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 NE.V YOHK (3TAT3) COURT 
 OF CYilR hITD T/:;^^CIII2?^ 
 
 Report and testimony from Grand 
 Jury, Oyer and Terminer, Nov, -Dec, 
 \' 6P^ concerning election irregularities. 
 
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 REPORT AND TESTIMONY 
 
 FROM GRAND JURY, 
 
 Oyer and Terminer, 
 
 Nov.— Dec, 1868, 
 
 CONCERNING 
 
 Election Irregularities. 
 
 PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO THE STATUTE IN SUCH 
 CASE MADE AND PROVIDED. 
 
 PRINTED BY THK NRW YORK TRINTING COMPANY, 
 81, 83, AND 85 Centre Strekt. 
 
 18G9. 
 
 
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 COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER. 
 
 Gkand-Juky Room, ) 
 
 JSovember 17, 1S68. \ 
 
 Jicsolved, That the Secretary be directed, to prepare the 
 evidence given before this Grand Incpiest relative to the 
 allegations of frauds at the late elections, and also the e\i- 
 dence gi\en relative to the Citizens' Association, that an 
 embodiment of the salient points therein may be entered 
 upon the book of mhiutes for future reference and possi- 
 bly publication.
 
 REPORT 
 
 (tr AND- Jury Room, ] 
 
 December 8, 1<SG8. f 
 
 111 compliaiu-e M-ltli the resolution of the Grand Jury, 
 adopted on tlie 17th ult,, the Secretary offered the follow- 
 ing paper, embodying the views of himself and associates, 
 concerning the several matters political, &c., presented 
 during their sessions for consideration: 
 
 The Grand -Tiiry have liad nnder consideration the varl- 
 ons matters referred to b}' a prior Grand Jnry, and by the 
 Court at its present term, in relation to election in-egnlari- 
 ties ; matters affecting the Citizens' Association on charges 
 by the Citizens' Association, as well as against the Citizens' 
 Association, and alleged newspaper libels ; and have spent 
 consideral)le time in investigating the same. 
 
 In resjiect to election irregnlarities, the Grand Jnry re- 
 gret that it is a snbject which they mnst refer to another 
 Grand Jnry to take np, and if so disposed, complete. To 
 this end they spread npon the minutes a copy of the testi- 
 mony which has been duly taken nnder oath, in the Grand- 
 Jury room, which may be used for future guidance. The 
 Grand Jury considered that the primary cause of all elec- 
 tion frauds proceeded from too liberal a use of money in 
 political campaigns. When single individuals subscribed 
 so much as twenty thousand dollars, it must be apparent 
 that the amounts raised by election committees are very 
 enormous. Men do not commit frauds of any kind, gen- 
 erally, without pecuniary motive. Double voting, if it 
 exists, procuring duplicate, ti'iplicate, and even scores of 
 duplicated copies of naturalization papers, to be sold to men 
 bearing the same name, as well as kindred frauds, may
 
 readily find their source in pecuniary equivalents, for the 
 moneys originally subscribed for election purposes are apt 
 to soon pass beyond the control or knowledge of the sub- 
 scribers ; and, although made with the best intentions, can 
 be easily perverted without their knowledge or conni- 
 vance. The Grand Jury regret that men of high standing, 
 like Alexander T. Stewart, should make technical objec- 
 tions to answering questions involving these subjects, or 
 that men in public, political, and private confidence, like 
 Edwin D. Morgan, should omit to personally attend before 
 the Grand Jury in furtherance of these investigations. 
 
 The Grand Jury requested the Superintendent of Police 
 to communicate to the Grand Jury any knowledge of elec- 
 tion frauds that he might have or procure. He answered 
 he had no such knowledge beyond the arrests made, which 
 were declared by the District Attorney to be no greater 
 in number than was usual at any election where there 
 were a mnltij)licity of local candidates striving for politi- 
 cal mastery. John II. White, Esq., understood to be 
 Chairman of a Committee privately and laudably engaged 
 in procuring testimony about election frauds, Vv'as similarly 
 requested by the Grand Jury. The only evidence of prac- 
 tical irregularities, which are certainly reprehensible, 
 although perhaps not indictable, is the evidence discovered 
 in the testimony of Superintendent Kennedy, Commission- 
 er Brennan, Commissione]- Bosworth, and George W . Hoff- 
 man, a hack-driver, to the effect that the oflicial power of 
 the Police was privately and secretly lent to the further- 
 ance of some kind of objects desired by a partizan Com- 
 mittee. It is certainly reprehensible that the police force 
 of the City of New York, should be used without the sanc- 
 tion of the Board of Police to take a census of voters in 
 the City of New York and have the census submitted to 
 the manipulations of the partizan Committee during the 
 progress of registration ; or that, as appears by the testi- 
 mony of one of the Inspectors and Can^-assers of election, 
 the Board of Police should have the power to more or less 
 practically control elections, by appointing and removing 
 at M'ill in their discretion, from time to time, during the
 
 progress of registration and election officers, intrusted witli 
 the macliinery of the elective franchise. 
 
 The Grand Jury were able to find a bill against an in- 
 spector for substituting ballots of his own selection for 
 ballots of an elector's selection, during the progress of poll- 
 ing, commonly called "ballot-box stuffing." Some legis- 
 lation would seem to be necessary in regard to the selec- 
 tion of inspectors, if candidates are allowed, as ajDpears 
 l>y the testimony of Theodore Allen they were, to select 
 through a partizan Committee in connection with the 
 Board of Police, Inspectors and Canvassei's. 
 
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 [A portion of the Memorial which relates to the Citi- 
 zens' Association is here, for the purposes of this pamphlet, 
 omitted.]
 
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 The Grand Jmy are of opinion that the M'holesale alle- 
 gations in respect to frands at the recent election are man- 
 ifestly nnfonnded. Tliis particnlarlj appears when we con- 
 sider that the whole police force of the city, political com- 
 mittees, largely interested in detecting frands, and the In. 
 spectors, Canvassers, and Poll-clei'ks at each poll being- 
 zealous and careful men, were eacli and all exercising the 
 utmost vigilance in respect to frauds, and yet none have 
 been brought to the notice of the Grand Jury, except those 
 which ordinarily arise in any excited political contest, and 
 which are comparatively trivial. 
 
 It will appear from the minutes of the Grand Jury and 
 the testimony taken, that the Grand Jury, taking notice of 
 the popular public rumors made by tlie successful partv 
 at the recent Presidential election against their opponents 
 of fraud, deemed it advisable to investigate whether the 
 parties making these wholesale charges were themselves 
 capable of coming into Court wn'tli clean hands. With 
 what result, tlie testimony itself wdll make apparent. 
 
 In accordance with tlie statute, the Grand Jury direct 
 that this their report, which of course is only advisory and 
 for the purpose of information, together with the testi- 
 mony stenographically taken, and all together forming the 
 minutes of the Grand Jury, be filed with tlie District At- 
 torney, to be or not to be made public, as in tlie discretion 
 given him l)y the statute he may elect. 
 
 CHAKLES II. IIASWELL, 
 
 Foi'eman. 
 
 JOSEPH II. TOOKEP, 
 
 Secretary.
 
 NovEJOBKR 13, 1868. 
 
 JU>iob'td^ That the Grand Jurv, having had before it 
 jnany complaints for illegal voting, and illegal registering 
 by individuals, and having ordered bills on some, deem it 
 expedient to investigate into the alleged financial induce- 
 ments to such offences; and, being informed by public 
 rumor and by some of the members present, that exces- 
 sively large sums of money have been raised in this County 
 for election purposes, one individual claiming to have sub- 
 scribed ^20,000, and another, §40,000 for such purposes, 
 order the District Attorney to subpoena such witnesses as 
 he may, on conference with this body, deem advisable, for 
 Tuesday morning, the 13tli inst. 
 
 By order of the Grand Jury, the papers herewith at- 
 tached, relating to the contumacy of Edwin D. Morgan, a 
 subpa'uaed witness, were ordered entered on the minutes, 
 November 17, 1868. 
 
 SUBFCENA FOK A W1T^'ESS TO ATTEXD THE GEAXD Jl'KY OF 
 THE COURT OF OYER A>'D TERMI>'ER. 
 
 The Peojyle of the State of JS^ew York : 
 
 To Edwin D. Morgan, corner of Thirly-seventh street and 
 
 Eif th avenue — Greeting : 
 
 We command you, that, all business and excuses ceas- 
 ing, you appear, in your proper person, at the Grand- Jury 
 room, in the basement of the Sessions building, adjoining 
 the Eotunda, in the Park, in the City of Xew York, on 
 Friday, the 13th day of November, instant, at the hour of 
 eleven in the forenoon of the same day, to testify the 
 truth, and give evidence before the Grand Jmy, touch- 
 ing a certain complaint then and there pending against
 
 Daniel E, Sickles, for frauds against the elective franchise, 
 and this yon are not to omit, nnder the penalty of two 
 hundred and fifty dollars. 
 
 Witness, the Hon. George G. Barnard, Justice of 
 our said Court, at the City Hall, in our said city, 
 the first Monday of November, in the year of 
 our Lord 1868. 
 
 A. OAKEY HALL, 
 
 District Attorney. 
 
 State of New YorJc^ City and County of New York, ss : 
 
 John White, of the said city, Leing duly sworn, deposes 
 and says : That on Friday, the 13th day of November, in- 
 stant, he served a copy of the annexed subpoena upon Ed- 
 win D. Morgan, at liis residence, corner of Thirty-seventh 
 street and Fiftli avenue, at about 9.30 a. m., by delivering 
 the same to hina in person. Further deponent saith not. 
 
 JOHN WHITE. 
 
 Sworn to before me, this — day ] 
 of November, 1868. f 
 
 J, Spakks, Notary Public.
 
 TESTIMONY. 
 
 FraDAV, NoveialKT 13, 18GS. 
 
 Alexanukk T. Stkwakt, swoni and cxaiuined, testified 
 as follows : 
 
 Foreman — 
 
 Mr. Stewart, the Court specially eailtMl the attention of 
 tliis (Jrand Jury on the matter (d" election frauds, and 
 the District Attorney also, and under their direction 
 they have sul)j)(enaed several parties, and re(piested the 
 jury to take such action as they see tit on a certain order. 
 Did you suljseribe any moneys to or collect any for apolit- 
 ical committee in the City of New York during^he recent 
 election canvass ? 
 
 Q. Did you sul)scril)e any moneys to any political partv ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. IIow much ? 
 
