Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01

1865 discovery was made of a fraud
that had been in
Eraudulent preparation for some
Soldier Votes time. whereby the
eA o'S' votes of soldiers and
sailors were to be misapplied to can
dfdacies other than those favored by
the voters. The matter was investigat-
ed in Baltimore by q military commits
sion headed by Maj. Gen. Abner Double
day, U. S. V. According to a long ac-
count OF the proceedings of the COM
mission reprinted in The Star of Octo-
Der 70. from the Baltimore American, it
was evidently the purpose of those pro-
noting the fraud to divert the votes
OF the soldiers to the Mcclellan ticket
Of New York. The New York state
law provided that soldier or sailor.
whether on the field or shipboard or in
hospital or IN detached service, de-
string to vote should fill out a blank
inclosing his vote, together with a
power of attorney to be certified to by
a commissioned officer and witnessed
1y r an9ta ne voter; the whole to be for
nome. who was authorized to deposit
this ballot in the box on election day.
owing to a delay in the receipt Of
.nese proxies an investigation was in
stituted by the republican COMMITTEES
OF Clinton county. N. Y, and an agent
was dispatched to Baltimore to investi-
gate. He there represented himself as
being in behalf of the other side and
was enabled to learn the device by
which republican soldiers were being
voted in large numbers for the other
ticket The proxies were being filled
out Tor men whose names were borne
on hospital records, but who had long
since been discharged or perhaps had
died. Furthermore, false proxies were
substituted for genuine ones in the en-
velopes IN which they were to be sent
north. Sufficient evidence was found
| to warrant arrests. as indicated in the
October %:
Yesterday afternoon at three and a
nalr O'CLOCK Capt. Potts. the command
ing OFFICER OF the military detectives
and patrols. and Lieut.. Sheene, one of
Provost Marshal Ingraham's aids. by
order OF the Secretary of War, arrest
ed Col. North. the New York agent In
this city: Maj. Cohn. the paymaster of
bounties. from the same state, and a
Mr.. Jones. the state commissioner of
elections for the votes of New York
soldiers in and around Washington.
upon the charge. it is said. of being i'm
plicated in the great election fraud
just come to light. The arrested parties
were Immediately placed in the Old
Capitol and the guards stationed over
the rooms of the New York agency"
In a recent issue of The Star a de-
scription was given of the monument
in the Congress-
Arsenal Explosion ional cemetery
Monument Fund. of the .n victims tnas'n of
the Washington arsenal explosion Of
June 81, 1864. In The Star of October
20, 1854, Is a news article as follows
regarding the beginning Of the enter
prise for the erection of this monu-
ment:
To-day at noon the workmen of the
| arsenal held a meeting in the gun car
riage shop to take further steps for
remains of the unfortunate women
whose lives were lost at the explosion
of the 9th Of June. Mr.. ]. G. Dudley
was called to the chair and Mr.. George
Wright appointed secretary. The treas
urer made report which stated that
he had in hand over $1,000. which had
been collected Ior the purpose of erect
ing monument. A committee was
appointed, composed of Messrs. Joseph
A. Burch. James johnson and James
King, to which subsequently the chair
man, Mr.. Dudley. was added. to adver-
tise for designs for the monument in
the papers of Philadelphia, Baltimore
and this city. The committee was re-
uueSted to consult with the esteemed
commandant of the post in determin-
ing the design. The cost of the monu-
ment is not to exceed $4,000"
In The Star Of october 81, 1864, is a
review Of the police operations for the
past two quarters or half
Police year. ending September 80.
In this period there had
hepofI. been 12.41S arrests-males,
9,461, and females, 1855; married, 1864,
and single, 1854; literates. S.oos: Hitter
rates, 4,410. OF these cases 4,c71 were
dismissed, 507 were sent to Jail for
court, $40 gave bail for court, Sc
were sent to the workhouse, 406 gave
security to keep the peace, 1,070 were
turned over to the military, AIT were
reported mot disposed Of" 229 were
variously disposed Of and Alp were
fined. The fines amounted to $21.118.21.
In addition. fines amounting to $1.5o6.04
were collected for selling liquor to SOL
diers. OF this sum one-half. under the
law, went to the public schools of
Washington. one-fourth to the schools
Of Georgetown and the remaining
fourth to the county schools.