Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-10-30

September, 1854, before W. T. Mekern
at,ested by his array Of witnesses, to b
published just before election. after Sing
iscr had gone, to throw doubt upon hi
I personal integrity aud gain votes 70
HALEY. In reference to the. character o
SAID Bingham for truth and veracity, v,
publish the following letter to Mr.. A
Metiregor:
MURRAY, Idaho, Oct IS, 1884.
4. NcGregor, Lewiston, ]. T.,
DEAR SIR:-Learning from Mr.. Sing
iser and others that an affidavit has been
made and sworn to BY one Isaac H. Bing,
ham wherein Mr.. Singiser is falsely rep
resented as having been implicated in
certain election frauds two years ago. !
take the liberty to state that to my per
sonal knowledge any statement on oath
or otherwise where the said Bingham :
personal interests are affected or his per
sonal gain assured is not worthy Of the
credence Of anybody, as he is guilty Of
acts in which be has a, several different
times become crilninally liable to any &C
ton brought agains. him, viz Embcx-
element, for the third ofense which took
place since my absence from the place
where it took place be is at present want
ed at HALEY, Alturas county, Idaho, which
place he left during the night taking his
wife and child with him and has not since
been seen or heard from in this Territory.
This l say in justice to Mr.. S;ngiser, and
further, l probably know a. much con.
corning the alleged election frauds as Mr.
Bingham, although l was not at the place
at which the polls were held upon the
date therein mentioned. However do
know that Mr.. Bingham was present and
spending large amount Of money and
within the next few days following l
found myself short about 81, 200 Of which
funds he was in charge and to which be
had access. Let those who choose there
fore credit the statement and in the mean
time the sheriff Of Alturas county is likely
to appear upon the scene.
Yours very respectfully,
c. p. TArRo, J. p.
In addition to this letter We reprint
the following from the Haley Times
published by Con. Tatro, brother Of c.
p. Tatro, in relation to Ike. Bingham:
If 1 am poor to-day, can thank Ike.
Bingham for it. He robbed me Of all l
had He even stole a money package
out Of my safe when was express and
stage agent, but, thank God! l made him
own up to that, and he had TO borrow the
money from JACK Campbell to make it
good. Dave Bingham is highway rob-
Der, but Ike. is hundred times worse.
l have kept silent about it because it was
my own loss; but now the people can See
the cause Of my failure.
Then the Inter- Idaho, HALEY organ,
in commenting on the Times article
says
Without entering into discussion Of
the merits Of the affidavit, just here, the
following list Of amounts stolen from
Sheriff Furey or from others, by him
ike. Bingham) or amounts borrowed by
him, or bills contracted by him and left
unpaid, is published:
Then follows Inst Of names Of people
from whom the Times charges Ike. go,
$1,000 in coin, as "deputy sheriff.
This is what c. p. Tatro alludes I,
when he refers to other embezzlement
from the sheriff Of Alturas county which
were discovered after Tatro went to Muir
ray, and just before Bingham fed tn
Territory, between two days, and who's
whereabouts was not known till they wer'
learned by the appearance Of Bingham
affidavit. Now HALEY gets this AFFIDAVIT
BY payment Of money to the afiant, an.
enjoins secrecy Of its existance, till jus
before election when the fun answer coul,
not be given here, because Singiser hat
gone and his friends could not personally
know anything Of the facts, and tina
secrecy would doubtless have been main
tanned, had not one Of the parties VII,
was witness to the instrument got on
drunk and revealed the fact Of its exist
ance and some Of the charges il containet
aud BY that means the TELLER obtainet
the facts from which, last week, it ex
posed the fraud and challenged it, pro
duction to the public, and thus in tn,
language Of the HALEY Times in refer
encc to the same matters
After nearly two years Of painful labor
the Haley Mormon mountain has givel
birth to mouse.
We need to say no further in regar,
to Hailey's dishonesty in politics. If an.
Of Hailey's supporters are proud of hi
and their own tricks to catch votes, sen
sible men doa't chime in.
THE best.laid schemes O mice an mel
Gang aft a-glsy,
An leA's Us naaght but grief and pain
For promised joy"
An experienced lawyer for district attor
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