The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-11-07

calling himself Y. Tarbox of Lisbon, entered
into conversation with me on the train to
Princeton and after some general talk he be-
gan speaking of the recent election. He rep
resented himself as very earnest Republican.
He said there was to be hard contest next year
and that it was important to keep up the or
ganization that had beenIso effective this year.
I told him that was evident, and he then went
on to speak of the number of men whose votes
were bought, asking if they would not have to
be bought next year. 1 said. probably, ii any
man sold his vote once he would do SO again.
He then began talking about Barring, asking
what was the majority this year and last. L
told him, and he said he supposed l must have
spent some money. 1 told him l did spend
some, but stated no amount. He wanted to
know what it was spent for. 1 told him our
voters were widely scattered and some were
forty miles away, and we had to furnish teams
and hire men to drive to get our voters home
and to the polls. He wanted to know where
the money came from, and told him out OF
my own pocket, which was the fact, for re-
ceived no money for election purposes from
any one,
Up to this point had talked with him the
same as / would to any stranger whom sup
posed to be interested in politics; but his next
talk made me suspicious, for he then said he
was acting as agent for the State committee,
who wanted statistics and names of the doubt
full voters that were brought in each town and
the men who could buy them. 1 did not be-
lieve the State committee would send any
man on such an Grand, and asked him whom
he knew and whether he had anything to
show his character, because if he was all
right could refer him tosmen who would
known if any votes were bought. He named
certain prominent men who were away. L
pretended to be satisfied and he wanted me to
ascertain and make list of the men whose
votes were bought in Barring. 1 told him
would see about it. This was all the talk we
had going to Princeton. l told him nothing
that l would not freely tell to any one. At
Princeton had but a moment to talk with
him; did not introduce him to Mr.. Farrar and
did not see Farrar that day or for two days
afterwards. Tarbox staid at Princeton and
came to Calais, where 1 saw several friends,
and we all agreed he must be a fraud and for
me to hold ON and see what | could get out OF
him.
He came to Calais the same night and met
him. and being satisfied of his character, /
made it my business to keep up our acquain-
lance, and told him 1 would see him again. He
told me he had letter from Farrar, and told
him would try and make list and give him
in the morning. tried to see Farrar know
ing he had been deceived, but was unable to
do so, and made up my mind without seeing
any one, that would get Earrars letter.
1 therefore came to Calais next morning to
see Tarbox, and found him at the hotel. He
asked for my list. I told him had no time to
make it over night. He was very anxious L
should make it at once, and took me to his
room. 1 told him I needed Farrar's letter as
guide in making mine. He gave me the let
ter and went out and locked the door after
him. put the letter in my pocket and wait
ed a few moments, until he came back. Then
told him / had taken no stock in him and
had played his own game on him, and he could
get no list from me and could not have Far
rar's letter. He seemed very much astonished
and perspired remarkably, and argued and
coaxed and resorted to all kinds of entreaty to
hi vrrifh a1A
ter. / told him he could not have it and babe
him good morning.
In all our talk l gave him no information
other than what any one would freely give to
any person, and his report in the Boston Globe
is utterly false and is evidently made up in
revenge for my having got from him docu-
ment he wanted and having so far exposed
him as to render his proposed trip through
this county useless. What he called the Far
rar letter was very much of it not in Farrar' S
writing, and had evidently been interlined
with a lead pencil by some one other than Far
rar. PETER A. MARTIN.
WASHINGTON, S., November 4, 1879. Sub
St. bed and sworn to before me.
DAVID DRESSER, Trial Justice.
MIR. FARRAR's SWORN STATEMENT.
l, Joseph S. Earrar of Princeton, hereby
certify that on Oct 10Th last, man calling
himself Tarbox of Lisbon came into the store
where am employed and entered into CONVEX
IL.
Boston Globe, which is largely false. He was
not introduced to rae by Mr.. Martin, as he
states, and I did not see Martin that day nor
two days after. Tarbox came in with Mr..
Dresser, who introduced him. They were
talking about the recent election when they
came In He made to me the same represen-
tations concerning his business that he did to
Martin, and wanted to know how many voters
were bought and who they were.
told him l bought no votes, did not be-
lieve in it, and knew of none being bought or
sold He made good deal of talk about buy
ing votes in Cumberland county, and en-
deavored to get me to say knew of votes be-
ing bought. 1 insisted that l did not. Then
he wanted to know how much money was
spent for election purposes. told him that
there were rumors about large amounts being
spent in our district, but they were. false and
knew they were. told him how cur voters
were scattered, that many were in the woods
getting bark and many others had to travel far
to get to the polls, and explained to him how
we had to hire teams and drivers to go after
the voters and get them to the polls During
the whole conversation never mentioned the
names of King, Cross or Downes. He then
wanted to know how much money was spent,
and | gave him a statement of the amounts l
left in the various towns. My statement was
as follows Cerbdtin3:
Wate-S1O.0O left with Jas. Ripley and VIM.
Thomas.
Eaton-S10 90 left with Brapnin:
Danforth-S15.00 left with Tim McGraw.
No, z Bangs 2-SS.00 contributed.
Codyvie-SS. 90 left with H. F. Smith.
Plantation No 21-$15.00 contributed.
These were all the names or figures in the
statement l gave him. l explicitly stated to
him that these sums were or the purpose OF
getting out voters, and not to buy votes, and
the smallness of the amounts shows that to be
afact, for it was distributed over territory
twenty by thirty-fve miles in extent, and
1aprr
spent in our district, it is well for people to
know how little was really used. explained
to TarboX that most Democrats were dlssatlS-
fed with the coalition and that made our sue
cess very easy after getting out all our votes.
1t is apparent that the statement he pub.
fishes is not the one gave him. Over half
of the published statement was made up by
him and interlined in lead pencil on my state
ment, and / have the original now, with his
interlineatons and additions ON it. l never
signed the statement, but wrote my address on
the back of the paper at his request.
~fhe only things in his publication indicating
! bribery are the statements concerning Jerry
Merrill receiving hat and Nelson w. Serb
| ner Neither of these names were in my state
ment but are written in by him in lead pencil
probably from some sheet report he got. The
reference to the Codyville order for boots is in
| lead pencil on the edge OF the sheet and does
not contain Dearborns name. Any one who
| will compare my statement as herein copied,
| with the statement he published, VIII see there
| is a very great difference. Even adding to my
statement his own additions, as they are now
on the original in my possession, there is still
so great difference from his published state
ment that no one could fail to see it at glance
| Yet the editor of the Calais Times, and his
uncle, Judge Whidden, certify that they saw
the original of which the publication was g
copy, and they so certify to give the impress
sion that it was in my writing. In so doing
they must have wilfully resorted to deception
to help out self-confessed liar, who had been
detected and deprived of my statement; fol
any one who saw the original could see at q
| glance that it had been greatly altered and
| added to, and even then was widely different
from the published statement.
| Mr.. Tarbox, or whoever he may be, got ne
| information from me showing anything i'm
proper or unlawful, for the simple reason that
! / knew nothing of the kind to tell him. The
money | distributed was for legitimate ex-
penses which must always be incurred to ge
| out full vote in these sparsely settled towns
j. S. FARRAR.
WASHINGTON, S., Nov. 4, 10 Subscribed and
| sworn to before me,
G. F. GRANGER, Justice OF the Peace
THE FORGED PAPER.