Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-10-17
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MR.. HAILEY'S MOUNTAIN GIVES
BIRTH To A MOUSE.

u ln0 Makers record, Whtcn Will
Show What Weight Should be At.
tached 10 1t.
After nearly two years of painful
labor, the Haley Mormon mountain
has given birth to a mouse. That
mouse is an affidavit signed by one
Ike Bingham, which is as follows:
TERRITORY OF IDAHO,
County of Nez Perez, "
!, Isaac H. Bingham, being first
duly sworn, do depose and say that
am now resident Of Assotin, W. T.;
that was residen, of Alturas county,
Idaho Territory, continuously from the
year 1873 until the month Of Deem
Der, 1888; that am well acquainted
with I. F. Singiser, Republican can.
didate for Delegate to Congress-; that
he was a candidate for the same office
in the year 1882; that in said Alturas
county there was Il precinct called
Junction precinct; that the poll books
for said precinct were left at the house
of one Matthew O'Conner for Thomas
Hart, one of the judges of election,
and so duly appointed to serve at the
November election in 1882; that at
the suggestion and request Of said T..
+. Singiser, atliaht went toOConner's
house and procured the said poll books
and delivered the same to one K. r.
Leonard, who took them to the house
of one Patton, distance of about L
miles, and delivered them into the
hands of I, F. Singiser and w. 4.
Riley, who were there; that thereupon
said Singiser, Leonard and Riley clos.
eted themselves IN room in said
Patton's house and there prepared
from Republican tickets with Singi
ser's name thereon tor Congress-, and
erased from large portion of the same
the name Of }. H. Harris, the Repub-
lican candidate for Joint Councilman,
and inserted in lieu thereof the name
Of E. A. Wall; that five hundred of
these tickets were thus prepared. and
that thereupon said Singiser, Riley
and Leonard prepared list of bogus
names corresponding with the number
of. tickets; that the tickets and list
thus prepared with the poll books
were, the morning of election, re-
turned by said Singiser, Leonard and
Riley to the house of O'Conner, the
place where the election was appointed
to take place; there being no box pre-
pared for the reception of tickets, aft
ant made box about a feet long and
cut hole IN the top thereof near one
end; that Singiser with his own hands
aided in putting the bogus 500 tickets
IN the box; that at the request OF
Singiser, Leonard and Riley, and in
their presence, affiant nailed up the
box with the said bogus tickets there
in; that the box was then delivered tc
Thomas Hart, who at once announced
the polls open and proceeded with the
election; that not to exceed $50 legal
votes were cast at said precinct at the
November election for 1882, and We,
over 700 were counted and returned
as having been cast thereat; that said
Thomas Hart was induced to aid in
the fraud aforesaid by the payment Of
money, n portion of which was fur.
nished by Singiser; that said Hart ap-
pointed his own associate judges and
clerks at said election, and by that
means was enabled to, and did, coun,
and return as legal votes the said SOC
tickets thus fraudulently placed in the
box aforesaid. l. H. BINGHAM.
This is Aanked by the following:
On or about the latter part of o.
tober, 1882, Charles Ii. Furey, the
present Sheriff of Alturas county
came to me and asked me how mucl
money | had to GO to Shoshone with
| told him a hur 'lred and sixty-eigh1
(Sl6S) dollars, and showed him the
money, and he told me if l needed
that nuch to carry the Shoshone vote
to use it, and he would see that l go
it returned to me. l went to Sho
shone and met with P. NJ. Bruner, K
r. Leonard, 7. F. Singiser, w. Il
Riley representing G. NJ. Parsons)
They saw there wasn't going to be al
large a vote as they expected, ane
they wanted to do some dirt, and IT,,
poll books were taken from behinG
Matt O'Conner's bar the night before
election and removed 10 Mr.. Patton
place, about p miles away, and fixet
up by having box made and putting
therein 500 Republican votes. On
of the judges made remonstranc'
against it, and he was bought; h
wanted $4OO, but they could not rais'
but $500, of which Sl6S was my money
which l was promised | would have re
turned to me as soon as got back t.
Bellevue, and of which I never got
cent. And in case Mr.. Furey shoult
be elected, he promised me the depu
tyship as jailor, which never wa
granted. D. S. BINGHAM.
Dated Oct Is, 1884.
TWO OF KIND.
These men are brothers, and know