The sun., 1870-03-22
TuETARCE OF THE BALLOT.
,xr or rHE BROOKLrN RING CON-
W. SpiRiTORS CONIICfGD.

| n, Brco' Nu Politicians Mnnncr o' fnNina
',,s tid .Icr-Whnt - mn Honest M"n'r
g.. Mogth Were Sconndrcis heep
ro,,, ,-Nr. Morri-'s Trinmph.
,.o rcople against barney Mahoney, one Of the
-, n election In the Second District Slx-
,,,,,h ward. Rtocklyn, E. H., was called In the
c,,,, q, over aud Tormirer, before Judge gilbert
IA Jr.,icss Nuorhies and johnson, yesterday
..,,i,- FOR the prosecution, District Attorney
s,..,,l u Morris. assisted b, ex-Judge Moore; for
~, d,.,te,. G euyie I JenAs, Winchester Britton,
,nd 10. II Ber-'n
A. W.hn,. t,ty Clcrk. having hcen sworn for the
,.o.s,r..- .qil the returns Of election for the
,.,oos D. .,iet sixteenth Ward, we're not hed.
VU.. Sureryisor OF the sixteenth Ward,
,,,,,,t en- sworn. tesufc tho' no returns of the
,.,..or l.d been leit With him; Mr.. Aanoney was
c,,,..,r Of n second District: Mr.. Bradley was
A, a....i.,; he bad previously Necn an Inspector
.feIe,li'n-.
N, uutc,,. svorr-was one Of the polling clerks
, the ofcc u TIE Burcau Of Elections made out
hs returns oSihe Second District, siNteenth Ward;
al not .ct tsrou-h until about hafpasI O'Clock.
pN.taitlcr Mlhoney nor Bradley siSuel them
,tsn = we're n.isbed Bradley hai gone home;
handed them to Mahore, never saw the returns
,aerwarI: tie rol clerks leit when Mhhoney did;
Bradley leil one or two hours before. This closed
Tor the prosecution
Barpe, Nahouey having been sworn. testified sub
,hntially NJ follows. When the polls closed Mr..
Bradley and counted tho votes. and before the
barer. had lcen made out IL due FORM Bradley said
,ast A. he bad 10 30 to work ncit morning II was
NOT WORTH WHILE
~ him t. remain uniil they were finished; told
lin no, he rnusi remain ard sign ttrtn. then Law
town and 'el US eep when awoke Brady was gone
- tcoS the returns home with me to my house,
there. next II, rnlnc. ! signed them, rolled them
q In brown paper and brought them out with me
I'D looked for Bradley to sign them. also wont TO
NJ residence on South Fith street near Eleventh ;
nquired ofli- wife aud was told that Bradley was
work In the Navy Yard; was In n hurry to get the
bper si,rcd In the time prescribed by law; met my
ssra'. once and send an ofseer after B1,lIev: ne he
yenl With me aud they sal tnev would Sc an
sneer after him MIR. Duyan and then went into
Re 0ncc of tue Superintendent Of the Poor and got
INTO conversation with one or two OF the clerks,
ind aid NV election returns down and forgot all
ipOui item; was there fifteen or twenty minutes.
An OLD FIDDLER CANS IN,
nd ms attention was distracted by tho music; a
e, Of paupers were there getting assistanc e, and
yaen started to 60 out. missed nv bundle
Il not make ary inquiries for II OF any one, moi
I'd mention my loss except to Dugnn; hought that
erhaTs Que Of the pau ers, hid picked 1t m
doubtle.s thliklng Il OF ne, but when they
sanel that It could be Of no use TO them
bought ,tey would return 1t; ] made no search
sOt somplaint 70 nnyoody; and we walked ava
aW Supervisor Wills that afternoon ahout o'clock.
hras on tie street cars; be hailed me and in
CURED for uIe returns; | shook my head that
rsnlas snt 10 Mr.. Wils's house, and told him
rny LOSS or THE RETURNS;
Threw the law shout canvassers, snd the necessity
for bot q Us TO sign the papers, and expressly re-
que'ed Bradley not to 20 home until tue pare q
we're Il net but he did 80 while was asleer; /
Looked Tor I'm next morning at seven O'Clock, md
between Tine ana eleven went to his house after
lin; At tae Court House thought that lie (Brn ile
rfli come looking for me, but be did not; Du an
nt we're in conversation H. the suoerin, endent VI
Poor Office witn young man named Delany. aud
shers whom did not knoU, all about the cleo
nous et tue returns on tLe door against the rail-
ihg some Ten eei away from ne; had my back 20 II
shd Org al ABOUT them W. en- discovered the
MADE no INQUIRY,
publicly or rrivsteiy spoke to NJ one e,cept Mr.