 A. I should be pleased to ask a rpiestion, if I am per- 
 mitted, of the jury. I anisubpoMuied here by the subpo'ua 
 to give evidence in relation to frauds committed 1)y Daniel 
 K. Sickles. I would be }»leased to know whether the Court 
 or Jury have a right to g(j into any matter than that for 
 which I have been subpcenaed. I have nothing to conceal, 
 and am willing to tell you everything that I have done in 
 every way, but I merely ask whether legally you have a 
 right to go beyond that for which I have been subpoenaed 
 here this morniuii;.
 
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 Foreman : 
 
 Q. I did not exactly understand your reply. Did I un- 
 derstand that you. questioned tlie right of the jury ? 
 
 xi. I have nothing to conceal as to anything I personally 
 have done, either with Sickles or any li\ ing man ; but I 
 am subpoenaed here to give evidence in relation to a cer- 
 tain matter. Caw you by an easy track tra\el beyond 
 that? I want the jury to decide that. I do not object to 
 giving evidence, but I merely wish the question put. I 
 hope the jury understand it. 
 
 [The witness allowed to withdraw.] 
 
 Marsuall O. lioBEKTS, swom and examined : 
 
 Q. Do you know of any money having been given to 
 Daniel E. Sickles for election purposes ? 
 
 ^1. I do not. 
 
 Q. Did you subscribe any moneys for election purposes 
 at the late canvass ? 
 
 A. In relation to Mr. Sickles ? 
 
 Q. No, sir ; generally 'i 
 
 A. Is that the subject for which I am subp(x'naed here ? 
 
 Q. Did you subscribe any money to any political com- 
 mittee during the late canvass ? 
 
 A. I liave no ol)jection to answer it ; but as a nuxtter of 
 principle I decline. 
 
 Q. You understand that Mr. Sickles is charged with 
 expending large sums of money, and the inference is rea- 
 sonable that some one must ha\e given it to him ? 
 
 A. I have never given him any money, nor anybody 
 for him ; he never received any money of mine under any 
 circumstances, at any time. 
 
 Q. Did you subscribe any moneys for the last election, 
 and if so, how much ? 
 
 A. I do not recollect. 
 
 Q. Did you subscribe any for fraudulent purposes ? 
 
 A. None whatever — none of my money was so used. 
 
 Q. You do not recollect that you have ever subscribed 
 auy ?
 
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 A. I did not subscribe any ; subscribing is putting your 
 name on paper. 
 I Q. You know sending a check is giving a sul)scrIption ? 
 
 A. I made no memorandum of it. 
 
 Q. ITow much money did you pay? 
 
 A. I sliould think §500. It is impossible for me to say 
 now — I don't remember — probably more. 
 
 Q. Did you subscribe as much as *>5jfiO() ? 
 
 A. I cannot remember. 
 
 Q. Did you subscribe as much as $10,000 ? 
 
 A. I do not recollect that — I nn'ght perhaps. 
 
 Q. Did you subscribe as much as $2<>/)00? 
 
 A. I do not recollect. 
 
 Q. If yon had subscribed more than $10,000, and less 
 than $20,000, do you think you could have recollected ? 
 
 A. Well, I should think pro1)ably I might; I have a 
 faint idi'a it was over five hundred dollars. 
 
 Q. Do you swear positively that it was less tlian five 
 thousand ( 
 
 A. Xo. It was for tickets and printing bills. 
 
 Q. Did they present you any of those bills? 
 
 ^I. Some of them were sent to me. I suppose I shall see 
 the bills pretty soon. 
 
 Q. Did you have charge of the printing? 
 
 ^1. I did not; T tliiiik it i^^ very unroa<on:ible to send 
 tlie bills to me. 
 
 Q. You don't know Avliother it wa-^ less t1ian twenty 
 thousand dollars, or more than that? 
 
 A. I have not looked at my checkbook. 
 
 Q. Could you, by examining your checks, be enabled 
 to inform the jury at the future day i 
 
 A. No, I do not think I could ; I may have made en- 
 tires ; it is impossible really to tell with accuracy how 
 mncli nioiu'v 1 did s))end. If I saw a poor cripple who 
 wanted means, I would help him. I was at the head of the 
 electoral ticket, and people run to my side and front doors 
 after money, and very often, to get rid of a l>a<l-lookiug 
 man, I i>:ave him mouev.
 
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 Q. Ton refer to your contributions to C'liarital)le pur- 
 poses generall}' ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. I am not spealving of charitable contributions ; I am 
 speaking about political ? 
 
 . A. I never gave Sickles a cent of money, and be has 
 never asked me. 
 
 Q. Did the State Central Committee assess you % 
 
 A. No, sir, never. 
 
 Q. Did you subscribe to the Executive Committee of 
 the State ? 
 
 A. No, not at all. 
 
 Q. Did you send the Executive Committee of the State 
 a check ? 
 
 A. I did. 
 
 Q. Do you kno^v the amount of the check ? 
 
 A. My impression is — I will tell you, but I do not 
 think you have a right to ask — I speiit two thousand 
 dollars for printing purposes. The first moment I could 
 not tell, but my mind has been brought to the subject. 
 They did not assess me ; I sent them two thousand dol- 
 lars. 
 
 Q. For what purpose did you suppose this two tliousand 
 dollars would be spent ? 
 
 A, For printing ; I thought it was fair and right. 
 
 Q. Did you send other checks ? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. You drew no other checks for election purposes ? 
 
 A. I do not recollect that I did. 
 
 Q. All tlie money you subscril)ed was two thousand 
 dollars? 
 
 A. I did not say that. I recollect one single instance ; 
 I may have contributed to Wards through the city ; they 
 used to come to me from the Fii-st and Eighteenth 
 Wards. 
 
 Q. Did you subscribe to an organization in the 
 Eighteenth Ward ? 
 
 A. I do ]iot remember.
 
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 Q. Did you suLscriljC to any individuals wlio wcro can- 
 didates before the people in tliis oonnty ? 
 A. I do not think I did. 
 
 MATTnEw T. ]>KENNAN, swoiMi uud oxaiiiincd : 
 
 Q. Did yon ever see these 1)Ooks, or similar hooks 
 before ^ 
 
 A. Never. 
 
 Q. Do I nnderstand yon, as Police Commissioner, you are 
 prepared to say that you nevei- saw these books in your 
 office ? 
 
 A. Never. 
 
 Q. Do you kno^\• whether the Police Connnissioners 
 paid for those l)Ooks — a number of them? 
 
 ^•1. Tlie Police Board pays for a considerable innubcr 
 of l.)ooks, but none ordered for that purpose. 
 
 Q. You do not recoii'nize these books i' 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Yon, as a Police Connnissioner, as one of the Com- 
 missioners, never acted with your associates in ordering 
 these books ? 
 * A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Are those books similar to tlic books used in the 
 Police Department ? 
 
 A. The registry -books that we ordei-ed fi'om the stationei- 
 are of larger size than that. 
 
 Q. Yon, of your own knowledge, do not know that 
 books of this size had been ordered, and no apjilicatiou 
 had been made to yon l)y stdxtrdinates:! 
 
 .1. T understand books were ordered l>y tlic Supci'in- 
 tendent, that 1 would not pay for, used for jirivate pur- 
 poses. 
 
 Q. Has the Superintendent authority to ordei' t1ie books { 
 
 A. No, sir; they always do it on a requisition. 
 
 Q. No rerpiisition wa< madi- for tliose books ^ 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Were those boohs or<lered by tlie Su})erintendent ^
 
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 A. I do not know ; I nndcrstand such was tlic case ; I 
 never saw tliem nntil to-day. 
 
 Q. AVas there any resolntion passed by the Board of 
 Connnissioners of Police, designating or antliorizing, or 
 directing the Snperintendent or any snb-otticer of the Po- 
 lice Department to take a registry of the male adnlt popu- 
 lation, over the age of 20 years, in the City of Ncav York, 
 at any time since the first day of July ''{ 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Has there been any since yon were a member of the 
 Board ? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. AVhen were you appointed ? 
 
 A. The first day of March. T know there was no such 
 resolution passed ; more than that, ^ve understood the Su- 
 perintendent that he would take a census of the popula- 
 tion, and it was a long time before Ave could get any in- 
 formation ; on that account, I stated if they used any 
 stationery the Police Department would not. pay for it. 
 
 Q. Did he make a report to the Commissioners ? 
 
 A. lie made a report to the Connnissioners tkrough tlie 
 clerk; he employed men. Judge Bosworth made inrpiiry 
 wliether men were detailed for that purpose; there was 
 a denial of it, and afterwards we found out tlint some 
 men were detailed for that purpose. 
 
 Q. Do I understand that the (/ommissioners ordered 
 the Superintendent to take a census? 
 
 A. No, sir ; there is four in the connuission ; two of us 
 did not know anything :d)ont it until they very nearly 
 concluded. 
 
 Q. You say he made a report to the Board ? 
 
 A. A week or ten days afterwards, through the clei'k. 
 
 Q. What other memlier of tlu^ I'oard was ignorant of 
 the matter, except yourself? 
 
 A. Judge Bosworth was ignorant of it. 
 
 Q. The other two Connnissioners knew it? 
 
 A. I do not know. 
 
 Q. On the day of the election, parties wlio were arrested 
 were taken before Judge James, at the Metropolitan Hotel,
 
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 and policemen, when asked the question why they did not 
 take the }»risoners before tlie Police Magistrates, stated 
 that it was in consequence oi' orders received from a supe- 
 i-i(»r dIHcci'. Did the Conmiissioners pass any resolution 
 directing the otticers of tlie Police Department to take 
 |^)ersons before Judge James, and not before Police Magis- 
 trates ? 
 
 A. ]\o, sir; the Superintendent did that on liis own 
 authority; it was no authority, in tlie minds of the Com- 
 missioners. 
 
 Q. Had the Superintendent an\' autliority to [»i-oceed in 
 that way? 
 
 A. ]^[o, sir ; he viohited tlie rules go\erning the body in 
 doing so. 
 
 Q, Put lie did it'? 
 
 A, I understand he did. 
 
 William C. IIogeks, sworn and examined: 
 
 Q. What are you ? 
 A. Stationer. 
 
 Q, Did you ever see tliis book before, or anything lil<e 
 tliat ? 
 
 A. I have seen sometliing similar, 
 
 Q. Did you make these books ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Wlio ordered them? 
 
 A. Mr. Kennedy. 
 
 Q. AVas it a written order? 
 
 A. Xo, sir; verl)al. 
 
 Q. On what account did he oj-der them ? 
 
 A. He did not specify any account, 
 
 (J. On his individual account, or on a [)ublic account? 
 
