Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-08-29
Frank Fleming, sworn-I live in Philips. |

Frank Fleming, sworn--I live in Philips. |
burg lived there October, 1867 was bar
tender for John Ii. Gray; about the 25th |
or 30th of September, some twenty or TWEEN
ty-five Irishmen were brought there to
board i have seen the men before, along
the Cearheld railroad a few DAYS after,
more were brought just before the election,
about thirty men, Irish, were at Gray's tav-
ern; | voted at the October, 1867 election
/ saw Mark Lede bring squad, fifty or
sixty, up to vote; some of them voted
while was there there were Irishmen at
Keplar's and Loyd's that | know worked
along the road my brother clerked for Jas.
Collins few days after the election, the
men left our tavern, and in a short time
were back in Clearfeld county.
Cross .examined---T cannot tell the num-
Der that voted.
j. B. Williams, sworn--I live in Philips
burg; l know that men were brought two
weeks before the election from Clearfeld
county, and set-to work in Centre country
they were quartered at Lloyd's, Keplars,
Gray's and Ri ldle's; think some of the men
were quartered in the townships; seventy
! five to eighty were the number brought over
as counted by several | was at the polls
I the greater part of the day; the men were
brought to the polls by Mr.. Lede generally ;
they came in two different directions; he
always went to meet them the two polls
are in the same building and room most of
the voters were objected to at both polls,
/ the men generally swearing; they all had
naturalization papers; Mr.. Lede vouchcd
/ for them; Lede worked while in Centre
county before the election; | saw one or
two naturalization papers; they were color
ed had on revenue stamps that were not
{ nDlA had pAn1. Nr1Na nj, IN
was made, the men said they obtained the
papers from Mr.. Collins; Mr.. Lede would
then say that Mr.. Collins had always kept
the mems papers the road in Clearheld
county was graded or cleared in the spring;
that in Centre county was not commenced
until short time before the election ; | did
not see any one at the polls active, meeting
the men, but Lede; did not see Mr.. OMeara
acting so, or distributing tickets.
G. II. Zieger, sworn-1 was inspector at
the October, 1867, election in Philipsburg /;
live there, and am well acquainted; know
a few of the Irishmen on the Clearheld rail
road a short time before the election,
about eighty-tive Irishmen were brought
into the borough; boarded at Gray's and
Lloyd's; they came some six or seven days
before the election; thirty or thirty five of
them voted in .hc borough; Mr.. Ledc
brought nearly all the men to vote; they
all had naturalization papers l objected to
their voting on them oil but two or three
of them were sworn for the reason that
my challenge was not sustained by the judge
and the inspector, toward evening thought
it useless; as the votes would be taken, and
there was no swearing any more of them ; !
told one man he could not vote after saying
he had been nine months in the State; he
went out and came back, saying he was
mistaken and that he understood me to ask
how long he had been in the county he
then said he vas in two or three years
another said he was 10 years old; l handed
. him back his naturalization papers and tax
receipt and he left he did not vote the
papers were all dated September %, 1866
. Luzerne county, issued by Mr. Philbin.
Page 1,4l0.l
John Casey, swurn-I was working on the
) railroad for Mr. Collins at the October QS67
eIection was boarding in Phillpsburg
where voted with the other men; NJ:
Lede took me up To vote aud gave me Tho
naturalization paper, and put 1t i'll; can
not read am as Ignorant as baste; pu
the paper in my pocket; cannot tell wha
became of it | was never naturalized; ne
yer was in court before this Letle tolC
me to vote | was working near Mr.. Collins
store; came the day that . Meara dld II
Philipsburg; l voted Democratic.
NoTE.--rhis witness, on his return t.
Clearted county, was waylaid and beater
with clubs, SO that he died from his wounds
The Governor issued a proclamation offer
= ing q reward for the detection of the mur
derers,
Page ,430
Rev. Thomas Tracy, sworn-I paid Mi
| chael O'Meara five hundred dollars shor
time before this case commenced; CAV
him the money in his own house in the even
=. ing, about week or two before the assem-
} Lling Of the Legislature he was to leave III
q State and remain out three months for tn
+ five hundred dollars Mr.. German, boss c
S Collins, gave me the money to give him
: the man who gave me the money was til
only one who had any knowledge OF tn
, transaction, as far as ! know l had CORES
: pondence with Mr. Wallace on the suhiet
of O'Meara's leaving the State ; the onl
y stipulation was that he should remain ava
. three months | understood it was for hi!
u to be gone until after the trial"
n If an honest voter, after reading til
u above testimony, we care not to what part
e ha NAV belong can sanction such rascait