The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
ALL CRY FRAUD.
A Chapter in SingiseT's
History.
HOW HE STUFFED
| THE BALLOTBOX.
A Fine Candidate, Is
He Not?
Voters. Read and
Ponder.
Can you Afford
to Reflect
Him 2

The following afhdavlt, MADE by ont
Of the parties that had hand in thu
inf rnal scheme, ought 10 convince the
voters that are hating between voting
for T. F. Singiser and Old Honest JOIN
that there is very little choice il the
matter. Ike Brigham was deputy
sheriff Of Alturas under Charley Furey
Territory Of Idaho, ..
County Of Me- Perce.
l, Isaac IL Brigham, being first duly
sworn, d, d pose and say that am now
y resident # Assotin, w. T.; that was
L resident Of Alturas county, Idaho
Territory, continuously from the year
1878 until the month Ct December, 1888;
that am we'll acquai tied with L. +.
Sing isor, Republican capd date for dele
gate 10 congress; that he was a candi.
date for the same Office in the year 1882;
that in said Alturas county there was
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
jadges of election, and SO duly appoint
I'd to serve 1t the November election in
1882; that at the suggestion and request
Of said T. F. Singiser af{iant went to
O'Conner's house and procured the said
poll books and delivered the same to
one E. r. Leonard, who took them to
the house If one Patton, a distance of
about II miles, and delivered them into |
the hands of T. F. Singiser and W. T.
Riley, who were there; that thereupon
SAID Singiser, Leonard and Riley closet
cd themselves in q room in said Pat
toms house and there prepared from
tickets with Singiser's name
thereon for congress, and erased from
, large portion Of the same the name
If J. Ii. Harris, the republican candi-
late for joint councilman, and inserted
N lieu thereof the name OF E. A Wall;
hat five hundred If these tickets were
hus prepared, and that thereupon said
'iDgiser, Rley and Leonard pre-
Jared a list Of bogus names correspond {
NJ With the number Ct tickets; that {
he tickets and list thus prepared with
he poll books we're, the morning of the :
lecaon, returned by saId Singiser, :
,iley and Leonard to the house OF j
)Conner, the place where the election j
'as appointed to take place; there be- = .
X 10 box prepared for the reception !;
tickets, atliAnt made box about p
,et long and cut holo in the top a.
hereof near ore end; that Singiser
it'll his own hands aided in putting =
10 Bogus zoo tickets in the box; that al =
10 r, quest Of S ngiser, Lsonard and
10y, AMI in their presence, afiiant -
allied up the box with the said bogus
,kets therein; that the box was then
'livered to Thomas ii ,rt, who at oncr
nounced the polls open and proceed.
with the election; that not to exceed
Q legal votes were cast at sail pre-
lct at the N vember election for 1882,
i yet over 20 were counted and re-
rned as having boon cast thereat;
1t sad Thomas Hart was induced 10
in the fraud aforesaid by the pay-
mt Of money, portion Of which was
'Iishsd by Sirgisei; that said Hart
pointed his own associate judges snd The
ks at said election, and by that Cal
ans was enabled to, and did, count
1 return as legal votes the said 500
zets thus fraudulently placed in
Aforesaid. Car
/. II. BINGHAM. WI
ubscribed and sworn to bel fore me
9th day of September, 1884.
W. T. McKERN, NJ
[sEAL] Notary Public. vi
'itpesses to the above signature:
JASPER RAND,
w. F. KErTINAcH,
n. L. CATION,
j. w. PARKER,
SAMUEL G. HurCHINes. lCAl