Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-08
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CINCINNATI, January 7.-At the
session Of the Springer investigating
committee to-day Mr.. Follett, having
obtained the books recording tho method
employed in the distribution Of the
pistols furnished to deputy marshals,
resumed his direct examination Of Mar
shall Wright on that point. He elected
the fact that the reyolvcrs were not
issued to individuals by Marshal Wright,
but in quantities to persons in different
wards, to be issued by them to individu-
ais. lie gave some to Captain Niche,
of Coyington, Ky. to be used for arm
ing men recommended by him to guard
the Suspension bridge. They were
mostly distributed the night before the
election. The cross-examination led
mainly into a justification of the mar
shal's course. lie denied that he au-
thorized any instructions about the use
of revolyers except for the purpose OF
keeping the peace and securing fair
election. He appointed general depu-
ties from other cities to meet the cases
of alleged intended reporters by per-
sons from those places. He gave an in
stance in the case Of one Gallagher,
who came to Cincinnati from Chicago
with gang. but left when he saw
the preparations made to prevent
repeating. Gallagher is the man now
charged with connection with the frauds
at the Chicago election. Similar cases
were reported to him from other points.
His information was that the proposed
frauds were solely in the interest of the
Democratic party. He knew that l52
colored voters were imprisoned in Ham
mond-Street statiOn-house without a
charge preferred against them by DEM
ocratic police-officers, and Kept there
during the entire day of the election.
They were then discharged without a
hearing and without record. To Mr..
Springer he said his knowledge of this
Hammond-Street station-house outrage
came to him after the election was over,
and therefore did not influence his Off
cial action on elcction-day. To Mr.. Van
Alstyne, of the committee, he said the
fact that thirty or more of these colored
men were taken from one house did not
create the impression that they were
there for the purpose of casting fraudu-
lent votes.
The examination was here suspended
to permit NJ. +. Ingalls's testimony. He
told of his interview with Marshal
Wright in his capacity of chairman of
the Citizens Committee, which he said
was committee of Democrats, organ
lied to raise money for the Democratic
campaign. His purpose in seeing
Wright was to get him and the mayor
to act in concert, so that the police and
deputies might be appointed from both
parties, and thus avoid the appointment
of deputy sherifis. Marshal Wright Ne
fused to adopt his suggestions, and they
parted in anger. ingalls, said it was
suggested to Marshal Wright that
as one third of the police were
Republicans the same proportion of
dcputy-marshals should be Democrats.
Wright's position on this subject was
that as the mayor and sheriffwerc Dem
ocrats, their forces would be Demo-
Gratis therefore his force should be Re
publican. Witness desired to avoid the
appointment of deputy sheriffs, and
hence his anxiety to have good men APP
pointed as deputy marshals.
On cross-eXamination he said his COM
mittee only raised $1,000 in money.
There was more excitement and less
money in this campaign than any one
he had ever seen. lie had furnished re-
duced rates to both Democrats and Re-
publcans just before the election over
his railroad. He thought there were
fifty Democrats and twenty-five Repub-
licens so favored. They came from
Chicago and other points.
Marshal Wright, resuming, said he
had information that j. NJ. Dawson. the
present city solicitor of Cincinnati, was
in Covington few days before the Dc
tober election getting prisoners released
from jail on straw-bail. Dawson was
the law-partner of FOllett.
Mr.. Follett objected to this testi-
mony, but withdrew his objection. a
bulldOg-reyolver and cartridge ard a
club such as were used by deputy mar
shals were put in evidence.
Frederick Cotton, lawyer, testified
he went to the United States Court
room on business on the day of the DC
tober election, and was refused admit
lance by an armed deputy marshal M
til he said he was a member of the bar.
He found the place full of mcn-many
of them negroes. United States com
miSsionerS were using the courtroom
for the examination Of prisoners. When
he went out he found an armed colored
deputy marshal guarding the stairway,
preventing citizens from coming up to
the courtroom.
Adjourned till tomorrow.