Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-04
LOCAL NEWS.
THE GAME DETECTHpY
BOWEN ELECTION FRAUDsr
wholesale Ballot BOX Ssmsa ux
Pfaunedf

| pracuces, and some OF the talkatIye ones have
peen hlhung, Tor day or two, in a mysteriou:
| way that they had "fxed things" for Monday
4 But vigilant eyes have been upon them ana tbs
discovery has been made that their main hone q,
success rests upon a device Of rascslity in the
w way og 0i enestlng ballot boxes. These boxes are
they are taken TO the voting places, and the
oaIiots so concealed as not to be discovered
MI wtnout ii me box taken apart. To carry out
| TINS vile fraud, William A. Cook and William y
| Mott went to Baltimore Thursday Afternoon
| AM made arrangements with man named
tn:i1 igie 70 nave the tickets printed on the
htnnest Etnd q paper, 50 that they can be easily
packed IN the fraudulent boxes, and also 10 en-
aole TWO or more tickets to be voted together
The boxes contemplated to be used in this
| dirty business are not the regular boxes in
charge OF the City Register, Mr.. John + Cook.
| fraud. The plan is TO smuggle the fraudulent
/ ooxes INTO voting places by parties in no way
connected with the Register, Mr.. j. F. Cook.
an1 nave mem used 10 place of the honest boxes.
Receivers Of votes, be vigilanti
TIE CASE OF SURVEYOR DoxRGAN-71, an
P.,edt'2n Ior British Protection A Candiddte
ttned for Contempt.-This morning, at O'Clock.
at the ofhce of Justice ID. X. Smith, the exam,
4 natlon or Mr. Il. II. DoDegan, the CITY Sur-
veyor, on the charge of having registered ille-
gally, preferred by Benjam Severson was pro-
ceeded with. Mr.. n. Wilson appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr.. A. b. Williams for the
ueIehse;
mat they knew another Patrick Donegsn
x, MI; JACOB II. Crossman testified that when
Mr, Donegan applied for registration he pro-
uuced papers bearing the name of z. H. Done
gan. Witness protested against his registration.
there was nothing in the papers 20 show fraud.
-, n5. ~ =: Meigs, Jr:, exhibited the record of
Une declaration book from the Clerk of Courts
once, showing under the date of May 10Th, 1858,
the name Patrick Donegan. As also file n,inn,s
SSSs nSoA Oh .ne Sreat Court of the January term,
Patrick Doneeap AGED ~ a. yin,s aiaet "
fiOm Liverpool. S--' a'eN
Mr. Michael Dut,av HAHN, 49,
as a witness was brongbt IN Isl "a SUI ssllInonel
on an Attachment ana fined sto sisa'i. siSno.
made before Justice Klopfer in ,Tsnuarv Iast a, ~
hibitedl Witness stated hatore Iua..y IaSI ~, eA-
fer that he did NOT recoIIac, IL -; ous.OE hVP
relation to the c.,iS. nshin % u fIalLneu n III
Mr.. Forsyth wrote the AFFIDAVIT athst 20 a.
best of his knowIedge Le navsr o.at,sNs Ine nc
oath - &c to Ubicb sS;,nss. sSroa,h hsIueu ht.eu ny
VIM Fletcher was sworn h't ,o.h,ns. M nane. r
was elected. 0'"' o"' "o'iins NC"
Mr. WiIson srhr,;,.aa = ,o..o- 80.
to the British MinsteT ord Sr 9IonS upon pohegsn
not admitted in evidence at this tine II va Wa
written nv Doraoan aftar ,t.eIa.,s "a. ~ Wa
il he claims indsmn;, icat;r al y ilioeni anu IN
iect ba ha,;,,1 to ii i.iSaeiOu a. DrItlsu suo-
crate antSor;tas ;n Nn,l oy 'he Oonied-
Mr.. Wm' Forsytb test,sod ,aaf no,o
hronaht -, h;O ~; " -; ,5rS tnat Uonegan was
ment and ~ ;.g oS IN M io19, ashIhg uim employ
yey of.c' rs. 0u"'eu MN W Vne Noasl Sut-
MFs
ani ~ II pTis sc "a isn. .eetIneu lot ueIence,
facts were eI;ci,sd 'ne P'oSe0uuon' Out no new
Tbe ,oSarn,aaut oioso.,
Lord TSonss b, ID, tes couLa onsL the letter 70
cony f'tha orisinaI "@s loen''iieu as a cofrect
Mr.. Wilson aTvt,ed a, scma Ie,,.,, ,b.. ,,,o
would entitle him TO register ana iIn,
claimed that the certificate in its present form
was forged paper. He said the letter from
Donegan 10 the British Minister asking ms pro-
lection, in which he (Doneganl claimed TO be a
British subject in order that he might avoid the
Capitol >N'' '' '''' '''e SHAUN" VI Tue
Mr.. Williams followed for defence claiming
that II must be shown that a criminal act was
done oy the accused, and that he procured him
entitled before he could be held; and he Claimed
that the omission of the "H" in his nsturaIiza-
ten papers was clerical error and he could not
be held responsible for that omission. He fur
ther claimed that by oral testimony and the
records OF the court il had been shown that Dom
egan was a naturalized American citizen and
legal voter.
Mr.. Wilson concluded his closing argument
about noon and the Justice reserved his decis-
,,
., SoIH w WAsHiNSToN "a FOR EMERY-Aeettn9 Of
w 49, Vitea " 9Iu uhsSuyaedn Cta0.-Ihe Seventh
la ~ .t tsePupSSSn Sl9o met last night al Island
and Gaordn w Hosni l. ". nine, IN tne char,
anu Te9ig ige MONIES secretary: The hall was
- ~ az an eauIy nou WIN tne Emery voters
~ nIS oe'Sntn "4ru, ootn whlte ana colored.
rIoraa e. - w soon Dano was en-
Us;o RsSu - ~, @uS ooeas9h, anu pisyeu some nne
hair ,ou nrni, ene sIanu AT the nagstan The
Snaa S aPpon.eu an EAecuuse Oommlttee OF I'VE
are .Ua rgn PurR rRoses, ana lne appointments
s. :, IN n,eu. nne cnaii saiu the great OBJ
HSna Har ~ VIC pitsIeo Il tne eiecuon OF M G
anne oe s,i;a iapPnause ~ e. mere may be differ
S0S S ~ Va oPinion a. " lne Wa,u NOMINATIONS, but
WOULD all be united. Let US, however, be sure
Inat ,ne bowen ncket IN the Seventh Ward is
uuerly routed. We are 70 have fair election,
ana :; ,, our OF Election would see to
- n,ansn ura. 'here were no fraud committed. Zap
PTIa ifu, ..,
Cinh .han isN seateu mat tne Worklngmen's
~ ;o;O VI ,i,I VA I'VE e. Mhg az me door
Sistb ~ w,a S,a oiIs c.uo IN mhkhg VISIT 20 the
fa,;nr "aio' H"S agreed 10 accept the inTi-
gar McGonneu enS snSh ,s msue Dy Messrs. helsln-
Emery and proceeded i'm a hoIv 70 tbe Sivth
Ward. preceded by the band. and ioined IN tha
mass meeting there. There were some nine
hundred persons i'm the PROCESSION from the
Seventh Ward affording another indication that
Bowen's chances in the Seventh ward Are
growing weaker every day
CHARGE OF AssArIr- lrr,xt of a Ro,J,s
Yesterday afternoon, Henry Williams. colcyed
house cheering for Rowen and RaiIiff Grayss