Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-10-29
Naturalization Frauds.
ILLEGAL VOTING
ghe Toledo Blade says

NNNhNl w hANS"A FbVihEs duh hlial
all have been committed to take
their trial at the November term oi
tthe Common Pleas Court for that
county. Itappears that naturaliza-
ton papers were issued to the men
without the formality of am oath,
as requiredby law. There are 9th
ers equally guilty now at large, and
they together with the parties who
duped them will be ferreted out and
brought to punishment"
On Friday last the United States
Marshal of Cleveland arrested three
lrishmen who had voted fraudulent
ly in Cuyahoga county on bogus
naturalization papers issued from
| Dickinson's mill at Fremont. AT
ter the examination of these men a
warrant was issued for the arrest of
j. II. McArdle, Dickinson's Deputy,
on charge OF making false certifi-
Gates Standardization. A subpoena
was issued for Mr.. Dickinson to
appear as a witness in the case-the
report that Dickinson was arrested
being incorrect Mr.. McArdle was
arrested on Sunday and together
with Dickinson went to Cleveland
Monday, where he was arraigned for
examination before United States
Commissioner White.
From the statement of witnesses
it seems that one Pollard of Cnya-
hoga county, acted as general nat
uralization broker for the Demo-
cratic aliens about Cleveland. His
plan was aided by local Democratic
politicians of Cleveland to get up
a list ofnames Of foreigners known
to have been in the country too
short time to be entitled to nat
uralize, and 90 with the list to Ere
mont, where McArdle or Dickinson
would fill out, sign and seal final
certificates Standardization for ev-
cry name on the list--wtth0ut see
ing one Of the men, and without
asking any evidence of residence,
identity or character, as required
by law, These papers thus obtain
ed, Pollard carried home and dis
tributed to new made bogus voters,
who on Tuesday went to the polls
and voted. HHsa r "s'''~ t-
Here is the cool record. of the in
fanny made by the man McArdle
(who is Chairman of the Democrat
ic Committee for Sandusky County. J
We extract from his testimony be-
fore the U. S, Commissioner
j. H McArdle, Clerk of the San
dusky County Probate Court, whose
name was signed to the fraudulent
certificate, was then put on the
stand. He identified Haugh's GER
tifcate, as made by him, but did not
know who it was delivered to. He
testified further:
Don't know Hide; don't think l
delivered Haugh's paper to him or
to Hide; delivered papers to Thom-
as Pollard, ofOlmstead don't know
how many; Pollard came to Ere
mont about a week before election,
and ] gave him number of papers,
he furnishing the names and l fill
ing them in; saw none of the par
ties for whom the papers were made
administered no. oath-got no
compensation for them-made no
record of the papers; l naturalized |
q good many from different parts
of the State, but can't recollect a
single name; I never saw Pollard |
but once, and then gave him eight
or ten papers, like the one Haugh |
has, had no special authority |
from Judge Dickinson, but only
general authority as deputy clerk.
Don't think Dickinson was in the
Office when any ofthepapers given
to Pollard were read.
Another witness testifies that
railroad boss furnished him a list
of Is to 20 namess and lie went to
Fremont and procured papers for
them. He says
l offered McArdle no testimony |
when | went for the papers. just
gave him the list of names and he
filed out the papers and gave them
to me. Hyde gave me what l sup
posed he got for the papers, as part
of my expenses.
The New York Sun says of Dem
ocratic New y ork city , gI
1t is notorious fact that hun
dreds obtain naturalization papers
in this city without going near
court room or taking any oath -
Papers are passed into their hands
by those who run this underground
machinery, and they, become citi-
zehs Of the United States without
even swearing allegiance to its
Government. A number of such
papers were confscated by the Reg
istrars, in cases where the holders
refused to swear that they had ta-
ken the oath of allegiance in open
court. In the sight of these men, |
evidently, five years are as one
day, or any length Of time they
may happen to have been in the
country.
In Philadelphia the Democratic
Supreme Court naturalized thous-
ands a day, Of persons never exam
ined, and never seen by any mem.
Der of the Court. All access to the
records was at first refused the pub
lie, but finally on direct application
to the judges reporters were allow
ed to copy the names under the su
pervision of deputy clerk.
While the reporters were at work