Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-10-09
THE PHIPP'S CASE.
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dsy-Investigsring Election Frauds.
No witnesses were offered by the prose
tion, Mr.. F. Myers, charging Phipps with
Walter l.. Murphy, Murphy's father, vii.
liam Janney, Charles r. McCauley. a war
rant clerk, and Robert 8. Williamson.
clerk of the board OF guardians. Thess
depositions were dated September 30, and
the warrant and certificate of Judge All
son, dated October 4. OF these papers
of McCanley, Murphy. senior, and
stated positively that Phipps forged sigma.
lures OF Seeds, and Ferguson, and Mur-
ply. and Bellows, in the presence of de-
ponent. Seeds, Murphy's and Bellows
depositions showed they had not rece ived
the money on the warrants. Mr.. Osier.
counsel for Phipps. proposed to Offer tes.
was not guilty of the crime charged sec
ond, that the offeuso in the indictments
was not forgery according to the code of
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third, that Williamson, clerk to the board,
WAS non compos mentis, and was incompe-
tent to give testimony. The judge finally
tho other side, asked that Phipps be ex.
forms had been carried out.
Monday, October 1G, at p. M, when he
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general opinion that the decision will be
favor of extradition His rulings all day
were considered to indicate that 10 was Of
ty, who at Sandwich, in the province of
Ontario, commented upon the prompt
ness with which the United States
quibbling criminals who flee from Canada,
and added that he hoped to live to
see the day when Canadian authorities
would act with the same promptness in re-
turning criminals wanted in the United
States and not, as at present, permit this
country to be made haven for crooks
and thieves from over the border. But if
the decision should be as expected, that
will be but the first stage of the game. A
writ of habeas corpus may be taken out at
any time within fourteen days, and tho
case go through half dozen courts to the
court of appeals.
Exposing Election Frauds.
Magistrate Lander gave hearings at the
Central police court in Philadelphia to the
persons recently arrested in connection
with the almshouse frauds. The first case
called was that of Nicholas p. Barber,
Henry Starr and Thomas II. Smith, cleo.
tion officers of the Second division of the
Twenty seventh ward, charged with
making fraudulent returns last February.
The evidence showed that after the box
was sealed, David o. Young, messenger
for Commissioner Dixey, brought an
order to have the vote fixed that Major
Phipps broke open the envelope and
that he and Snyder altered the ballots.
Young said the order came from "Boss I"
Rowan. John Snyder, who gave the Com.
mittee of One Hundred information re-
garding the abuses at the institution,
held the window book at the almshouse
division last February, aud had charge of
the voters of BlOckley, swore to Rowan
saying "Unlcss this is changed the Re-
formers will have representation in the
school board" Major Phipps remarked :
"If this can be done it must be' The
accused were placed under $1,000 bail
each. John w. Parke, charged with con-
spiracy in regard to tallow alleged to have
been furnished tho institution this year,
was held in 81, 600 bail for trial.