The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-03
A STARTLING REVELATION.
ARTRANTT ELECTED ny the rOrLS
or Monty WIG UIRES.
Tho Baraain sealed with Money from iinr-
risburg The Reasons WHY the Condemned
hsiies are SeuRuiuc Of being Pnrdoncd.

Tho political secrets divulecd ut Mauch
Chunk by JotnJ. Slattcry OIL the slst u October
1876. while tesufying In the trial of John Dono-
hoo for the murder VI MORAN Powell, created
gro4t excitement throughout the state and
country The bargain aud sale Of the votes 81
an entire otgauizaton-a society that was well
known in the coal rc4ion criminal one was
no small piece ~ political corruption. Coming
as II did from the ips Il one OF the principals IN
the bargain. under the sancttv OF an oath, IL
was entitled to and received general credence In
the minds OF the pubc. II was followed hy adj
mis- Ions on the part Of the agents who mahipu-
lated the purchase as to PAYNE the money but
denial as to any knowledge " who they
were buying. There only enough OF
thiss ;ory brought out a. Mduch Chunk to prove
the character u the Msllv order, and the public
has been curious ever since to learn the full
y rticulars. md especially to ascertain whether
two such Intelligent men as the purchasers in
the transaction really had lived SO long In
schuylsill county and did not know whom they
we're trading with wnen they paiu over such
IN enormous sum for political expenses a.. All
doubts on this subject will seem to be di~pcilcd
by the tale which we unfold tod y. The inter
view reported below WAS had by news 'aprr
correspondent while ON duty ut Mnuch Chunk
taking testimony IN the Donohoe trlal. The
rttcuars Of the purchase which To- give
Hlrtranft majority In the county are as toll
lows:
As we sterued inside the cell and heard the
Iron door swing into position. barring US from
the outside, and Ia fact, inside world. Slatterg
rose from the ned on which he had been sitting
and SAID. How do YOU ar" After inducing
III some preliminary convefs ton. were remarked;
-" Slatterv, your testt onN- relative o Schutl
Kill count, politics given upon the witness
stand In the Donohoe murder tr, !, was II such
an interesting character and has caused so much
commotion. that any further In fact. all par
ticulars. r,garcing the manner ~ which the
very acceptable"
S.ttery Id;
"1he first intimation thai received that any
"a
Sunday. about month before the election last
fall. W sitting In nv house wnen VI. T.. Fow-
ler OF ramaqua walked IN aud said that h d
come to have a little convers ton with me.
There we're some children ia the room, and |
ssnt them out. so that Fowler aud myself might
selves, Mr Fowler said Mr. slnt,erv, weknow
that YOU re a good worker, and came to see II
said: i don't know. Mr. Fowler Ihaye worked
hard and spent my own money In ngnting poli-
ties. aud I've concluded tn q there isn't muCn
MONEY or glory IN that kind OF business
well, said Fowler. ~ YOU will work for US IN
see that YOU don't do II for nothin1' We nad
some further conversation and Fowler LETT.
promising TO come and see me again. when he
would ne able TO tell me " matters were fixed.
ODD ne call * in,
called nc in, and told me that matter would be
all right; and n t was to 90 aud see Gen; sig
fred a. PottsvIlle. went to Pottsvlie and saw
Gen sicfried. We talked matters over and In
conclusion sigired said; 81 "li h We To 20 TO
"a trIisbnrg first. anu see whether can raise The
money there. and II can will send YOU tele-
gram from Potisyilie signed John, telling
Odd YOU receive such q desp tch?
satteIy-l did. | got despatch signed
Joun kehoe to meet me at Groves Tavern. Port
carbon. kehoe met ne ma b th Of us went to
met Sioiried and u. c. Henuing. This was ABOUT
two weeks before the election Of last f.ll Ihey
that wanted him in with bec use knew
that Without bin We c uldn't carry the order.
81 ttery-lh lie four Of us-siefri,d. Henning
Kehoe and ysclf-.alked the matter over and
W rking the votes OF the Ancient Order of hi
herman, IN the right dire ton. but kenoe set.
received from ain rent bodymast.r 10 anu county
deieeates IN the state st'ing what ihcv could
ments hat there were tnirty'two Thousand
Ahcicui order men in the II t.. mat tis1ed
until that uIght that We were nall strong.
Tuey tuen tid us thousanl doll -. kenue
doll4rs. ana tney said before the electon YOU
will rcceiv anvther ibou- no Mrtnrnleft.
