Evening journal., 1896-11-02
A TAX RECEIPT JOBBER
Bach Threatens to Sue the
Newspapers.
MVEY HAS THE POLL RECEIPTS


KNOWLES GIVES ONE INTERVIEW
AND is SORRY THAT HE SPOKE
BACH DENIES THAT HE HAD
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE
SALE OF THE RECEIPTS.
Frederick e. Bach, ex-chairman of
the Republican First District Commit
tee, and a man who pridcs himself ON
his astuteness as poll, ian and In
his goodness as a county tx office re-
former, has, If all accounts be true.
been detected in most shameful piece
OF partisan treachery by State Detec-
tive Bernard J. Mcvey. who has in his
possession eighty-nine poll tax receipts
belonging to Republicans, and which
he declares were brought to him by one
of Bachs political agents, the consid-
GRAFTON to be SO a piece.
II Detective Mcvey's statement stood
alone the public might be led to believe
that 1t was political canard, but below
Will be found an interview with Hor-
ace G. Knowles. present chairman of
the Republican First District Commit
tee In which he admits that Bach sent
the receipts to be sold, but merely for
the purpose Of trapping McVey. This
might also sound plausible were It not
followed by n declaration from Bach
that he never sent the receipts and
that his friend and co-laborer Horace
G. Knowles, is "a c. d. liar" To !
make matters worse Chairman Knowles
endeavors to shield Bach by retracting
a salient point in his first interview.
Bach may not be guilty, but the ex-
posure OF the attempted sale by one OF
his confidential agents and the first
declaration Of Mr. Knowles make Il an |
pear that he was fully cognizant Of the
treacherous piece of work.
DETECTIVE M'VEY's STORY.
Here is Detecvtive McVey's story as
he recited it to an Evening Journal re-
porter:
Last Thursday evening John Coma
nan, private secretary to II. Eden Bach
approached me and offered TO sell me
200 tax receipts for SO each. stating
that they were genuine and that they
belonged to the Union Republicans
Thinking there was a game on hand
1 promised Conahan the price he
asked. Conahan then asked me to |
meet him at Sixth and French streets
on Saturday evening to consummate
the deal
4 was on hand and so was Conahan.
l asked him If he had the receipts. and
ne replied that he had. COnahan said:
nave seVenty-hve here now. Give me
tne money. l took the receipts and
placed Conahan under arrest. but he
pleaded so hard that / let him 20.
But l secured the rest of the re-
ceipts," continued the detective. "and
have them now and / intend 10 keen
hem until after the election
Several negroes tried the same game
IN Marshal Lannan this morning. but
hat gentleman politely said: Il am not
n that sort Of business"
ANXIOUS TO SHIELD BACH
Between 10 and II O'Clock this morn /
ng an Evening Journal reporter was I
walking up Market street. When on L
Dosite the regular Republican head /
quarters, just above the Hotel Jen- I
llngs, Chairman Horace Greeley h
knowles, OF the Republican First Dis
rict Committee, called across the {
street 10 him to come over He ap-
reared to be very much exercised about \
omething. When the reporter reached n
ne hallway Mr.. Knowles was not to be 4
cen. Ihe reporter went upstairs and r.
hto the waiting room. which was
roWded with white and black ward
workers., and asked one Of the men 10
an MT Knowles out. He came, after 4,
BRIEF delay, and escorted the reporter =
o the lower hallway, where he told =
i'm the following story: y =
"A fellow by the name OF Kane u
Democrat, came TO Conahan. clerk for
he First District Committee and
sked him If he had any tax receipts
e could not use. He said If he had he
new where he could get So a piece for n
mem. we did have lot OF tax re- ei
eipts over for men who had moved p
way and men we could not find. They
'ere absolutely no good to us, and I'm VI
rder to find out just what this ar n,
angement was, we took those old tax 4,
aceipts to this party who wanted to
NY them and it turned out that IL was
arney McNey. The tax receipts were &c
o good, and would have been burnt
p or destroyed in any event If Bach CO
ad not disposed Of them in that way th
BACHs SWEEPING DENIAL.
Passing up the street the reporter ru
et Frederick Il. Bach. st
What about this tax receipt story?" th
Iked the reporter. &c
Il don't know anything about IT," he M
id.
Why ii is all over town that YOU su
I'D eighty-nine tax receipts to Detect ey
e McVey," said the reporter, "and we te
I'VE quite a story on 1t.
We'll, it's all a d. lie" he re-
rted, "and if you or any other paper sn
town publishes a line to that effect III
] sue it for criminal libel" M
The reporter intimated 70 him that
o Evening Journal proposed to use pa
e story and asked him how he came ra
send the receipts to McVey. thu
never sent the receipts" he de-
lred. IT'S all C. d. lie" rai