Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-05-04
VOLUME 80; no is.
a NEW YORK POLITICIAN.

Mr. Brooks Of New York has Just been un-
seated because of tho illegal;ty of the election
proceedings and returns IN 4Mackerelville.
which is well known quarter in New York.
Among other witnesses the contestant, Mr..
Dodge, put on the stand man named Geohe-
gan, who was one Of Mir. Brooks, rn5st eff
cient supporters at the polls as win be seen.
The man said he had long lived in the district
and had been implicated in the election
every year,
Question. do you always take great In
teres.. in the election?
Answer,--I do
Q.-Attend the polls all iay?
AL do. | wouldn't take time to eat nv
meals, for fear / would lose the voting.
Q.-Dld yon have q list Of those voters who
were dead and who were awayg
Al knew them to be dead; but we sabsti-
tute nsan TO vote their names and keep them
friend
Q.-Ihis time did you render this efficient
aid to Mr.. Dodge, Mr.. Barr, or Mr.. Brooks?
Al done It for Mr. Brooks.
Q.-And you feel pretty confident that YOU
got these thirty votes for him that you say
voted Mr.. Brooks, ticket
Al am sure oft.
Q.-Do understand you to say that you
gave tickets to men to vote whom you knew
were illegal voters in that district?
Al did, sir.
Q.-And that you took these men in and
had them deposit their votes?
A.-Yes, sir; always do that.
Q.-I understand you also to say that YOU
gave tickets to men who were representing
dead voters?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-And that you induced them to deposit
their votes?
A-Yes, sir, done SO, and always does
that.
Q.-And you knew in doing that and you
know now, you were guilty of a felony?
A.-Generally we takes that as a risk.
The counsel pressed him little harder as
to his history.
Q.-How many times have you been arres-
ted?
A.-Well about, guess, three times in
my lifei but then never kept in, only the one
hme-just appeared, that ALL
Q,-Were you ever arrested at the COM
plant of John Mahon?
Axes.
Q-What was that for?
A-For shooting
Q-Were you ever arrested at the the com
plant Of a man named Jaeger?
Al was, but / wasn't retained.
Q.-What was the charge against you?
A.-Assault and battery:
Q.-Did you count this in the arrests that
you mentioned?
A.-No, sir; don't call It an arrest when
man appears merely and is discharged.
Q.-How many other criminal complaints
have you had made against you?
A--None that | know Of
Farther examination showed that the man
after coming to this country had lived in sew
eTal OF the southern cities, had peddled and
been at work on plantations, but did finally
become the prosperous proprietor of two
stores grocery shops in Mackerelville.
9.-IIow mauy fights DO you suppose you
have been in in the course Of your life?
A great many. In the course of the
election I'm the whole time fighting generally
| fight with my nails election day.
Q-How many times did you vote at the
election?
A,-0nly once; was too well knov~.
Q.--How many persons did you induce to
vote illegally?
Al guess in the neighborhood of twenty
or thirty.
Q-How many do you generally induce to
vote illegally?
A.-AH that | ever can get couldn't
give you any regular statement, for everybody
! can get to vote / make them vote It's a
business practice.
Q.-As a general thing at elections, how
many do you put in?
Al don't keep any memorandum of it.