The daily gazette., 1880-07-21
The '6S Naturalization Papers
NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL WITNESSES
EXAMINED BY THE WALLACE IN
vEsTIGATING COMMITTEE.

NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL WITNESSES
EXAMINED BY THE WALLACE IN
vEsTIaATING COMMITTEE.
The inquiry by the Wallace COM
mittee as to the naturalization frauds
of 1868, and the conduct of Chief
Supervisor John 1. Davenport was
resumed yesterday in the Postmas-
ter's room of the Post Office Build
ing. The Senators present were
Senators Wallace, chairman; r. Nc
Donald and Blair.
Antonio Kurschell said Il am a
foreigner by birth, and was in the
Fifth United States artillery; I
served three years; the commission
L produce is the commission from
the War Department; 1 was dis
charged in 1865; applied for natu-
ralization papers after l was dis
charged; 1 made the application in
1868; was sworn in court and had a
witness; 1 voted upon them at 1868
and subsequent elections; in 1878 l
was told at the poll not to vote by
the Supervisor and my vote was chal-
lenged and was arrested; l had vo-
ted then; 1 got a duplicate certificate
about six months ago; live at No.
LOG East Fourth street, and have
kept house there for four years.
Senator Mcdonald asked Mr.. Da-
venport if he WOULD return this wit
ness his certificate. Mr.. Davenport
replied that he would not.
Witness-I want that paper; 1 do
not care for that duplicate; that was
the first bit of legal paper ever re-
ceived in this country; you might as
well take my wife.
WHAT A '68 JUDGE SAYS.
Ex-Judge Jones testified. He said {:
i was Judge of the Superior Court
from 1866 to 1872; 1 was not re-
elected; l don't remember the
naturalization of any particular per-
son in 1868; the associate judges
with me were Robinson, Barber,
Mcneil, Garvin and McCunn my
impression is that the naturalization
of 1868 was as honest and legal as
that of any other year, there were
not, that / am aware, any fraudulent
naturalization papers obtained be-
fore me as Judge if there is a case
in the testimony before the commit
tee in which man was admitted to
naturalization, and the papers show
that he had not resided in the
country the requisite time, l should
think it very strange; can only ac-
count for it by having made wrong
,lof To tho
that Judge McCunn naturalized a
very large humber of persons and
naturalized them very quickly; 1
was not quite so quick man as he
was L have no remembrance as to
the naturalization frauds that took
place before Judge Barnard he was
my brother-in-law; we never con-
verrsed about it.
The witness McNevins was recall
ed by Senator Blair and asked to
write his name. 1t was then COM
pared with a fraudulent naturaliza-
ton paper of 1868, in which the
signature of the witness appeared.
He said that he did not believe that
was his signature, although it gave
the address he then lived at ; he had
no recollection of having anything
to do with naturalization in 1868.
The Court adjourned at 2 O'Clock
and reassembled at half-past. Mr..
Michael Dolan was examined by
Senator Wallace and said 81 was
a member of the Twenty-third As
sembly district democratic Organiza-
ton; Stapleton was also a member
he was then a democrat; 4; he has
since changed his politics and is now
a republican he is employed in this
building l have known him for
twenty-five years; with the ex-
ception of the Stokes case L don't
know anything against him the
papers said that Stapleton was a
witness at the Stokes trial, aud that
he said he saw the shooting; the
warden of the Penitentiary on
Blackwell's Island said that Staple
ton was at that moment performing
his duties as keeper at the Peniten-
tiary."
BAD DEPUTY MARSHALS.
Senator Wallac put in as evidence an
Indictment agains' Felix Lavelle, of Ne.
AZ Park Streeu,One Oi InS Dephty OIlJeQ
States marshals whose name had been
given to the committee, with others by
Marshal Payne. The indictment stated
that he was convicted of murder in De
cember, 1878. Ex-Assemblyman Thomas
F. O'Grady said he knew Felix Lavelle,
and that his character was bad. Wit
ness said:-sI could not say that am
known as the silver tonsued orator oi
Tammany Hall; Mr.. Morris Friedsam
who recommended Lavelle, is a gentle
man of good character; Mr.. Friedsan
is a good, responsible man; in my OWL
Assembly;district,t the Second, there were
appointed some fifty or sixty marshals
Michael Foley was indicted in 1873
charged with stuffing ballots, but vas
acquitted; the verdict of acquittal die
not convince me of his innocence
William II. Tuite was discharged fol
a very disgraceful offence in 1877; The
United States marshals certainly intiml
dated great many men in my Assem-
bly, district in 1878; it was generally un
derstood that any man who presented
himself to vote on 1868 papers would be
arrested; therefore 1t was difficult to get
a man who had 1865 papers to register
or to vote; was not aware that the
marshals from the day of registration tC
the day of election could be removed or
complaint, or that there were such cases
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