The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-30
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BROADDRIM'S NEK lORk LETTER.

Last week descent was made upon
a dance house in one Of the rllest
quarters of the city, and a dozen ruff
fans were captured, every oneEsot
whom had served term in The pen
item .iary-some of them had passed
almost half their lives behind prison
walls. and all ofthem had served a
long apprenticeship in-sln; out no
sooner were they in the clutches 0!
the law than the local politicians
were thrown in i fever, for fear that
they would be deprived Of the ser
vices Of their heelcrs at the approach
ing election. For these gentry have
a specific work to do. Firstly, every
man Of them is expected to put in a
number Of illegal votes, 10 knock
down and frighten away timid voters
of the opposite party from the polls,
and when the count comes to watch
his opportunity to do a little ballot
box stufing. 1t is true we have
registry law, but these fellows who
can blow a bank safe, or walk of
with bundle of bonds, from under
lhe nose of the cashier, think it but a
very small job to beat the registry
law. The way it is done is this: At
the time Of registration heeler goes
into the First Ward and takes board
with man who makes it a regular
business Of keeping just such board
ers, and he registers as Thomas
Casey, IS Greenwich street. If the
inspector goes to IS and inquiries he
is told that there is such man
boards there, and that he is very
decent man. Now the heeler goes
to the Sixth Ward and registers as
Thomas Brown, residence % Baxter
street; 90 there and the fellow who
keeps the house will tell you that
Thomas Brown is an honest laborer.
The hceler then goes to the Twelfth
Ward and registers as Frederick
Jackson, and so he keeps on about
the city till be has registered doz-
en- times, and when election day
comes he votes without fear Of de-
lection dozen times at least. One
might ask, why not place detectives
on the track Of suspected persons;
why it would take an army Of detec
tives larger than the army Of the
United States, to do the work. These
bands of ruftians are under the con.
troll of the keeper Of some whiskey
mill in their ward, who has alder.
manic aspirations, and this gives q
hint as to the compexion Of our
Board Of Aldermen. Then the po-
lice justices are elected by these vii,
lains and the consequence is, that
the ends of justice are defeated by
the prominent politicians in the ward.
An organized band Of twenty ruf
fans can 60 through ward and do
as they please, and if arrested, the
Alderman steps up to the magistrate
who perchance owes his Office to him,
he assures the truculent official that
it is all right and his friends are i'm
mediately let off. If they are CON-
mitted to Blackwell's Island for six
months the chances are ten 10 one,
that you will meet them in their old
haunts in three days after.
Only the other day one Of the most
brutal ruflans in the city was arrested
for a coHardly assault on an old man.
When dragged into Court after
desperate resistance, he threatened
the Magistrate on the bench, and
then ensued one of the most hum.
iliatlng scenes ever witnessed in a
court Of justice. The Magistrate
threatened to commit him and he told
the Magistrate to commit and be-
At last aggravated beyond measure
the Magistrate fined him the enor-
nous sum Of $40; he refused to pay
and was dragged fighting out of court,
threatening the Magistrate with ven-
geance as he went. Then a low
ward politician came into court and
after some parley got the fine reduc.
ed to S. which he paid, and his man
walked out free. This is one of the
blessings of universal suffrage in
this free and enlightenedRepublic,and
one of the especial blessings Of our
elective judiciary.
Once more the so-called sporting
circles are blaze Of excitement at
the intelligence that an English
brute by the name Of Mitchell was
pounded by an Irish-American brute
by the name Of McCaffery. 1t is q
pity that they are not allowed to kill