The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01

tOueNs but tueee llCkets MAJ pen yl-mark'u
nun befs II hgures upon their bffks, CORE
spending 10 the names OF voters j the pol
book In the envelope with the taliots was
pol book, or Whist purpoTted 20 be- aud
sppertainiDg TO the late elecs0n. bat
the certificates bearing the nanss OF can
didstes and number Of votes feast for
each one had no ensures, IS theS pSll- book
hid which was before the CounAr Canvass
ing Board This Que was appE-ently al
original paper. and it showed tf.at Rraad
had receiy ed 474 votes and Lsn-an % for
Senator, But ihe tally-sheet whiSh ives ex-
amiDed by the CanvassiEg Boai and the
certificate upon the POLLOCK fouTSi with the
ballots ard the figures on the zsck of the
spurious tickets were found to bAsu in one
handwriting. and after procurine.the aid OF
experts ard testimony OF dihere indisid
uals who were acquainted with iae pscul
srites OF the writing. which are Is pr0mi-
nent IL ones CHR. graphy as iUsthe baea
ments of the couniennuce, It was f.eclar TO
be that of William J GallagherS Then it
was proved that Of ihs four depu* Ties IN the
County Clerks Office. Gleason md Bsihl
were the two who lad the combination Of
the lock to the vault in which Re returns
and ballots were placed. sDd whef the votes
of the Second Precinct / OF the
Eighteenth ward were reached in $le csnYass
which was November IS { il was
found that sometime between tSe 7th and
the 18th of November that the reisIrns made
by tie Judges OF Election on the ia or 9Th
of November had beea altered. ent the vault
had lot been so secure place q was sup
p 'sed, and as the defendants GSsason and
Beihl alone had the means CT accsss to the
vault where the returns were kepts in some
way they were responsible for the nffense. It
was not argued that either did thS altering
or the forging or the substituting of the
spurious ballets, bat that one o. the other
must have given the opportunity: for s5ms
one else 10 do it.
The defense utterly sud eDtirGly denied
the inculpatiDg facts. Each OF It's defend
ants were witnesses il their Q "a behalf.
Proof was also offered to show tAat tickets
like It's one claimed to have beaa printed
on November q by the Hanscom
Company were made IL Tnmau's
printing heuse on MOVE nber 5.
and were circulated during elekhon day.
JeTimlel J Sullivan, Charles E: Gilmore,
Edward n. SiDons and George Z. Bitman
testified that there were tickets printed on
November B. and circulated on the 4th, bat
the testimony was OF such CHARACTER that
the connected psrt showed slmo1 conclu-
sively that il was q made-up story, The next
day following Sullivan was arrested for per-
Jury, and on Tuesday, February L. be gave
q new testimony and added an exciting fea-
ture to the trial by acknowledging. under an
other oath that he had before sworn to lie
or q succession of lies, and that. he knew
nothing of the affair, did noS even know
Mackin until since the trial opened, whom
he said had paid him almost 81 for his tes
timony with the promise OF more aud pc
sition in the Government Printing Office at
Washington. He sRid he made this con-
fession on his own responsibility without
pey or reward or promise OF any KIND.
Sullivan, Gilmore, Simons LitTaan and I.
L. O'Brien, the 90 between who Introduced
Sullivan to Mackin, were arrested rs having
sworn TO rank perjury. Mackin claimed
that the perjured testimony came to him &C
cidentally, but in the evidence it was
shown that Sullivan and Litman
visited the defendant, Mackin's room,
at the Palmer House. and had been furnished
by him with samples of the ticket they were to
swear was printed by Sullivan in Litnlan's
printing rooms. Litman gave bail, the rest
were placed in custody,
IL the evidence there was shown 10 be an
unknown party, and man by the name Of
Michael Sullivan was one OF the clerks of
election in this precinct. who went away
shortly after the election. Some proof tended
to show that the altered Doil-bCOk is part Of
it in the handwriting of this mao, and from
this fact, Gallagher's friends clsim that the
forgery was done by him, aud he has left the
country to avoid the punishment.
Gallagher was known to be an expert cleo
ton Official, and the intimate friend Of
MackiD. and when It became evident 70 the
"boss of the machine gang of tie city and
county that more and finer work still re-
NAMED to be done, it would be natural to
suppose that the most intimate friend would
be selected rather than q stranger, and we are
to suppose that the Jury reasoned thus also.
Wednesday morning. February is. the argu-
ments were opened for the prosecution by
General Hawley, after the counsel for both
sides had retired for fifteen minutes, for the
purpose of deciding upon a plan of proceed
ure. He occupied the remainder OF the day.
Thursday morning, Frank ID. Turner urged
his plea in behalf of Mackin, charging polit-
icsl persecution. He was followed by n. W.
Thomson, counsel for Gallagher, who made
it q point that no conspiracy had been
proven. About 3 o'clock Judge Purpie, of
Indiana, began his address to the jury, and
reviewed the evidence offered by the prose
cution, creating much merriment by bis sar-
Casm and wit, and referring to the testimony
on the handwriting as the wonderful proof
to be established by the "dotlets, over the
isn
Friday morning General Stiles began his
address for the prosecution, scoring MackIn
most numerically, and complimeuting Gal
lagher on his more fortunate makeup as q
gent u an, but said that the two were coa-
nee d through each phase OF the trial. They
WEI & gether when the subpoena was served
on Ryan and when Msckin was brought bs-
fore Justice of the Peace; they were en-
&c ged in the same business; they were boon
companions and while Mackin was the
greater schemer, they were both guilty.
Mr.. Grcsscup followed in behalf OF Gle ason,
claiming that his clients act was one of ne
cessity, not of criminal intent. That he had
aged parents, wife and sister dependent
upon him. And" said ne, drive the
chariot Of Justice as fast as you may, but see
that its wheels crush not the innocent IS we'll
as the guilty"
Alderman Young claimed that no shadow
of guilt rested upon Beihl. In the after
noon Leonard SWEET spoke for Gleason,
which speech seemed to have more effect
than Grosscup's. At 3 p. N. District Attor-
ney Tuthill began q long argument, which
occupied the remainder of the afternoon aud
a few minutes Saturday morning. 1t was
exhaustive and comprehensive. at 1915
Judge Bledget began the charge to the jury,
which retired at IL 80. remaining out until
sos p m. During the intervening hours
ladies and gentlemen waited 10 the court
room for the final scene.
A packed room greeted the returning
jurors. Mackin, Gallagher and Bsihl were
seated near your correspondent. Mackin
was calm bat pale BE watched with cum
ming Intensity each Juror as they assembled
the bench. Gallagher wore the same express
sion which has characterized him through
the trial, and other than q prolonged look
and slight falling Of the under lip, nothing
indicated that it was more than q moment.
OF ordinary interest. Beibl sroIssd my