Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-09
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Special Telegram to The BkE.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, June s.-Renewed interest
ia awakened in the notorious Mackin-Galla
CHER cases through some startling revelations
which have bsen made by Cha les Z Gilmore,
now in the county Jail awaiting trial on q
charge of perjury. The story he tells will be
more particularly startling to Joseph O.
Mackin than to thepublc, whiehhas all along
been pretty well convinced that he was the
contri, er of all the Zine work" done in the
election frauds, the chief instigator of oil con-
| spiracles, and also the prompter of the sue
cessiye perjuries which have plunged mire
than one poor dupe into q sea of trouble.
Gilmore is the man who swore to lie In ref
for the Eighteenth ward polls He
was committed to the counay Jail on charge
| of perjury, and has been waiting all this
time tor his employer, Macsin, TO come to
his aid Finding that he has BEEN deserted,
he determined to make clean breast OF it
and requested District Attorney Tuthill to
come and see him in jail. The result OF the
interview Is an affidavit by the prisoner, in
whIca he gives full details of the perjury he
was guilty of
To reporter this afternoon Gilmore said:
"I have been thinking of making confession
L L
this hole the people whom worked for never
came to see me and when asked them to ali
me refused. sent to Joe Mackin III d 9th rs
of the gang to have them engage 8 democratic
lawyer for me, and they sent back word that
the court would take care of me aud appoint a
lawyer to defend me free of cost. inst
think of 1t, to let republican judge ap-
point republican lawyer to take care
Of my case. He'd pay into the hands of the
other side right along and I'd be played for a
sucker. When the gang got done with me
they would throw me aside. swore to get
even, and told them L would. Mackin OF
some one else sent me word that il I squealed
of the Jail. This made me mad, for If the
gang had stood by me never would have
| gone back on it. would rather have gone te
the penitentiary or swung, frst. The people
outside Of the county clerks office whe were
in that deal, were to my knowledge. Jot
, name don't know, and myself. The
scheme was put up in Msckin's Office
, at lie south Clark street.
used to go up in the off 70 to Sc.
5 Mackin a6ont politics and the work h,
, wanted me to do on the goth of Novem
) ber. Mackin asked me to 20 to Arthur
Gleason's house to learn if he was going co b.
r down at the oftics the next day. Gleason
said he was not, and this seemed to pleas,
1 Mackin. When / came back there wer,
sevsral men in Mackin's front Office. The,
were talking and seemat to have ONE specia
I business on hand. l heard reference mad,
to watchman, but didnt know what wa
8 meant. stayed around the offise for q whil
= and when l was leaving Mactin told M
to be on hand early the next morning no
i later than o'clock. l was on hand at tina
= hour. Mackin. New York man,--~ho
, said to 90 very fne worker-and other,
9 were there before me. The MAJ
lxuhp T 70 fha
Q clerks office was described to me. I wa
o given two b q envelopes aud told to go owe
and deliver them l went over and fouu
= only oue man in the clerks office. and
s answered the description. / gave him tn
1t ballots and he rushed to the vault with them
d l did not sea him put them into the box, bu
q heard noise within the vault as though h
II was putting them away
% 'What was the name of the man to whoI
n you gave the packages!"
# In reply to this q estlon Gilmore mention
3, ed the name of clerk in the county clerk
4, flee who has never been suspected of havin
n had any connection with the fraud I'll
W clerk when interviewed and told shat Gi
ID more said, denied having had anything to {
10 with the fraud, and said that he would n,
t. know Gilmore il he saw him.
:" BY Associated Press.
" CHICAGO, Ill. June g. Renewed intere
y y, in the election frsud cases ha, bsen develops
~ to-day by the confession of Charles Il. Gi
Al more, who was arrested for perjury ON Il
"a "a trial Of Mackin and Gallagher in the Unit
=, -, States district court Gilmore's per jury co
=, A. sisted in an attempt to show that the ticke
~ found in the eighteenth ward ballot b,I hi
s been printed prior to tho election, while T.
y. ~ facts We clear that they were pr nted aft
-, the election and submitted forb ballots regular
", W cast. Gilmore now makes affidavit that t
;. scheme of psIjury was prep red by Macki
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