Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-26
CINCINNATI ELECTION
FRAUDS. ...
Progress of the Investigation.

CINCINNATI, July 25.-The first wit
ness before the Congressional lnvestl-
eating Committee to-day was Jacob
Kramer. He testified that he asked DR..
Thrall for the list of deputy marchals
and was referred by him to Washing
ton. At the Sixth ward polls he met a
variety actor named Shay, who wished
to vote. Kramer took him to what he
supposed was his proper polling booth
and gave him some change, ten cents,
to put in yellow fever contribution box.
He did not know where Shay lived, but
vouched for him as voter; Shay was
afterwards arrested by deputy mar
shal for illegal voting. Witness stated
that the names of the deputies were
wanted for the committee appointed to
look into the October election frauds.
Witness gave the following as the names
of that committee: John Brady, Joe
Moses, Tom Shay, Larkey McHugh,
Tom Hartshorn, W. III. Pugh, l.. u.
Bernard, S. Hoffman, Jacob Kramer,
Dan Mullaney, Charles Hill, Nathaniel
Caldwell, @. Sargent. The idea offorming
a committee originated by letter from
Washington received by Nelson Sayler.
No records of the Committees meetings
were kept. Witness did not read the me-
mortal carefully before he signed 1t, and
had no personal knowledge OF anything
wrong being charged in the memorial,
except the arrest of Shay by deputy
named Hotchkiss. The Democratic
County Club appointed the Committee.
Two Committees were appointed be-
cause some one on the first Com
mittee gave the thing away.
The expenses Of the Committee were
paid by 500 from the club. Some other
contributions were made to assist IN the
investigation.
The Chairman here suggested that II
these questions were. allowed on one side
they must be allswed on the other.
MIR. Butterworth said the matter was
to be a criminal assault upon his col
league and himself and he wauted to 90
to the bottom of it step by step, as in
any court.
Mr.. New thought the examination
into the method by which the money
was raised should not be gone into un-
less it was to elicit facts covered by the
memorial.
The witness stated that he signed the
memorial on account OF what he had
heard and was not aware that it charged
Messrs. Butterworth and Young with
buying votes. He would certainly
make no such charge.
Eugene Dayler was the next witness.
He testified that he had been connected
with the police force and criminal official
business since 1858. Witness was ac-
quainted with several of the deputy
marshals, one of whom, John Gleason,
had killed one man and also had been
charged with killing boy.
Mr. COnger protested against the in
PRODUCTION of such testimony. He did
not want a man to get a reputation
of murderer from the reported pro-
ceedings of the committee, when wit
ness had said that he knew nothing OF
the persons general character.
Witness continued, and stated that
Gleason was a policeman when the kill
ing occurred and served on the police
force afterward. Michael McDermott,
another deputy, was charged while a
police with killing man about eight
years ago, and was on the police force
afterward; knew Gus. ColchCr. another
deputy; he was also charged with killing
a man years ago. Witness states that
Gleason killed his man in self-deiense.