New-York tribune., 1879-02-01
ELECTION DAY ARRESTS.

WITNESSES AGAINST MR.. DAVENPORT.
ANOTHER TROOP OF MEN WHO WERE ARRESTED OR
ISIIMIDATED-rHR TESTIMONY OF THE COM
PLAINANTs To BE CLOSED TO-DAY.
At the hearing yesterday before the Daven-
port Committee y large number OF witnesses were ex
amined The chairman requested that the evidence for
the companants shoud be completed at the hearing
day The evidence showed that some Of the voters had
been arrested on election dav By mistake.
Arnold Iustlg o. No 5lI Fthave., testihcs that he
came TO this country July 49, 1863, when he was
nineteen years old and that he naturalized in 1868
At the time O registration before the last election he
told that II he voted the papers he would be ar
rested. lie aftcrward showed the papers to United
states Commissioner Deuel., who advised him 10 take
out new papers He also showed them TO Judge Cboate
who declared that they legally correct He visited
Mr. Davenport TO whom he showed his certificate, but
Davenport would say nothing about the matter.
d" What did say to you T. asked Mr.. Davenport.
" You would give me 10 satisfaction whatever. l
you my receiot for $4,000, but you replied
that did not care about the taxes 90 not DeleFe
that yOu pay one farthins.'
The witness had been arrested on election day and
taken before Commissioner Deuel. by whom he was rec
oguized and discharged His papers were duplicates
and on the xannatlon Mr Davenport attempted
show that the printed forms contained the names OF
clerks who were not then officers OF the court.
stuff and uUu>suse,' eAcldn 6titidI Nlhsac'
they are copies only and the names have not been
Fatrick J. Duean served IN the Marine Corps during
the war lie was nlturazed m SOS on his discharge
He registered, but on attempting 10 vote was a,resed
lie Lai consulted counsel who made ou an .hidEit on
which lie voted He was arrested immediately ana car
rcA before Commissioner deuel., by whom he was sent
to Ludlow street JAN. lie remained IA ia until the
Edward HAL, an Inspector Of election IN the XVIII
Assembly District. testified to the arrest Of voters h9id
ug ls69 papers, although some had been permitted to
VOe without arrest MANY voters had been ntmldited
by fear arrest from registering and voting there
were hundreds OF them all over the city
Name any one tha! sou know" .,
Patrick Iunigan was one, but there vac lcgion.
The Witness lad been an officer Of the superior Court
in 1870 and 1871.
BY whom were you appointcd!'
"By thr late judge Connolly"
"Do y"u mean slippery DlckP
mean Judge Connolly"
lie was aftcrward connected with the Bureau OF
"Aie YOU familiar with naturalization lawsp asked
ION, yes. | served under you in the xvTth District :;
Won gave me in-tructlOus.'
Yon Know Mr. Davenport as an active Republican
We. Yc.. ar. as an arbitrary and despOtrc one"
Albert y White. keeper OF the iorsue' testified thst
on he night before election marshal came to Bellevue
Hosa with warrants for the arrest OF several persons
attached to Bellevue Hospital and two men were ar
rested.
tend the eases. The two prisoners, who had
a, "A courtesy to the counsel The Commissioner said
that IL the voted on the nex day they would be ar
rested again. tnat he would take twenyfour hours
consider ,he bail that he would not accept money
nor United States bonds for bt
T.. n,
OF the sular order by Mr Davenport He testified III
regard To the appointment of the special deputy mar
,hal, of whom aOOut 1,j00 had been commissioned
The warrants issued by Commissioner Davenport had
not passed through his Office, hut had been put IN the
hands of the dcputes No record OF the warrants had
been made in his Office.
"This procedure usual" lie said. in this class OF
warrants. but no Other"
{" Do You consider this custom propere"
"On general principles, L should say 1t was not
proper" $1,000
The witness said that the arrest Of 3,1O0 criminals
would not be sufficient reason for keeping his olhce
! open beyond the regular hours.
Michael Norton had registered on papers, dated Octo-
Der . S6s, which he had been told at Commissioner
Davenport Office regular. On going 10 The polling
place ON election day he was told that If he attempted
to vote he wound be arrested Then, I'll not vote now
he said sit IL too early in the day" In the afternoon
no sgan went to the polls &" told my WIFE" he said,
! that of lodging for the night"
He was arrested and taken 10 place near Dy.
where was itH
| "To the best of my opinion it was the Republican
| headquarters 49,
| the polls and then lone.
John ". Little, United States Commits ssloner, was ex-
amne in gard To the cases brought before hlin on
election day few days before he had visited COmns-
sOner Davenport who called his attention TO the deci-
sion in the SweetmaD case. winch stated what forms
must be observed in naturalization cases. lie remem-
befed the voters had obtained their eerth
Gates at lagcrbccr saloons, one IN butcheT'hop ana
another Oh top or stage.