Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-30
0WSLEY TO BE ASSISTANT.
WHY MARSHAL JOE KEsHLEAR WAS
NOT RENOMINATED.
sHANNON'S DEAL WITH PIKE.
CANNY's TESTIMONY IN THE VAN
HoRN-TARsNEY CONTEST.
Popocratic Managers Fnlsei! An
nounce a Speech by Bryan to Pre-
vent the Parade to he Given
Tomorrow Evening
From Being n
Fixxle.

As previously stated. Frank NJ. Lowe.
gang candidate for prosecuting attorney
Is posing before the public as a model CIT
szen. To hear him talk of his qualifications
for Office. one would suppose that he was
an eminent lawyer and that he was nom
mated in a county convention composed OF
the best citizens Of Kansas City and Jack
son county, instead of by lot of gang
aters. There are hundreds Of men in the
Democratic and Republican parties in the
city and county who were in the conven-
lion as spectators. who knew that Mr..
Lowe obtained his nomination at the hands
of the dishonest and disreputabae element
among the delegates. Chief Gang Manager
Joe Shannon dictated the nomination. and
succeeded in so juggling the order of bus
dness of the convention that delegates who
were opposed to Lowe were compelled to
vote for him or sacrifice candidates for
other Offices for whom they were working
and intending to vote.
The notorious John May and the almost
equally notorious Jim Pryor were there
working for Lowe. Out of the eleven Sec
ond ward delegates nine cast their votes
for Lowe. One of these was Mike Moran,
John Mays brother-inlaw. George J.
Pearce also voted for him, and three others
were Mays bartenders. Joe Shannon
Jim Shannon, Charles Shannon and Frank
Shannon, Cassimer welch, Joe Shannon's
private detective, William ]. Leahy and
John johnson were in the convention with
their coats off for Lowe and representing
the Ninth ward. Charles S. owsley, the
notorious ex-recorder of voters; Thomas T.
Crittenden, Jr.. who, 1T is said, was treas
urer for the gang and handled the money
raised TO defray the expense of defending
the indicted election crooks; Frank P.
Walsh. one of John Mays attorneys, and
Judge J. Edgar Guinotte. one of the bonds
men of the indicted election crooks, were
also there working for Lowe.
1t has been publicly stated and not de-
MED that Charles S. Owsley is to be first
assistant prosecuting attorney in the event
of loves election. 1t is also stated that
Frank P. Walsh will also be an assistant
prosecuting attorney.
1t has also been publicly stated and not
denied that Joe Shannon, as general man
ager of the gangs campaign, made the
deal with s. A. Pike, the A. P. A., who
was in the Fifth ward riot in which Mike
Callahan was killed, that resulted In Pixies
withdrawal as candidate for sheriff from
the Populist ticket and the placing of the
name Of Bob Stone, John P. O'Neilrs
chief deputy, thereon. 1t is said that one
of the clauses in the contract is that no
Irish except Charley Shannon will be CIV
en- deputyships under Stone and that Pike
IS to be chief deputy.
Those who have kept the run Of gang pol
ttics know that the Shannons, Ed Findley,
Uohn May any all their followers have
worked together in nominating and putting
ganesters into city and county Offices In
order to get some of the gang candidates
into Office It has been necessary to stuff
ballot boxes. forge returns and make use
OF scores Of trained repeaters. to say moth
ing Of the thousands of illegal registra.
tions. At the present time Joe Shannon is
In the saddle and leading the gang.
In this connection some of the testimony
given in the Van Horn-Tarsney contest by
nhomas J. Cenny, who was one of the
Judges at the polls in the Fffty-second pre-
cinct OF the Ninth ward. otherwise known
as the Shannon Findley precinct, at the
election two years ago, is very interesting
AFTER telling Of his appointment as judge
and relating part of conversation with
Ed Findley. Mr.. Canny was asked by Mr.
George A Neal, counsel for the contestant
Was There anything said about what po.
iitical party you should represent?"
''oh, yes: he CFindley) asked me IL ]
wanted TO so in Democrat or a Re
publican, and told him i would like to &C
in as voted, and did not know whether
] could go in as a Democrat or as a Re.
publican. know that was appointed as
judge. simply, and that is all 1 know
about the political complexion of it"
Was there anything further said in re
epect to Owsley?"
Yes, sir: he said
We'll. before you go any further will
esk you to state who is Owsley."
''owsley is the recorder of voters in Kan
sas City, Mo-
WAS there any further conversation
time or at any other tme?"
We'll. after ! went to the recorder o
voters office on Monday morning at i
O'Clock, / met Joe Shannon in the recorie
of voters Office. He and Charles Miilmar
were together, and said to Joe: How Il
this that am appointed "A judge out there?
and said: Ed told me that ! was ap
pointed judge. Is that all right?' and h,
said: 1t is all right. but for Gods SAX
don't tell anybody that Ed Findley ha,
you appointed That was before | wa
sworn in, and then / Immediately Wen
over 10 Jesse Erskin, the deputy recorde
of voters. and i said to him: How Is thi
that ! am appointed Judge ?and Jesse sal,
that j knew all about il. that OwsIey ha,
fixed that up all right. He said: That's al
richt. and with that l signed the bool
ahcre for the ballot boxes and took tn
two ballot boxes and stuff and went ou
10 my house with them
How did YOU come to go down to tn
recorders Office for the ballot box and tn
books?"
'Because I was instructed to go dow
there2"
by whom"
II was instructed by Mr.. Findley to e
down there at 10 o'clock and be sworn in
In the Fifty-second precinct lis Reput
1csn ballots were taken out of the box i
kIs forenoon and carried away in lunc