The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-17
EPHRAIM'S KICK.
HE GETS DOWN TO HARD PAN.
A ReautifuI illustration of the
Purity of the Ball0t.bOx.

recently brought from New York under
arrest on the charge of procuring il.
legal votes during the October election,
and who is under Indictment of the
charge, had given some highly import
ant testimony as to his part In the elec-
tion frauds, implicating prominent poli-
ticians OF this city, to be used in the
now being vigorously pushed by T. q.
Campbell, Esq.
The statement was not given to the
public until last night. From the fol-
lowing choice extracts, which COM
prises all that is of most Importance, it
will be seen that the crafty Eph. was
very anxious to obtain fair (f) count:
: Ny name is Ephraim Holland; am
going on forty-two years of age; was in
business OF 10l Fifth street; have lived
here over forty-one years; l left here
along about the 18th OF September and
arrived here about the 1st of October; I
was requested to return; received as
many as dozen telegra phic dispatches;
l also received a letter in New York
from prominent parties here stating that
there was a gentleman representing the
interests OF Mr., Tilden here that wished
to see me very much. The letter is de-
stroyed; all the prominent politicians of
the Democratic party solicited me to
take part in the campaign; l was talked
to by Wallace, Banning and Sayler; in
facl, most OF them. / met Wallace on
Vine street several times, at the Grand
Hotel, and on one or Two occasions at
the Burnet House. Banning wished me
to turn my attention as much as possi-'
BILE to the district he lived in for Con-
gress; that l would be looked after;
also asked me il / was acquainted with
a certain gentleman that was stopping
ut the Grand Hotel there; If not, l should
be made acquainted; told him was
acquainted; that the gentleman had
been made acquainted with me on Vine
street; l didn't state by whom or where
abouts on Vine street; he afterwards
saw me and conversed with me fire.
quently in the rotunda of the hotel. This
gentleman got me to 60 and see sever
al parties and try to buy them-all the
workers that 1 possibly could that were
favorable to MIR. Matthews, and have
as much work done in that District as
possibly could. Mr.. Banning did not
furnish money directly; he furnished
money TO the lund l drew money from;
Il
this New York man got about 81 1000;
told this party That any part took in
politics was money considera-
tion, and I expected to be well
paid; l was promised to be
well paid, and was not paid cent after
the election WAS over; they played me
Tor a sucker, the same as they did the
balance; l also took 81, 900 from my own
business, with the understanding that
it was to be paid back to me. In regard
to Wallaoe's election was to do all l
could for him, one thing and another;
he didn't directly promise me himself;
he allowed me to select position as
one Of the Deputy Sheritfs; that is, to
make an appointment; chose tue Grim
inal Deputy ship. L had several conver-
sations with City Auditor Hoffman and
Lewis u. Bernard; they gave me TO un-
derstand that the Republicans were 60
ing to have lot OF Marshals around The
polls, and a lot OF picked Republican po-
lice to pull and haul ana drag people
away from the polls-that is, the Demo-
cratic voters-on that day, and l was
selected 10 pick men and locate them in
The end of the town ! lived in to Offset
anything that they should do; l had
some good, trusty men there, in fact, all
over the city, in case it should come to
any trouble t0 hold their own with them,
and to help the Democratic party in any
way they could-vote or any thing else
that they could; l got eighteen men from
New York; man named Gleason
brought them here; Gleason goes by the
name OF "Mike the Biter;" he's an emf
grant runner; from Chicago l got
Twelve men; Burns brought them;
a fellow named Fairchild
brought me eight from Pittsburg, also
ten or twelve from about Maysvllle. KY;
there were men here from Baltimore,
but didnG operate with Them; met the
leader of them u big man who weighed
about two hundred pounds; met MIN at
the Grand Hotel; the men l had were
considered as fighters and rOughs-men
competent to do good work at elections;
Fairchild was three-card monte man;
tney were generally sporting men; they
stayed mostly around the Empire Sd
LOON until election day; L was fur
nished with about $4,000 to pay
them for repeating. l got $500
from Mr.. Isaac j. Miller, Chairman OF
the Democratic Executive Committee.
didn't get any dlrecLly from Mr.. Bau-
ming. l received $1,000 through The New
York man 1 referred to. l met Hon.
Milton sayler every day; he didn't pay
me anything; he's personal friend OF
nine; any thing did ior him was free
gratis. VIM. Pitt. Wallace paid me
nothing directly; he left money,
though. l decline to state with
whom; he's a business man.
We we're negotiating two or three days;
1 got some money from the East. Tney
made pool, ana sent here IN the neigh
borhood OF $3 800, with instructions to
bet the biggest portion of it on the cleo
tion, and use whatever thought neces-
sary to use. 81. Hoffman paid me no
money; Mr.. Hoffman was receiving
rather than paying. He got quite "a
sum OF money, some $500. was in
formed. Mr.. Hoffman is supposed to
own a section OF the Democratic party;
L suggested the idea to Mr.. Hoffman 10
pay u couple OF men some money down
there, which he SAID he would 40;
White was one, and the other man,
don't remember WHAT his name was.
thought it would be a good idea to give
them about 500. L paid Jim White
a little over 500; some to Gleason, Fair
childs and Burns; GleasOn also received
$1,000 from parties in the East. The
night before the election paid to tnir-
ty-two men whom met at Jim White
office 20 apiece; to an ex-policeman
whose name i don't know I maid