Nebraska advertiser., 1877-03-01

came mere WOuiu SodIly WneT6 10 Inah e
money.
@. What kind of men were those
that were sent to you? A. Consider
ed as fighters aud roughs-men COM
petent to do good work at elections.
Fairchild was a three-card monte
man. They were generally sporting
men.
@. You say there was an Indianap-
oils party here. Did they report to
you? A. No sir.
@. Do you know how many were
in it? A. don't know how many
there were. There were at least seven
under the leadership of all Indianap-
oils detective. In fact, l saw around
here, / guess, eight or ten of them.
They are men / had nothing to do
with ii was understood that a gem
tleman OIL Third street attended to
them.
@. Did you see them at your ward
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did any of the party vote there?
A. think five of them voted there.
@. For what ticket did the Indian
apolis party work? 4. The Demo-
cratic ticket they voted over there. /
suppose they were doing the same
thing all over town.
Q. Do you know anything about
the total number of votes that was
cast by the indianapolis party? A.
No, don't.
Q. Do you know anything about
| the total number of votes cast by
the Baltimore party. A. Well, I
don't recollect the number.
Q. Do you know anything about
the number of votes cast by the Mays
vile party? A. don't know, but
what l heard them say there was
deal of
BOUNCE AND BLUSTER IN THAT
PARTY;
they didn't vote as often as they said
they did +; they said they voted fifty
or sixty times.
@. How many men had Condor In
his gang? A. Well, I don't know
exactly. I think he had eight or ten.
He had men out of gangs of mine.
believe be had eight.
@. How often did you see the men
with Condor vote? a. Well, saw
them vote about three different times
in the First Precinct, Fouth Ward.
@. How many votes did they cast
in the First Precinct of the Fourth
Ward? A. believe eight of them
voted the first time, and all of five,
know. the second time; two of them
were challenged.
@. How many votes did Whites
party report as having cast altogether
in the city?, a. They reported over
sixty votes.
@. How often did the Gleason party
vote to your knowledge? A The
votes to my knowledge. that l seen
them cast? They voted in the First
Precinct of the Fourth Ward, all of
them and not man was challenged !
Q. How many? A. He had eigh-
teen men they went from there to |
the Second Precinct l went with |
them; l walked on ahead of them /; !
they voted there, all of them went |
into the Fifth. Ward ; l went there,
toO-both precincts-and went into |
the Sixth Ward aud voted at the pre-
cinct that Jim Fitzgerald was one of
the Judges Mr.. Fitzgerald recollects
me; he was challenging a couple of
niggers; told Mr.. Fitzgerald knew
the bOy-he was vOter-and he took
his vote; they all voted there; they
voted then at the other precinct of
the Sixth Ward.
@. Did all the men get their votes
in? A. Every one. There was not
man lost his vote in all the pre-
cincts of the three wards.
@. What ticket did they vote? A.
The Democratic ticket. straight out.
gave them the ticket.
Q. How often do you say Burns
voted in the Fourth Ward? a. they
came there twice-to the First Pre-
cinct.
@. How many men with Burns ?
A. Burns had, 1 believe, ten or twelve
disremember now which, in the be-
ginning; but the last time
HE VOTED ONLY SEVEN.
@. Did they vote at the First Pre-
cinct of the Fourth Ward? A. Yes,
sir.
@. What ticket did they vote? A.
The Democratic ticket without a
scratch.
@. Who is Fairchild? a. A three {
card monte man.
@. Where from? A. Makes his
headquarters at Pittsburg of late.
@. How long did you know him t
A. don't know the exact time I got g
with Fairchild. In the !
Allen and McCoole first fight at st.
Louis he made himself acquainted a
with me. He was here at the Goss 7
and Allen fight. {
@. When was the Goss and Allen
ight? A On the 9TH of Septem ber. e
@. Were there many of the sport a
ing fraternity from other cities here 9
1t the time? A. There was few Z
not as many as was expected.
@. Was there few hundreds? A.
}, no. 1 met this man Burns and p
Fairchild here. a
Q. Did you see Fairchild vote? a. t
seen him in the First Precinct of a
he Fourth Ward. / told him not a
o vote, but he is very stubborn a