 A. I understood it was a public acccumt. 
 
 Q. AVho did you enter it on the books to ? 
 
 A. Charged to the Police Connnissioners, 
 
 Q. Have you presented your Ijill ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Didthey pay it?
 
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 A. 'No, &ir. 
 
 Q. AVliynot? 
 
 A. I have not lia<l that thoroughly exphihied to ine yet. 
 
 Q. Have they declined paying you ^ 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. How many books w ere tliere ? 
 
 A. Three hundred and tifty, I tliiuk. 
 
 O. What was the amount of the hill ? 
 
 ^t. Something over one hundred dollars. 
 
 Q. Do you furnish stationery for the Police Depart- 
 ment ? 
 
 A. A portion of it. 
 
 Q. Do you furnish all the stationery to the Police De- 
 partment on verbal orders, or on written requisitions ? 
 
 A. Sometimes on verbal orders and sometimes on writ- 
 ten requisitions. 
 
 Q. When you furnish on verbal orders, frum whom do 
 you get the orders i 
 
 A. I have been in the habit of taking orders from al- 
 most anybody that is reliable — the Conunissioners' Chief 
 Clerk, Mr. Hasbrouck. 
 
 A. How often has Mr. Kennedy ordered you to furnish 
 stationery on verbal orders '( 
 
 A. Never but once that I remember. 
 
 Q. Was that this particular instance of which you speak ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. You never received orders from Kennedy ex- 
 cept in this particular case i 
 
 A. Xo, sir. 
 
 Q. Did he say for whom they were made when he or- 
 dered tliem^did he represent anybody excepting himself 
 in making the order ? 
 
 A. No, I do not remember that he did. 
 
 Q. Do you know M'ho the books were delivered to after 
 they were made ? 
 
 A. They were delivered to liis uihce ; my boys or porter 
 delivered them at his office. 
 
 Q. In answer to a question just asked you by a juror you 
 stated that, at the time you received this order, Kennedy
 
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 represented nobodv but liimself. Wliy did you make out 
 a bill fVti- the Police Commissioners? 
 
 A. Because I took it for fi:;ranted that the work was or- 
 dered for the Police Commissioners as usual. Mr. Ken- 
 nedy made some e.\])lanation in gi\ino; me the order tliat 
 gave me reason to believe that they were for the police- 
 men. 
 
 Q. What explanation did he make ? 
 
 A. That they were books to detect fraudulent votes ; he 
 was going to make a perfect register of the city and coun- 
 ty ; that it was going to be done by the Police Board — 
 going to use the policemen for that purpose. 
 
 Q. lie made that explanation to you at the time ? 
 
 A. In a casual way. 
 
 Q. About when were those books furnished by you to 
 Mr. Kennedy ? 
 
 ^4. About two weeks before the first meeting of the 
 Board of Registers. 
 
 Q. Was it not earlier than two weeks ? 
 
 A. Possibly earlier tlian two weeks ; I cannot say ex- 
 actly. 
 
 Q. Was it not done as far back as August ? 
 
 A. I do not know; I would not l)e surprised but what 
 it was. I would not pretend to give the date when they 
 were ordered. 
 
 Q. If I understand you now, Kennedy represented that 
 the Police office wanted the books ? 
 
 A. I received an order from Kennedy to make those 
 books, and, coming from him, I supposed it was for the 
 Police Commissioners. 
 
 Q. He gave you no order to make out an individual 
 bill for himself ? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. He did not tell you at the time that it was for his 
 own private use ? 
 
 A. 'So, sir. 
 
 Q. Yon have not presented Kennedy with the bill ? 
 
 A No, sir. 
 
 Q. Was there anything in Kennedy's language" that 
 
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 yon would infer that it was for his individual account or 
 for that of the Police Department ? 
 
 A. I stated alreacl_y I inferred it Avas for the Police 
 Connnissioners, and requested the Stationery Clerk, who 
 received my bill, to see Kennedy, and that he would ex- 
 plain that the books were all received. 
 
 Q. Did the Stationery Clerk see Kennedy ? 
 
 ^ . I do not know. 
 
 Q. Was your bill certified before ? 
 
 A. That I cannot say. I received a check with re- 
 ductions. 
 
 William A, Darling, sworn and examined, testified as 
 follows : 
 
 Q. Do you know of any money having been paid or 
 handed over to, or put at the disposal of, Daniel E. Sickles, 
 for election purposes ? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. None whatever ? 
 
 A . None at all. 
 
 Q. You subscribed some money, I presume, toward the 
 general election fund, yourself? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. What was the general fund ? 
 
 A. I subscribed to various applications. 
 
 Q. You did not subscrilje, or knoM" of any being given, 
 to Daniel E. Sickles ? 
 
 A. No, sir, I do not know what was done with the mo- 
 ney I gave. 
 
 Q. To whom did you subscribe during the last canvass ? 
 
 A. I subscribed to the Union League Club, to Charles 
 S. Spencer — various small amounts on different applica- 
 tions from clubs. 
 
 Q. Did you subscribe to the State Central Committee ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; I subscribed to various meetings that were 
 held. 
 
 Q. Is the " Union League Club" a political organiza- 
 tion?
 
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 A. I do not know tluit It is ; I presume all the members 
 are of one political faith. 
 
 Q. How much did yon subscribe? 
 
 A. One hundred dollars. 
 
 Q. At the time yon subscri])ed tliat money was it for 
 the j)nr])Ose of defraying the expenses of the election, or 
 was it for the pui-pose of carrying on the expenses of the 
 club ? 
 
 A. That money was subscribed for the purpose of aid- 
 ing in the canvass to promote the election of the K.epul)lican 
 candidates. Tiiat was my object in subscribing. 
 
 Q. How much did you subscribe to Mr, Spencer 'i 
 
 A. I sent Mr. Spencer a check for fifty dollars. 
 
 Q. Was it to him as an individual or as president of a 
 political organization ( 
 
 A. He requested a sul)scription to aid in the holding of 
 public meetings ; I told him I would do something to- 
 wards it. 
 
 Q. Did you subscril>e any large amount— amounting to 
 85Ci(), or $1,000, or $5,0<iO, during the late canvass ? 
 
 A. No, sir, I was pretty well cleaned out last Fall. 
 
 Q. Was there any pai-t of this money which you sub- 
 scribed to be used for impnjper purposes in the canvass i 
 
 A. Not that I know of, or I should not have subscribed 
 it for any such purpose. I guess Senator Bradley knows 
 that. 
 
 Q. You ha\'C no knowledge of what became of the 
 money that you subscribed i 
 
 A. No, sir, no doubt they made a good use of it; it did 
 not do any good. 
 
 Sheridan Shook, sworn and examined : 
 
 Q. Did you subscribe any sums of money for political 
 purposes during tlie late election ? 
 A. I think I have. 
 Q. What amount ? 
 A. I cannot tell. 
 Q. I take it you do not recollect ?
 
 20 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Have jou no means by which yon could refresh 
 your recollection ? 
 
 A. I conld not do it at this moment. 
 
 Q. Did yon give checks or bills ? 
 
 A. My impression is it was bills. 
 
 Q. Yon gave no checks at all ? 
 
 A. I do not think there was, still I would not swear I 
 did not. 
 
 Q. For wliat 2)ui-pose did you give that money ? 
 
 A. For tlie pui-pose of manning the polls — the usual 
 purposes of an election. 
 
 Q. To what parties did you give it ? 
 
 A. I desire to raise one question. I am called here to 
 testify as to the complaint against Daniel E. Sickles. I 
 siibnnt wlietlier these questions have anytliing to do with 
 this case, or tliat I liave the right to answer them. 
 
 Q. I ask the witness for what purpose he subscribed 
 this money ? 
 
 A. I have aiiswerd the question — for the purpose of 
 getting boxes, procuring challengers, and other necessary 
 expenses. 
 
 Q. To whom did you give the money ? 
 
 A. I decline to answer the question. 
 
 Q. Did you give any money to Daniel E. Sickles? 
 
 A. Xo, sir. 
 
 Q. Did you give any money to any one to be used by 
 him? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Did you give any money for any specific purpose 
 beyond printing, for boxes, and the necessary expenses of 
 the canvass? 
 
 A. Not that I am aware of. 
 
 Q. Do you know of Daniel E. Sickles receiving any 
 money for election purposes ? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Did you know of any one in communication with 
 him, receiving any money for election purposes ? 
 
 A. I do not understand the question.
 
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 Q. Any person acting as his friend or clerk, oi- acting 
 in his behalf? 
 
 A. Not that I am aware of. 
 
 Q. Of the moneys which you subscribed, were any of 
 them giyen for any improper purposes in conducting the 
 canvass ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; all the money I gave Avas given to the 
 proper committees, 
 
 Q. Do yon belong to the Republican General Com- 
 mittee of this connty '. 
 
 A. There ai-e two Republican committees. 
 
 Q. I mean the Radical committee ? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Does the jury understand you to say that you do 
 not, either directly or indirectly, know of any sums having 
 been appropriated for the use of Daniel E. Sickles for 
 election purposes ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Yon sa}' that clearly and distinctly ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir, I have seen very little of General Sickles ; 
 1 have scarcely exchanged words with him — not over once 
 or twice. 
 
 Q. Do you believe any money was given to him for that 
 purpose ? 
 
 A. I ha\e no l)elief upon the subject. 
 
 Tno^rAS Murphy, sworn and examined, testified as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Q. Mr. Murphy, do you know of any moneys having 
 been paid to Daniel E. Sickles, for election purposes ? 
 
 A. I do not. 
 
 Q. Neither paid to him or any of his agents ? 
 
 ^. I do not, sir. 
 
 Q. Do you know of any money having been subscribed 
 for that purpose by other parties ? 
 
 A. For Daniel E. Sickles, I do not. 
 
 Q. Do you know of any money having been subscribed 
 for election purposes outside of the ordinary and necessary 
 expenses — poll tickets, books, the traveling expenses of 
 speakers, &c.
 
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 A. I do not know of any money snbscribed for ordinary 
 expenses, except to prevent frauds. 
 
 Q. What do yon mean by that ? 
 
 A. The money was spent in employing clerks and conn- 
 sel in examining the registry-books. They were examined 
 in Room 15 of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. 
 
