The daily gazette., 1879-10-06
FIRST EDITION.
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RESTS And RuM0Rs Of ARREST.
The troubles arising from the contest
OF the late city election by the 4, fea:ed
and dIsappoiDt' d Republicans. has as
sumed an entirely different please with
10 q day or Two past, and IL now appears
that there Ii going to be a wliOiesale
expose OF Republican chicaHery and
fraud.
On Saturday evening . young man
named VIM. d. Pyle, was arraiR Rned be-
fore Magistrate Brady upon the charge
OF voting illegally at the late city cleo.
tion on SEPT. and, At the eleventh cleo
ilou district or the eastern precinct of
the Seventh Ward.
Thomas Mellon, at whose instance the
arrest was made, WAS the first witness,
ana testified that Mr.. Pyle had come 10
the polls in the eleventh election dis
trict on 8 pt PAD and cast ballot with
out showing ~ AK receipt. Since then
he had learned that lie way not assessssd,
Mr.. Pyle y "A then asked Ii he desired
to question the witness aud in reply made
astatement to the sffaot that he 0id vote,
but was under the impression that he
was voting legally. He owned q house
for which he was assessed and had pad
the tax upon IL, and had been told that q
property holder thus qualified needed no
other legal requirement..
Jos. l.. Carpenter, Jr., county tax col
lectOr for the northern district, test fled
that Mr.. Pyle was se>sed for this ear
upon his books but had paid no tax.
Charles II. ID. Bedford county tax col
lec,Or for the southern district testified
that the prisoner had paid NO tax for the
present year.
Mr.. Pyle then admitted that he had
voted illegally by saying that it was true
that he had paid no tax for the present
year
The Magistrate then adju,lged Mr..
Pyle guilty under the law requiring him
10 pay county tax for two years pre-
viOus to the election, and held him for
court In the sum of two hundred dollars.
Mr.. Cyrus Pyle, the father Of the pris
oner, went on his bond.
COUNCILMAN EVANS DUEMMA-HIs
HANDS FULL OF LIBEL PUTS AND
STILL THERE'S MORE To FOLLOW.
The case of Mr.. Pyle, recited above, Is
not the only one that ha. been trough
lately against the Republican. On Sat
urdav morning i've of the parties whom
Mr.. Evans falsely charged with being
illegal voters, In his petition TO Council
centesting CArmichaels seat on Thurs
day night week, had writs of copids IL.
sued by the ProthOnOtary at New Castle
tOt 0Ab 0tiOst iOt ~ Wiii NO AtuiCW-
bered that In that petition Mr.. Evans
charged many parties with voting ille-
gally for Mr.. Carmichael, and claiming,
that, were the illegal votes, cast in the
ward, thrown aside, he would have
majority over his opponent. A mum Der
OF these parties had legal right to vote,
IL afterward appeared. and were verv
Indignant at the scandalous aud injuri-
Gus declaration Of Mr.. Evans. Five oil
them, through their counsel II. 4. Pen
nington, Esq. had the writs filed agains,
Mr.. Evans Saturday AZ already stated.
The names Of these gentlemen are a.
follows: DR.. John p. Malcolm, Edwin
Haines, Edwin Beeson, w. 8. HOpton
and Simon SchOpfer.
Whether Mr.. Evans was really arrest
cd on Saturday Is at the present writing
a matter In slight nomenclature. 1t Is
true that when the suits we're entered on
the morning OF that day the Sheriff said
that the wis woultAbe served in the af
ternoon. 1t is equally true that Sheriff
Pyle come over to Wilmington in p1rsOD
pocket aud was on The lookout for Mr..
Evans. In the evening there were iu-
m0rs on the street to the effect that Mr..
Evaps had been arrested by the Sheriff
on the Ave different writs and that he
had given bail to the Sheriff for $4,000 in
suoh case. This appeared quite reason
a 10, for the Sheriff was In town for the
purpose Of putting Mr.. Evans under ar
rest, and Is qualified to take bail in such
cases. But bs 1t as may no one could say
to = certainty.
WHAT MR.. EVANS SAYS.
This morning GAZETTE reporter
called upon Mr.. Evans and asked him
about the matter The gentleman was
found, mallet in hand, In his shop, that
used TO be the old Presbyt terian chapel,
on the .corner of Eighth and Monroe
streets. There was the troubled air of
man upon whom tro:ble has not fallen
singly, about him. and looked as though
undecided whether to resign or not.
"Mr. Evans, is 1t true that you have
boon arrested on fvs charges of libel,
preferred against you by some persons
whom you have charged with voting
illegally?" asked the reporter.
Mr.. Evans hands almost went above
his head in surprise aud look of holy
horror overspread his features. "Why
no." said he. "inost assuredly MOL never
heard about IT till now; there has been
nothing Of the kind sir; nothing of the
kind"
The reporter then told him that the
Herald of this morning made the point
blank statement that he had been arrest
ed.
"Oh, the perversity of those newspaper
men, passes all understanding" said
Mr.. Evans. at was they that got Inc
in this fix; it was them that caused 1t all.
When presented that petition in COuD-
cil conte- ting Mr.. Carmichaers seat, i
had no idea that 1t would do any one
any harm. did not mean for 1t to go
before the world, and it was matter of
mere form any how. And yOu see that
no harm was Intended for some of our
men were mentioned by mistake as ille-
gal voters"
The reporter did not say that it was
quite plain that the Republicans were
mentioned a. Illegal voters "by mistake"
as Mr.. Evans had SAID, but in the some
what famous language Of Mr.. Twe' d,
asked
"WeI, Mr.. Evans. what are you going
to do about it?"
~ hardly know; do not think will
do anything. Now if could see those
parties who al making this sore trouble
I nigh satisfy them and undo the harm
1 have done. don't know who they are,
though,' he added nournfully.
Mr.. Evans was o asked about his
course when he was arrested, aud said
he would engage able counsel to defend
his case at that time. and would of course
do all in his power to resist the suit He
was sure no malicious libel could be
proyed. In regard to how he thought
the contest would terminate tonight, he
declined to make statement.
MoRE ARRESTS FOR ILLEGAL VOTING.
This morning, Constable Neary 70 we'd
warrents of arrest upon two more alleged
illegal Republican voters. One of these |
was w r. Garrett and the o, her y0uug |
map named Marshall, son of DR.. Sam1