Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-11-12

-Aer. i SAID that that WIS axgood point
gained, and would saveka great deal of
Trouble Witness then 4eftt the office, agree
ing to call again in the afternoon, and accord
ingiy he called. g Az that time there was a
cferkssitting 10 the Office, behind the register
book Witness relparked that he did not
Banthis writing TO appear in any O hikcoun-
ty votes. Ferry said: You~can take the
clerks place and copy there, and l will put
him on your list" The witness accordingly
went to work. Witness here pointed out in
the book the place where he copied these
names Perry took AIS list, and witness went
to work with the 10th New York cavalry.
The lists that witness copied were signed e..
g. Arthur Ferry added the words ieuten-
ant commafding, witness thinks ande on
some of them, captain and A. A. G. Wit
ness desired to send a few Of these papers 60
New York, but Ferry objected, as it was ne
cessary to wait for Donohue, who was in
Washington. and said he would telegraph
him. He (Ferry) then teiegraphed Mr.. Don
ohue at Washington, to come at once; and he
said that when Donohue came he would have
these fixed for witness, and ne could send
them on. ia3i Uons % sTsa3
Fit should be explained here that the SOL
diers' power of attorney contains blanksefor
the insertion of four names, that of the voter
himself, the person authorized to receive the
ballot, and the witness to the affidavit, and
the officer before whom il is made. 1t APP
pears to have been so arranged, that differ
ent person filed each blank. asb a a
Continuing his evidence, Mr.. Wood said
that on Saturday afternoon last he met Dono-
hue and Edward Newcomb, also of Albany,
at Ferry's office, and considerable converse
ton ensued about the latter's telegraphing to
Washington for Donohue to come to Balti-
more. Donohue said he was on the eve of
starting for City Point, as he had received a
pass &C., from the War Department. The
party then separated for the night, all having
agreed to meet next morning and fix up pa
pers to keep Ferry at work. In converse
ton before separating, one of them said that
things were going an all right, and that there
were about twenty men in Washington ope-
rating on the work. Donohue said they were
sending them off in dry goods box fulls.-
Witness met them again Sunday, morning !;
all were present; Neweomb sat at one end
of the table, filling out the descriptive portion
of power Of attorney Donohue was writing
the names of the officers who purported to
take the afidavits Newcomb wrote one name
in the blanks, and Donohue another, gene
rally the last. kal-rr
The prisoner here interrupted the witness
-
soldiers name ?" Mr.. Wood replied, g /
do" a aIi1S
ISeveral blanks were produced, all bearing
the signature of c. G. Arthur, captain and A.
A. G., as the officer in whose presence the
affidavits were made, and the signature of the
witness affixed. Full sets of powers of attor-
ney blanks were all filed and ready to be de-
posted in the ballot-box as soon as ticket
was inserted. One package of thirty, in
which names had been forged was identified
by Mr.. Wood as the work of Donohue.
Among the names fraudulently inserted were
those of Lieutenant Colonel Murphy, of the
eth New York artillery, and Captain Smith,
of the 93d New York.
The witness continuing, said thirty of the
proxies were from Clinton county; package
of fifty-fve was to be sent to General James
Farrell, commissary general of subsistence OF
the State Of New York. Ferry remarked,
while writing, that Donohue had letter from
General Farrell enclosing list of the soldiers
who resided in his county, and that he had
fixed fifty-fve proxies which were ready to
be forwarded to Farrell. Donohue said he
would make out Farrelps list and send it, to-
gether with what Ferry had prepared The
following is letter from General Farrell,
found in the Office of the State agent:
New YORK, October o. 1864.
Ed1cdrd Donohue, Jr., Esq, Bdttimote:
DEAR SIR /: Enclosed in this package you will
of Columbia county, now members of the 12Sth
regiment. With my best wishes for your success,
1 remain, &C.,
Commissary General.
The examination was resumed. Wood said
two soldiers came into Ferry's office and sign
ed the powers of attorney. Each placed the
Union electoral and Democratic. State ticket
in their envelopes, but Ferry distracted the
Union ballots, and put in those containing
names of the Mcclellan electors. On Mon
day Wood went to the provost marshal, Colo
mel Woolley, and informed him what was be-
ing done. The Office at IS West Fayette
street was then visited. Donohue and Ferry
were arrested, and the books, papers, &C.,
| taken in charge. v.a,
The books, &C., of Ferry and Donohue
were exhibited to the court, including a
number of letters, among which was the fol-
lowing, which was found in the package OF
ffty-fve votes addressed to General j. A.
Farrell, Hudson, n Y, with'the words "New
York State Agency, So West Fayette street,
Baltimore, Md" printed on one corner, and
letter marked "Personal." 1t will be per-
ceived that it is an answer to the letter
above: ~
NEW YORK STATE AGENCY, BALTIMORE,
;. -ns Z. So West Fayette st., Oct %, 1864.
General J. A. Farrell:
MY DEAR SIR:-I send with this note numbs OF
| ballots for your co unity. have made out num-
Der from the list you sent me-. also send pack.
age put up by Mr. Ferry, State agent, and you will
| find note from him explaining things. 1 guess
| you have enough. Fearing that you might not,
enclose you envelopes and power OF attorney,
| sworn to. You can I'LL up for Columbia or any
other county. You fill them up as well in your
| county as we can here. If you want names OF en-
listed persons, ascertain them from the superyis-
| or's list of any county.
| In haste, your friend, - e. D., Jr. =
p. s.-You can procure large envelopes for at
| torneys' names at Albany. Put in some good
names for attorneys.
A roll, purporting to be list of sick and
wounded New York soldiers under treatment
at Jarvis Hospital in this city, was shown
| 1t contained about 400 names.
mir Wood testified that Ferry remarked,
| to answer to a Question, that dead or alive,
| they had all cast good vote"
The following was among the papers found
| on the person of the accused by the sheriff
Of Albany, New York;
sHERIrP's oPFIcE. ALBANY, October IA. :
E. Dondhue, Esq, Battimore: al. .
DEAR SIR: Your telegraph of the 10th, and also
your letter of she 10th aud 18th instant, came TO
hand in due course of mail. I answer your tele-
graph by sending Edward NewcoInb, and you have
of course, got the answer before this time How do
saw MIR. Cagger and sfi owed him your telegraph
| He does not want to spare Barney. IF you want
more help, 1 will send some one. As to sending
the proxies, you hadbe send them by Mr.. Wal
/ lace lie always calls at the State Agency when
coming this way. Send them as fast as you get
| them, first to me. All is well here, and we are
confident of complete success. 1t is unnecessary
to say that all here have entire confidence in your
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