 Q. Who brought them there '( 
 
 A. That I could not tell you. 
 
 Q. Were they authentic registers ? 
 
 A. I believe they were — ^tliat is my impression ; I could 
 not swear to it. 
 
 Q. By whom were those liooks examined ? 
 
 A. They were examined by Clerks; on some of the 
 nights fifty were at work. 
 
 Q. Under whose direction ? 
 
 A. Mr. George Bliss. 
 
 Q. Who was present besides Mr. Bliss at Room 15 ? 
 
 A. The Clerks filled the room so that it was impossible 
 for any one to get in ; I used to step in once and awhile 
 and others. 
 
 Q. Did you give any direction in relation to having the 
 registers brought there ? 
 
 A. ISTo ; but the committee, of which I was a member, 
 advised that policy, and appointed Mr. Bliss Chairman of 
 the Committee on Frauds. I was not on the Committee 
 on Frauds. 
 
 Q. Were you in the room during the time the examina- 
 tion was going on ? 
 
 A. I used to step in and out there, but I never exam- 
 ined the books myself. Most of the committee were in 
 and out. The committee was composed of fifty. 
 
 Q. Did you see Mr. Acton 'i 
 
 A. Mr. Acton was in there, but never to look at the 
 books. 
 
 Q. Did you see Mr. Manierre ? 
 
 A. I never saw him examining the books. 
 
 Q. Did you see Governor Fenton ? 
 
 A. No. ' 
 
 Q. Did you see Hamilton Harris ?
 
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 A. I think Hamilton Harris was in there. 
 
 Q. Did you see Mr. Terwilliger, the Clerk of the Senate ? 
 
 A. I never saw him exaniiniug the books ; he was there. 
 
 Q. Did you ever luok at any books yourself ? 
 
 ^1. No, sir; I did not. 
 
 Q. You could not say whether this is one of the books 
 or not ? 
 
 A. Xo ; I could not. 
 
 Q. Was the Superintendent of the Police. Mr. Ken- 
 nedy, present ? 
 
 A. Not during the examination of the books. 
 
 Q. From wliom were those books obtained ? 
 
 A. That I could not tell you only from general knowl- 
 edge. There was a meeting of Republican canvassers 
 and inspectoi"S, and at that meeting they Avere requested 
 to bring the books to see if any names were fraudulently 
 put upon the l)ooks. Those clerks were employed for 
 that purpose. We found a great number of them, hun- 
 dreds and thousands. 
 
 Q. I understand you, at the meeting of the Republican 
 inspectors and canvassers, they were dij-ected to bring 
 their books immediately after tJie close of the registry? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Do you know who gave instructions to the Inspectors 
 of the Registry to bring these books to Room 15 ? 
 
 A. They were requested by John H. White and George 
 H. Bliss ; I think these were the Committee appointed for 
 that pui'pose ; I presume the instructions came fi-om 
 them. I am perfectly willing to answer all these ques- 
 tions, but I do not see that it has anything to do with 
 General Sickles. 
 
 Q, Was Sickles present at Room 15 'i 
 
 A. No, sir; I never saw him. 
 
 Q. You say the bringing of the registi-y-books -was at 
 the request of certain gentlemen ; are you sure it was the 
 registry-books themselves, or copies ;' 
 
 A. My impression is that it M'as the registry -books them- 
 selves.
 
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 Q. Could you give the gi-aud-jurv a list of the frauds 
 you found 't 
 
 A. I do not know that I could. (Jn the first two days 
 of the registering I think the number of fi'auds amounted 
 to something between four and six thousand. 
 
 Q. Can you suggest to the jury how we can get at these? 
 
 A. They canvassed the district and got the legitimate 
 voters of the district, and found m certain houses the 
 names of persons registered who did not reside there. 
 
 Q. Did you have evidence before you that the parties 
 did not reside there 'I 
 
 A. Yes, sir ; I believe they got the evidence. I believe 
 there is one gentleman who states that twenty were regis- 
 tered from his own house ; it was not a boarding-house. 
 
 Q. Do you know whether they voted 'l 
 
 A. That I do not know ; I have no means of getting at 
 them ; I presume Mr. Bliss has got all those papers. 
 
 Q. Did I understand you to say that the canvassers were 
 requested to bring with them the registry-books ? 
 
 A. Immediately on the closing of the registry. 
 
 Q. AVere the canvassei's all Republicans ? 
 
 A. I presume they profess to be Republicans — all of 
 them that came there. 
 
 Q. Did you know it was a misdemeanor to take those 
 books to Room 15 ? 
 
 A. Ko, sir ; I did not know. 
 
 Q. Don't you know that the books should be imme- 
 diately returned to the Bureau of Elections, Police liead- 
 cpiarters ? 
 
 A. I do not know ; I am only giving you the general 
 impression 1 got — not facts at all ; 1 do not know whether 
 they were registry-books or not. 
 
 Q. Have you any doubt of them not being the registry- 
 books ? 
 
 A. I supposed they were, but I do not know it as a fact. 
 
 Q. It was the books that the registers kept that had the 
 registered names — they were brought to this room at 
 night ?
 
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 ^4. I presume that is the way it was done. 
 
 Q. AV'^ere you in Itoom 15 on the Sunday previous to the 
 election !■ 
 
 A. I do not recollect, 
 
 Q. Did you hear any Re[)nl)]ican register instructed to 
 hi'ing the registry -books ^ 
 
 .1, I was not at the meeting when those instructions 
 were given ; 1 only heard what was said. 
 
 Q. Will you state to this jury how much money you 
 sill (scribed for election purposes ? 
 
 A. I do not think it is a proper question ; I subscribed 
 money for election }>urposes. 
 
 Q. How much '. 
 
 A. Allow me to ask if that is not going into my ])rivate 
 affairs i I am perfectly willing to answer, but I do not 
 think it is a fair question. In fact I could not tell you ; 
 I subscribed so much I would have to look over my cash- 
 book to see what it was. 
 
 Q. Who received your money i Who acted as treasu- 
 rer ? 
 
 .1. I acted as treasurer, myself, of that Committee. 
 
 Q. What was the lai'gest sum you ever dispensed at one 
 time ^ 
 
 A: Well, now, 1 am entii-ely willing to answer these 
 questions ; but I do not see that it applies to Gen. Sickles, 
 on which sul)ject I am snbpoMiaed. 
 
 Q. I ask you this question, and you decline to answer. 
 I now ask yon to whom that money was paid? 
 
 A. 1 am perfectly willing to answer, and I will answer 
 it. if you say you have a right to ask it. The largest sum 
 I paid, at one time, was two thousand dollars; it was for 
 counsel fees. 
 
 Q. To whom ? 
 
 A. James T. Brady. 
 
 Q. As treasurer of the fund, how much money 
 did you receive ( 
 
 A. I was only treasurer of the fi-aud fund. 
 
 Q. As I understood you, the moneys }ou subscribed 
 
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 were not for the purpose of obtaining fraudulent votes, but 
 for the prevention of them ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir, so far as my knowledge is concerned, noth- 
 ing was used but to prevent frauds and to man the polls. 
 
 Q. Have jon any objection to state how much you gave ? 
 
 A. I believe the whole amount did not exceed twelve 
 thousand, the amount that was paid to clerks by the com- 
 mittee. 
 
 Testimony of Jonx A. Kennedy [taken by foreman 
 — Stenographer absent] : 
 
 Recognized the books submitted to him ; they are records 
 of the inhabitants of the city, entitled to vote, as deter- 
 mined by the officers inquiring at residences ; their cus- 
 tody is the Police Headquarters ; does not know of these, 
 or like books, having been taken to the Fifth Avenue 
 Hotel ; has no knowledge of any such proceeding ; does 
 not recognize the marks / and x, and does not know who 
 made them ; is a member of the Loyal League Club ; has 
 not attended any political canvasses or committees during 
 the recent canvass ; lias not any direct evidence which 
 will establish frauds during the recent election ; there 
 were two inspectors and one canvasser, of each political 
 party, at each of the late election polls ; the police and the 
 public were urged to vigilance, against frauds at the re- 
 cent election ; does not know how the arrests for frauds, 
 at the late election, would compare with prior elections ; 
 did give orders to hurry up the canvass, in some cases, 
 wlien canvassers were dilatory. 
 
 Testimony of D. B. Hasbkoitok [taken by foreman — 
 Stenographer absent] : 
 
 Inspectors of Registry are appointed b}' Police Com- 
 missioners ; removals are made in like manner ; there were 
 many changes of inspectors at late election ; does not re- 
 cognize the books submitted to him. The registry-books.
 
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 deposited in his bureau, have not been lent or parted witli 
 to his knowledcre. 
 
 Monday, November 10, 1^68. 
 Judge Bosworth, sworn and examined : 
 
 The books were not ordered by the Board. There M-ere 
 books, many of different sizes and some in that form, filed 
 with the Clerk. What was done with them afterwards, 
 or what use was made of them, I know not. 
 
 Q. These books Mere not ordered under a re(iuisition or 
 direction of the Board of Commis?^ioners '. 
 
 A. Not at any meeting at wliich I was present or of 
 which I have knowledge. 
 
 Q. Have they been paid for, or ordered to be paid i 
 
 A. Not by any order of which I have any knowledge. 
 
 Q. Would you, as a memljer of the P<ilice Board, if the 
 question came uj), consider that the Metropolitan Police 
 Board should pay for them ? 
 
 A. That I would consider ; — what was to be said by the 
 Commissioners, j!>/'0 and con whether I woidd have any- 
 thing to do with it. I could liardly tell how I would vote 
 until I would hear all that was to be said. 
 
 By District Attorney — 
 
 Q. Judge, assuming that it should be in evidence that 
 these books were taken at night fi-om the Police Head- 
 quarters to the rooms of a poHtical Committee, would that 
 be an act coming within the scope of the Police I 
 
 A. I am not aware, at present, of any rule or order that 
 should make it proper to go to any such ]ilace. 
 
 Q. Is there any rule or usage in the Department requir- 
 ing books and papers, that belong to the De})artment, to 
 remain on file for record ? 
 
 A. They are to remain there, as I understand it. 
 
 Q. Is there any rule, of the Police De})artnH'nt. wlu'ch
 
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 forbids the wearing of a political badge by any officer of 
 the Department? 
 
 A. Xot as I remember. I wonld not want to answer 
 abont tliat more than I wonld as to certain things in the 
 Statnte. Our rules are against officers taking part in a 
 political meeting. As I understand the matter, the thing 
 svonld be censured at once, if it was discovered, for the 
 reason that it would tend to demoralize the force. 
 
 Q, Do I understand that books similar to these, in ap- 
 pearance, were the property of the Police Commissioners ? 
 
