St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-02
county, Minnesota, this first day of May, 4.
ID. 1890. JOHN j. AHERN,
Clerk of the Municipal Court
Endorsed: Filed May l. 1890.

106 Statute ullupr WHICH LlleSG dTa
rests are made is found in section 81 OK
chapter of title of the Penal Code Of
the state of Minnesota, which runs as
follows:
A person who swears or afllrms that he
will truly testify, declare, depose or certify,
or that any testimony, declaration, deposit
ton, certificate, affidavit or other writing by
him subscribed is true in an action or spes
cial proceeding, or upon any hearing or in
qulry, or on any occasion in which an oatn
is required by law, or is necessary for the
prosecution or defense of a private right, or
for the ends of public justice, or may law.
fully be administered, and who in such ac-
ton or proceeding, or on such hearing, lns
qulry or other occasion. wilfully and Know
ingly testifes. declares, depose5 or certiiiea
falsely in any material matter or states in
| his testimony, declaration, deposition, ain.
davit or certificate any material matter to be-
| true which he knows to be false is guilty OF
perjury.
The afhdavits made by these men
bring them directly under the above
| statute, and their prompt arrest and
conviction will probably give the "kids''
a lesson in the art of politics which
they and their dupeS will long remem-
ber. But the men who made false aifi-
davitS are not the only ones within
reach of the law by any means. The
men who persuaded Dix and his cOn'
paniOnS to sign these affidavitS are as
deep in the mud as they are in tha
mire; for they are guilty of subOrna-
ton of perjury according to section 95
of the same chapter of the Penal Code,
which runs:
"a person who willfully proeures or in
duces another to commit perjury is guilty Of
subornation of perjury,
The seriousness of both offenses are
well set forth in the next section of that
chapter of the code which says:
Perjury and subornatiOn of perjury are
each punishable as follows:
l. When the perjury is committed upon
the trial OF an Indictment for felony, by I'M
prisonment in the state prison for not less
two, nor more than ten years.
.. In any other case. by imprisonment ia
the state prison for not less than one, nor
more than live years.
The otfenses committed on last Tues
day by the Republican tricksters come
under the second of the two parag graDha
quoted above, and make the men ar.
rested and those yet TO be arrested SUBJ
ject to Imprisonment for a period OF
from one to five years upon their con-
viction OF the offenSeS charged. The
prompt action of some of the citizens,
whose names were so near erased from
the list of qualified electors in the sew
eral districts of the city, will doubtless
call the Republican city committee or at
least a few of the more respect
able members of that cOmmittee-toa
realization of the gravity of the 0tfenSe5
committed and attempted by their MEM
bers and accomplices on Tuesday last
Dix Tells His Story.
Early yesterday G. 0. Dix, one OF
Henry Johns dupes in the thi rd pre-.
cinct of the Fourth ward, made an affi-
davit containing a most accurate de-
scription of the manner in which his
signature was secured to one Ofrthe lists
presented 10 the Judges in that precinct.
1t will be useful when other arrests are
made. 1t is as follows:
State of Minnesota, County OF Ramsey IS,
Charles Otto Dix, of lawful age, being duly
the same &. OTTO Dix whose name appears
signed and attached to a certain afid tvi5
dated the twentr-nnth (29th] day OF April 4.
D. 1890. in which it is stated that Hans P.
Anderson, Enicl, Asp. g. F. Baker and mary
othe: persons whose names are therein set
forth have been registered as voters at the
polling place in the Third (3) voting districs
of the Fourth ward of the CITY of ST. Paul, in
said county of Ramsey, and that such per-
sous so named in said affidavit were not, at
the date of such affidavit, qualified electors
of such district.
A true copy of such affidavit is hereto at
tached, marked Exhibit A. and made "A
part of tnis affidavit.
Deponent further says that he is twenty.
eight (2S) years of age and has re-
sided in said city of St Paul foi
a period of eight (S) years immedi-.
ately preceding the present date; that
aliidnt now resides and has for period Of
only eight { months Immediately prior 10
this dalc resided in said election district Al
tiant is not generally acquainted with the
voters and other inhabitants of said district,
nd &c n #
persons named i'll said former affidavit 10
wit. with not more than one tenth tl-lD
part of snch persons, and aiiitnl does not
know, and never has known. OF his own per-
sonal knowledge, whether any of the per.
sons named in said former affidavit were or
were not qualified electors of and within
said voting district
Further, affiant sayeth that he never veri.
fed the said former affidavit with his oath,
nor was aifiant ever requested by any per-
son to swear to the same, nor was any Oath
administered co afidnt by any one In cons
nection with said pretended affidavit, either
NJ the time when the same was signed by
this afIiint or at any other time.
And affiant says that the circum stances at
tendingthe signing of said pretended affidavit
are as hereinafter set forth, and not other
wise: that is to suy:
Heretofore, to-wit between the hours OF
five % and six (6) in the afternoon of Tues
day the twenty-ninth (29th) day of April.
A. ID. 1890. young man, stranger TO atii.
INT 10 Lilc livery SldDle VI AliHli ~ tpst
situate on the southeastern corner of Cedar
street and Fifth street. i'll said city. in which
stable atiiant is employed and was then at
work. The said man aecosted this attians
ana asked afiant if he was voter in said
Fourth ward of said city. Aliiaus replied
that he was. The said man then asked il
affiant had partner, and atiant replied
Yes" The said stranger then asked where
such partner was at that time, and atfiant
said that he was out of the stable and had
gone on some errand. The said stranger
then went away and came back again to
point close by said stable, and again spoke TO
affiant and. at his invitation, this affiant
and one A. E. Kingsoury went over TO the
law Office of one Henry Johns, an
attorney at law. which said office
is located on the northwestern corner of said
Cedar street ana said Fifth street. Upon
reaching said Office, this atfiaut and said
Kingsbury were informed by said Henry
Johns that the persons named III certain
list then and there exhibited to ahiant by
said henry Johns were unlawfully registered
as voters in said election district, and ought
not to be allowed to vote there. and asked
affiant to sign statement then and there at
tached to said list. The object of requesting
said signature was not at any time stated TO
atfiant, and afiiant did not know such object.
No part of said statement was then and
there, or at any other time prior to the pres
ent dale. read by afianL or read by any per.
son to this atfiant, nor were the contents OF
such statement explained to this afiant by
any nerSou whatever.
fl mt further says that he is wholly unac-
qnalnLed with the forms of law papers and
legal procedure, and was not aware of the
import or nature of the act committed by
him in signing said statement; but signed
the same negligently. and merely for
the purpose of obliging and accom-
modating the said Henry Johns.
Affiant further says that in signing said
statement (Which is identical with said pre-
tended atfidayi) this atfiant acted limo.
Gently and in good faith. with no idea of
committing Il wrong act
Afiant has since been informed and verify
believes that said pretended affidavit has
been wrongly unlawfully and unjustly used
to procure the erasure from the official regis
tration of voters in said district of the names
mentioned in said list, and that many quail
fed electors of said district have thereby un-
justly suffered in the premises. Affiant re-
grets this unfortunate result of his needless
act and his misplaced confidence, and would
gladly counteract the wrong thus done, were
it possible. Further afiant saith not.
G.. OTTO DIX.