The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-11
A MAD POLL BOOK ANGEL
He Returns to Earth to
Thrash the Cleveland
Investigators.
M'GREGOR AND sCAHILL BACK.
The Two Missing Witnesses to the
Fraud Mayors Title
Return.
M'GREGOR AND sCAHILL BACK.

RobertBurey. "a longshorem who vot-
ed from No. 81 Sussex,stree is one whom
the Perkins canvassers probably put in
thewrong box, when theylreported him as
almyth. Burey is tail. raw boned indivi-
dual, with strong Celtic brogue In a
blue gingham jumper, with four inches
skirted below one Of Unclo Sans belts,
made things pretty lively for the CIeve-
land investigation this morning, and
threatened to clean out the entire estab-
lishment.
-"Yis," he said, soilI hold me hands oop
till they tooch the clouds, if that's phat
ye call swaring to trooth," and becoming
disgusted some moments later at delay
in the proceedings, he added, while his
face assumed the hue of a red heart cher
ry, "an' oi want no moonkey business,
ayther; oi'm no id lofer nur baseball
player, nathur.n
Miss Seymour, the stenographer, moved
out of reach of the excited witness long
arms.
''You must not swear in the presence
of a young lady" said Hudspeth.
Young leduy be d-d. She's older nor
OF am, only she powders her face"
And the irate 'longshoreman hoisted
himself out of his chair and danced to
the centre of the AIdermanic Chamber.
while he put up his props and threat
ened to annihilate everything within
reach.
The lawyers and reporters scattered.
Counsellor Grouse dropped the poll book
and bundle of scattering slips from his
hand, while "Bob" Hudspeth slapped his
attenuated thighs and uttered a laugh
that sounded like an Indian war-whoop
In the meantime Counsellor McMas-
4o,.er ~. h ,f,-f c1a i ~
around the wild longshoreman at dis
cretionary distance from Mr.. Burey's
"props.n Clerk Scanlan Skinned up one
of the iron pillars.
''Oi don't be afther making moi living
among ye political scalawags." shouted
the longshoreman above the din of con-
fusion "Opm an honest man. An any
one of yez ez says Ohm dead voter, OH
wiring his dirthy, lousy neck. An ye
amt goin' to keep me here from me
worruk all day, nayther, to tistify Ohm
alive and hearty"
HE TEsTIFIEs.
McMasters finally approached him, and
convinced him the investigation would
go on immediately, and that he could go
home in few minutes.
Then Mr.. Burey consented to testify
that he lived at No. 81 Sussex street, and
that he and his son Robert, Jr, voted
therefrom at the last election. For his
y IL.
MISSING WITNESSES REAPPEAR.
But this was not the only sensation of
| the morning. There were two others Of
real Importance. Witness Scahill, who
refused TO divulge the result of his labors
as a Cleveland canvasser without the
forthcoming of an enormous sum which
he fixed as the price of his laborS after he
had commenced his testimony, and has
been waiting several days for the counsel 8
answer, made his appearance this morning
But the crowning sensation of the morn
ing was the temperance of Perkins
canvasser McGregor, who, after submit
ting some days ago list of
405 names whose owners he could
not find in the Second and Fourth
precincts of the Second district, suddenly
disappeared before the defence had time
to crosS-examine him.
He will not be cross-examined till to-
morrow morning, and refuses to make
any explanation of his strange ana sud-
den disappearance, beyond a strong de-
nial that he was spirited away by the
counsel for the defence.
Ii McGregor had remained away his en-
tire testimony would have been stricken
out. The cross examination is looked
forward to with much interest all around.
DISPUTE ABOUT M'GREGoR.
The Perkins lawyers desired to put
McGregor Immediately upon the stand.
But the Cleveland lawyers objected be-
cause they feared Scahill would again
give them the slip. They had it go down
on record that the counsel for the relator
could have produced the witness sooner,
but followed this course for theatrical
effect, and to obstruct the investigation.
In reply to this the counsel for the re-
lator had 1t recorded that the charge was
untrue. They had been subjected to a
whole days delay by McGregor's disap-
pearance, and had produced him after
much trouble and inconvenience, and in
sisted that he should be Immediately
cross-examined
The counsel for the defence announced
that it would require the entire day for
the examination of Scahill. If McGregor
was not on hand to be cross-examined in
would be made to the courts for an extern
sion of time