 A. I said that was a nice question ; if these books had 
 been bought with police funds and paid for on general 
 principles, I should say they ought to belong to the Police 
 Department as representmg the city and county. 
 
 Q. Were they paid for ? 
 
 A. I cannot tell you ; I am not treasurer ; I do not 
 know howtliey got in thei'e; liesides those books tliere are 
 (piite a number of books about the size of bank pass-books 
 whicli were, })robably, oi'iginally memorandum books. 
 Those books have in tlie front of them a diagram of a 
 block, or a part of a V)lock. I wish to be permitted to say, 
 in behalf of i\Ir. Acton, tliat he is not really in a condition 
 that he ought to be asked to come here to-day. 
 
 Moses II. Grln'xell, sworn and examined, testified as 
 follows : 
 
 [The District Attorney read the resolution passed by the 
 grand jury requesting him to conduct the examination of 
 witnesses.] 
 
 Q. Mr. Grinnell, were you treasurer of any political 
 fund during the last election ? 
 
 A. I was the Treasurer for the Boys in Blue. 
 
 Q. Did you, at any time, ask Mr. Stewart for any por- 
 tion of the sum of $20,000, said to be subscribed by J udge 
 Pierrepont ? 
 
 A. No, sii-; I never asked him for any portion of it. 
 
 Q. Did you have any communication with him or Judge 
 Hilton about it ?
 
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 A. Not speciall}' in regard to that sum or any other,^ 
 
 Q. During the late canvass, how much money j)assed 
 througli your hands as treasurer of a pohtical fund i 
 
 A. I suppose I })aid something Hke eight or nine thou- 
 sand dollars for the Boys in Blue, for their dress and out- 
 fit — the most of it was for that purpose. 
 
 Q. Does that comprise all the amounts that were paid 
 out by you in any capacity duriug the last canvass ? 
 
 A. I paid out in my own individual capacity donations 
 frequently to the different connnittees, foi- the purpose of 
 defraying the expenses of the election. 1 paid generally 
 when I was called uixjn. 
 
 Q. Did you have any conversation with Judge Pierre- 
 pont in relation to his suhsci-iption of twenty thousand 
 dollars ? 
 
 A. No. sir. 
 
 Q. Are you accpiainted with Hamilton Harris i 
 
 A. I know him, sir. 
 
 Q. How much money during the late canvass did you 
 collect for political purposes altogether ? 
 
 A. I do not know how much ; I gave freely myself and 
 collected all I conld, and whatever I recei\ed I paid over 
 to different committees. 
 
 Q. Can you gi\e any approximate idea of the maximum ? 
 
 A. Probal)ly I paid eight or ten thousand dollars my- 
 self to the different committees. 
 
 Q. Those moneys were collected in this County, were 
 they not ? 
 
 A. Some in this County and some elsewhere. 
 
 Q. Eight or ten thousand dollars, your own individual 
 subscription i 
 
 A. Money has been remitted to me, from through the 
 State and from other States, in very small sums, for the 
 Boys ill Blue. 
 
 Q. Were you in the Fifth Avenue Hotel at any time 
 when the books of registry were there ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; I do not know when they were there ; I 
 never was there, to my knowledge, when tlie books were 
 there, nor did I ever hear a rumor that thev were there.
 
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 Q. Of the moneys which you collected, and Avhich were 
 handed over to the committees, and which you paid your- 
 self, was any portion of that to be used for improper pur- 
 poses in the election 'I 
 
 A. Not to my knowledge. 
 
 Q. Do you know of any illegal or fraudulent votes hav- 
 ina: been cast at the last election ? 
 
 A. I know nothing, only by rumor in the newspapers ; 
 of my own knowledge, 1 know nothing of it. 
 
 By District Attoexey — 
 
 I desire to serve the grand-jury with evidence furnish- 
 ed of two subpoenas being sent to Senator Morgan. 
 
 John II. AN^hite, sworn and examined, testified as follows : 
 
 Q. Mr. White, have you any personal knowledge of any 
 police directory books of election districts having been be- 
 fore a political committee that met at the Fifth Avenue 
 Hotel ? 
 
 A. I do not know what l>ooks you refer to ; that com- 
 mittee had books there. 
 
 Q. Were they books of that character? [Books shown.] 
 
 A. No, sir ; the books that I refer to were wider — regu- 
 lar registry -books — books that are used by registers on elec- 
 tion day. We had a quantity of those and smaller books. 
 
 Q. Look inside of them and see if vou recognize books 
 like that. Did you have occasion to inspect any books 
 like these? 
 
 A. No, sir, I did not. 
 
 Q. You do not know of any having been there ? 
 
 A. The matter of books was not specially under my 
 charge ; it was only incidental so far as I was concerned. 
 
 Q. Who had charge of this ? 
 
 A. I think George Bliss, Jr., had more charge of the 
 books, although the books I speak of, what we call the 
 registry and challenge book, was frequently in my hands, 
 and Igase some directions ; all those were books we made 
 up ourselves. 
 
 Q. Did you have before your political Committee any 
 books belonging to the public ?
 
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 A. ?sot that I am aware of. 
 
 Q. Did you have any registiy-books ? 
 
 A. Our registry-books were made up from copies that 
 were taken from the original books of tlie inspectors. 
 
 Q. Who bought those books — larger than that? 
 
 A. We bouglit them. 
 
 Q. Was there not a copy of tlie registry-books before 
 your Committee ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; we had registers that took a copy of the 
 names registered on each election day, usually on slips of 
 paper, of such a district; these names wouhl be handed in 
 and transcribed into l)ooks that we purchased. 
 
 Q. The official registers furnished the names i 
 
 A. Yes, sir; they did some, and some were hung up iif 
 the public places wliere we could examine them. 
 
 Q. But books like those you never saw? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. I officially observe, and I believe the grand jury 
 also, that you have the lionor to be on a Committee for in- 
 vestigating into election frauds and irregularities. If you 
 have any evidence which, as a lawyer, you regard of a 
 practical and original character, I should be officially 
 very much o])liged if you would furnish me with it, if 
 yon have any such evidence now ? 
 
 A. I can say that during the i)rogress of the investiga- 
 tions, as a member of that Committee, we found a great 
 many things that led us to l)elieve that there were frauds 
 being perpetrated in the way of large quantities of false 
 naturali>^ation papers and illegal registration, more or less 
 of which papers are in the possession of myself and others 
 — the matters that you refer to now. It was deemed ex- 
 pedient by those who desired to have the subject investi- 
 gated to have a Committee appointed. I am an ornamen- 
 tal member of that Committee. I have not yet anything 
 to do with it, but probal)ly shall have. 
 
 Q. At this time are you not cognizant of what we hiw- 
 yers call original evidence ? 
 
 A. Well, sir, what I liave in my possession, the docu- 
 ments and papers, if they are truthful, show a good many
 
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 frauds. Parties that say they iie\'er went to court ; a good 
 many papers have been surrendered and some books that 
 we have got that liave been used by repeaters, going about 
 putting their names in various districts ; we have got their 
 names, and found by comparing these names on the regis- 
 ters, that they have been registered. 
 
 Q. Have you any persons that you can trace, as respon- 
 sible for the possession of these repeating-books ? 
 
 A . I think so ; I think we can reach parties. 
 
 Q. Have any of these been arrested '^ 
 
 A. I think one or two have been indicted in the United 
 States District Court ; I have been so informed. Thei-e 
 was on the last day of registration some repeaters, over in 
 *the Seventh and Tenth Wards, that went ronnd register- 
 ing ; eight of them were arrested ; we have got their books ; 
 they were discharged that very evening, upon a writ of 
 habeas corpus issued by Judge Barnard ; I don't know 
 wlio tlie parties are, or where they belonged. 
 
 Q. Tlie books were taken from them that you have ? 
 
 A. Tliey had books with • them, — admitted that they 
 were their books. 
 
 Q. We should be very happy, if your Committee think 
 it consistent ^vith their duty to furnish us with any of tliat 
 evidence, if they would do so ? 
 
 A. I say that the Committee liave not progressed very 
 much ; I do not know how it will ultimate ; it would not 
 inake any personal difference with me. We think we can 
 show that frauds were being pei'petrated which require 
 some additional legislation. I should be very -willing, in- 
 deed, to communicate with the District Attorney, when 
 we get information, that I think may be valuable to him. 
 From the books and documents we have, many of the 
 facts have been shown. I saM^ some parties this morning 
 (and I think we are not misguided) who obtained papers, 
 and had been arrested. I recommended their discharge 
 because I did not thiidv they had the intent. I thought 
 they had been tools ; they were before Commissioner 
 Osborn. I received a letter on Saturday, from a man up 
 in Dutchess County, in which he stated he employed sixty
 
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 men, and tliev all liad i-ecelved their iiatiimlizatic»n papei's, 
 dated the I'Jth of October, 1>)08, issued in the Citv and 
 County of New York, and not one of the men came to the 
 I'ity; he kept a pay-roll and knew they had not left their 
 jthiccs. Another man, in llaver.straw, states he employs 
 thii'ty men, all of whom received their papers, and none of 
 tlicm had hcen to the city or taken an oatli. This is the 
 nature of s(»meof the fi'auds we are investio-atin^, and they 
 come in fr(jm all directions. Some papers are sent to us 
 that have Ijeen surrendered. 
 
 Q. Did they vote in the City of Xew Y(»rk ? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. The ol)ject of your committee's investigation is rather 
 more for the purpose of procuring evidence in respect to 
 enforcing additional legislation than to prosecute parties ? 
 
 A. That is the S(de object, so far as I am concerned. I 
 can say frankly I do not think the connnittee can attain 
 any object in contesting the late election. 
 
 Q. After your connnittee has discharged its functions, if 
 y(ju have any evidence, if you will have the goodness to 
 furnish it to the authorities, we will act ujK>n it. 
 
 A. I should be happy to do it. 
 
 Q. Do you know of your committee iiaving jiassed a 
 j'es«»latii>n reipiiring the lie[)ublican Iiegisters to l>ring tlie 
 registry-books at the close of each day to the Fifth Ave- 
 nue Hotel '. 
 
