, 1876-12-03
HOW TLDEN MANAGED THE POOLS.
Sworn Statement Of n Clerk of the Demo-
cratic Committee-The Miserable bystom
of Fraud In the Pool-Rooms.

Sworn Statement Of = Clerk of the Demo-
cratic Committee-The Miserable systom
Of Fraud In the Pool-Rooms.
Nk,o fork Times, Dec. L.
The following important statement, sWorn to
BY 1, clerk Of the Democratic State Committee,
shows the despicable method by which Mr.. I'll
denis friends manipulated the pools in his in
terest. Tho plan WIS part and parcel Of the
general scheme Of fraud through which Mr..
TIldcn hoped to steal his way into the White
House. The statement is furnished BY Col.
Drake Do KaY, with the following letter as
reply to many inquiries made OF the veteran
Soldiers and Sailors Committee:
UNION VzrknANs' NATIONAL CoxxlTTEs, new
80 r. hess <hea neadaasqsfs
have been in receipt Of many letters from Yon 1sk-
Ing information as to the Modus operandi OF the
fhe quotations OF which had Injurious effect your
respective States. These letters remained unan-
swered because OF our lack of accurate knowicdge,
the pool-rooms being al owned and controlled By
Democ1ats This information is now Obtained and
conveyed to you, in reply, BY the following sworn
statement Of citizen. who, having oeen hlnsen et
tache Of the Democratic Committee gives lucid
explanation of the mysteries OF the pools. Inc
is oG fa e at esss a e. srat
see Vet committee s and Adj Gen Boys in Blue
STATEMENT OF Mr.. i. wA1rzFELDER, CLERK OF
State Of NsW York, City and County 81 Aeo
Yorl, 49,: I. Waitzfelder, being duly sworn, de-
poses and says: At about the time Hayes "as
selling ahead in the pools IN this city, should
think about three or fonr weeks before tne elec-
tiou. the Secretary OF the Democratic State Com
mittee, ". ". Gordon. had been going np 3h t9 thc
pool rooms regularly for the purRose OF bnliiaS
Tflden in the betting market. This continued
under my observation The way the th,ns Tss
done was as follows: Mr. Gordon and two Of his
Committee CLERKS CIR Coggesshall, Mr.. Rob
inson or myaelf) would 60 to ~ the ,iasiEs Me-
would then buy Hayes tickets and aI ,s9 Gordon dor.
would buy Tilden tickets; for example, as lonows;
clerk No. l would bid $50 for Hayes, CLERK No.
would then bid $50 for Tilden, Mr. Gordon would
then bid $50 and Clerk No. would bld again,
taking the odd number and NJ NJ; Gordon tne even
aareed uuon; then clerk 10. . ceased bidding. aad
tie tickot would be knocked down to Mr. Gordon,
making an apparent bet of $50 on Tilden against
So On Hayes or $120 to s1oo in favor OF Ti1den's
election. In this way Tilden became the favorite
The betting ataa Hhtss 0ss ststcs T'f t Ssfss Seia
an acknowledged in,portant part OF
the Democratic campaign to capture the, floating
vote tv false quotations in the betting market
| THESE manufactured quotations were sent BY MF.
Norrissey every night to Mr. King, CLERK OF the
at once telographed through the United States to
the Democratic newspapers. have been sent ny ~.
self by the National Democratic Committee to get
these Quotations, which got from Mr. John Aor-
rissev and gave them to Mr.. King, and they were
promptly telcgraphed all over the g, country.
No. 246 Weet Fifty third street
Sworn before me the ogth day Of November, 1876.
HENRY P. WELLS,
NotarJ Public Kings County.
| Certificate fled In New York County.