The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-07
WORK OF THE MARSHAL.
The Infamies Practiced by the Hordes Of
Democratic Sluggers.

The Infamies Pracriced by the Hordes of
Democratic Slugcers.
The scenes in and around United States Mar
shall Hawkins's Office yesterday afternoon were
such as have never before been witnessed 10 the
State Of Indiana. from the stand point of South
ern bulldozing and intimidatins policies.
Through the services OF his scores Of deputies.
it soon became tho rule that . respectable Re-
publican citizen of Indianapolis, no matter how
well known. who had been so fortunate as to
avoid arrest for election frauds" and "illeeal
voting might consider himself extremely for
tunate, and rather the exception than the rule.
The public generally we'll posted
az to the methods Democratic managers
have pursued in flooding the city
with saloon lOafers and thugs. From respecta-
BILE point of view the deputies may be considered
as having rendered excellent service for in
hundreds Of cases their infamous policies served
moro to disgust peacelovine Democrats than
encourage them In advocating such party prnci-
pies. The deputies proved themselves to be
nothing more than a gang Of dangerous men
who would stop at nothing While they were
unable to secure the inside track that Sim Coy
would have advocated. had the rumtf Of his
presence in the city been true. yet the work out
side the chutes was none the less disgraceful
The work of yesterday divuless no course far
different from this. Armed with revolvers they
stood at the polls guarding the sacred purity Of
the Democratic votes. Scenes like the follow
ing, which occurred Ia the first precinct of the
Sixth ward, We're not uncommon: II drew a
good revolver remarked DR.. Lockridge. a dep
uty United States marshal. 1T is one can de-
pend on"
lad 4
know the gun l handle
My gun, said a third, carries clean ball"
By scanning the reports from the various
wards and precincts, published in another col
umn, it may be seen that these intimatiods rel
alive to shotgun policies were fulfllment.
It would be 90 utter impossiblity to adequately
cover all the infamous deeds committed through
the sanction of the marshal during the day. 1t
would simply be to enumerate list after list OF
cases. the majority Of them concerning colcred
men. where men in every sense of the word legal
voters, were challenged, arrested and hauled up
into the marshafs Office, where they were dis
posed of By such assistants as Leon Bailey and
others OF like calibre. The downright ipfamy OF
these proceedings can best be illustrated by cit
ing some of the cases and their disposition. One
of the most popular schemes Of the deputies was
theexercise of their authority on men who COM
mittsd the crime Of asking them civil question.
In the first precinct Of the Twenty -fourth ward
Geo. l.. Berry and John r. Wolfe, two legal
voters, went TO the polls 20 vote. and were at
once challenged by Dr. VIM. Browning.
Michael McGleDn and Thomas Dugan, on
the ground of ilegality. Fred G. Wiseloeel.
q freeholder of the city, offered to make an
affidavit in their behalf. and as be turned aside
to DO so he Was met with the remark from Dep
uty Marshal John Fox, barkeeper ia Mrs
Kissel's saloon. corner McCarty street and Rus
sch avenue, "Come this way 10 make out your
affidavit Oteying these instructions, which
he supposed were authorized he was met by
two other deputies, and all were started toward
the postofice. DIR. G. /. Fletcher, who il q
voter In the Second ward, happened to witness
the proceeding followed the Deputies and ac-
ccsted one, James Mcfarland. with the cues
ton, "By whose authority are you taking these
men awayr
1T doesn't made q bit OF difference
By whose authority il il. You come with me-
replied The deputy, showing his badge. And