 A. Xo, sir; I had that whole matter in charge. 
 
 Q. Tiie organization did not \ 
 
 A. No such resolution passed. 
 
 Q. It was sworn to l)y Mr. ]\Iuri>hy ^ 
 
 A. Mr. Murphy is mistaken. Mr. Murphy does not 
 know anvthing about that matter. In the iirst place the 
 Iie[)ublican inspectors, or those supposed to be Republican 
 inspectoi-s, were invited to meet at Iloom No. 15, or a public 
 room across the way, for the pui-pose of being instructed 
 in their duties. That was before any registration took 
 place at all. It so happened I went over and gave them 
 such instructions that the exigencies of the case demanded. 
 The rc<piest was made that as fast as they registered they 
 5
 
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 should make a transcript of their register and send it to 
 Room Xo. 15 at the end of each day's registration, so that 
 we conhl make up a list. Some of them inight be on 
 books, but generally they came in on manuscript papers, 
 and from these manuscri])t papers they were copied l)y 
 our clerks on the books. It seems to me that some of the 
 reo-istcrs did bring blank books that tliey had bouglit. 
 
 Q. Did you see any book of the registry brought to this 
 place— any original registering book { 
 
 A. I do not know that there was any brought tliere ; they 
 were handed in and we took them ; we have got them 
 now, and they conld not be registry books ; I have got 
 them now. We asked for a copy of tlie names tliat were 
 reo-istered, so that we might see if tlie parties who regis- 
 tered live there, so as to make up challenge books, &c. 
 
 Q. Do you know of books being taken from the Police 
 Headquarters to the Fifth Avenue Hotel 'i 
 
 A. None, to my knowledge. 
 
 Q. Have yon any knowledge that you are prepared to 
 impart to this Gi'and Jury in reference to fraud i 
 
 A. I have no personal knowledge ; I simph" state wliat 
 has come under my observation ; I do not know, of my 
 own knowledge, that any one voted illegally. 
 
 George Bliss, Jr., sworn and examined, testified as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Q. I have been directed by the Grand Jury to examine 
 some witnesses that have been bronght before them. Will 
 you have the kindness to look at these liooks and say 
 whether, during the recent canvass, you saw books of 
 which these are specimens, at any place or any time 'i 
 
 A. I cannot say that I ever saw that book. 
 
 Q. Or books like it ? 
 
 A. I did, sir. 
 
 Q. Where were they ? 
 
 A. Some books that I ordered made by AV". C. liogers 
 & Co. 
 
 Q. You ordered them on your own responsibility ?
 
 35 
 
 A. I did, sir. 
 
 Q. Wlicn made, where were they sent ? 
 
 A. To Eoom 15, Fiftli Avenue Hotel. 
 
 Q. Did you see, during the recent canvass, books with 
 entries like those inside of them ? 
 
 A. Those Ijooks that I refer to had entries. 
 
 Q. What was inside of the books ? 
 
 A. A series of names; the books tliat I refer to had the 
 names of persons who had registered as voters. 
 
 Q. These books that I have here, purport to be direc 
 tions of persons actually residing at certain numbers in 
 certain streets. Had you any sucli books as these before 
 you 'i 
 
 A. These books tliat I refer to had not the names of 
 the residences of people; they wci'c arranged l)y street 
 numbers. 
 
 Q. Containing the actual residences? 
 
 A. Contained the names of the persons who had regis- 
 tered as voters. 
 
 Q. Had you, apart and separate from those books, an 
 inspection of anj^ books like these which had in them the 
 names of parties residing at stated places in the City, who 
 had at those stated places given their names ? 
 
 A. I saw certain other books, but I do not know that 
 tliey contained what you describe. 
 
 Q. Do you know where those books that you saw came 
 from { 
 
 A. I know wliei-e I saw them ; T saw them at Police 
 Headquarters. 
 
 Q. Do you know, of your own personal knowledge, 
 whether those books that were taken up to the Fifth Av- 
 enue Hotel were the same as you saw at Police Head- 
 (piarters ( 
 
 A. Of my own personal knowledge I do not know. 
 
 Q. Did you ever see any like the books that you saw at 
 Police Headipiarters up at the Fifth Avenue Hotel 
 rooms ? 
 
 A. The books that I refer to a>i luivlng been ordered by 
 mvself. were like these.
 
 SQ 
 
 Q. I mean books containing like entries to tliose wliicli 
 you saw at Police Headquarters ? 
 
 A. I liave no means of distinguishing the different 
 entries ; each contained names under the number of the 
 street. 
 
 Q. Ol^tained apart from the register ? 
 
 A. I do not kno-u' how they were obtained. 
 
 Q. The l)ooks you saw were not registry books ? 
 
 A. Xo, sir. 
 
 Q. It was merely an election directory ? 
 
 A. I saw, at Police Headquarters, books similar to that 
 which you showed me, which were copies of the police 
 records. 
 
 Q. Did your Connnittee have any copies, or order any 
 copies, made of the Police Directory or police record, tliat 
 you liave just been speaking of? 
 
 ^4. I undertook to get copies of the police records. 
 
 Q. IlaN'e 3'ou any knowledge of those copies being taken 
 from the Police Headquarters ? 
 
 A. The copies that I procured were, I thiuk, some of 
 them taken from Police Headquarters. 
 
 Q. AVere they taken of an e\"ening, in a carriage, do you 
 know ? 
 
 ^•1. I ha\-e no knowledge that any were so taken ; I do 
 Udt thiuk any wei-e ever so taken. 
 
 Q. If any l)ooks M'ere so taken of an evening, from the 
 Police Headquarters to the Fifth Avenue, it was not with 
 your knowledge? 
 
 A. No, sir; I speak with tlie greatest confidence when 
 I say tliat no books were taken to Eoom Xo. 15. They 
 may ha\e been taken somewhere else. 
 
 Q. Are you able to tell wliat handwriting is in this book 
 here — the handwriting of any persons eniploj^ed l)y you ? 
 
 A. Xo, sir; I have seen that handwriting, but I cannot 
 say where. This handwriting, I do not remember ever to 
 have seen ; I liad some eighty clerks employed ; it is im- 
 possible f(>r me to identify the handwriting. 
 
 Q. Do you know anything about marks l)cing made in 
 these bodks, with blue pencil ?
 
 S7 
 
 A. I do know of marks l^cinij made in some l)Ooks. 
 
 Q. AVho made those mai'ks { 
 
 ^1. I cannot tell you. 
 
 Q. You do not recognize, either of these hooks, as ever 
 having been personally submitted to you ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; I do not. 
 
 Q. These books liave a blue mark — would that liel]) you 
 to any identification. 
 
 A. Tliey might have tlic l>hic iiiark>, and 1 never liave 
 seen tliem. 
 
 Q. Did you liave l)cfore you, at any time, any of the 
 books of registry of the City of Xew I'ork ? 
 
 A. T had copies of the registry. 
 
 (J. AVho furnislied those copies ? 
 
 A. Copies were furnished in some cases by inspectors 
 themselves, and in other ca^es by persons whom I sent to 
 copy tlie register. 
 
 Q. 1 1)elieve yon assisted Judge James on the day of 
 election at the ^Metropolitan Hotel, Mr. Tiliss, or acted in 
 liis behalf ( 
 
 A, No, sir; 1 saw Judge Jame> with a nmnber of other 
 gentlemen. 
 
 Q. Did ynu not follow up any conijilaint !! 
 
 A. I did, sir. 
 
 Q. Do you remember of a haljeaf< corpus l)eing issued 
 by Judge James ; have you any perj^onal knowledge of 
 that — an inspector under ai'ivst i 
 
 A. ^'es, sir. 
 
 Q. Was the Jiaheas corj)Us issued Avhile the insjiector 
 was actually under arrest before him '. 
 
 A. ]\Iy recollection i- that it was not — in fact 1 am very 
 sure. 
 
 Q. lie was brought thei'e under a Jmheas corpus I 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Tie was discharged, was he not ? 
 
 A. lie was. 
 
 Q. Do yon rememl»er whether any notice of the issue 
 of that latlteiijt corjius was given to the District Attorney? 
 
 Q. I do not know anything about that. In reference
 
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 to that I tliink I filled out the petition at the request of 
 the gentlemen who eanie tliere. 
 
 Q. The party was brought before Judge James and on 
 the hearing dischai-ged ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Yon were there ? 
 
 A. Yes, sh-; I was there at the time Judge James ex- 
 pressed the opinion that an infamous outrage had been 
 committed upon him. 
 
 Q. What was the attorney's name signed to the writ of 
 hahms corpus ? 
 
 A. Henry Hilton. 
 
 Q. You have no personal knowledge as to whether or 
 no a notice was or was not served upon the District At- 
 torney 'i 
 
 A. I know nothing about it. 
 
 Q. AVHiere you present when Judge James heard the 
 case ? 
 
 A, I was, sir. 
 
 Q. Do you know whether there was anybody there to 
 represent the people i 
 
 A. I cannot tell you ; there were a considerable num- 
 ber of persons. 
 
 Q. I mean any oihcials of the county ? 
 
 A. Tiiere was a gentleman there whom I suppose did, 
 l)ut I d(» not ]<no\v the fact. A person came in at the 
 same time that the prisoner, the inspe(;tor, came in. and I 
 thought he represented the people. 
 
 Q. AVliat I want to get at, the party who was l)rought 
 before Judge James and had counsel, who urged his dis- 
 charge, and there was no one present on behalf of the 
 people to oppose his discharged 
 
 A. I understand that the gentleman who was tliere, was 
 there on behalf of the people, opposing his discharge in 
 this sense, that he said the ground of his retention was a 
 written document, which he produced, and left with the 
 judge to say whether that constituted a sufficient ground 
 for his discharge or not. Judge Hilton said that it very 
 clearlv did not. I think that was about all that occurred.
 
 39 
 
 "Wliu this third ]x'r.-(ni wus I did not kiiuw. I supposed 
 him ;it tli;it lime to l)e a hiwyer. 
 
 (^. \ oil (h) ii(»t kimw liis iiaiiie { 
 
 A. No, >ir ; I. di; not. 
 
 (^. \X aiiv rate tliere was n<j (me there ehiiming tu re- 
 present the District Att(»rney '. 
 
