Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-01-15

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THE New York ELECTION FRAUDS.
The New York San in its reports of the
investigation into the New York election
frauds, has the following statements in
regard to the kind of persons who do the
illegal voting and the evidence against
them:
at is well known that there are many
thousand thieves and other criminals walk
ing the streets Of this city day after day
unmolested. Indictments remain against
them in the District Attorneys Office,
and they are out on bail. The indict-
ments are never tried-and why? Simply
because these men can be made useful at
elections, and in this way: The names
of these men are known, or can be read
lily ascertained. They are sent for by
Mr. Blank, and informed that majority
of so many thousand is required at the
ensuing election, and they are expected
to do their part or take the alternative
the indictment you know as Lord
Dundreary would say. Well, they OF
course have no difficulty in deciding.
But how shall they know how many
times and when to vote? That is easily
arranged. Each man is provided with
printed slip, something like the check
of a bank or counting house, but not SO
large, ON which the name of the man to
be personated, the residence from which
he must hail, and the election district in
which the ballot is to be cast, are given
The repeater, thus armed sallies forth
confident of performing his work faith
fully and well, and without fear of de.
lection.
The committee intend to probe this
thing to the bottom, and have summoned
nearly four hundred witnesses upon the
one subject of using fraudulent natural
ization papers. These papers as our
readers know, were offered by the hun.
bred or thousand. The committee have
the testimony of the printer who manu-
featured these documents, and who had
his presses running from the first of June
up almost to the day of election. He
printed over 100000 of them. They
were disposed of in many cases indis
criminately, falling into the hands Of
honest men and rogues alike. One hun
dred and seventy-fve were voluntarily
returned into Marshal Murray's hand.
by men who dared not use them. From
the Compton House, a well known DO
litical resting place ON Third avenue, one
hundred and fifty-three persons were reg.
istered, and one hundred and seventy
nine voted therefrom, as appears by tes
timony. The committee on Saturday
summoned the clerk of this house Ia
bring the hotel register, but nothing
could be made out of it. Last wears
register had been destroyed, and the new
one doctored so as to make it all right
Figures don't lie you know jackson
Hall, in Second avenue and Thirty-sec.
ond street, owned or run by Sheriff O..
Brien, has been riddled' by the com.
mittee. Two hundred persons are prov
ed to have slept there the night before
election, and to have voted therefrom on
election day.
Letters have been pouring in upon the
committee since their arrival in this city
giving partial or correct information of
frauds perpetrated, making suggestions
and thanking Congress and the commit
tee for this investigation. The committee
have assurances that had these frauds
been carried on to such an extent as to
give majority of the Electoral College
to Governor Seymour rebellion greater
than that through which we have passed
must have followed. The Eastern West
ern and Northwestern States would never
have submitted to it. And another Bru-
tus might have appeared to emulate the
ancient Roman"