New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-31

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF TIE OFFICERS WHO
MADE THE ARREsT-wHY LITTLE INTEREST is
ARoUsED-Fol,MER PRACTICES OF TIE TWO
PARTIES.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNIJ
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3O.-Samuel Josephs, Henry
Marcus. and George MCGOWAN, the Democratic poll
tcians arrested on Saturday with bundles of water
marked paper for tax receipts in their possession,
alleged TO BE designed for the commission ofelecton
frauds, had hearing before Alderman Carpenter
this afternoon. Detective Weyl aud Officer Bechel,
who made the arrest testified to the facts already
published The hack drivers employed by Mr. Mar
ems and Mr. Joscphs were also examined. Detective
Weyl's testimony was rs follows: had orders from
the Chief to 90 to Bainbridge-st., between Fifth
and Sixth there saw cab standing on the street.
Nh Marcus came out Of house aud got into a cab,
and went up Sixth. TO Ninth and Bainhridgc-sts.,
where the carriage stopped, and Mr. Marcus got out
and went into a saloon. Shortly after this he came
out reCntered the cab, and then proceeded to No.
1O14 Walnut-st Mr. Marcus there got ont and
went into the building, taking two packages with
him. He came out shortly after aud looked up ana
down the street, as if waiting for some one. An
other cgIriage soon drove up. and Mr.. Josephs got
out. Mir. Marcus and Mr.. Joscphs then took tho
bundles carried them ont into one of the hacks ana
drove away. / followed the hack some distance
and then stopped it. placed officers inside and or
dered it driven to the Central Station, when the
carriage was stopped Mr. Marcus trcd 10 get out
but was compelled to stay.
Thomas w. Price, city official, who prepares Tie
forms for the regular tax receipts, testified that the
papcr for the receipts is water-incd with the words
personal tax receipt, 1876" as the sheet passes
over the calender in the process of manufacture
He WAS shown number of the sheets captured with
the prisoners and sand they were made III the same
manner as the regular tax receipts. lie had counted
the receipts in the two bundles captured, and found
/ 90 sheets with 10 receipts 10 2 sheet, making
80. 5GO receipts No legal blank sheets were manu-
featured at as late dav as this At the request OF
the prosecution. a further hearing was postponed
until Friday BY that time it Will 10 doubt be dis
covered ct what papcr-mill the sheets were made
and the testimony of the manufacturer may be
produced. Ii is no mdictable olcnsc IN itself To
make the paper or even 10 print the form OF re-
cept upon It, but the possession of the PAPER BY per-
sons not authorized TO issue receipts Is oi course
strong circumstantal evidence of a conspiracy 10
commit election frauds. Tho current opinion here
is that Alderman McNulien betrayed the plot to the
Republicans and gave away" his party friends
The Alderman, although Democrat, Is understood
r., be working for the election of Mr. Rowan the
ReppbGcan nominee for Sheriff. The threc men ar
rested were also members Of tho whilom Pilgrim
Club" which used to be charged with nearly all Oh"
nolitical rascality practiced in the city.
The exposure Of this scheme to supply bogus
voting credentials by the Wholesale does not create
much excitement because it has long been notorious
in Philadelphia, that tho Managers Of both parties
were in the habit Of providing the workers at
the polls with quantities of signed receipts WIN the
name of the taxpayer left blank TO be filled H. II
a voter is challenged for nou-payment of poll tax
his party friends speedily furnish bun with the
necessary receipt How these receipts are obtained
nobody appears to have tax the trouble 10 IN
yestgatc. Neither party apparently has felt dis
posed To look into hc matter, either before or after
an election. In fact the tax receipt regulation as %
protection TO the purity Of the ballot long since
came TO be looked upon as fTcrli. II would seem
chat tho Democrats this year, not being able for
some reason to procure regular receipts from thc
cu.t5med source Iesorted to the cXpcdcnt Of print
ing false ones.