 A. I do not know Avliat he chiinied ; I su]>[iosed he rep- 
 resented the District Attorney. He came in, apparently, 
 acting with a view of having the man detaine(L 
 
 Q. Well, the party under arrest, and who wa.> dis- 
 charged, M'as an inspector, -was he not '. 
 
 A. It was so stated, and the returns showed a conunit- 
 ment of hiui by two of his fellow inspectors. 
 
 Q. Do you know, wliether the two who connnitted him, 
 Avere of an opposite political faith to the one Avho was 
 committed :' 
 
 A. I kn<;w nothing about that ; it was so stated at the 
 time. 
 
 Q. The statement was made that the party, who was 
 befoi-e Judge James, was of the same political faith of 
 Judge James \ 
 
 A. ^'o, sir; personally, I do not know; \)\ I'eputation, 
 1 did not know that J. S. Urmy was a repuljlican, at any 
 rate. I may say, when the huhrni^ was applied foi", it was 
 not till ihe return was made that Judge Hilton, or any 
 body had any idea under what process he liail l»een com- 
 mitted ; he supposed he had been arrested by a deputy 
 sheriff, without [)rocess. Some time prior to the election, 
 I learned that ^Ii*. Kennedy had made what was called a 
 census of the City; I learned that through the news- 
 papers. 1 asked the P<jlicc Commissioners if it was so, 
 and two of them, at least, told me they knew nothing 
 about it. I asked Mr. Kennedy, and he said it was in 
 process. I asked what use was to be made of those books, 
 and could get no information. It went on, and I asked 
 if those books could be used subseipiently for the pur- 
 pose of ]>reveatin'::; or detecting frauds in the i-egistrati(.>n. 
 I was tohl that that was a matter that could not then l)e
 
 40 
 
 answered. Subsequently, I was t(jl(l tliat the original 
 books liad been directed to remain in the Police Head- 
 quarters, and not to _i;-o out. I then asked if I was at 
 liberty to see them. I was told that, like all the records 
 of the City, unless tliere was some particular reason, they 
 were open to my inspection. I sat d(jwn in the office and 
 examined some of them. 1 tlien nitide the remark that, 
 being public records, I supposed I had a right to copy 
 them. I immediately took means to have copies made of 
 them, and I found that, as to some of them, copies had 
 already been made. 
 
 Q. By whom were the cojties nuide '. 
 
 A. They were made by clerks whom 1 employed. I 
 employed clerks, and paid them to make tlicni in the 
 Police Headquarters. There Averc some clerks mIio were 
 there whom I induced to stay over hours and make them, 
 but I also got clerks from outside. 
 
 Q. Those books that had been copied, you did not liave 
 any additional copies made, but used those copies, and 
 these were loaned to you i 
 
 A. Nobody loaned them to me; I asked if those books 
 were puljlic and I was told that they were not — that they 
 were private property — that the pass books were the pul)- 
 lic books. I took then and used them, such as you have 
 got there. Tiiose checks M'ere all made at headquarters ; 
 that is my impression, I would not l)e certain. 
 
 Q. Do you know the sigiiilication of those cliecks I 
 
 A. I dJ. 
 
 Q. What does the cross mean i 
 
 A. A plain check means that a person similar to that, 
 or a name precisely like it, had registered ; the cross 
 means that a person of a similar name had registered, and 
 probably it was the same person. For instance, you would 
 find John Wagner, who had registered, and James Wagner 
 would appear on the police record. 
 
 Q. When did you order those books i 
 
 A. It is impossible for me to telL I shuuld think it 
 was the same dav that I first saw a book of tlic same kind.
 
 41 
 
 I think the .same day I i\i-6t ?-aw one uf the original pass- 
 l)0()ks, and also one of those books similar to that Mr. 
 Hall has in his hand. 
 
 Q. AVas it before the registry commenced ? 
 
 A. O yes, sir ; your suggestion enables me to say it \vas 
 probably the week previous to the first registration ; I 
 should think, perhaps, the "Wednesday ; I know I hurried 
 them up to have tlicm ready before the registry com- 
 menced. 
 
 Q. You say you had eighty clerks employed i 
 
 A. Yes, sir. ' 
 
 Q. Did you }»ay them individually out of your own 
 pocket, or did you pay them out of funds furnished by a 
 political organization ? 
 
 A. I paid them. 
 
 Q, Did you pay them as an indi\ idual i 
 
 A. I decline to answer the question on the ground that 
 I am brought here on a subpcena as to election irregulari- 
 ties ; you ]iave no right to go into this matter. 
 
 Q. For what purpose had you copies taken ? 
 
 A. For the purpose of taking means to prevent illegal 
 voting. 
 
 Q. And no other object ? 
 * A. No other object — illegal registration and voting. 
 
 Q. Did you order those books yourself ? 
 
 A. 1 did sir. 
 
 Q. Yi-om Mr. Kogers ? 
 
 A. From Mr. Rogers — the books which I had seen, he 
 had a previous order for these, from somebody. 
 
 Q, How much money did you pay out ? 
 
 A. I decline to answer. 
 
 Q. Which was the most numerous, the books that you 
 had copied by your own clerks or those which you found 
 already copied ? 
 
 A. I should think decidedly that the Ijooks I found al- 
 ready — about half and half. 
 
 Q. Those that had been copied, ^vhat wards did they rep- 
 resent, do you remember ?
 
 42 
 
 ^4. I do not think they represented any particuhir ward, 
 they were scattered all over the City, as I recollect it. 
 Q. Those books had been copied in sequence ? 
 A. No, sir ; I got copies of the names that were regis- 
 tered and took those to the Police Ileadcpiarters and com- 
 pared them with the copies that had been made, 
 
 Q. The copies that you found at the Police IIead(piar- 
 ters that had already been made — did you take those 
 away ? 
 
 A. AVith reference tuthat,! decline to answer the ques- 
 tion. I decline to answer on the ground that the subpcena 
 issued does not authorize you to go into that. 
 
 Q. "Were you furnished with a fund by any political or- 
 ganization in the City of Xew York I 
 A. I decline to answer. 
 
 Q. "Were you furnislied by the Police Commissioners 
 with any funds ? 
 A. Xo, sir. 
 
 Q. Did you order the Inspectors and Registers, upon the 
 completion of their registry on each evening the registry 
 was completed, to bring tliose books to any particular rooni 
 in this City ? 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Did you bring the Inspectors before you and give 
 them those instrnctions '{ 
 
 A. No, sir ; I had no right to give them instructions. 
 The Inspectors came to Room 15 for two or three weeks 
 preceding the election, and there was something or other 
 in the nature of a conversation more than anything else as 
 to their duties as Inspectors— very much snch a meeting 
 as I heard was held at Tannnany Hall by the gentlemen on 
 the other side. The Inspectors were asked to bring copies of 
 their registers of the two first days and of the two last days. 
 Q. You do not know whether these books Avere the 
 original copies or copies of the original ? 
 
 ^i. I have no knowledge ; these might possibly have 
 been ; I Avill not say that these were not. They were 
 asked to brino- the orio-inal reo-istrvs there.
 
 43 
 
 Q. You are positive you did not askthein to bring them 
 tlicre ? 
 
 A. \es, sir; it is possible iu certain cases v.diere pei*sons 
 said tliey had not time to copy them. I think I did. 
 
 Q. Some of the rcgii^trys came there ? 
 
 A. They might liave come there. 
 
 (2- You advised tliat course ? 
 
 A. I asked tliem if they would. 
 
 Q. Do you know the}" did ? 
 
 A. I cannot say that they did, and I won't say that they 
 did not. 
 
 Q. Did you make co[)ies ? 
 
 A. I had copies made of some of the original registry- 
 books. 
 
 Q. Do you know what districts or what wards ? 
 
 A. No, sir; I do not. 
 
 Q. Mr. Murphy in his testimony stated that resolutions 
 were passed directing the registry-books to l)e taken to 
 Room 1 5, M'here copies were to be made. 
 
 A. Mr. ]\[ur[)hy is utterly mistaken; Mr. ]\[uri)hy knew 
 nothing al»out it ; he came in there occasionally ; I will say, 
 further, Mr. Murpliy does not know to-day the difference 
 Ijetween that book and the register. He supposed the l)ook 
 you showed him, when he was on the stand, was the original 
 register. 
 
 Tni:<ii)i>i;i:: Allen, sworn and examined, testified: 
 
 Q. Your place of residence and business, I believe, is 
 the corner of Prince and Mercer ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Prior to the last election were you, or not, furnished 
 by any one with a list of names for canvassers in the 
 Eighth Ward? 
 
 A. Yes, sir ; part of a list. 
 
 Q. Furnished you to be nominated for canvassei-s \ 
 
 A. Wanted me to see if I could get those men ap- 
 pointed as canvassers. 
 
 Q. Who was it handed that list to you f
 
 44 
 
 A. 1 think Mr. Jolmson gave a few names. 
 
 Q. He was a candidate for Assembly ? 
 
 A. Yes. 
 
 Q. Do you remember liow many names were upon it ? 
 
 A. Iso, sir ; I could not tell. 
 
 Q. Ten? 
 
 A. Yes ; I tliink tliere was a full list made out of 
 twenty, for the Assembly District. 
 
 Q. To whom, if any one, did you band that list 1 
 
 A. I will tell you. There was a list made out, and I 
 left it at the rooms of the Fifth Avenue Hotel ; after- 
 wards, the list was revised, and re-revised again. 
 
 Q. Did 3'ou revise, or re-revise the list ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; Mr. Jolmson revised the list. 
 
 Q. Did he hand it to you again ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. You then gave it to tlic Committee ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Were any of the gentlemen whose names were on 
 that list, that was handed to you by Mr. Johnson — and 
 handed by you to the Fiftli Avenue Committee — ap- 
 pointed as canvassers ? 
 
 A. I think there was. 
 
 Q. Were not nearly all, if not all, appointed canvassers, 
 and acted as canvassers ? 
 
 A. No, I think not; part of them. I could not tell 
 whether there was a majority ; 1 know some of them per- 
 sonally were appointed. I do not know whether they 
 Were appointed from my list ; they may have been on the 
 list handed in by the republican organization. 
 
 Q. You handed in a list of names, some of which were 
 subsequently appointed and acted i 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 James McGowan, sworn and examined : 
 
 Q. I understand you were one of the Inspectors at the 
 last election ? 
 A. Yes, sir.
 
 45 
 
 Q. Which district vrere you in ? 
 
 A. Eleventh District of tlie Sixth Ward. 
 
 Q. Were A'on there at the first day's registration \ 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. And tlie second day's and the day •>£ election '. 
 
 A. Yes, sir; np to the finish. 
 
 Q. From the time that yonr duties commenced on the 
 first day of registration, doM'n to tlie time that your duties 
 ceased as Inspector at sunset, on the day of election, how 
 many different associates did you have as registers? 
 
 A. (^n the opposite side they sent eight different men — • 
 eight different Uepuhlicans all that time. The first day I 
 had two, and four on the second day, and they changed 
 them on the third day ; that made eight altogether tliat they 
 had changed. There were four changes made — eight dif- 
 ferent men, 
 
 Q. Would that change occur during the ]irogress of 
 registration I 
 
 ■ A. Yes, sir; they sent three in the first place ; in the 
 morning another acted about two hours. Two remained 
 on Saturday till about noon ; they sent two others, and 
 they acted up to the finish of the election. 
 
