The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-19
THE OHIO ELECTION.
THE srnaNcEn INVESTIGATION
Into tho Alleged Frauds Psrpcirntcd In tho
buckeye statc-Tha TcstImoiy All. A
duccd Yesterday llefore tho Com.
nittee-Tho Deputy SInr.laIs.

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CIorl Cow,,;ss;.,a. -
,, n' ~ so''''''ss'o"er ol rehslohs, was
. hcard liils morning by the subcommittee
: OF the Springer Committee investigating
tho Sou,horn oh;o o,o,,;o, ,,,,a IIe
yov srn,,nana1 ~ ,o ' as.A '',..,'''s' ,., i,'
VS. s"''','o'e" ~ "ppe"r WIN reports
showing tho names OF special agents or
: examiners Of pensions. and their where.
nbOnts Just before, after and nj tho time of
the October elections In Ohio, lie stated
TINT Chief Mthbone, OF the secret service
, y. WY bureau, was absent on his regular
tcmb"r nnG ' On,ohnr y. ',rtE aays anrihg sep,
several days leave Of absence @ without INF ,,nv nnv
after the regular leave expired. lie didnct
knoN, SnoM Tiat hatlipone was doing, but had
States Marshal I i IN inhio III u pSspn,y Snpmay oaitea
special examiners we're on their nnn,nI
leaves during tho campaign,. but he did
not Know where they were ut TINT time.
None OF them rendered accounts for time
or expenses during that period, except 4
special examiner named Jacobs who re.
ported from Columbus, Ohio, and his ac-
count was not allowed. COL Dudley, then
commissioner OF Pensions WIS absent Il
days according to his report TO the Assis.
tant Secretary OF the Interior, during tho
campaign, yet 10 was only de facto COM
missioner for n longer period, and tho Il
duties oil that ollicc were performed by tho
"i1'.ess Thas" ,,.. .,.., =.
examiners and aaSnts i; "i tnn h"rUo,p "rO SpetMm. M
Commissioner. said, and some of them
were in Ohio ut the time Of tho election.
VA, ts PROMISED i'm f 10 iurnisll the committee
when the % election % orrnrroS t ."i'' Whereabouts
nryocp,r,c rysr,,,o.x
A w U;c.s ,o,;aor, - ,:,.;,,.
-, 90 VI o'i''i''''a'''
asea o. years, Testified that when he went
tothcpolls OH election day the streets were
full OF DEPUTY United States Mnrsb,la
1,h,,,. ..or., ..,,al ,,;,I. III .,e.',
Vs.. ou''.oos P'sto's'
WHICH Wefe orandished IN reckless man
ncr. He was challenged by Republican
judge OF clection-a man who knew him
well, and knew lie was legal voter there.
Ono man was shot by n deputy marshal.
He asked what he WAS shot for, and WAS
informed that it was because he voted the
Democratic ticket. Mr.. Hicks said ho
first went 10 Cincinnati in 1856, and hc
never saw such rough election there as
the one in October last, unless possibly il
was the one in 1910. mrhen they useI =
nothing but their fists" said he; "they
used pistols in the October election last,
sropy mr. nrp,,rv So
r,,. n n...a,,.. 80
'"'"eS =. Oo'hei!, 4 ciefR III 'ife lh-
terror Department and resident Of IT.
Smith, Ark, testified that he was in Gin.
c;nna,i on olec,;op day sov , ,r,n,,or.s
90" = 'N'De' "a
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~, ~, W., W., - =, ' ',,";"' ~, '"Us .''e''.
this eity md Col SGorter 0II of s. 'Tt', nn,i, o'
lie .yent to Cincinnati at the request OF
Henry S: Mckee, OF this city, to do some
mnntaas ms Wr H; hasshaI n, "hsnt ana 20 act rs
accent nm anpointment as denntv S GrJ m"rshaI ,T
because he thourht that hn wns mat
LEGALLY entitled To- do so. bnt ,i,er f"S i,Gs his
name was printed as ono Who had ,ons
tbnrc IN voin ;iieaaiiy u and Go hn rns au SJie
was better to accent than hc arrcsteJ @ eyst ho =.
consented to be sworn in Hr did MT ,yoar
n bad-e publicly. His " cnnensos ~ meo "IMn nn
the trip WAS repaid 10 him by CoIonnl
Thomas Cax,neI,"L NJ W ,%;s .;,,. oo'gmui Ti,a
witness was ~vcn n list Of ',n i've m namos Aau ~,
Mr. Rnthburn. Of men Who ,voro n .meaoo ~
ed Of going to Cincinnati to illeroiiv iivsete peta
Tile men we're from Chcaco Tie % nyrosto,i nv.ui !
them and prevented tLom from ro,;Mn
They acknowledged thai they went ,hnEc
10 vote md that they were IN be maid i i ,Io;r
expenses and Sl5 each ior their work few
tlle Democratic ticket, Witness sa;d M he
did not display his badge nor exercise else his G
Official functions as had been stated LefnrS @
tho ro,amiitce - ''"tN" ~ " 'oto