The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-24
ALL CRY FRAUD.
A Chapter in Singiser's
History.
HOW HE STUFFED
THE ~BALLOTBOX.
A Fine Candidate, Is
He Not?
Voters, Read and
Ponder.
Gan you Afford
tORe-elect
Him /?

iuo huludVlJ, uaue Dy on
of the parties that had a hand in til
Internal scheme, ought TO convince tn
voters that are hating between votin,
for T.F. SiDgiser and Old Honest job
That there is very little choice ia th'
matter. Ike Bingham was deputy
sheriff of Alturas under Charley Furey
Territory If Idaho, .,
County OF Me- Perez. ."
l, Isaac II Bingham, being first duly
sworn, d. Oppose and ssy that | am now
= resident of Assotin, w. T.; that | was
Il resident of Alturas county, Idaho
Territory, continuously from tho year
1878 until the month If Decenber, 1888;
chat am well aoqAi ted with Z. +
5ingiser, Il publican cal d date for dele
gate to congress; hat he was q candi.
late for the same Office in che year 1882;
hat in said Aiiuras county there as s.
precinct called Junction precinct; that
ahe poll books for said precinct were
eft at the house OF ole Matthew
o Conner for Thomas Hart, one of the
J tdges of election, and 50 d ily appoint
"a 10 serve 1T the November elec' ion il
1882, that at the suggestion sud rsqaest
u said L. f. S.ugiser ~aIiiant wsit to
,nner's mousse and procured the suid
poll books snd delivered the same to
one T. Il. Leonard. no took them to
tie Luase # oae Patton, u distance OF
about J mics, aud Delivered thom into
the hands Of !. 7. Sing ser and W. T.
key, who were there; tha. thereupun
said sing ser, LEONARD and /. ley closs-
Il tAeInse.ves IN q ruom i'll sad Pat
HOUSE, and there prepared from
epGtllcan utkeis with S.naiser's name
hereoh Tor congress, and erased from
! large u r.ion vi the saDo Tho la a,
Il j. II II 'rIis, tho republican candi.
late ioi jnnS councilman, and inserted
II lieu thereof the name o Z A W.li
hive Lundied If Lhese ticAe.s were
prepared, sind that %thereupon SAID
ley and Leonard pre-
jared Il list If bogus names correspond
~ with The numb,r If tickets; lha
tickets and list thus prepared With
40 poll Books were, the morning OF the
lection, returned by saId Singiser
LEY and Leonard 10 the house OF
Conner, the place where the election =
as sppoiuted TO take place; there be- :
Z no box prepared for the reception
tickets, ailiant made n box about %
long and cut a hole in the ioD
ereof near II end; that Singiser
tn mis- W hands aided in putting
Q bogus zoo tickets in the boz; that at D.,
0 request Of S nsiser, Leonard AMI F!
ley, and in their presence, sfh mt :
lied up the box with tho said bogus
kets therein; thai the box was then
livered to Thomas Hurt, who at once
nounced the polls open and proceed
with the election; that not TO exceed
} legal votes were cast at said pre-
ct at the N vember election for 1882.
! yet ovet go we're counted and re-
ned as having been cast thereat;
t said Thomas Hart was induced TO
In the fraud aforesaid by the pay
Mt OF money, a portion OF which was
1ished by Su giser; that said Hart
'ointed his W associate judges md -
ks at sIid election, and by that q
ms was enabled to, and did, count
return as legal votes the said 500
els thus f~raudulently placed in
aforesaid.
/. II. BINGHAM.
and sworn 10 b. fore ma I
9th day Of September, 1884.
W. t. MCkERN,
CsEAL] Nltuy Public. /
III es'es IN tie above signatur..: "a
JASPER RAND. -
W. +. KEITINAcH,.
n. ]. CATION, --
j. w. PARKER. w
SAMUEL c HUrcHINGs.
Y. CamuA that's - sii,ing a't'- -