Q-ru what FUR, Csc ii they state that money
sattery-Boih s,gfried md Heunine "a that
we were 10 under ,tan1 IA 1t the n oncv was paid
torthe votes the Ancient Orlct OF Hiberuiafs.
Hnl that those votes Wer- a. ue cast for Juhn +.
Hartrantt for Governor, aud thev Impressed Il
upun ~ to such extent tnat remember just
whit said, for wnen l remarked 10 tnoui,
on IN county ticket would IKE to iect," they
taid: 10 he'll with Fowler. We don't care "a
d-n for any man on the ticket eAeevt Hart
rlnft and gu must work. DodS and soul. tDf
him" Well Ne proui.ed T. do 80. nm Ne noe
e.te ~ the state g. get their men 70 Vote
"r nl,' .ud uppose he aid 80.
y. We'll. You nave accounted Tor thousand
duUars when was the rem under paidf
- ttcry-L-t me Gee t,ttri "a paus,l, q couple
OF Seventeen 81 last wear. Sighted aud Henuiug
cine TO my house 10 lusc rora. scnuylAin
paid u- the liner ia u-And dolia :, ana turn
&c. .dg,ea us Ae"oe ~ m,s,iunye MN IN
oi tue counly Ii Ike, lur tnc.n.
Z -in" Sers tae 'ieN. - * d
~ tterS + Governor, ilartranft then the
ell ire ltctuouc.u tuunb lieAei,Witn Tie eX 'eJ-
to- of on Igmmissiou-f. and IN hi- pl &c y
tue lame Of Patsy collins as dvm l,ter II tuc
lalo ALTO. ScLu,ihill county DIVISION of the
Ahcieni drt 4 Hiuernian-, H. Y" elrcte !
Schuykn county.
Q-ln .daiupn 10 the money that VS. paid
you, we're ANY other in4 uctmenis held out. or,
~ Nr. Hughes a-keu, did th,l tell y.u NAT you
were u have pArdons Tor the men VINO were
sl4tt-ry-They didn't come out barcfaccd
a. tnat. uut u was " ell Understood between "a,
and rs no u-e for tuem - ocuy It. tn twhen
wanted pardons We we're 10 g-t them, a d II
W i,r hIi J., ts,r -, ana mat We nls.t nave a
rail We Knew thh "e u never make any thng
out I Perahing
Q.-Do you expect to make anything out II
siattery You may well say now. Before this
th'ns came out, That Is efote ave my pputicai
be afraid 10 do ANYTHING.
Q--leIrei says that tue money he & We YOU
nLu kehoe " r. FOR election PURPOSES travelling
anu otter EXPENSE, IA fact. and not Ion woes,
come rom III rfisoArg.
SlatterN-l have only his own word for thar.
He tod me al our hrst meeting tiat he would
20 To harrisburg ami nnd out whether n" could
obtain tne money and If he gOt q ne Wa. to
telegraph me. lie did teller ph Tor ne, and
when met bim he told me that n Lad at the
money, ana that he h "a got n In HARRISBURG.
ana is D. giving kenOe ana myself Two tn0u-
sahd dollars Tor cleo lOu purposes or eN-
pe.ses, why nobody with hrdlns would tr-
leVe that. nat money was ptid for the votes
OF the Ancient Order II II iueruian-, aud IL Is
useless Tor ciiber Heuning ~ sis,ri d TO deny
u ANA what's more, We work ID Tor II; AZ le II
Gid, tor In many Democratic dlstrcf-. a. Vun
know depuhnc a. mi ritic' were given. and II
u adht been Tor Kepuu!lcaLs JUig- PeTsAIng
would h we e ne out of this county vita good
deal smaller majority than ne rot.
Q.-lUu say y IA :" at least worked for yOui
money. what sou mean %, tnAt Nprv-s SION
hlHttcrY-N ell SOI see OF the Sl.UOJ apec'
that kenoe ana / received. we we're 10 kerI
fJJ1 apiece for ourHelY-s, and the re-t W. wert
10 bay win. | stuck 1, me arrangement and
paid out the money for what Got it r, IN
Kenue STUCK hi thous ind dollar- IN tls pprkei
aud didn't spsnu a dollar Of II on any ono bll
himself All he did was TO talb liArtr Mt.
didn't ma this out until after the election.
~ rtranft got the MOllie Nagufe' vote
thought
So. r,-Yes. sir; and it was that vote that