The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-05-30

MARSHAL PAYN AND DEPUTY MARSHAL
KENNEDY BEFORE wAII.AcE's COM
MITTEE.

MARSHAL PAYN AND DEPUTY MARSHAL
KENNEDY BEFORE wALIAcE's COM
MuTTEE.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-The Wallace
Committee to-day examined Lewis +.
Pawn, United States Marshal for the
Southern District of New York, who tes-
titled that at the election of 1873 the
number of deputy marshals was ] 300.
No persons were arrested without war
rant Oh election day. Four hundred
men were arrested. There were 200
others in whose cases the warrants had
not been returned. He understood the
warrants were put into the hands of the
supervisors in the several districts where
the persons to be arrested were supposed
to reside. When they appeared at the
polls the warrants were passed to the
| deputy marshals, who made the arrests.
| He presumed the warrants were issued
only after a hearing before the Commits
sioner. He did not know how many
persons were tried for the ofienses charg-
ed, but thought none were, and he did
not know whether indictments were
against any of them or not.
| Three hundred persons were arrested
on the charge of having fraudulent nat
| ulallLdilof .'il"1Ios ANOIC vi W LIE
knowledge had been tried. The depu.
ty marshals were supposed to be Repub-
licans. He was unable to say whether
they were Republican workers. The
chief deputy marshals were active meI
in the Republican party. He SHOULD
say they were not workers at the polls
The persons who were appointed de
dnty marshals would, in responsibility
| faunrahlxy with Lon,
IN New York. Application having beel
made to him for the appointment of de
, putty marshals he consulted with tn
gentlemen who had recommended til
, chief deputies before doing so. In hi
opinion it was necessary such person
: should be appointed for the purpose $,
curing a fair election. Five thousan
r warrants were issued by COMMISSIONS
Davenport, and in cases where the pc
. sons were not arrested, the warran
e were withdrawn. No reason was give
i and there was no record in tee marshal
v Office to show the grounds for arrest. 4,
y Deputy Marshal Kennedy testifie
. that some of the persons alluded to |
h Mr.. Payn as having been arrested c
If habeas corpus; none, to his knowled,
% were tried. A few breaches of ii
peace were committed at the polls, b
in one or two cases the warrants again
Re the offenderc were withdrawn, the tro,
d BILE having arisen from a misunderstan
" ing
, Commissioner Davenport gave the i
T. structions. Much care was exercised
I'd the selections of the deputy marsha
m Many of the 5000 warrants were for
10 legal registration and having fradule
naturalization papers.
r. In answer to the question whether
IL was not generally understood that the
its was in New York large class of m
ev who register and vote falsely at electio
~ the witness said there were houses
u New Chambers street that had been {
nd cupied only for purpose, of colonizi
is voters. He could moi give their numbt
ON nor the names of the persons register
there. The witness named several M
Wy sons whose cases were before the con
nd but beyond this he could not give h
ey names of any persons charged with fal
of registry.