, 1875-01-22


| future aspirations for Congressional hoauf4.
Wine4B, roamny, Htated that ieorpn Hlukelv
waH tho name Ut til" judge WHO bworo lla lived
in tho 1,cei,lct. 1}!atelv lived Mt No, G5 West
| Washington ntrnet, and Maud clifford tno Of tho
ladies' Ut that l,Hn. tull witness that llo t1.lake-
W VIM '1msll~carser for The prostitutes nf Tho
| lo,,Ho jIlakely waA kctt hy Miss Agrio Day, of
that ln1lHc wliicl, was il, tile Tent, Ward. Capt.
| Dahl VA, tho original Acpubca,l nominee for
| Alderman, Int Withdrew in tnyor Of Join. J.
| Cnrcosah thtee days bofore tE,o election.
Mr.. Van Burcn Ahjcctotl to this Testimony!
Wincr4 rcB1nny raid tl,at Correran hal
sought tho nomination for Sheriff from tia UII-
1Hhitnt larty, but Ind hccn defeated. u.,rrutNn
| aud cultaateo worked together it tho election.
Coreorar WAS gambler by nccupntiuil, MD was
! brother of II. j. Cnrcornn whnnc character
ras bal, having baon twlce III tic poni!oil,nry
and be,nR ut lresot llslcr MI indictment for ny
aalIt n,,l 1Httory.
Mr.. Van Isrron objected to all tie oviionco
given since ha last objection.
Witness Baw ai old ,Ilail attempt to vote at the
Se1ewic's street precinct of Tho Eigltrontl,
Ward. and tho judses rofnAo tic vote. Nav linn
two hours after Ut tho Aarkct street precinct.
where Mr.. Films slpman ihterfetcd and sad ho
waB a voter. Saw Inn again IwD ftoalrs after
ward Mt tic opening ct tho window. with ballot
III hand, ut tin precinct OIL tic n,rtll ae III.
Chicago nycnuc. At MI thcsc rsecsi,ctn ho was
o.lss'i"keu for Farwrll; dsd not know whether ho
voted.
IN Cnusa-EyAM1sATInH
by Afr. Van nrc1l, NinrAa alfl tliat, ut tho Inst
election, ho l,clohEc'! to tho Opposition party
was ono OF tic ptorrlosorn uf tho Illinois SttRts
MsiunJ, wcl, supported Mr.. I4e Mosne j; waa
ono OF tho election Campaign Committee, hut
mt nf any subcommittee tho Committee coll
sisted Of twenty persona about S3,D00 raB Hnb-
scrlpcd md ukcd by tho Committee fur tI!o pnr-
pnse Of cccti1sg tl!eir tickot; knew Ar. La
Moyne personally abnnt ltee months mud
half; knew by reputation TINT Mr. l.o Muyne
joined tho Liberal pnrty Ill 1872 Wien ha was d
candidato for Congress Oh tho Hrec'oy ticket:
al rI19f
were before that; referred Mr. Van Uuren to thu
Cincinnati platform Of May. 1877, fur the pronli-
nels principles Of tl'at party; ssai'l nt'ont
Vice at tie Of tin. ~, 9uF at Tho was rne
street precinct Of tho Twentieth Warl nftcr ho
left tho First Precinct l,o wnut to the Rush
Htreat precinct, wlicre io remnincl d few mill-
utes; won't thence to the Wells ntroct precinct,
remaining there ten minutes; thence cut to tia
precinct iii the Eighteenth Ward on the nortl,
aNlo or ChicaEo avenue, re1lnnng there about
half All lln,lr; Weili thence dasola1l5 across tho
strcot to tic other FrGelnet nf tho eamo ward;
thence went with tnine others i;l car
riago to tho varionH prccinels nogttwarl;
was at tho Fourth Irccilct ol tho Eighteenth
Ward. whore ho Faw tho oil man vote
A. shout =. M; w%s positive TINT hr saw atr.
Elias Ehirman near to tho polls TINT l,o cpnld
converse With nny Of the Judges Mt tho poll ];
could not give the names nt the Judges Mt that
poll. Tho 1nng-rlace Of the First Precinct Of
tho Twentieth Ward could lave lloun 30 arranged
know tint tho Republican party waB responsible
for the arrangements Tor voting ut TINT polling
place. 1T wAB fact That ut tile pullinls-placcs
generally throrgIlott tho city tho balloa wero
Of slass out Of the window. Locked through
tho winslow at tho lizst Precinct Of lilo
Twentieth Ward to seo how n,auy PERSONS
were in that room; cntlI'l SEQ hut four roT-
SUM in there; the threo in1ren and ono clerk;
was not at that precinct ut the titno tho pul!H
wcro opened could mt state Of Ills Own per
sotlal knowledge whetllor mt ut the tilno tho
polls wero o7cncd two cl.nllongorH. otln for each
purity. woro admitted to that room for tho pilr-
poao OF acting AZ such, but at nbout o'clock,
lust before no waH leaving the poll, the Clark Of
tho Board Of JuEea stepped outside aud told
him that no challenger hatl toen admitted. nor
would ono he admitted knew that clerk told
tho tr11th because when Lo looked into tllo
room, ns heforo ntated. lIo did not sec my
challongers tins was not the only roapon ne
haul fer knowing that wllnt the clerk Rad WAN
true. bccasne acEetul dayR afterwards tho sanlo
clerk and ono Of tho judges told hin, tint there
was no challenger intldo tho room al day that
judgoa nn,no wcs Chaplin, that of tie
clerk 1Ieury Iasko; hand no othcr
k.owled9c on tho subject than tllis
did not lavo t1no to count tic shouldor-littcrs,
tho pouitentary-b and tue gamblers who
surrounded him at The FirAt Precinct Of tho |
Twentieth Wnsl; reforrod to TIE CnIcAao T'H1a-
USE for proof that tho lnan Burns was a sl,uul-
deritter and Pe,litentary- -brtl; the lecords OF
knew tue gamblers AZ such by their general ropu.
tatlon; did not know where and When tile sloul-
dcr. .littcra had fought wllon tho Pcnitentiary-
birds lad been imprisoned. or where tho gam
blorb gambleHi know by name Durua, Mike Cor
coraii. and Crawford; tho mob consisted Of |
about twenty persons did not suppose the news
napcrs vero infa1llble: read tue accounts OF
is'rns' exploits in Ill English paper, uot iii the
The Court thon adjourned until 10 o'clock this