The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-10
Davis RBTALIATES.
The Sheriff Makes Things
Decidedly Unpleasant
for the Gardner
Fraud Ma
chine.
REPUBLICAN REPEATERS.
The Committee Shows the Cloven
HoOf as Soon as the Investi-
CATION Goes Against 1t.

DcHdUOFS dHTuueE anu ItOe dfOso al
hour earlier than usual yesterday and
left Trenton on the first train for this
city. Arriving here they set up their
fraud machine in the Chancery chamber.
There was delay in getting the machine
at work. Chief Engineer Corbin was
late, and Stoker Gurtchel changed places
with Stoker knight, and it was some
time before he was ready to take down
the proceedings stenographically.
There was present the usual crowd Of
women, summoned to tell who were
boarders!with them last year.
Sheriff Davis was fitting about the
room and City Collector U'Neill, who
kept near him, evinced deep interest IN
the proceedings. President Somers, of
the Street and Water Commissioners,
around. The fierce expression on Ser
geant Garrison's face must have fright
ened him, for he did not stay very long.
The committee encountered some
trouble over witnesses. Eight were
called and did not respond. Senator
Gardner asked il they had been sum
moned. He was told that they were.
Then. he said, they would have to be
arrested. At this awful threat the other
witnesses turned pale and congratulated
themselves that they had obeyed the
summons. The examination took the
same direction it did last week.
THE SAME OLD GRIND.
Mrs Catherine O'Neill, of No. 3S2 Rail-
road avenue, testified that p. ]. Cunning
ham and William Creary, who are on the
poll book as voting from her house. did
not live there. Mrs. Mary Looney, of No.
S5 Railroad avenue, did the same for
James e. Gronig. No. IS is Commissioner
Edelstein's cigar factory. and on cross
examination she wasn't sure about
Gronig
Daniel Moriarity, of the firm of Mullin
& Co., testified that no one lived at No.
10S Railroad avenue, which is the rear of
his store, yet William h. Moser voted
from there.
After several other witnesses had, SO to
speak, dis-located other fraudulent vot-
ers, Sheriff Davis was placed on the
stand.
THEY LIVE WITH THE SHERIFF.
He was questioned closely as to who
lived in his house, No. 237 Grove street.
He said that John d. German, the Free
holder. and Harry Wannamaker lived
there with him. German is an agent for
distillery. Both Wannamaker and Cor
man had friends living with them whose
names the Sheriff did not know. John
Bradley also lived with him and did work
about his house. Bradley has died since
election.
Are you aware he voted from his
fathers house and yours, tooa' asked Mr..
Corbin.
II was not" replied Mr.. Davis.
REPUBLICAN FRAUDS.
At this point Mr.. DAVIS said that after
his examination he suggested the COM
mittee subpoena John ]. Irving, Robert
Hudson, Michael O'Mara, General John
Ramsey. Nathan Fowler, Thomas Jordon
and Edward Tierney; but he did not
hot ha fa1 tn nj "a
They might tell something the committee
did not want to hear.
They could give information concern
ing attempts made by the Republicans to
bring repeaters to the city. He himself
had his suspicious aroused by the large
number of affidavits on which men were
registered. The Sheriff, continuing,
said:-"I told Trotter and Spear not to put
| the names in the affidavits on the lists.
| There were about sixty of these. saw
the affidavits at the precinct. They were
| registered from sGregory, Washington,
| Newark avenue. found out that these
were not legal voters. Detective Kill
| cauley made an examination, and discov-
! cred that they did not live at the houses
| they claimed to. !"
| Mr. Corbin questioned Mr.. Davis
| closely as to why he thought the men
whose names he mentioned could give
any information. He replied because he
| had been told that James G. Young,
member of the Republican State Com
mittee had given Fowler $50 check,
which he had divided with Jordon, to al
| low Republican repeaters to vote at the
precincts in which they were election
| officers.
'If you suspect General Ramsay of
such practices, why do you put him on
the Grand Juryf" asked MIR. Corbin.
II think he is as honest as any one
| else,' was the Sheriff. reply.
The reason the Sheriff thought these
men were concerned in the repeating
| cess was because he knew Mr.. Jordon got
| s25 from Fowler. The witness had no
| personal knowledge of money given to
| other election officers.
| ALL CAME IN PERSON.
| When the Sheriff examined the houses
| to find out about the increased registry
he did not investigate No. $50 Montgom-
| ery street. because no one was registered
on affidavits from there.
| "Do you want the committe to under
stand that these gentlemen you mem
toned were concerned IN having illegal
votes cast?" asked Mr.. Corbins.
| "Some of them were approached to
| bring over repeaters. don't thing they
were guilty, but they had knowledge of
| the attempt. l received my information
from Mr.. O'Mara and Mr.. Fowler. They
were approached TO see if they couldn't
count some votes for the head of the Re-
publican ticket in their precincts Ed
| ward J. Tierney told me he was offered
| $500 to do the same thing.
"Fowler is q clerk for the Street and
Water Board and Tierney is a keeper at
Snake HILL"
| What is O'Mara's occupation by dayf"
asked Mr.. Corbin.
| .sAs far as | know by day or night he is
q clerk for the Water Board, I" the Sheriff
answered, indignantly. Thomas Rey-
| nolds gave me Information in regard TO
being offered $500 by the Republicans to
carry the Ninth precinct OF the First dis
| trict for them"
! On cross examination he said he did not
| believe that Charles G. Freer voted from
his house, although it appears so on the
| poll book.
| THE cLovEN Ho0F.
! Judge Garrettson proceeded to examine
the Sheriff about the plot to bring Repub-
lican voters TO the city, when the commit
| tee allowed a peep to be had at the cloven
hoof Mr.. Corbin excepted, and urged
| that such course was against the rules
| of evidence. The judge replied that he
| did not know that the committee was try
| ing q case, but was seeking information,
| and perhaps would like to hear all the
| Sheriff had to say
| Mr.. Corbin insisted on his objection,
and although Judge Garretson protested
against the injustice of allowing Mr..
! COrbin to examine the witness and then
| when he proceeded to cross-examine him