Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-21

still refoozed, and the villins still pur-
sood me.
Q.-Wat nextp ...
A.-They got me drunk by treetin
me, Sherman and Matthews THROWN
ther likker over tber sholders, wioh /,
not bein a drinkin man, didn't notis.
Then, wen wuz helplis, they inkerser-
atid me in dungeon under the Custom
House and neerly starved me to deth.
For two weeks these feends stood over
me with whip in one hand and a let
ter from Hayes, offerin me q consulate,
in the other. For two weeks, twice
every day, they came into that dungeon
and give me hundred lashes on the
bare back. When they he'd completed
the number they wood say: Will yoo
certifyp' Faint and almost expirin,
wood feel like yeeldin, but the words
NV my saintid mother wood come TO me
and | wood gasp "Nor' Finally when
weakened to the degree that my moral
nacher wuz undermined, and he'd for
gotten wat my mother he'd sed to me, l
consentid, after stipulatin that l shood
hev any offs that wantid, wich made
EN- put in writin so that l Good hold 1t
over EN- eff they tried to work roots on
me, and did it. made the certifikit
on witch the parish wuz thrown out and
Hayes wuz inauguratid.
! Odd Secretary Sherman pay yoo
any money by the direction of the So
called PRESIDENT .u..
A.-Yes-$100,000.
Q.-Wuz he to pay 700 any moreP
A.-Yes-$100,00 more when the
outrage wuz consummated, and he
gave me written agreement to that eff
feet, wich l hev.
Q.-After doin this iniquity, what
made you change and confessp
"A change NV heart, commenced
by Moody and Sanky, and continyood
by powerful Baptis preacher in Ken
tucky. 1t wuz a case NV quickened con-
shence l cooden't sleep. When laid
down in my bed mites, the pale face NV
the sainted martyr NV Gramercy Square
riz up before me and in spectrel tones
yelled "Confessr' Whenever saw a
Dimocrat leanin pensively agin a lamp
post and lookin wistfully into q sloon
wich he Good not enter, my Conscience
smote me, and sed "Confessr' l wan
dered about rooined man. And then
| went to Washington and asked for a
| ~
to hide myself and my great greet, and
: Sherman kicked me out NV his oils, and
HAYES refoozed to see me altogether.
1t wuz more than l Good bear, and l
, sought out yoor Chairman and contest
! and found peece.
This is about the size NV this confes-
{ sion. objected to hevin it put in the
a statement that Hayes, Sherman and
, Matthews abslootly made written agree
ments with Mr.. M'Cafferty, for it oc-
Cured to me that the people wood hard
: ly bleeve that these men would be quite
d sich fools ez to put proof NV dirty
a transaction sufficient to convict 'em
into the hands Nv man capable NV
= swearin to false returns. But ez a
great many people perpose to bleeve
+ exactly that in the Anderson matter,
I: don't see why they won't in the M'Caf
. . ferty testimony, especially ez NJ CATER.
i tvs statement is good deel more rea
sonable in all other pertikelers.
: Tilden ought to hev he'd me ez man
ager NV this biznis, all the time. l coco
o hev saved him great deel Nv money
r besides doing the work a great deel bet
y ter This witnis only cost S400 at the
! beginnin, and my expenses in trainir
!. him hewitt bin much more than that
S and we hev witnis that is woth suthin
t The story he tells is strate-forerd, and e,
: they can't find out anything about hi
/ antecedents they can't say anything
:, agin him, ez they kin about Anderson
! and the others.
= = shell stay here till Mr.. McCafferty
n gives in his testimony, when shell g
!. back to the Corners by the way Nv NoC
n York. On my return l shell pay Bas
! com and my other creditors suthiI
; handsome on account, and infuse new
l. life into the Corners by settin somt
n money aioat. There shell stay till my
q commishn, bearin the bold signatooI
j. NV "Saml. j. Tilden," comes to me anC
L l hev the pleasure NV kickin that mis-
creant Radikel wich now holds the plac,
into the street.
PETROLEUM V. Massey,
Manager NV Testimony.