Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-04-06

The Brooklyn Election Frauds.

The Brooklyn Election Frauds.
We have ON several previous occasions
referred to the monstrous frauds perpetrated
BY some of the Democratic ward officers at
Brooklyn, and sanctioned by the Election
Board, for the purpose OF defeating the e.
| lection of the Republican candidate for
sheriff of Kings county, who had clear
majority if We can remember rightly, of a.
bout | 200 The cases of frauds were 50
giaring, that prosecutions were subsequent
ly commenced against some of the parties
by the Democratic District Attorney, Sam
ue D. Morris Esq, to whose credit it must
be said he has worked with zeal and pre-
servation to procure conviction. One Of
the parties, Barney Mahoncy, canvasser
Of election in the Second district, Six
teenth ward, was tried on Monday, March
2lst, and convicted.
Barney Mahoney was model canvasser, ,as
| the testimony in the case most clearly shows.
He has had thorough education in the
! Democratic schools for the instruction OF
! ballot box suffers, rereaters and return
stealers The returns from Barneys dis
| trict were committed TO his hands. but she
failed to file them in the city clerk office
So swore Mr.. Bishop, the clerk; and, fol
lowing him. Henry Willis, supervisor of the
sixteenth ward, swore that no returus from
the second ward, had been left with him.
| There must have been a reason for this
! and that we presume was that the Second
! ward gave large majority for the Repub-
lican candidate for sheriff Barney was
associated with another canvasser, his as
sistant. Mr. Bradley, and the way in which
these two worthy Democratic canvassers
managed to get rid of the returns, is told
by the testimony of Mr.. Barney Mahoney
himself; and certainly more Ingenious
method could not have been invented,
But first we will give the substance of the
evidence of Mr. Hubert, one Of the polling
clerks in the Office of the Bureau of Elec-
tions. Mr.. H. says he made out the re-
turns of the Second district, Sixteenth ward
did not get through until about half past
one clock, p. NJ; neither .Mahoney nor
Bradley signed them when they were tin-
ished Bradley had gone home; handed
tkem to Mahoney," and that was the last
he saw of them. Now let Mr.. Mahoney
speak for himself
Barney Mahoney having been sworn, tes-
tilted substantially as follows: When the
polls closed Mr. Bradley and counted the
seses. and before she paners had been made
out IN due form, bradley saId tnaI ne uau
to go to work the next morning, 1t was not
worth while for him to remain until they
were finished | told him he must remain
and sign them | then lay down and fei
asleep; when | awoke Bradley was gone
and | took the returns home with me to my
house, where, next morning | signed them,
| rolled them up in brown paper and brought
them out with me, and looked tor Bradley
to sign them also, went to his residence
on South Fifth street, near Eleventh IN
ouired of his wife and was told that B:ad!e,
was at work in the Navy Yard was in
furry to get the papers signed in the time
prescribed by law; met my friend MIR. Dugan
who suggested to me to go TO the Sheriff
Office and send an officer after Bradley; ht
went with ,ne and they said they would sent
an officer after him Mr. Dugan and ther
went into the Office of the Superintendent
of the Poor and got into conversation will
one or two of the clerks, and | laid my e
, lection returns down and forget them; wa
there fifteen or twenty minutes All OK
fiddler came in, and my attention was dis
tracted by the music; lot of paupers wer
, there getting assistance, and when we start
ed to go out, missed my bundle : but dic
not make any inquiries for it Of any one no
did / mention my loss except to Dugan
thought that perhaps one of the pauper
had picked it up, doubtless thinking 1t o
r value, but when they learned that it coule
, he of no use to them, | thought they wou
i return it; made no search nor complain
c to anybody. and we walked away saw Su
/ perviser Wills that afternoon about o clock
S he was on the street cars he hailed me an
INQUIRED for the returns shook my head
that evening went to Mr.. Wills house
' and told him of the loss of the returns.
r There was nate little job for you, WASH
J. 1t aye, and nately done too. And this
n the way in which. year after year, the r,
y publicans are cheated in all the great cite
): by other Barney Mahoneys and Bradle,
: educated in the same corrupt and swine
" ling school of Democracy. Let us be THANK
1t full that, at last, one villain has been col
W victed The jury after an hours absen'
l. returned verdict of guilty, and Barn,
II was remanded for sentence.
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