Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-09
AS TO ARRESTS IN GOTHAM.
He Claims He Has Testimony Enough
Against the Supervisor
TO REPORT ON HIM TO CONGRESS.
lie Only Regrets That He Has No Photo
graphs of the Marshals
WHO ARRESTED WEM-KN0WN MEN


NEW YORK, Nov. 8-The subcommittee
of the Congress Committee appointed to
investigate "Davenportism" gathered
material to-day for report on fraud and
intimidation. The committee consisted of
Congressman Fitch, Chairman; Congress
man Geissenbainer, of New Jersey, and
Congressman Harmer, of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Harmer stayed away.
The committee had its sergeant at arms
on guard down stairs, at the doors OF the
court room where the United States Com
missioners were sitting. They were to cap
ture every man discharged and bring him
upstairs to room 135, where the committee
sat. This was not an easy job, for the i'm
preston prevailed among the men who had
been arrested that they we're being arrested
again, and they tried every dodge to escape
from the building. Some of them did
escape.
Altogether, 214 cases were heard by the
committee The routine in every case was
the same and in each case the marshal had
chance to tell his story.
'It only had kodak" said Mr.. Fitch,
"to picture some of these marshals. They
ever saw in nv life. Fine men, indeed, to
clothe with official power! Representatives
of the United States Had L the fore
thought to bring photographer with me
We would have illustrated our report. Their
pictures would tell the story OF this system
better than words can tell it.
Some ofthe Evidence Adduced.
The first arrest of the day that was
brought out to the attention of the court
was that of Patrick McKenna McKenna
has been the Tammany captain in the dis
trict in which he lived for 80 years. A
charge of illegal registration, SO slender
that Commissioner Shields had thrown the
case out Of court at once, had been brought
against him. Mr. Mckenna lives at 261
West One Hundred and Twenty-third
street. The marshal was a young fellow.
Mr. McKenna swore that he had owned the
house in which he lives for II years.
The young marshal in the course of a
half hours questioning admitted that he
had known Mr.. Mckenna a number of
years, and knew that he was prominent
Democrat in the district. He didn't think
McKenna lived at 261 West One Hundred
and Twenty-third street, though he knew
that McKenna owned that house and the
one next door. He said he had called at
the house, and had received no response to
the repeated ringing of the bell, conse-
quently he concluded thet nobody lived at
the house.
Didn't Know Why He Was Arrested.
John Carrick, who lives at 43 Renwick |
street, came in in charge of Deputy Mar |
shal John Thompson.
what is the charger" asked Mr.. Fitch. |
81 don't know" said Thompson. ga |
man told me to arrest him, and did it,
"Was the man a supervisor of election?"
81 suppose so; he said he was a SUPER |
visor, and told me to arrest the man, and 1 |
did"
Gustavus Robinson, of 81 East Houston |
street, had been arrested by marshal This |
is his examination: "After you had regis
tered did anybody call on you at your
home?"
''Yes, sir
"Did he ask you how you intended to
vote?"
"He did,"
"What did you do?'
81 threatened to take him by the collar
and throw him down the stairs
did you ask him who sent him to you?"
81 did, and he said he was sent by John
L. Davenport.
Robert A. Josephson is rabbi and lives
at 2S7 Madison street. He swore to a legal
residence, and said he was arrested to-day
when he came to vote.
"Did you vote?"
81 did, and then I WAS brought before
Commissioner Shields and discharged.
Made to Deposit His Vote.
Charley Champaign, who had been law
yer for 10 years, was sworn. He said that
he saw the Marshal attempt to stop the
rabbits voting. He, with hrlf a dozen
other men, insisted upon his vote being
.aken. The Supervisor objected and the
rabbi, frightened to death, threw down his
ballots and said that he would give up his
,ttemp7 to vote rather than have any
trouble. The six men insisted on his voting,
however, and the ballot was deposited.
'There," said Congressman Fitch, sis a
,vpical case. This man would not have
deposited his ballot unless these six citi-
,ens had insisted on it. A clearer case of
intimidation never was seem"
Richard Bowery, driver, of s Hague
treet, had lived in the same election dis
rict five years, and was known to every
,ody in the heighborhood. He registered
he first day and had worked every day
ince. He was not permitted to vote. He
vas advised to go back and vote.
In the case of John S. Williams. the
MARSHAL, Thomas Barbour, an intelligent
ooking colored man, swore he arrested |
Williams because the supervisor told him
o do SO. He had no evidence that Will
ans had not perfect right to vote.
Altogether, to-day, Davenport had 200
nen arrested, of whom 100 were discharged