Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-09-28
HOW TO VOTE PAUPEBsg
The Poor House the Copperhead Nur-
seTy
READ! TAX-P4YERS, READ

READ! TAX-P1YERS, READ :!
The Alms-hodse for the last three or four
years has been the nursery in which Cop
perheadism has been most villainously dis
seminated. Men have been kept there for
the sole purpose of voting them, while 9th
ers have been purchased at few dollars
head or been forced to vote as the Steward
has dictated as win be seen by the append
ed affdayits. We do not think that the
present Steward would be guilty of such
gross outrage, nor, knowing the majority Of
the gentlemen composing the Board of Di-
reetors, as we do, we have no hesitation in
saying that they would not be a party to
such disreputable affair. The majority of
these latter gentlemen have become so much
disguised with the manner in which the af-
fairs of this institution have been conducted,
that their faith in the honesty of their par
ty has been most woefully shaken. Our
object is not, then, to hold up the present
Board and Steward as objects of censure,
but to call the attention of the people to the
facts, that they may provide against the cleo
ton of men who viii prostitute the institu-
tion to the Copperhead party in the infa-
nous manner in which it'..was. under the
Stewardship Of George Wilde, by the cleo
ton of an honest and. upright man to the
position. For the purpose Of showing the
public how things have been conducted, po-
itically, at that place we publish, the follow
lowing afidavits of John Heltzel and James
Sheeder, taken in the Koontz VS. Coffroth
contested election case, aud which win be
found on pages %, %, and q of the Con-
gressional report of the papers in this case {:
John Heltzel sworn
was pauper in the public poor-house Of
Bedford county, in the fall Of 1864 / lived
in Union township before / went to the poor
house. [ went there in June, 1864 / knew
William Allen. He was pauper in the poor
house. | also knew James Sheeder, John
Winsel, Daniel Sherman, John Meyer, Rob-
ert Clarke, Peter Mullen, Andrew Wolford,
Enoch Armitage, Patrick Dunn, Samuel
Maugh, Jacob Livingston, John Shoemaker.
John Miller, William Gorsuch Michael Gal.
lagher, James Thomas, Andrew Amick. They
were all paupers in the poor-house at the time
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they all voted. WIDLE GOT ME TO co
TO SH0EMAKER'S AND CALL FOR
LIQUOR FOR THEM. / GOT THE LIO.
U0R FOR THEM. Wilde gave them re-
ceipts for their taxes, and gave them tickets
and sent them to the polls to vote. I came
mp with them and saw most Of them vote.
THEY GOT NO LIQUOR BEFORE
THEY VOTED; THEY WERE TREAT.
ED AFTERWARD. WIDLE PROMISED
AT THE P00R-HuUSE TO TREAT ALI,
WHO VOTED THE DEMOCRATIC
TICKET. / DID NOT CALL FOR IIO.
UOR FOR THEM AT SHOEMAKERiS
UNTIL AFTER THEY HAD VOTED. I
talked with the paupers in regard to their
votes. Daniel Sherman, John Moves and
John Heltzel (the witness) voted the Repub-
lican ticket and for General Koontz. vii
lam Allen, James Sheeder, John Winsel.
Robert Clark, Peter Mullen, Enock Armitage.
Andrew Wolford, John Miller, William Cor
such, MichaeI Gallagher, James Thomas,
Andrew Amick, Jacob Livingston, Samuel
IMaugh, Patrick Dunn and John Shoema.
ker-
Mr. Reed and others, counsel for General