The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1876-10-24
Grand Expose Of Radica||smI
Murder, Robbery and Bribery.
Hartranft and the MoIie Maguir s.
HOW HOLDEN CARRIED
NORTH CAROLINA.
SAFE BURGLARY CONSPIRACY

A CHASTITY ARRAY OF cRIME-How RADI-
CALIsM HAS BEEN UPHELD-HoRRIBLB
EXPOSURES COMING TO LIGHT.
Below are related three of the infamous
schemes by which the Republican party
of this country has been kept in power
of Radicalism which by the |
confession of party leaders has resorted
to murder, robbery and bribery to keep
itself in power. 1t is o sickening tale,
which should cause every good citizen to
use in mighty Indignation and hurl such
thieves and murders from power. Read /
the story.
HARTRANFT AND THE MOLLIEs.
The revelations made at the Mollie Ma |
guire trial in Pottsville on Saturday by
John L. Slattery, one of the witness, fully
confirm the allegation of Mr.. Gowen that
certain persons high in Office had made a
votes. From the testimony of Slattery it
appears that Gen. Siegfried, high Re-
publican official of Schuyllzill county, in
the presence of Judge Ryon and d. G.
Hening, a prominent Republican lawyer,
paid over to Slattery and Kehoe one
thousand each, in consideration of which
and the promise that an additional thous-
Dc paul tHtIu III OIt ndil tuc
Republican ticket was elected in Schuyl-
kill county, the votes of the Mollie Ma
guires were to be secured for Hartranft.
That they were secured is fact so well
established that no one pretends to doubt
the fact.
So far as the truthfulness of Slattery's
statement is concerned, there is this OF
substantiate it, viz: that General Siegfried
and Judge Ryon and Mr.. Hening all ad-
mi hax-inn m SlaftarHy anH Kahna af
Siegfried's house, where the bargain was
consummated and the money paid. They
make no pretense of denial, merely at
tempting to excuse themselves on the
very lame plea that the money was paid
Slattery and Kehoe to be used in paying
their election expenses. This defense is
so thin that the dullest eye will readily
penetrate it. The whole affair was moth
ing more nor less than part and parcel
| of the corrupt machinery by which Judge
Pershing was defeated, and that it is a
fair illustration of the method by which
l the same party hopes to win success in
l Pennsylvania in November.
But Slattery went further in his state
ment. In addition to the money received
the promise was given by prominent Re-
lpublicans that their influence would be
used to procure pardons for the Molies
in prison, and all who made note OF
things after the election will remember
that this promise, too, was kept to the
letter, and that pardons were obtained
from Gov. Hartrantt for nearly all the
convicted parties.
Slattery also testified that money was
carried by Governor Hartranft's Messen-
ger, John NJ. Delaney, to Luzerne county
and there disbursed for the purpose of
securing the vote of the Mollies.
EX-GOVERNOR HoLDEN's CONFESSION
HOW HE CARRIED NORTH CAROLINA.
On Friday last, the Raleigh IN. c.
Neacs published statement that the Rev
G. r. Bailey, editor of the Biblical RecOr.
der of that city, and a prominent member
of the Baptist Church, had told Col. j Ohm
w. Scott of Haywood county, that ex'
IGov. w. w. Holden had confessed to him
that John w. Stephens, of Caswell coun
ty, was murdered at Yanceyville, in 1870
by order of the Republican party, to pre-
vent the State from going Democratic
and because that Stephens had threatened
to expose the rascalities of his party
Also, that portion of the plan not car
ried out was to hang Judge Kerr, DIR
Roam and other prominent Democrats II
Caswell county. AT the time of the pub
ication Mr.. Bailey was absent from
Raleigh, but upon his return published {
card detailing an alleged conversation
held with ex-Gov. Holden, in which hi
says: "GOv. Holden gave an account O
his religious experience and of his pohti
cal troubles. He stated to me that thu
, plan of the Kirk war originated witt
j, the executive committee of the Republi
can party at Washington, in the interes
, of the party that he was opposed to it
. but was allowed no discretion in the mat
ter; that it was decided by that commit
tee to inagurate and prosecute the cam
, paign as he did it; that if he did not car
ry out the wishes of the party he and tn
' State were to be crushed; and that If h
, was successful in the execution of thei
plans he would probably receive a cabi
net appointment, the Secretaryship 9
1 the Interior. In reference to the dealt
5 of Stephens, 1 understood from him tha
0 the Republicans had much to do wit
r that crime that the prosecution of thos
n who were charged with it was discol
g tinued because testimony was eitht
: elicitedIor likely to be elected whiC
a would impGcate prominent members I
. the Republican party; that these fea
were awakened in part by the discover
of the coil from which the rope was CT
e which was found on the neck of I'll
e murdered man. The statements of Go
l. Holden left on me the clear and distln
Ia impression that he had been the unwi
+ ling instrument for the accomplishing
If of the purposes of his party, and that l
:, did not merit the odium which attache
N to his name all over the State" Bot
Holden and Bailey are members of tt
Baptist Church.
The Safe burglary COnspiracy.
!; With the awful crime of this terrib
N affair the people are already familiar. B
n. coming alarmed at the vigorous assar
IS. which the good citizens of Washingt,
he were making upon them, the thievi