Dutun about It; | an Democrat there was n Re
lie vari; Mr.. Walters. Republican candidate FOR
slorl. rln ahead Of ni- ticket betWeen eighty and
tineiy votes had conversation with MIR. Riley: Vas
ny tarru r friend told him II was in vo alton OF
ue u" 10 allow any one to assist in counting the
itu'u'; 10 one cautioned me AGAINST allowing him
Ge.r'c \. Duran. sworn-Saw Mr.. Mahoney next
no'tNg after election in the ONCE OF the suNeru
Yen rai ol he foor; had tue poll list and register
% rolled W In brown wrapping paper; camt
dow 10 the County Clerks oiice they had not been
tgn. haloueY explained to him the cause OLD
LIN he had better send sheriff, oheer for Brad.
h he accompanied me 10 the ONCE OF the superin
tnd'ni Of the Poor; he there los, his returns
UlyrI there Ten OF fifteen minutes; gave no advice
10 lin 'hout looking for them; he did not ask me.
NJ Jenss the defendants counsel, addressed 81 4
Try trrit, pref cling bis argument by eauiioninl
len a.lins, allowing themselves TO be influenced
THE ATMOSPHERE OF PUBLIC OPINION.
The pres and the people required some one 70
run muck, )" but u was for them 10 consider only
Ne tvd nee before them: for his part he considered
We ex LAT alton as given In the evidence Of the oss
o. 'br returns as a very simple aud natural one. Il
hr Ma oney was 4 nd ng ( aul, he would imme-
oalelt nave b1Oneu the los oi tie UApers forth II
Ihe nicers and clerks In the once. There II nc
evidence shheyer OF guilty intent In the Who'll,
Transaction.
Assist.nt District Attorney Moore addressed To,
ur,. bradley has absconded. he said, because he
has committed crime. n he was not q party tc
Mis- fraud. Why snOud he abscondt 1t Is a elgniN
Ent 'act that lie did not sign the returns that ng
Tue prisoner says he signed them at ~. house. We
don't knos whether he did or not. Why postpone
hardly hardly to oe credited. NOs, when he vent to
sssd wa. " Se Sed Ns Ss SSS S lin %Dv her a hp
not 20 n once instead OF hanging aroui d the
once Ia ing about the eectionf lbe hIdle Of an
sid man bssuied him. The responsibility his po-
y. on hid no weight with him, ana then lie was N
s sueh hurry and was 20 much worried abp 1t
iHose pagers not being signed, and Was 80 anxious
ma Bradley, that he forgot all about the ret rn-
hu some poor paupeT picked Item up thinking toe
Hlsl ne something to eat or drink or to wear.
lie evidence. gentlemen, Is Irresistible that the
returns we're Intentionally lost, and ask y, u 10
pnhgl verdict OF guilty., not because OF popular
eitnCr, but to further The ends OF justice.
Su &c Gilbert then delivered his
CHARGE.
Tue prisoner at the bar s charged with non com Dill
Mot 10 lung ne election rCtuiLs plo cry auth III
sed oil the Second Dt trict, Sixteenth Ward OF VII Oh
nsi m'dsmehDor-Sec. @ Statute OF 1900 II has peen
a-N NJ cases OF TIM KIDD are OF the highest i'm
Elcr requires that the greatest purity should be
t'rN uu must be satisfied that The prison eT has
A. 'u ,MH.el to COM ly Ml'1 the REQUIREMENTS OF
W ~N l. admitted by the drieuce that thr retuT ns
e .o 10 de- Mr.. Bradley lcss tho Office before the
,uH Ntre higned There Is evidence that the nc.
pr' we're signed except stated BY the defen ami
sm,e II you believe that MahOney did sIgn them
Hn a. 'Llcnt OF performing his duty you ~ ust I'D
"a'tI n goOI futn "
dHlRe continued 10 review the evidence md toih
A.. ~! Wat II they believed tue stol OF the loss OF
o., rl a. wac their duty to hnd q verde, Tor the
t.,iut' u We contshy II was their duty TO mud =
M gIty Tue jury ret red aud IN about al hour
.'l N verdict OF guilty. entence was re-
"''t1 a"l the prisoner Was reniahded. " -
'Nu-e hilbert 10 the Il e-cne of the Indicted
Election Canvnssers.
A'he trial Of tue indicted election Canvassers
h''oS'!u yesterday, the hrst case c,lleo by Dis.
WV Attorney Morris was that OF Insnector Johp