Year: 1860

BALTIMORE ELECTION FRAUDS


The Holiday Street Cyib-tAe Prisoners Beaten


and Robbed, and rotea.


Henry Frank, voter in tho sixth ward on the
20 OF November, 1859, sworn. To the question
:"ere you cooped prior to that election pan
swered: was. Saturday night before tho cleo
ton was taken right opposite to the watch house,
IN Saratoga street, by Joe Crcamer and another
man, and was taken by them into the watch house,
ana tney told me they charged me with making a
noise IN the street. which untrue; was in there
about half an hour; one there but on.
sohce officer. Arnold the bakers son, came and
eald he had gone MY security, and asked me to go
with him to TAX. drink. He and three or four
others went up Holiday st. with me- and when we
got to Ras LeNy's place we went in, and they asked
ed me down fat my back and poured the whis-
KY into me; about half a pint; / l,alloed and
screamed. and then they clappcd me down into the
celler, and came down and robbed me and took nv
money--fivc dollars ali to eight -eent.-eso,.. me-
| wouldn't give it up, and they beat me on the head
hand and lip and took the money away from me
then they marched me through hole into an ad-
joining h".lse, and carried me up stairs to the Sc
cond hoor there Arnolds son beat me again. Sun
day morning. about o'cooh, L took the Stats out
of the window, which had been nailed on the inside
and went out on the ledge and stood there I was
gong to Jump saw party below with bricks and
then some fellow caught me by the collar and drew
me back, and they handcutied me and gave me a
lashing saw Marshal Herring standing on the
other side OF the street. about hour in the after
noon they kept there till election day; thew
kept us all there like hogs in pcn the floor was
L
brought IN there who were searched and robbed: /
saw one German, who was very anxious to get
home, who said he lived in the country, twenty two,
miles, and left his team at the market and he made
a noise to get out and they handcuffed him. and
kept him SO all night and stripped HIM of all his
clothes. except his shirt and drawers, and they took
a comfort and put it round his neck and said they
would hang him, and he went down on his knees
and said he would be quiet, and they let him aone
there was one of those who kept the coop whom
they called Governor another Captain, another
Steward )" they kept me in the coop till Wedncs
day morning. and they gave me ticket and wanted
to make me vote, but | wouldn't vote for l ran
away at the time the shooting commenced was
at that time on the first floor; too squads of six
when the party who kept the coop went out with
pistols and guns l saw them shoot l followed out
behind them and made my escape, holding the tick
ct, which was American tenth ward ticket'
in my hand.


Question-How many persons were confined in
that coop? Answer.-In the rooms where was
eighty persons there sixty three there think,
on Tuesday morning. and they brought right smart
into the coop after that.


Question. you see any in the house,
or Ill the hands of those who kept the coop? An
swer.-l saw fellows come in with revolycrs in their
hands, which they pointed at the in the coop,
and told them to lie down and go to sleep or they
would be shot; and they had guns at the door, and
they always came in with large clubs like watch
mems men clubs in their hands; and / sax zthem heat
men men with them too one German was brought in





die and set fire to his beard and burnt it off,


A German Cooped and Compalled to rote sixteen


Times


Justus Ritzns German, sworn Been in the
United States only since February, 1S57.-To the
quest n, '.Did you vote November I'd, 1859;
and if SO, under what circumstance - he answered
as follows


Monday morning, about eight or nine o'clock, 7
was near the sugar-house, where was at work, and
had no work there to do l. therefore, went to the
State tobacco warehouse, and inquired of German
al rnrE fhnro haf1,r 7
pointed to young man in the warehouse, and told
me to apply to him; consequently went to him.
and he engaged me to work there at six dollars a
week 1or the whole year; went to work, and at
about eleven o'clock he told me that work would be
stopped at four clock and that we would go to an
other warehouse the Point after a while he told
me to come along with him, and that might either
put on my coat leave it in the office three others
and myself got into boat went over the dock and
then crossed over Union dock, and so went on to
the corner of Wilkes and Caroline streets he stood
there with us awhile took me by the arm and then
led me and the two others into the house there to a
bar, where we were treated whi.c | was drinking
another man present in the room said to me, as 500
as the work here is done, you go back to the
other warehouse; after aW lille conductor came
and led us through the back of the house into a
courtyard, end then, apparently, through one or
two yards, until we in front of crowd of
men, about five or six, armed with clubs and guns
ana other weapons, standing at sort of entrance
through the fence or partition between two hours
immediately was pushed from behind and caught
ny the arm by one OF the crowd, and dragged
through the opening at the time another Ger
man, not one who had accompanied US was pushed
through Immediately behind me the conductor and
the t''o others L saw more after we had been
got through the opening into the next house. as l
nave stated, another man came and led us into a
little dark rook where we were kept few minutes;
while we wee there, the manaWith me began to
make noise, trying to break D1apks ou., etc;
Immediately thereupon the door op1nSd and three
or four men appeared one of whom struck the g.
fellow on the head with club, which felled him
the ground; second one raised an axe and struck
at hm through the door way seeing the intention
OF the man, pushed the door so as to intercept
the blow, which fell upon the door, beat it back
against my mouth and hurt my lips severely; the
party tseIi came iii ANA searched thoroughly TAX
ing every lining of any value from had only o
small pocket knife, which they teok; my cempan-
ION they made strip, and as he drew off his shoes
his money fell out, few quarters and some small
money We were left locked in for awhile: lhen the
captain OF the coop came, opened the door, and led
Us down stairs to small trap-door which led to the
cellar We were put down there and as we were
gong down. | in from, my companion was pushed
GOWN violently. and falling against me, both tun-
oied down into the cellar here we found ourselves
IN q dark hole full of all sorts of men, with one
solitary candle to give us light; there | was kept
until Tuesday afternoon, when the captain came
noWn and selected the Oldest of us was called oy
name and led up stairs to the second story ana put
into q large room, which was also full OF persons
who were similarly cooped there was kept until
Wednesday morning, the day OF the last eleccon; !;