Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-10-29
THE BALTIMORE POLICE CoMMIs
>lONERs.

The Trial before Governor Swami.
TIE trial or Police Oommsssioners N sohOlas
! L Wood and sam uel Htndes, before Governor
swami. ior Official rlEsoondu Was resn NED
at ANNAPOLIS on saturday. Mrssr> >ch,-v,i
Ia i.a,rvoe 100 aha sraH< sPpearinc Tor tAe prose
Gu non. and Messrs. Alexander, surfing and
Sto' khriass ior ihs aecGsed.-for the greater
eonNsnlehce ot Al parsles rln A. endNaSe. lie
proceedings Were bad IN the hall OF he nOtise
OF br egates. A constuerahie number OF wit
Essses were Il ami ned q. az F.r-F ~
VIM. 1 BoUloing constsole, testihedg .AR
acquainted with some OF the Judges in the
Second ward; they al beiung 10 the radical
parry Know wm. bevers. a cons table and
iudse OF elections his merher keeps q eawdy
house know M Iy nch, Judge. be was ar
resttd tor murder know fudge Jos Buck ne
is clas srd among the roughs; has right name ls
! Joseph HamilIoJ; has chstraoieI " shat OF a
/ 'Tonsh,r know Judge G- W Bradsy, he was
arrested for SHOOTING man named Morgan:
know James Manly. oficer: he is sportng
N an believes he was in the p nItentSsry, know
- snyder, an efiieeT. he e, a rough. know
special oheer Hy er, he was charged wlto strip
ping soloier.i knew 81 no ccuseryatlye judge
on electfon Dry. nor ierks.s - .-il.E ~ n.
Policeman KIDD testihed-Was AT the second
preeIheI The luoses were all radicals; sne OF
be Judges said. " We viii show whai kind or
'corpoTals guard we win have 70 night"
knew the special police at IN - precinct ThoS
butcher was SPECIAL policeman; he Is from
New \ ork; during the war be loafed about a
bawdy house on Bath street he went TO Alex
sndria 10 Keep a hawdy. house, and returned
shortly before the election: knew special officer
VIM. Harrington, he loaied at the same house.
he was arrested by polleeman Mitchell as a
was from New York, loaftr n The house of
Eliza Rifles, alias Brooks. on Bath street
Duncan Mcpherson sworn-Live an the sec
ond precinct, tenth ward; on Tie 10th Of Octo-
Der went 10 the polls 10 vote the nudge asked
when registered; told him I'm lsg6: told him 20
place my vote in the rejected box; he said he
had none bad not been furnished W ith one nv
the commiss sIoners; 1 went ana got a box and
onerea them The box and my vote, he refused
mem mem both, have seen one OF the judges, Mr..
James ". Duncan, sworn-Am a Justice OF
the peace: have been since 1863 in the Ist 2d
and 30 ward; know the judges IN the 2d ana
some IN LIST ward; they are all radicals: most
OF them are chlceTs under the city government.
know VIM. Devers, a constable think he keeps
bawdy house himself and does not live with
his mother: know Lynch, a Judge: ne was
tried tor murder; heard Lynch say he was a
Judge, and wonld take no votes except those
registered in 1865, and would then Judge OF
their loyalty, under instructions from the
Board OF Police; Joseph Buck. a Judge and a
constable. lett the city 10 escape a charge of
enlisting deserters; Judge G. W. Brady was
special James Manly was in the penltentiary;
his wife now keeps a bawdy -honse: Judge
Snyder bss been IN the peniientisry: officer
Gray charged with murder; of Ger Tom Hyer
rs OF VIGOROUSLY bad character; special officer
May Is also rough; know two men in the ID
ward who voted on the registry of 1896; one
was Mr. Bryan; he is under the city govern
know anything about.
Benjamin Bonheim. sworn--Offered 10 vote
In the Sd precinct. 10Th WARD; challenger was
taking names OF rejected voIers there was no
rejected box at the polls; taken 70 the
statlou-house at 9k O'Clock, and kept until -
y. m was lined So cents, and baIled for SaHc
know the Judges; they were all RADICALS: ben
mas Wheeler, one of them. was from the CITY
Yard; Ar. Iulley, from City Yard, was also
Judge. -
Col VIM h Cole, sworn.-BeIong to the Atm
ward know but one Judge; he is known as a
radical; they rejected my vote; told him was
registered in ls66 asked him 20 put t INTO the
rejected box; he said I'VE have no box. aud
don't want any" my son offered to vote, when
they repeated the same thing, and said sDonL
mention box any more" t... g.. -
VIM. A J. Evans, sworn--Am from % pre-
ctnct. lag hth ward; all the judges were Radi--
Gals; knew no Conservai yes; went TO the poIIs
about O'Clock in the morning; L asked them
what rules they Were going 10 adopE they sad
they would accept pone except those reg tered
In le65; saw several of my friends attempt TO
vote and were refused asked for the rejected
box; they said they had none for 1855 bnt had
one for lc66 A man named Mckay offered 10
vote; he was not registered in 1866, for exam
med II: the judge asked me whether / would
believe Mckay on oath; answered yes; they
swore him. L insisted that they put his vote in
rejected box for 1865; they refused, and put his
vote IN the ballot box. I'D. ~
Sixteen other witnesses were examined, their
evidence being OF the same general character
as the above, when, at a quarter TO o'clock
p. m, Mr. Iatrobe announ eed thai the boat
was in waiting, and as there were many per-
sons present who desired TO leave by the steam
er. he would suggest an Adjournment until
Monday, when he 1elt assured the State would
close their case. . .a-.-..- e
His iExcelIency. Governor Swami. agreed 10
tins proposition, suggesting that the defense
baye their witnesses present ..-
Mr.. Alexander cOncurred in the proposition,
and the Investigation closed tor the day, W be
resumed to- day. .-. f,. rHr. ...