Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-30
The following affidavit is from w. o.
thompson, q gentleman who Jones at
tempted TO corrupt:
Affidavit Of w. o. Thompson.

Thompson, q gentleman who Jones at
tempted TO corrupt:
AFFIDAVIT Of w. O.. Thompson.
!TxRRTToRY OF MONTANA,
COUNTY or fHvRR Bow, So
W. o. Thompson, q witness OF lawfui age. be
say:
nv naa Q IL W. o. Thompson, and I reside at
Inompsons ranch, ut the foot Ut Homestaxe
vas at my home on or about the 9th day OF Oc.
tober, 1889, at which time and place I was an
Rroacned ~ 2 young imam whose name I do not
i.sDa6l EaD GOO oon NM snss q e E En,, sscs s 2 ts Of H. b.
worked n Thompson Campbel's ofRcein BATE.
ne OF me that he lad been at W, ra up at the
WorR 1 Sad nre s1nas Ell g S., tne railroad; that the
mao quit. He told me that he had been work
ing at the tunnel with the purpose Of find ne
QUO come flaw n the election at the tunnel, Pre-
throw out that precinct. he asked me Il 1 would
Ike 70 Werk Tor him. 1 asked him what he
wanted me TO 90. He told me thst If ! would
tractors and work there and talk around, and
mad out some fay N the election there that
would ensble the RepqbIicans to throw out the
51 a Precinct. that he would pay me s5 per
the conirectors as wages. He said further that If
snould 90 good work and find out something
important and get evidence that would secure
would make me . 'I present. s J u pfs so. ins ssi a.
when the Job should be completed that he would
than anything I could do on q ranch, told
him ! would BEE about it, and he said that !.
should call at his Office at Thompson Camp
Campbell's Office and I have not seen the msn
date. n0
lsigned] W. O. THOMPSON.
day Of October. A. D. 1885,.
[Signed] WILL L. CLARK,
Notary Public.
lskAL1 Silver Bow County, Mon. Ter.
j. D. Gallagher is another man, who it
was thought, could be induced by liberal
offers Of money to perjure himself and az.
sist the Republicanssto securesome OF those
coveted afidavits.
Afidavit cf !. r. Gallagher.
TERRITORY IF MONTANA, l..
COUNTY OF SILVER Bow. }se
Up. Gallagher, a witness of lawful age, being
duly sworn upon his oath, does depose snd
say:
lam in the employ of the contractors on the
Butte d Gallatin branch railroad, and work at
the west end of the tunnel in Homestaks pass,
In Silver Bow county. / was 9 duly qualified
voter at the late election held on October I,
1883, and voted on said day at the funnel pre-
tory. On or about the 9Th day Of October, 1889,
while at my work near the west end of the said
/ was approached by g young man whose
name / do not He talked to me about
and after some conversation on the
he went down In his pocket inc pulled
oat 9 large roll Of money, greenbacks, and told
that Ii ! would make an affidavit that / had
voted the straight Republican ticket at said
he would give me 800, and would Be-
cure me q job in Butte that would pay me SS a
day as long as I wanted it. I suspected him
when he first spoke to me, and deliberately
him by saying that I had voted the Re-
publican ticket, when in truth and In fact l
voted the Democratic ticket at said election, and
voted 1t straight. I told him I would sign no
such afidavit for money or for any other con-
that ] had voted as ! pleased. He
left me then and / had no further talk with him.
] have been at work at said tunnel since May,
1889, continuously up to the present time. 1
was at the polling place at Precinct No. 81. in
Silver Bow county, on election day, October
], 1889 from half past 9 O'Clock in the morning
until the polls closed. / know of my own
knowledge that there was no influence or coer-
cion of any kind used by our employers to- COM
pei the men to vote In any particular way. The
men voted as they pleosed on election day. If
anything had been done to compel the men to
ct said precinct in any other way than as
they pleased, either before election or on Octo-
Der l, 1889, I would b We heard of 1t and would
know it.
[Signed] Up. GALLAGHER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23d
day Of October, 1889.
(Signedl PERRIN W. IRVINE.
Notary Public,
[sEALl Silver Bow County, Mon. Ter.