The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-26
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION.

Second Days Proceedings Of the Young
ButterW0rth Investigation at CIncIu
natl.
CINCINNATI, July 25.-The First witnes
before the Congressional Investigating
Committee was Jacob Kramer. He testi
fed that he asked DR.. Thrall for a list o
his deputy marshals, and was referred b!
him to Washington. At the Sixth wart
polls he met a variety actor named Shay
who wished to vote. Kramer took him L
what he supposed was his proper polling
booth and gave him some change, ter
cents, to put in yellow fever contribu
tion box. He didn't know where Shay
lived, but vouched for him as voter
Shay was afterwards arrested by deputy
marshal for illegal voting.
The witness stated that the names oi
the deputies were wanted for q commit.
tee appointed to look into the election
frauds, and gave the following as the
names OF that committee: John
Brady, Jos. Moses, Tom Shay, Larkey
McHugh, Thomas Hartshorn, W.
Ii. Pugh, L. q. Bernard, S. Hof.
man, Jacob Kramer, Dan Mulla.
ney, Chas. Hill, Nathaniel Caldwell,
and Chas. Sargeant. The idea of forming
the committee originated by letter from
Washington, received by Nelson Sayler.
No record Of the committees meetings
were kept, Witness did not read the
memorial carefully before he signed it,
and had no knowledge Of anything wrong
charged in the memorial, except the arrest
Of Shay by deputy named Hotchkiss.
The Democratic County Club appointed
the committee. Two committees were up.
pointed because some one in the first com.
mittee gave the thing away. The expens.
es OF the committee were paid out OF 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 allowed on the other. Mr..
Butterworth said the matter was to be a
criminal assault on his colleague and him.
self, and he wanted to go to the bottom OF
it step by step, as in any court.
Mr.. New thought the examination into
the method in which the money was
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was TO elicit facts covered by the mem.
orial. Witness stated that he had signed
the memorial on accout Of what he had
heard. Was not aware it charged AIessrs.
Butterworth and Young with buying
votes. He certainly would 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 1853. Witness was ac.
quainted with several Of the deputy mar.
shals, one OF whom, John Gleason, had
killed one man, and had also been charged
with the killing ola boy.
Mr.. Conger protested against the intro.
duction Of such testimony. He did not
want man to get the reputation OF a
murderer from the reported proceedings Of
a committee when the witness had said he
knew nothing Of the persons general char
aCter.
Witness continuing, stated that Gleason
was policeman when the killing occur
red and served on the police force after.
ward. McDermott, another deputy, was
charged while policeman with killing a
man abont eight years ago. and was on the
police force afterwards. Knew Gus. Col
cher, another deputy, was also charged
with killing man years ago. Witness
states that Gleason killed his man in self
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