The New York herald., 1869-01-12

Journals came 70 the rescus and ssaysd to uuraveI
had for some days rrior thereto been dropping on
one BY one and leaving the city, and has three or
f6dI wele then left 10 conduct the exami""'
Radical brains sook as"N' :" T'-s. ..Ss. .,s;a.
css,assssss c%sS,Ssss - s5and 7has there was one
bessme present Mr. Kerr, Of Indiana Is
e 'n.cxn 4 sAeri nnSiy sSd Was the only peso
NJ g ne .s she INTENDED sdysns he . yss a. eso
wnicn id ensne, resorted to measures u dlencsng
s gSS%pash wSo hs sss s SSs g
ins i,s nr .takmg. them g the s,5sa pTsc..0s -
icsFsbe rooms q The oommittee.
I Since this memorable little Vicounter the COM
y s snS sa
Who acknowicdged themselves 20 p tAAeses and 70
have sworn falsely have bcen examincd end ID some
e. ona ae
OF them, who may bo termed
80. ~. ,o,,dss1. 1sSysss,sSAss .oSns. IF e ~
Michael Edwards stated yesterday that he was
Summoned TO appear before the Congressional In
sppssred between three ana tour ociock shss sitsr
''sammy" Baker; met Baker one evening In Broad
aaid he wanted me 70 testify thas had
voted the democratic ticket Ave 4. or ! slx
gfs q ns ~. aS.r. s sss Rfss se
y siso aSTesa u . enc sad @ sest,ded ed as .
tee isstided hat had voted think, IN the FftS.
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth districts Of the Twenty
frsI ward; they asked mo where I lived; then
yos 1sa IN RS sS city, naf ssse soa Tsssssrsa sSsm
testified that voted IN nve or six dis
m ~
again and rcfuted what testified to on Thursday
ast and said & was all untrue; they asked me why
got paid for II; told them was 70 get i've dollars
for each stateentone IN Jersey City and one here;
s me my ssS for coming e ,se
! had read the papers, which said
that somebody was going 70 get into
Thought the best thing could DO was to como and
refule my testimony and square MYSELF they asked
me had voted Illegally Or repeated, Y and said
and SAID .No' then they asked me 4 knew Or had
seen sheriff Q'Brien. and answered mo, never TO
wUoa s.ss r s o S
fore Baker spoke to me about It heard some 81 the
boys around Houston street say there was chance
get up cary in the morning: thought they were
''klddin" me, and 90 didn't get up; afterwards !
met Baker ana be told me ABOUT 1t.
mittee ana testified under f6e name Of John Nor
ton and proceeded TO unbosom himself O. follows:-
sas s = sas F.ss e Sc before Ss ne ss ss%
nim ii Houaon street, besvssn Greene and woos- o.
me nve dollars for each tirne -nve here and nve in
S r rsa Sss as 4. .ssa Ss snS %
came % shs puspcss q a1iss t6,s tnns. e un.
right name y James Nichos;. they asked 4 / voted
voted u & a % ana M sad voted oacs Il tss % Fsssnsa
ward; had the right 70 vote that once, and did
vote; was registered properly for that vote; told
me Il was empaoys n the snerifrs ONES over the
way; SAID waM,t; was born In Jersey.
Union League Committee aud Messrs. Foster, Daven.
port and CLASSY e civilian Pier ~ bat that his
true name b lawrence Farrell; tlst In November or
CLASSY, aching ii behalf q the Union League Commit.
tee wanted him Fnrrell) to obtain for them four or
nye Witnesses to anSea. u before ore = the COMMITTEES
tue alleged election frauds; that Messrs. Foster
snd Classy wanted witnesses who would testify that
@ sss uTsH sa osd sm money g So
should receive @ some % money @ for Ss tsrvcss a'i 4 Ss
he told them he had four or ave men who would
testify to those facts; Foster and CLASSY wanted
sonas, s e p11 those ,ns men {. % sss ::..d ss.
what he was going 70 do in the meantime, n they
wanted him to keep these Witnesses over night and
s0s Be ~as sen rs out ana IL
would pay him some money; he rot thirty dollars
NJ s. Z Ser r. hs 1 S9 %a O. e
drawn through Mr.. Grinneii; . check was
rsii ':i never furnished tSess witnesses q he be
agrced TO 90; the Congressional COMMITTEES has not
:ubpgnasd him Z: witness. but he mas been given
eet into troublef and they replied that they wouid
and would send the mon anywhere In the United
70 CO.; they SAID that Holman would take
az %onSs sSss Grswo1 a0 wOUS OUS
then be Governor; they said they were going 70 do
AWAY ys 1aua s.1s e 70 Ss mat
70 get hold the democratic leaders IN this city and
en had heard Sss soms OF Ss co%m
Tee had threatened that II he did not want to 90 be-
fore me commiItee to testify they would md way
Baker, the medium through which these little
plans were developed Is an Englishman, ana con-
that ne was employed by Colonel WOOD % 70 hunt uD
Witnesses TO swear TO repeating operations voting
on false naturalization papers; that he paid Wit
"A discriminating public; WIN, perhaps be able to
judge for themselves TO the credibiity OF either
sns orig ogns testimony ~, O. any o. tnese parties who
ssme story 20 tell or the subsequent refuai thereof
BY each individual and possibly Of the statements
above given by them. Altogether II may lead TO the
formation OF correct belief concerning the whole
af1air. fT ''i''-
WHAT THE COMMITTEE mas ESTABLISHED.
While Il II beyond question that great deal OF
such testimony - has been here given has actually
been taken, the committee has also taken much
evidence that 10 unlmpeachabe. and after weighing
well the drawing Of the whole inquisltoral net and
throwing out the trash they claim 70 nave estab-
lened tne truth OF every charge made. The facts
enumerated below, which they feel confident they
have proved and which are derived from perfectly
reliable source, are:--
IT, That the charges made have been all overwhe,m-
1hst they have proved that gangs Of men on cleo
ton DAY 'repeatedn on the Democratic ticket ana
had been hired 70 DO 30 1t ave dollars each. s {
Inat ther operations have been traced directly to
the democratic headquarters.
Inss hundreds OF men voted On naturalization
papers that they had not themselves procured from
ne coure by which they were issued ana that these
papeu had been furnished them In qroQshops
% ANA saloons ny persons In the employ Of the demo
rhaf me business cf naturalization was 40 con.
Quoted thes II was impossible for the judges thew
desired % distinguish between those legally
ouffffc0 fhoiy u.x1s