The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-28
PROVING THE PLOT
OF Governor Foraker, His Clerks aid His
COEViCts
To Make Political Capital of Attacking the
Regulations of Honest Citizsrs.--The
Conspiracy Confessed by one
Of TIE Actors in II.

COLUMBUS 0. Oct. 24.-The cTos,-ex.
amjnaliDn of GaOTge BeatOu, FOTakec's
txecu iva clcrk, while testifyiDg in lhe
inf smOus campaig racket beilg work
ed beftr3 Justice Fritchey, In this city
YVES a bomb 10 the camp Of the gang.
Baaton was asked questions about GER
tain visits and moves at the penitpntiaTy
which we're supposed to be secrets aud
e4Fefully locked up In the breasts of the
gang. He was forced to either divnlge
ins conspiracy between Foraker, VIM,
CaDpellar, chairman of Republican exec
utive committee;D D. F. Pugh, chairman of
the Republican county committee, and
several cOuVicts in the penltentiaTy or
paIjure himself. For refusing to do
the latter he is being denounced on
every hand by the gang and the editor
of the Sunday Herald, was heard TO
openly denOunce Beaton on the street
for diVulging so much in bis testimony,
To Soy they are sore tells only half the
story for every witness that has been
examined tells more for the defence
than the prosecution. The Republican
leoders who have listened to Foraker's
cnG1ssi ii vie matter
ARE THOROUGHLY DISCUsTED
and denounce Hon. George L. Converse,
who Is the leating attorney for the de
fense, In the seVerest terms. In fact
they are denOunciDg everybody aud
everything and have given up the case
as hopeless. Their reputable witnesses
have about all been examined and the
convict testimony is to follow. The con-
Vlcts could be prevented from testifying,
as there Is no authority which permits
their being brought byfOre Justice of
the Peace, but the defense Ia anxious to
have them called, and will prove the ex-
istence Of q conspiracy with the wit
nesses subj aed by the prosecution.
OF courss the convicts Campbell and
Francis wi llaad guilty to having com
mi.ted the forgery and implicate the
victims already arrested, but In the
absence Of cOrr0borstiVe testlrpOfy y Jus
tiCe Fritchey will hardly dare to hold
the alleged forgers. 1t was understood
among the ring that he would do 80, but
the affair has been such complete fiz
zle that the jnstice will hardly dare TO
defy pub ic opinion, aud bold the Dris-
OneTs to wait the action of the grand
jury. The arrest of DR.. Montgomery Oh
the charge of grand larceny, In addi.
tiOn to the charge Of being implicated in
the 205-508 forGeIi9s is fair sample Of
THE INFAMOUS CONDUCT
of the gang in their search for cam
psign literature. The doctor is charged
with having desk made at the peniten
ti8yy which was not paid for; and on
| this charge FOrsker's jumping jack,
Prosecuting Attorney Huling, ma0e al
affidavit, charging the doctor with grand
larceny, and by this move has convicted
himself of perjury, as the following re-
ceipt for the desk In question will show
March 81, 1885
DR.. Montgomery: To Ohio peniten
tiaTy. Making book case, thirty si2
days labor at 80 cents-$28.80 Less
$1265 $l615 Recelpted.
LII. LANG, Clerk.
This price of 80 cents per day being
more than Is usually paid for cOnvicl
labor. nr. Montgomery placed the mat
ter before the Board of Managers, who
deducted $1265 from the bill, which was
then paid ard receipt given. This
paradilg Of reputable honest citizens IL
the public prints as being guilty o.
fel0niOus crimes against society anC
the State for the purpose of taking ad
vantage Of plblic sympathy for the ben
eft OF ths Republican county and State
ticket Is not opposed 10 public decency
nut degrades the honor Of the State snt
American manhood. 1t Is q public ex
hibitiOn of the depravlty of GOveTDo
foraker and his political tools, an exbi
bitiOn which the people Of the State ar
soon to condemn or approve.