St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-22
C0RRUPTiNC A JUDGE.
Nels j. Ness Is Cutting Some
what Of a Swath in the
Sixth Ward.
He Attempts to Bride a Judge
Of Election With Fifty
Dollars.
w. sehafenay, However, De-
clined to Receive the
Tempting Bait.
Singular Action OF the Ness
Gang at a Polling
Place.
Fifty dollars for a single election

Fifty dollars for a single election
judge!
IhlS may seem pretty steep to most
people, but the Republican managers
are willing to pay 1t. At least that was
the sum offered W. Schaperay, one of
the judges in the Third precinct of the
Sixth ward by Nels J. Ness
ON Monday evening, provided Mr..
Schaperay would consent to remain
away from the polling place i'm his pre-
cinct yesterday morning and allow Mr..
Ness and the crowd he proposed to have
on hand to eject another man i'll his
place.
Mr.. Schaparay pretended to consider
the offer favorably, although he did not
accept the money on Monday even
ing when it was offered him by Mr..
Ness. Accordingly. when Mr.. Ness and
few of his fellow-workers came down
to the Third precinct polling station
yesterday morning Mr.. Ness was sur
priSed and exclaimed:
What, is Schaparay here?'
He was there, as Mr.. Ness and his
gang very soon discerned, and a new
scheme had to be evolved, and
it was. About S o'clock Messrs.
Schaparay and Kuehne, two of
the judges, appeared at the
court house and got the poll books, and
started at once across the river. When
they reached the polling booth Mr.. Mil
Ter, the clerk, called the attention of the
two to the fact that the old lists had not
been sent back with the new lists by
the county officers, who evidently. sup
posing that the judges were through
with these had laid them away. Mr.
Kuehne at once started back for the old
books and was nearly back when Ness
and his crowd saw him. Ness at once
made motion that one Ehoch johnson
act as judge, ana on his own vote, aided
by that of Ben Latta, declared him
elected. There were exactly six men
present and the other four were
Ashamed to Take
hand in such all affair. Before Mr..
johnson had forced himself into office
Mr.. Kuehne returned and ordered him
out, coupling with this order the re-
mark that if he dian't get out in short
order he would be thrown out. 1t is
needless to remark that Mr. Johnson
Went, and Mr.. Ness went with him."
about O'clock this morning." said
Mr.Kuehne. mir. Schaparay and | went
to the court house and got the books.
We came back to my place of business,
and at ten minutes before 9 Mr.. Miller,
the clerk, called our attention to the
books. L at once went back for
the old ones. and when | re-
turned / found Ness, McNellls,
Enoch johnson and a few others there
and | asked them what they wanted.
They said Mr.. Johnson had been
elected Judge in my place. said get
out of here or will have you arrested,'
and they skipped out. Ness is hum
bug. lie offered me money last week if
would resign, and l asked him
what he took for. This
money came from Bill Mer-
riam. I am sure it doesn't belong
to Ness or any of that crowd. l mean
exactly what | say, and can prove all
of it,"
Mr.. Kuehne is frank, honest-looking
man, and is quite indignant over the
Misrepresentation Of the evening
mouthpiece of the rotten ring that would
gain power in this city not only by the
purchase of votes, but also by the pur-
chase of the judges of election
Mr.. Schahary said: 81 am Republi
can first of all, although l am not OF the
kind Ness is. He is always hired by
the bosses when there is any dirty
work to be done. Ness came to me
Monday evening and offered me
$50 to remain away from the polling
place this morning. / told him l
didn't want the money, but l was in
clined to remain away just to settle
this dispute between the Republicans
and the Democrats. When 1 came to
consider the matter made up my mind
not to do so. and / was on hand as
stated by Mr.. Kuehne."
Substantially the same story was told
by MIR. Miller, the clerk of the board,
who was present during the entire
fracaS.
the Evening Roorbaek.