New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-24
THE ELECTION FRAUDS.

SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE VI NM
RESENTATIYES.
All the most important points OF the Iepoi'
OF the House Select Committee the Election FRAUDS III
this city have been already published ID our
dispatches and much Of the principal testimony ehcl'eu
I'm the course OF the investigation has also been printed
We find several passages. however IN to rePo" "n'
arc well worth extracting.
wbne the Capitalization mill in operation, we re-
peatedly called attention TO the professional Tness h
who uscd 10 accompany candidates Tor clzehsP 10 o
conrts and swear them through. The report gives an l
sructiye list Of these gentlemen WHOSE MN IN the
seems have been amazingly extensive. uecnrded
in e Supreme and superior Courts alone AS witnesses
for aliens in the suhoined number OF cases cases 900
John Moran .7I John McGinns 19J
pairicf C;of -. 59l Michael Marrow ~ ~
John Ward $40 Henry Jacobs ioS
T Ti N %., 905 Patrick McMahon i0t
TSohH,as sefad 2o3 Bernard Lachman
S 90 II shond be borne In mind however, that
the ree0oS ~, napeTs actually issued The supreme
T"ur Tor instance purpOrs according to the record TO
oe issued iSG70 certificates of naturalization. 1t re-
LIVED 90 C HANK forms and had left of these by actual
CONT 62 There are thus O6s certificates inaeeonned
,or ono % ' M Henry lyle and from his testimony
before the Committee we Gull the following cnoco CA
g. state what you know Of certificates OF naturalza
ton being issued by Judge McCunn OF the superior
and i'm the supreme Court by Judge Barnard. a. Was
in that business during the months OF september ana DC
tober ICES, at No SO Chathamst woua nj up une az
burng the month Of October would come down IN inc
Of the Suprrnie Court who held the night session;
would sign The names or the applicants 10 theso
sometimes would sign the applicants nhhe anu nu,o -
times he would himself or anybody else happened 10
be around ne would sign It. 80 -. =, a.rro,i,o tior
before Judge McCunni A. would take the papers down S
TO the Court aud give them to the Clek no mo tbn
INV name and would then 20 around ana swear 10 tn9
truth of the aiidavts before the Judge aiter tnat
would 90 around TO Inc S ~ allegiance or If the man
was too old TO so through otherwise, the man mmseh
O. How many certificates of NATURALIZATION did you
procure during these two monthsY A. eahnot ts' fo
sometimes would swear to 20 or 80 ana sometimes oO
q state il You would sign your name to the andavl'S
az witness i'm all cases. what name was sgnedt A.
signed different names just as II happeneG 70 cTT Who
We're not there at all by being both witness aud apR
cant myself fiom both the Superior Court ana the oU
O. With what did yOu pay for those naturalization pa
% where aid Won get them A. got some from Judge
Gale in Centrest, some from Mr. Petit ana some from
different parties around the City Hail that knew,
Q. State If you are acquainted with Judge McCunhf
a s state ~ bc il ACQUAINTED with youi A. He
O. Did You have any conversation with Judge MeCunn
about this naturalization businessi A. was up before
Of Shirt told him my name and he said 1t ought TO be
Spirit too after that would sometimes sign my hame
O. What else was said by Judge McCunni A. That was
ALL though he told me at one time InSe d Hs' u
would compel them to register them. A.. ,,,ouo-
,ons df tc lngs Of Repeaters" one William IT. Hen
drlck who was hired by Peter Norton rother OF Slate
senator e c rrSsry testified On the morning Of the s
OF October 1868 reported 10 Peter Mitchell, according
t 70 SoS WAS David somer who Claimed to be
Nortons right hand man he asked me to take drink
night aud thathe had gone home for a nap; Dave
said, You and l VIII 60 about ana 40 p ntus
work registering, and then go ana wake up f B
we then went to drinking saloon and saw refer
Burns corner OF E1aSe ROr ana 1s with
names residence David Somers TOOK MS own name
rs Ss Sa,o co., 90 Ghacs GO
from :Burnss place we went around me corner 10 the
place Of registry Of this district when David Somers reg
stered himself as resident OF No 60 East Houstonst
ne questioned sharply by one OF the registry officers
then registered at the same place a roommate Of Da-
vld Somers. under the name OF Charles walters OF NO.
pa r'' who Inquired il it was all right remarkng that
they had everything all snug in that district Peter Burns
on election day ana We David sOmers myself then
to 1.-THE place Of registry Of the first district OF the
residence No6O4 Broadway David somers would not
register here because he said he too well known
besides he said that had registered his name the
day before in dozen places IN different parts OF the
names; about three Joined Dave sOmers and myself
and the party number, were all registered at tn
two regsteres Greenest one near Prince ana tn
only remember W. H. Travis Of No. sos Broadway, an
W. II. Travis Of No. 1T spring-st; when second Pr
member 81 the i've remarked: won't do for any NOR
to give NO and or ~ have already given in that res
ence" besides the above Others OF the gang arrived
md asking n all right registered at the above pac
as residents Greene ST. the residence OF Pete
Mitchell who the candidate OF that district for IN
Assembly; think II was the Fifth Assembly Disric
Dave and myself then went 10 the house OF Pete
Norton, No l42 Sulvans who reused mp from his nal
Norton aud the three Of us joined the main body
Peter Mchelps liquor store; there saw slips serve
out for different districts by Alderman Norton and hi
brother Peter Norton and also by Peter Mitchell; som
% so names were here given out with residences a
tached; told that IL understood by the wOm9
at the different houses how TO answer o
the questions that might be prOpOunded
them by the police or by detectives who migl
call to know who lived there, &c; the gang the
divided into parties OF four SIX, eight and twelve
went in different directions; the party was with col
sisted Of five each Of whom made extra registI
at polling place in Varick-st; have forgotten IL
names registered here; this Alderman NOrtons di
trict; then returned to Peter MchelPs liquor stor
which seemed to be general rendezvous for at least
rcpeaters here told by Peter Norton to join part
OF 12 bound for the Sixth Ward the parties wei
strangers, of whom did not know their names;
hesltated, but Dave Norton said. 1T is all right; x
along and do the do and VIII make IL all right
Joined them, and walked rapidly together TO Aide
man Cuddys place. No. A Bowery, and In five minutes
time, Alderman Cuddy in person. produced book tbs
must have contained several hundred names and res
dences; each of the ~ furnished with name ali
residence James WEIGH OF No co 20 Mott-st
another OF George William Bennett; took Jane
Darling of No GO MOttst; Alderman Cuddy passed thes
cards his counter; each one got q card; no.
present TO the Committee the card containing my nam
aud address which received: