Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-10-18
THAT "FROD."
THE CHARGE PROVED FALSE BE.
eYOND A DOUBT.

AsAuSS NANOy IVuhuCue NAthAVuS |
Names are Found Ia the Alleged
Bogus List, and Even Mr.. Haley
Must Disbelieye the Affidavit.
1t seems that the half has not been
told concerning Ike Bingham's rascal
ity, aud TT least dozen prominent
citizens not mentioned in the list of
the swindled published in yesterdays
TIMES, complain OF Ike Bingham.
After robbing Con. Tatro at Rocky
Bar, he had the matter hushed up,and
Mr.. Bledsoe, the then Democratic
County Assessor and Tax Collector,
appointed him his deputy. Bing-
hams accounts were found to be short
sl.7S6. On being taxed with the
shortage, Ike claimed that S. &. Dill
'ey had stolen the money! Mr.. Dilley
denied it, but as the money had been
kept in his safe and both he and Ike
Bingham had had access to it, Mr..
DilIey could not disprove the charge,
and his name has been under a cloud,
because Of that, ever since.
AS Deputy Postmaster at Bellevue,
Bingham's accounts were also short
over $4,000. E. c. Coffin and H. K.
Miller, his bcndsmen, made THAT
good, and are still out the amount.
John Van Setback and David Ethel
went security, some years ago, for
$1,000 which Bingham embezzled
from a Democratic Assessor. They
sent $465 over here to pay on account
5000 in cash, the balance in checks.
Bingham gambled off the money, and
paid in the checks. The fact was not
found out till afterward.
He has had remarkable luck in
escaping punishment for his crimes,
simply through pity for his family.
But the principal reason is that he was
not found out until the Sheriff dis
charged him. A day or two there
, after these things were made known,
but it was then too late to prosecute
him, as no one knew where he was.
THE AFFIDAVIT FALSE ON ITS FACE.
ANY citizen who wishes to can sat-
S isfy himself that the affidavit is false
y by examining the POLLOCK, which is
still on file in the County Recorders
office. The names are all written in
the same hand, and one of the clerks
: of the election was Earl Race, a man
who was for some years the confiden-
y tial clerk of Mr.. Haley. Any one
who knows Earl Race knows that he
= would not stoop to fraud. The other
'' clerk was Fred. T. kegler, who is
we'll known.
Again: T. f. Singiser's name ap-
pears first on the list of voters; then
Matt. O'Conner's, Terry's, E. r. Leon
= ards and those of many other we'll
% known citizens. All these names ap.
pear among the first 200 or 800 on the
. poll-list, and thus prove the affidavit
- to be false, as it atlirms positively thai
. 500 names were written on the book.
;" before they were turned over to the
! Judges and clerk. Would it not have
- been the highth of folly for these we'll
known citizens to have had thei
y names put on the list fraudulently
10 when they had an unquestioned RICH
- to vote
y MR. HALEY KNEW ALL THIS.
About one week ago Mr.. Halle,
~ called at Mr.. Leonard's Office ant
Ct showed him the affidavit. Mr.. Leon
9 ard thereupon accompanied Mr.. Hal
g lev to the Recorders Office, shovel
s. him the poll box, with Earl Race
g signature as Clerk, also those of tn
t. judges and of Fred. 7. Kegler, affirm
ing the regularity of the returns
and Mr.. Leonard even explained t
ID Mr.. Haley that 1t was impossible fe
at any such fraud to have been perpe
# trated. Yet, after all this, Mr.. Halle
ve permitted the affidavit to be published
lv ANOTHER PROOF OF FALsEHooD.
The affidavit recites that he (Bine
ham) made the ballot box, and that
was two feet long. District Attorne
3D. Bruner saws that he (Bruner made
y" =" He got an empty soap-box from
~ freighter's camp and prepared it him
self.
's' The affidavit states that E.
- Leonard, w. T. Riley and 7. F. Sint
=" User doctored the books and ticket