Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-04-20
A New York Politician.

! erelvllle,' which Is well known quarter
| in New York. Among other Witnesses
the contestant, Mr., Dodge put on the stand
mar named Geoghegan, who was one OF
Mr.. Brooks most efficient supporters at
the polls, as will he 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
interest in the elections 2"
"Answer-I do"
"Queslon--Altend the polls all day I"
Answer-I do. l wouldn't take time
to eat my meals, for fear l would lose the
voting"
Question Did you have list Of these
voters who were dead and who were
away"
Answer know them TO be dead -
but we substitute man to vote their names,
and keep them on. We've got to do that,
you know, to help friend"
"Quesion-This time did you render
this efficient aid to Mr. Dodge, Mr.. Barr,
or Mr.. Brooks ?"
Answer-I done it for Mr.. Brooks"
QUESTIONABLE you feel pretty conf
dent that you got these thirty votes for him
that you say voted Mr. Brooks tcket!"
Answer-Yes sir; / am sure Of IT,"
Question-Do ] understand you to say
that you gave tickets 70 men TO vote whom
you knew were illegal voters in that dis
trict ?" ......
Answer--I did, sir"
Queston--And that you took these
men in and had them deposit their votes 2"
Answer-Yes, sir always do thai"
"Question--l understand you also TO
say that you gave tickets to men who were
representing dead voters ?"
Answer--Yes sir"
"Question-And that you induced them
to deposit those votes ?"
Answer--Yes, sir; done so, and al
ways does that
"Question-And you knew in doing
that, and you know w,that you were gull
ty of felony ?"
Internationally we takes that as a
risk"
The counsel pressed him little hard as
to his history:
Question How many times have you
been arrested 2
Answer-Well, about, guess, three
times in my life; but then never kept in,
only the one time-just appeared, that's
all"
"Question-Were you ever arrested at
the complaint of John Mahon ?"
" Auswer-Yes."
Question: What was that for ?"
" Answer-For shcoting."
"Question-Were you ever arrested at
the complaint of man named Jaeger"
"Answer-I was but | wasn't retain
ed"
"Question-What was the charge against
you p
Answer-Assault and battery"
Questionable you count this in the
arrests that you mentioned ?"
Answer-No, sir; | don't call it an
arrest when man appears merely and is
discharged" a
"Question-How many other criminal
complaints have ycu had made against
you ?" %
Answer-None that | know Off
Further examination showed that the
man, after coming to this country, had lived
10 several of the Southern cities, had ped
died and been at work on plantations, but
had finally become the prosperous propri-
etor of two stores Grocery shops p in
Mackerelville.
Question How many fghrs do you
suppose you have been in in the course o.
your life r
Answer-A great many. In the course
Of the election I'm the whole time fighting
generally; ! fight with my nails election
day"
Question-EIow many times did you
. vote AZ the election y
Answer-Only once; | was too well
known"
Question-How many persons did you
t induce TO vote illegally 2"
Answer guess in the neighborhoot
of twenty or thirty"
, "Question-How many do you gene.
rally induce to vote illegally ?"
-" Answer-All that ever | can get.
couldn't give you any regular statement
for everybody | can get to vote i max,
: them vote. Its a business / practice
Question-As a general thing at cleo
lions, how many do you put in p
Answer don't keep any memorials
dun of it.
INTERESTING DECIsIoN.-A short time