Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-07

Mr.. Brooks of New York has Just bee
unseattd because of the illegally of the
election proceedings and returnsin HMack-
eTyiIle.n which is a well kno wn quarter
in New York. Among other witnesses
the contes tan6 Mr.. Dodge, put on the
stand a man named Georghehan, who was
one of Mr.. Brooks most effcfenE supBor-
tiers at the pol Is, az win bo seen. The
man said he ha d long lived In the district,
and had " been implicated in the election
every year"
Q. DoyOu always take a greet interest
A. l do.
Q. Attend the polls all day2
A. lido. l wouldn't take time TO eat
my meals, for fear l would lose the voting.
Q. Did you have a list of these voters
who were dead and who were away?
A 1 know them to be dead; but we
substitute q man to vote their names, and
keep them on. We have got TO do that,you
know, 10 help a friend.
Q. This time did you render this eff
cient aid for Mr.. Dodge, Mr.. Bari, or Mr..
Erooks?
y. 1 done It for Mr.. Brooks.
@. And you feel pretty confident that
you got these thirty votes for him that
you say voted Mr. Brooks ticket?
A. Yes, sir; l am sure of it.
Q. Do 1 understand you to say that you
gave tickets to men to vote whom you
knew were illegal voters in that district
A. I did, sir.
@. And that you took these men in and
had them deposit their voter
A. Yes, sir; I always do that.
no. / understand you also to say that you
gave tickets to men who were represent
ing dead voters?
A. Yes, sir
O. And that you induced them to de-
post those votes 2
A. Yes, sir; Idons SO, and slWays does
that
O.. And you knew in doing that and
you know now, that you were guilty Of q
felony2
A Generally we take that at a risk
The counsel pressed him a little hard as
to his history.
q How manytimes have you been ar
rested
A. Well, about, ] guess, three times in
my life; but then never kept in, only the
one time-just appeared that's all:
q. Were you ever arrested at the COM
plant of John Mahon?
A. Yes.
@. What was that for ?
A. For shooting.
O. Were you ever arr ested at the ON
plant of a man named Jaeger?
A. ] was, but 1 wasn't retained.
Q. What was there charged against you?
A. Assault and battery.
4 Did you count this in the arrests you
a No cir; 1 don't call it an arrest
when a man appears merely and is dis
charged.
have you had made against your
A. None that L know of.
Further examination showeo that the
man after coming to this country haG lyed
in several of the southern cities, had plo-
died and worked on plantations, but hao
finally become the prosperous proprietor
of two stores, (grocery-shops?) in Mack
erelville.
q. How many fghtsd do you suppose you
have been in in the curse of your liie2
A. A great many. In the course of the
election I'm the whole time fighting gem
orally; 1 fight with my nails election day.
@. How many times did you vote at the
e~lection2
A Only oncel L was too well known.
Q. How many persons did you induce
to vote illegally2
A. guess in the neighborhood of TWEEN
ty or thirty. /.
@. How many do you generally induce
to vote Illegally
A. All I ever can get. I couldn't give
you any regular statement, for everybody
l can get to vote l make them vote. It's
a business 1 practise.
Q. As a general thing at elections, how
many do you put in ? luv
A. l don't keep any memorandum of it.