The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-05
THE INVESTIGATION.
Examination Of Witnesses by the Con.
gressiOnal Committee.

At the session of the Investigation Com
mittee yesterday afternoon Col. A. E. Jones
James O'Connor, Francis johnson an'
Archie Longworth were examined, but tes
titled to nothing Of Importance. ,,
| John Ambrose, q voter OF the Fourti
Ward. stated that $50 was left with Mr.
Richards and that Mr.. Butterworth tolt
him Mr. Hafer had left the money there
The money was distributed after the elec
ton to different persons, $40 each. Tht
witness got $40. He also got SIS from Mr.
Butterworth, but finally voted for Mr.. Say
ier
Chas. T. Hayman, one of the Deputy Mar
shals who served in the Eighteenth ward
after denying that he was guilty OF the
charges of passing counterfeit money ano
of rape, for which he had been arrested
went on to state that after having had
conversation on the subject of Kentucky
repeaters with Captain Ruffin, Charming
Richards, Parker Dixon and Silas W. Hof
man, he went over to Kentucky and had
conversation with Francis and Edwards.
Francis denied that his men had repeated
or that he kr ew of any repeaters; but he
believed that Edwards stated that he knew
where there were nine men who repeated,
and would pointt them tiff paid for it.
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
At the opening of the session to-day Mr.
Browne made motion that the testimony
on the part of the memorialists be closed
with to-day's session, but before the ques
ton was voted upon the attorneys for the
memorialists retired for conference.
During their absence Mr.. Butter
worth introduced Thomas McDougal as
his attorney hereafter and motion was
made to settle the question OF the scope OF
| the estgatiOn-whether or not the
frauds perpetrated in 1876 be.inquired into,
but while resolutions were being drawn,
and stated that they would leave the ques-
ton of closing the testimony of the
memorialists in the hands of the
Committee, since all that there
was yet to offer was accumulated testi-
mony, and the Committee might not wish
to hear it. The Committee accordingly
decided that the testimony be concluded at
12 clock, but if any new testimony OF I'M
porance should appear hereafter, the me-
inorialists should be allowed to introduce
it.
A resolution was then offered by Mr..
Browne stating that it was the duty OF the
Committee to investigate the frauds OF 1876
in order that the two elections might be
| compared, anu NOllSreS5 lllShI sec lIie pch
eft or evil of the Supervisor and Marshal
Law.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Kenna
stating that the Committee had no author
ity to go back further than 1878.
Both resolutions were placed on the
minutes.
The cross-examination of Mr.. Hayman
was then began by Mr., Browne, and the
witness stated that he did not tell Mr.. Ed
wards in the conversation with him that
| Mr.. Hoffman would furnish money if wit
nesses were produced. Mr.. Edwards wanted
800 for pointing out the 13 men whom
he stated had repeated in Cincinnati
at the last election. He did not tell
| Francis that if he would go over to Mr..
Campbells Office and furnish the names of
the thirteen men that he would receive
$3.50. He had conversed with Campbell,
and told Edwards that Campbell had been
employed in the case and wanted to see
him, and Mr.. Francis refused to go. He
might have told them that he was getting
$40 day for hunting up witnesses or not,
and also that it made no differences whether
the witnesses were genuine or not just so
they would swear to certain facts. |
asked Francis to meet Campbell and Judge
Clary at Campbelps Office but did not
speak about meeting any of the affidavit
makers there. Last Saturday he met Fran
els and Reed at saloon in Gov
ington, and again asked them to
come over to meet Campbell either
at Campbelrs office or anywhere
else they might wish. The men refused to
come and he then asked them to say moth
ing about himself the thirteen men un-
less it was absolutely necessary. He had a
conversation with Parker Dixon, in which
he stated that 81 Hoffman and
others had spoken to him about hunting up
witnesses lie did not use the name of MIR.
Carlisle, Chairman of the Committee, nor
did he state that he had been promised $3.50
for his services. He went to Campbell be-
fore Campbell came to him, but it was after
he had spoken to Edwards about the thr.
teen men. My object in going to Campbell
was to obtain his advice upon the subject oi
buying the evidence of these men. Mr.
Campbell replied that l should be certain
about the evidence betbre paying out hi.
money. He and ST. Hoffman did not meet
Edwards in this city, and it was not his in
tention when he started out to find evi
dence for the purpose OF selling it.
Samuel Mcnamara, a hack driver living
on Front street, was called, and testified
that he met MIR. Butterworth on Pearl ano
Elm streets shortly before the election
The next time he met Mr. Butterworth anC
was invited to visit him at his office
The witness renresented the Eig-htf
Ward Independent Club. There
were forty-seven members OF the Club, al
of whom we're Democrats. The witness re
Quested $40 from Mr.. Butterworth for tht
Club, and when he called for it Mr.. Butter
worth stated that he had received lette
from the Club asking S. for each of the mem
berS The independent ticket which tn.
Club proposed to vote had Mr.. Butter
worth's name upon it, and the names o
two other Republicans Butterwortl
handed him So, and asked him to call til,
next morning. He met Butterworth twic,
afterwards, and received So on each occa
sion, but Butterworth would not pa,
the $40, for he was afraid that the boys
would not stick. Butterworth promised t
place the money into Mr.. Bailey's hands
who would give it to the club tn,
morning after election. Mr.. Bale,
sent over on the morning OF elec
ton one dollar to each of five o
the boys, and the remainder of the none,
was divided among the boys who worked
for Butterworth. The Club was organized
to kick against the primaries and to max,
money. He would have voted the Demo
cratic ticket if he had not re
ceived money from Butterworth. He wen
after other candidates, but found only Drew
The witness stated that he had been in The
Work-house, and was liberated before mi
time, but not for the purpose of testifyin&
in this investigation. He bought no votes
and either spent or divided the money
among the boys, but kept none. 1t was {
matter of business with the Club.
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