticket hlcd IN. made out small paper
e sVua1 the names of soldiers quite number
tlein. cnunot tell what names we signed r.
~ p.rp-s are nov "a tie bundle on the table. I al
nut e,.u names NJ cheers bu. DOnahue signed an
Is u'lan,tr 10? ihcm, lnorc was y large package q
:, Il " payers lc WITH nc, which DESTROYED Tha
Is al The IDEA Of lorsing these papers fret su,
n | g.stel 10, a man named StgpLen Maxon lie