The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-01-07

EVER since the October election the
Democracy have been making bitter CON-
plant of the injustice and intimidation of
the United States Marshals at Cincinnati
and one of the faithful has secured the
appointment of Congressional committee
to investigate. Up to this hour no one has
been able TO point out single person who
was prevented from casting his ballot who
had legal right TO vote. On the contrary
Democratic policemen arrested and I'M
prisoned, at wholesale, legal voters and
drove many others away from the polls by
threats and violence, and one prominently
engaged in the Work has had his trial,
been convicted and sentenced TO impris-
onment one year. II shows that II is the
same old cry stop thief" by which they
thought TO cover up their own rascality.
The decision Of Judge Baxter, in sen.
tenclng the one most prominent in this
outrage, is most excellent and we give II
entire:
Michael Mullen, you stand convicted of
the crime of having, by unlawful means,
prevented number of your lellow.citzens
from voting in the recent Congressional
election, held in this city. You were at
the time policeman paid to protect every
one In the exercise Of their legal rights.
But instead OF doing this you availed
yourself of an unauthorized and indefinite
order issued by the Mayor commanding
the arrest OF "all suspicious persons found
on the Streets" as color for your wrong.
full action, and proceeded to arrest and i'm
prison 152 citizens, having as good right to
vote as you had. and detained most Of
them until the election was Oyer and in
this way and by these means deprived
them of their constitutional right TO vote.
The Mayors order, we think, was a I'm.
surpation. But If it were otherwise, you
went beyond the most liberal construction
that can be reasonably given 10 it. 1t pro.
fessed TO authorize the arrest OF suspicious
persons (whatever these terms may mean)
found on the Streets" whilst you invaded
the homes Of some of your victims, at or
about midnight preceding the election,
and dragged them from their beds without
explanation TO the prison improvised for
the occasion, and there detained them un.
I'll after the polls were closed II there
were any facts tending TO bring them
within the purview Of the Mayors order
you failed to put them in evidence. On
the contrary, the testimony demonstrated
that you knew them 10 be citizens Of Gin
cinnati Tor several years preceding theiI
arrest; and yet you proceeded without in
quiry, complaint or proof, 10 arrest and
hold them In durance vile, as alleged Ia
the indictment, under the pretence of Of
fetal duty, but in fact to prevent then
from exercising their constitutional right
to vote for Representative for Congress
The evidence Of your gull, was 80 con
vincing that your jealous and able counse
voluntarily yielded to Its irresistible force
and, with your acquiscence manifested IL
open Court, consented to the finding mad,
by the jury. This finding thus obtained
Is virtual confession by you that the ar
rest and Imprisonment Of the persons
named were for the; wrongful purpose al
legged In the Indictment.
Such an Unprecedented invasion Of tho