, 1876-04-14
THE SOUTH TOWN OFFICERS.

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THE SOUTH TOWN OFFICERS.
NETTING or TIE COMMITTEE.
Tho Committee OF Twenty-Five elected by tho
monsser mass-mecting Of Tuesday night lAst to
demand tho resignation OF tho soil. elected Houlh
Town Board met in the rooms OF the Municipal
1,oform Club, Grand Pacific Hotel. yesterday
afternoon nj o'clock. Thero voro present
Mcaara. Loonard Bwe!t. Charles 7. Kol'ogg Alb
ncr Taylnr, Judge l.. u. Otis. Robert T. Lincoln,
Jcsse SphldinG, George Schneider, I1orao
Wlsto. 8. II. Moore. u. &. Mason, John D.
Clark, Jacob DcIdlcr, S1anael Ta1cott, Potter
Schu.tlcr, Z. O. Larnod, Horny Groonobaum, VIII
lard Woodland, and q. II. Henderson. Tho noaalon
WAS long aud Hocret one and reporters ware
rtgidly excluded. Eyory moynbor aa f,o came
out uas bnttonlolel BY tho nowsgatte.crs, lut
ali wero mum as to what Ind boon dono. Thoy
united in saying that decisive measures for tho
good Of The South Town Lad been resolved upou,
which would accomplish tho desired ond pcaco-
ably II possible, hit As to anything further none
wore prepared to apoak. 1t was etatod TINT Il
would not DO policy to expose tha measures that
had been resolved Upon, but that tllsre w0s no
cscapo loft for the four South Town frauds other
gentlemen. II wAh learned that the following BurCon-
intteo q Fife WA appointed to walt on tho beautiful
pH oef r Ineoe Id G.osas ses;Ssr s1ald Th.
sutCotntnitteo will talk 70 EvanH, rtps Ryan, and
alerson to-day, and urge them to resEn. Is they 70
worse thsn hey msy shink though they tile sef
elected tour ny they ha7e hoat Of friends, and viii
etand aud nKht tho thtng out to tho h!ttet end.
Ilt1tLI1D.
While the examination wie KosnR on Of policemen be-
foro Marshal doodell Yesterday afternoon, Tn.nuNE
lowing conversation took place:
said IL re,ortoI: Ii. there IL . eommttse III .c4.
Ssf I'M ''' Of the rest of
"Wtll, they have tuote tina than haye,"
"Pnt M To1t t,t e y9n 90 md hays .sis With .hes"
mttee TO MS viii state my ea.c. I Wit tak 10 no
sesl1raas .l VT you To- understand that"
"Th!a horl tho newtpapers hiss no wright with
me. want you 10 untierstanl Ihsy can't drive no
81. and u AZ resign Should want i rricsl1 IN.
"Therex no presumptton about H. The town owes
my clsln, for 10 cents OIL tho dollar year sgo. II
TIL VA guaranteca mo- might consider lilo PROPOSE
"Then you would restgn?"
o. might, hus haye IT,, some Pride M !ef IKE my
stick It out II they want 70 drra TO tho wall They
haya the courts for relief II they want to ouat mo
i But. II Tho matter Of 5000 con,pfo.aso ia Of
!" / don't know, bit I'd consider tho proposition.
nut, you bet your lfeI amt going to wat another
year Tor tho hs toTn owes q snd i've
sure"
"Then you would CONS 70 term. unaer csrt.!n con.
I'll bs i iii bo driven 10 tss wit. lave trionI;
enough to make yont hair stand on cnd.'
"Ent I'm not easily friGhtened7"
~ know that: bnt what mean ts, TINT hars thou.
aands who viii atick by NC and nehs for .ne."
Here this intefr1ow Eln1eu mil tho public Ia left 10
Judge as to what rhiIi = proposes 10 do.
THORNTON.
While TRIBUNE rcportcr was holding brief con-
vertation Clark street With tho Hon. Tom 1foync
yesterday afternoon, tho Doss Of tho 1foso Of David,
otherwise called TlDrnton, chief counscr-in Of tho
been tndicta,. Dayo cytlou.ly is worrIed. He tried
10 get goo character from Mr. Hosno "a to his do:
nes on Sle:ton sso, & tho reporter md
gaia tho rerarer. "Aow tcli nc. didn't sou tamper
With thoue oaiot-bo1es Tuesday eyaliing7,'
"No: ais. Thcy ware taapesel with befcso got
=. :HSy ;,E;.s % x xon inow'"
teWel1. what nakee you think 60 :" ..
nearly shonseni soes saer They reru ohaused In
tampes with Tho ballots Z"
ave aoao II 20 e Il bad Seen doas
before We got tho boxes."
" Dccanss 5llke Eyans was nfrnld the other gang
seeond snd Fourth Wards and ho din't want mo 10
..Then you know thero was fraud Il thea, ~
~ VIZ tod 80. but Il wasn't my business to consl-
only there 10 coun, tho ballots" "1
"And you concluded 70 count everything, right or
Ero,,g?H
ayes. thats IL. I got my law frem Judge D!ckcy
and ho told mo muht throw all Tho votes together and
count them that ws57,any other mode Of counting
would have been f1le6Al.'
"Now explain how there ea1ns 4 tlousand votes
ahort7"
s'Thcro might havo been mistake. Let's hsyo M
other count. th!nl theFn ID altogether too ,u,ch
blame being racod nitou nc. Hut, AZ promised to
keep tho secren Ut Others suppose I'll have tu stand
tho lrunt. Did you zee the evening papers7 wol,-
der II l am indicted, OF will boz"
"Wal1. this Ia pretty good ti1no for indictments
mid whl|a toyEo passing around don't think they'll
forgot you"
tNo, think not. I'm satisfied III be Indicted,
Dus did nothing wrong. auI they can't prove any
thing againat mo. except that acted very arbitrary
in counting all the vctes cant. and by throwing them
to1eacE but had no othcs course left ms that's all
Exit David.