Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-19
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DEGooE1TTc EoxEsrT IILUsTEATED-
A FA1E ELEcTIoS or FsEs FIeHT-
How DAS. VOORHEES, WAS ELECTED
THE fraud II Riley TowxsBIP viii
De rseolIected, says the Wabash Ez-
press Of Monday, that At shs October
election the Democratic majority 10 1
Riley Township was SO large as to in
iuce the belief that the bsllot-box had /
been tempered with By some person or
persons Tu commenting upon the cir
cumstances connected Herewith, we re-
ferred to the report that DR. Hickson,
the etecuon inspector for that precinct,
invited the Judges and clerks to dine
with him. and that after dinner was over
he went into the room where the ballot
box was left, for the purpose of chang
ing his clothes, as be said. He was re-
ported to have remained in the room
where said haAot-box was for the space
Of lfteen minutes, when be emerged
therefrom, but no change Of clothing
vas visible TO said judges and clerks.
The Doctor felt aggrieved at our state
meuts in regard thereto, and asked us
to publish q card in explanation, which
We did with pleasure And if he should
feel sggrieyed at what is here written,
we shall publish his card in defense or
explanation again, if he so desires.
We beg leave To eali attention to the
| following extract from the testimony Of
q young woman who lived with the Doc
tor al the time Of the election referred
to, which testimony was taken at Lock
port about the middle of last week, in
regard to the frauds perpetratsd there
lCoPY1
Mary Lowe, beiag duly sworn, de-
poses as follows:
| Q. Where did you live on the Il,h
and 18th Of October last. at the time OF
the October election 10 lS647
| a. | lived at DR.. Hickson's, in Riley
township
Q State what person, if any others
than the Doctors family dined with him
on the day Of the election.
| A. Mr. Ray, DIR. Meyer, Mr.. Foster,
Mr.. Christie, and the two Messrs. Lees.
| Q State what YOU observed, if any
thing, in the Doctor bed room, a day or
two after the eleetion-stAte all you
know.
A. The next morning after the elee-
ton / went into the back bedroom OF
DR.. Hieksons, to clean the room, and in
the corner of the room, under the car
pet, found a lot Of Republican tickets,
pushed the door back, and it would not
go entirely back, and in looking behind
the door to see what was the matter,
found the tickets. One tack had been
taken out of the carpet in one corner
and the tickets put under the carpet.
her
MARY = Lowe.
mark
Witness. N. Lee
Il Is rather strange that these Repub
J licsn tickets should be concealed under
the carpet in the bedroom where tn,
Doctor changes his clothes, and neal
where the ballot-box was left, and W,
should like 20 see the explanation of thu
Doctor on this point We learn that {
conversation afterwards occurred be
( tween the wife of the Doctor aud tn,
! young woman whose testimony IS eiver
above, in regard to the finding OF Tbs
tickets concealed under the carnet. Til,
girl said TO the Doctors wife that she be
! hevsd the Doctor placed the ticket
! under the carpet To which Mrs Hick
. son replied that she believed so too, 9th
! erwise he (the Doctor would not hav
. eolored up so, when questioned in re
gard to them. The idea Of fading Re
! publican tickets in the bed room Of
: Democrat, and under the carpet, whel
I no person occupied said room but sal
/ Democrat, and when the ballot-box wa
} near By, aud thaton tbs morning ate
J the election, is rather u novel cue, an
: almost induces as to believe In spirit
. ualism. We do not say that the Doeto
d | placed them there, bat we can't see hol
these abolition tickets got there withou
democratic assistance. Again, Their
/ were four more names on the tally pape
on the counting out than there wer
tickets in the box, thus showing that
. bad job bad been done in mobbine
S the said box Again, the majority a
+ the November election Was thirty-eigh
/. less than at the October election. whe
, the tickets we're found under the carpet
I These circumstances are wonderful
suspicious, and the law books are fu
of cases in which criminals have bee
: hung on circumstantial evidence, nc
1 nearly 20 conclusive as that which is a.
/ duced in this instance, showing frand i
i RllY Township. Daniel will have bar
, time to show fair vote in his favor, /
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