Evening journal., 1894-10-31
THE CASE DISMISSED
Not Sufficient Evidence to
Show Sale of the Receipt.
CHAIRMAN BACH AGAIN FREE

he Gave the Articiee as ChhrltaDio
onering and ,the Dollar as a Loan aud
Kept the Receipt to Guard Its owner
From Selling It
The case against Frederick e. Bach for
violating the laws by buying tax re-
ceipt from Lewis Higgins for : and
other articlss was called In the Municipal
Court this morning. H. H Wnd
represented Mr.. Bach. and was assisted
by Walter Hayes A stenographer took
the evidence for Mr.. Bach
Lewis Higgins was sworn He gave
his age as % years and his honse, No.
GA West Seventh street, with his
mother. Went to Mr. Bach's home, Ninth
aud Jefferson streets, and asked for him.
de wasn't home but came soon. Wit
ness told him he had a tax receipt,
wanted to sell and get money for shoes
and things Bach asked to see the tax
receipt. II told him l was q
Democrat. gave him the receipt and he
/ told me to come up stairs. His wife gave
me pair Of shoes. He said: I'll keep
this receipt, or let me have this receipt,
de said he had two shirts that cost him$3,
| but couldn't get them for fear Of waking
the baby Next day got the shirts.
The next Tuesday / went to Republican
headquarters and told him wanted to so
to Philadelphia to get work, and wanted
| $1 He said, This Is on your tax re-
ceipt. went to get the tax receipt
but he didn't seem to be in a
good humor and l didn't ask
him. l went again and told him that my
uncle had told me to get tax receipt.
He said tell your uncle to come to me.
The receipts we're dated July 10 and 1t
came from Dickey's Office, and | regis
tered on it. then told him that they
were dead on to me for selling the re-
ceipt, and he gave 1t back to me and said
4 gave you the 81 and othsr things not
on your tax receipt but as matter OF
friendship / supposed the tax receipt
was gone when I got the dollar Bach
didn't say any thing about how | should
vote or didn't ask me. to stay away from
the polls
In answer to q question by Mr.. Ward
as TO where he got the receipt he declined
to answer, as he didn't consider II
necessary to tell all he knew. He first
went to Mahaffy and asked IL he wa:
buying recsipts was told he was not anc
then asked II Bach was Mahaffy said hl
had better 70 to Bach and ask him.
The witness then detailed his visit tC
Mr.. Bach, and said that Mr.. Bach didn'
say anything, about selling receipts, but
said he would give 1t back on or Rbou
election day. II was told to q
back by certain party, but refuse &c
| tell whom. / was surprised aud disap-
} pointed when got 1t back. He didn't
J even ssk me to vote the Republican
: ticket
} Clerk Of the Peace B'ggs, Tax Collector
J DickeY and Registration Officer james
! | d. Jones were sworn and testified as t
the issuing Of the tax receipt and regis
. trat!on OF Higgins
/ Frederick e Bach swore to the meet
, ing with Higgins, when the latter tol
B him be had been sent by ex Marshs
3 Mahaffy to sell his tax receipt. He too
Q higgins in the house, where he Aske
J. him why he wanted to sell his receipt
9 He said he had been out of work an
wanted to get shoes Said he had offere
= to sell it to Mahaffy for 81 so Witnes
|. lectured him about immortality 0
a selling tax receipt. ~ told him | didn
3 care a damn how you vote, said he. q
IS said he had no other clothes and | said
If would give him shirt, but wouldn't 81
/. it then for fear Of waking the baby. "A
he was going out, F" said the witness, 'tl
a idea suggested itself, that II / kept hi
5 receipt be could not sell It, so / said Il
N me have that receipt and | will keep
N for you until election day. He gave
IL to me willingly, and 1 marked it vii
Of his name and put 1t in the drawer In n
ID desk" The witness stated that
3. did nothing to influence Higgil
Ie to vote anyway. Gave u
Is articles out of charity. Advanced q
a dollar believing that he was honest al
d would pay it back when he came back
IN vote, and / SO told my wife,
the sems time marking the amount