Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-26
DEPUTY MARSHALS.
The Cincinnati observation-disclosures of
Men Selected to Oversee and Intimidate

The Cincinnati Observation-Disclosures OF
Men Selected to Oversee and Intimiiate
Honest Voters.
CNo1NNAr1, July 25.-The first witness
before the Congressional Investigating COM
mittee to-day was Jacob Kramer. He tes-
tilted that he asked Mr.. Thrall for list Of
deputy marshals and was referred by him to
Washington. AT the Sixth ward polls he
met a variety actor named Shay, who wished
to vote. Kramer took him to what he sup
posed was his proper polling booth and gave
him some change, ten cents, to put in gel
low fever contribution box. He didn't know
where Shay lived, but vouched for him as
voter. Shay was afterwards arrested by q
deputy marshal for illegal voting.
Witness stated the names of deputies were
wanted for q committee appointed to look
into the October election frauds. Witness
gave the following as the names of that COM
mittee: John Brady, Joe. Mosh, Tom. Shay,
Larky McHugh, Tom. Hartshorn, w. Fl.
Rugh, L. G. Bernard, s. Hoffman, Jacob
Kramer, Dan. Mulloney, Charles Hill, Ma
thaniel Caldwell and Charles Sargent. The
idea of forming the committed originated by
letter from Washington received by Nelson
ings were kept. Witness did not read
the memorial carefully before he signed it.
and had no personal 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 appointed
because some one in the first committee
gave the thing away. The expenses of the
committee were paid by 800 from the club
Some other contributions were made to as.
sist in the investigation.
The chairman here suggested that if these
questions were allowed on one side they
must be allowed on the other.
Mr.. Butterworth said that the matter was
to be criminal assault upon his colleague
and upon himself, and he wanted to 20 to
the bottom of it, step by step, as in any
court.
Mr.. New thought the examination into
the method in which money was raised
should not be gone into unless it was to
elicit facts covered by the memorial.
Witness stated he signed the memorial on
account of what he had heard. Was not
aware it charged Butterworth and Young
with buying votes. He certainly would make
no such charge.
Eugene Sayler was the next witness. He
testified he had been connected with the
police force and criminal official business
since 1858. Witness was acquainted with
several of the deputy marshals, one Of
whom, John Gleason, had killed one man
and had also been charged with killing a
boy. Mr.. Conger protested against such
testimony. He did not want man to get
the reputation of murderer from these
proceedings of the committee when witness
cad said he knew nothing of Gleason's gem
hral character.
Witness continuing stated Gleason was
policeman when the killing occurred, and
served on the police force afterwards. Mi
chael McDermott, another deputy, was
charged while policeman with killing man
about eight years ago, and was on the police
force afterwards. Knew Gus Colcher, an
other deputy. He was also charged with
killing a man many years ago. Witness
stated that Gleason killed his man in self
defense.