The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-20
RATURALIZATION FRAUDS IN
OHIO.
Hon GIbsUn Wns beaten In the 0tn
District.
Hon. Judge DIckfnson, his opponent, +,
run u NaturalIzRtIOn mill
DIekInsOn's Arrest.

(F+ona tho Cleveland Herald Of yestsTdgy.)
Investigations since the election have
brought to light the fact that the most
barefaced aad wholesale fraud has been
used by the Democrats of the Ninth
Congressional District to carry IL
against General Gibson, and the de.
veIopments SO clearly impIicate the
successful Democratic candidate, Dick
Inson, in the frauds, that a warrant has
been issued for his arrest, and he viii
be brought to this city to-day in the
custody of a United States officer. Not
Wishing to PREJUDICE the case, we sup
nose to state the facts in regard TO these
frauds briefly and clearly.
Z. f. Dickinson, member of Congress
elect from the Ninth Congressional Dis
trict, is also Probate Judge of SRndusky
county, and in that capacity has charge
OF the issuing of naturalization papers
to those entitled to receive them. It Is
susceptible of proof that from his court
there have been issued during the last
three weeks scores and hundreds of
fraudulent naturalization papers
These papers have been used In voting
not only in Sandusky county, but In
every county of the Ninth District, and
even outside of the district. It Is said
that eighteen were used In voting in
OImAtead of this county. The total
number issued cannot be estimated,
but some three hundred have already
been discovered, and active committees
are at work searching for other cases.
1t Is susceptible of proof that these pa
pers were issued to men who had not
been in the country three years, and
who had not taken out their first papers,
whereas the law declares that no certi-
ficate of naturalization shall be issued
unless the applicant shall have been in
the country i've years, and shall either
produce his first papers or prove that
ri, ~, Lat t.
tible OF proof that NO record OF these
bogus certificates has been kept by the
Probate judge This Is bad enough,
but this IL by no means the worst. 1t
Is susceptible Of proof that these bogus
certificates of naturalization were signed
IN blank by the hundred, G'dSe'Ik 70 lead
ing Democrats IN eUeTy county IN the
District TO be flied out by them and
gtyen 10 any foreigner t0hO would vote
| for Dickinson! This Is most RlRring,
wholesale and outrageous fraud, and
It demands the promptest action in In
vesting and Furnishing 1t.
1t is sought to shield Judge Dickinson
from prosecution by Claiming that j.
| 81. McArdle clerk OF the court, was the
guilty party. Most ofthe bogus papers
are signed by Dickinson per j. II. Mo-
AEdIe, deputy clerk" But We learn
that some OF the bogus certificates bear
Dickinson's signature in his own hand
writing. Even If this were not SO; Is It
conceivable that n deputy clerk would
send hundreds Of papers of this sort
over the-district without any consulta-
tiou with Dickinson hImselfR No,
McArdie is but u tool in the hands of
other men, who are really guilty parties
in the matter.
The law of the case Is as follow CDun-
lop's laws of the United States. i7s9-
1860. p. 495
SEQ. l3. That ifany person shall false.
Ey make, forge or count, rleii, or cauIa
or procure TO be falsely made, forced
or counterfeited, any certificate or ey-
idence of citizenship referred TO in this
act. or shall pass, utter, or use as true
any false certificate of citizenship, or
shall make sale or dispose of any such
certificate TO any person other than the
person to whom Il was originally ig.
sued and TO WhOmiit may of right be-
long, every such person shall be deem-
ed and adjudRed guilty of felony; and
on being convicted thereof by due
course oflaw shall be sentenced to be
Imprisoned and be kept at hard labor
for period notleHB than three nor more
than i've years, or be fined in q sum
not less than $500, nor more than 81 600.
II Is under this section that Judge
Dickinson has been arrested, and Will
be tried. II convicted, he will pass the
next two years at Columbus instead OF
| Warrington.