 Q. Are you personally cognizant of any registers taking 
 books up to the Fifth Avenue Hotel? 
 
 A. I know they did ; I heard them say so. There was 
 one book they wanted to take up to the Fifth Avenue 
 Hotel ; they made no secret of it. 
 
 Q. Did any of your brother registers ask for original 
 books to take up to the Fifth Avenue Hotel ? 
 
 A. They had their own, and they did not ask for mine. 
 I heard them sav one woultl take his book up to the Fifth 
 Avenue. 
 
 Q. Was his name Phalon ? 
 
 A. Phalon was one of them ; he had instructions to take 
 his book up to the Fifth Avenue Hotel ; I heard him say 
 so to his colleague. It was reported in the papers that my 
 district was overrun in the register, which is not the case. 
 The register was S7I :in<l T voted 8(U ; tliat was short of 
 the reirister.
 
 46 
 
 Q. Did the register that acted with yon, the last day^ 
 sign tlie books ? 
 
 A. lio, sir; one of tliem told me, confidentially, that he 
 had instructions not to sign it. 
 
 Q. From who ? 
 
 A. I do not know wlio from ; said lie, " I was told when 
 I came here, not to sign this hook ;" I said, " Very well, 
 we will do without it." 
 
 Q. Who was that ? 
 
 A. Phalon. 
 
 Q. Can you give us the names of any Inspector tiiat took 
 a register — -do you know, aclnally of your own knowledge, 
 that any one did take one up ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; I heard him say that he was to take it up 
 there. 
 
 Q. Did Phalon, at the time he said that, take a l)Ook 
 with him ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir ; these books Avere not finished ; one would 
 put it on the other. 
 
 Q. Was any person sent thei*e to copy tlie register? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Were they competent persons ? 
 
 A. They appeared to me so. They had several names 
 copied on paper before they could enter them on the book. 
 They would be changed, and the consequence was the 
 names on the paper would be neglected. Our two books 
 were complete ; they have a copy at the Headquarters, 
 and I have a copy myself signed by the two I'egisters. 
 
 Tlie other two refused, and tliey said they refused on 
 iustructions. 
 
 (trand-Jl'rv Room, Tuksdav. 
 
 George AY Hoffman, sworn and examined, testified as 
 follows : 
 
 (2- Mr. Hoffman, you are a driver of coaches for Mr. 
 Ilausbery, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel? 
 
 A. I am.
 
 47 
 
 Q. Mr. Il.iiisbery is tliu party wliu lias a right to drive 
 coaches for the Fiftli ^Vveniie Hotel? 
 
 A. As far as I know. 
 
 Q. How long have you been employed there ? 
 
 ^1. About five months. 
 
 Q. You drive on orders from the desk? 
 
 A. I do. 
 
 Q. That has been VDur (!ustum ? 
 
 A. That is regulai-. 
 
 Q. Do you remember the general electiiui two weeks 
 ago to-day ? 
 
 A. It was. 
 
 Q. Do you remember the Thursday night before? 
 
 A. I do. 
 
 Q. You did me a favor to tell me an incident about 
 driving some parties to the Police Headquarters, <ko,., will 
 you have the goodness to detail to these gentlemen, who 
 are the Grand Jury, particularly and minutely the inci- 
 dent, beginning with the time of tlie evening, etc. i 
 
 A. Gentlemen, about the hour of 0.30, as near as I can 
 recollect, it may be a little more ov less, I was ordered by 
 Mr. Becker, who is the Superintendent or bookkeeper of 
 , coaches, to drive to the Twenty-third street entrance of 
 the Fifth Avenue Hotel ; I there waited about fifteen 
 minutes, and three geutlemen came out and got into the 
 coach, and ordered me to drive to Xo. 300 Mul- 
 beny street. I went to Xo. 300 Mulberry street, and 
 remained about fifteen minutes. The same pai-ty in- 
 quired of one of his friends, who are you waiting for i 
 The reply was, " We are waiting for Mr. Acton and Mr. 
 Kennedy.'' Presently, Mr. Acton and Mr. Kennedy drove 
 up in a coach. 
 
 Q. Do you know Mr. Ivennedy and Mr. Acton by 
 sight? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. You ha\e seen them before ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir ; I recognized two geutlemen as Mr. Ken- 
 nedy and Mr. Acton. I said to the i)arties who were 
 with me, '' Tliere is Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Acton, gohig
 
 48 
 
 ill ! " They went iu after tlieni, and remained about five 
 minutes ; they came out and ordered me to drive to the 
 rear of ]S^o. 300 Mulberry street, which is inMott street ; the 
 number I don't know. Tliey went in and were absent 
 about five to seven minutes, and came out and comnaenced 
 putting books in my coach. 
 
 Q. AVhat kind of books, like tliese ? (books shown.) 
 
 A. Similar to those shown. I picked up one bo(jk to 
 look at it and one of the gentlemen snatched it out of my 
 hand and said, " These are private matters ; you get on 
 the box." I got there as I was ordered. He says to one 
 of his friends, '' Don't you leave this coach. Keep your eyes 
 on these Ijooks." After the books were put in the coach, 
 the three gentlemen Avent inside, the door was shut, and I 
 was ordered co drive to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, to the 
 Twenty-third street entrance, as fast as possible. I did as 
 I was directed, and saw those books, ^vith the exception of 
 two, taken into room iSTo. 15, Fifth Avenue Hotel, used l)y 
 the Central Kepublicau Committee. 
 
 Q. What did you do with the two books? 
 
 A. The two books that were retained — that did not 
 go in — were given to George Purser. 
 
 Q. Are these the books i You kept these in the coach, 
 didn't you ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir ; these are the books. 
 
 Q. Did you afterwards, that evening, see JNIr. Kennedy 
 or Mr. Acton ? 
 
 A. Xo, sir ; I did not, 
 
 (2- You don't know of your own knowledge, what be- 
 came of themao'ain that niii^lit? 
 
 ^4. I do not know, but I can sa}' — 
 
 Q. Do you know, or have you looked to see, who the coach 
 that you drove has been charged to ? 
 
 A The coach was charged to the Kepublican Central 
 Committee. 
 
 Q. Did you look to see that fact ? 
 
 A. I did. 
 
 Q. Do you know who the coach was charged to that Mr. 
 Kennedy and Mr. Acton rode in ? 
 
 fa
 
 49 
 
 ^1. To the same source. 
 
 Q. The three gentlemen that drove over — have yon ever 
 seen them, since or before ? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Did you hear either of them call the other by name ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; I did not. 
 
 Q. Can yo\i describe either of the three ? Any thing- 
 remarkable about the three oj- not i 
 
 A. One of them was a tall man, al)out ti^e feet ten, very 
 thin and spare, and to see him walk along the street, you 
 would think he was practicing to be a minister, wearing 
 eyeglasses The other one like a rough, about five feet 
 seven, dressed very shabbily. 
 
 Q, Did you hear any conversation about the books? 
 
 ^4. Nothing more than these were very important mat- 
 ters. 
 
 Q. What did they say about it i 
 
 A. In speaking to me he says : " These books are not 
 to be looked at. They are important matters." Says he, 
 "You get on the box;" he turned to his friend and said, 
 " You keep your eye on these books." 
 
 Q. When you had reuiinded them that Mr. Acton and 
 Mr. Kennedy had come, did they go in together i 
 
 A. The two went in. 
 
 Q. Did you see Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Acton speak to 
 them, or they to them ? 
 
 A. I did not. 
 
 Q. How near together did they come in ? 
 
 A. I should judge they were about tift\' feet apart, fol- 
 lowed right in. 
 
 Q. You did not drive around to the rear entrance until 
 after ? 
 
 A. Until after Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Acton had come 
 to No. 300 Mulberry street. 
 
 Q. Do you collect the fares when you drive i 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Is it your business to see it charged ? 
 
 A. It is our business to find out whether the parties 
 give us the right direction. Invariably the clerk comes 
 7
 
 50 
 
 out and puts the gentleman in the coach, and says, " It is 
 all right." When they tell ua, " It is all right," we do not 
 take further interest in the matter. Sometimes we do col- 
 lect the fare and turn it over to the office. 
 
 Q. But in this case you did not collect ? . 
 
 A. No, sir ; we were told, " It is all right." I said, "Who is 
 the coach to be charged to 'C The answer Avas, " charge it 
 to the Republican Committee." The transaction so exci- 
 ted my suspicion that I can make myself sure on every 
 point. I went and saw that this thing was charged. 
 
 Q. Do }'ou know who either of these three men were '{ 
 
 A. I do not. 
 
 Q. How did you get possession of the two books % 
 
 A. I decline answering. I stole them. 
 
 Q. How did you steal them ? 
 
 A. If you allow me to tell it in my own way. The 
 transaction so excited my suspicion I thought there was 
 something wrong going on ; they ordered me on the box, 
 and in snatching the books so rudely out of my hand, 
 which gave me still more suspicion. I made up my mind 
 to come in possession of one or two or more, if it was pos- 
 sible. I took them from the outside of the coach. One 
 book M^as shoved under the mat ; I shoved it under the 
 mat ; the other one I put under my coat when they 
 were taking the books in. They being public property, I 
 thought it no harm to steal it. They had already prosti- 
 tuted the trust the people put in them, and I took them to 
 the opposite party. I am a citizen and a taxpayer. The 
 taking of the books was after we arrived at the Fifth Ave- 
 nue Hotel. 
 
 Fkancis p. Fallon, sworn and examined, testified as 
 follows : 
 
 Q. Where do you reside ? 
 A. No. 46 Elm street. 
 
 . Q Were you one of the Registers or Inspectors of elec- 
 tion? 
 
 A. I was, sir. 
 
 Q. Were you both a Register and an Inspector of elec- 
 tion?
 
 51 
 
 A. I was. 
 
 Q. What district ? 
 
 A. The Eleventh District. 
 
 Q. Of what Ward ( 
 
 A. The Sixth Ward. 
 
 Q. What days did von serve? 
 
 A. On the 31st — the last day. 
 
 Q. Saturday ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. And on election day ? 
 
 A. On election day. 
 
 Q. You. did not serve the Friday hefore ? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Yon did not serve the two days of the prior week ? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. The books of re<>;istrv ^vhich you had custody of at 
 the close of Saturday night. What did you do with those 
 books ? 
 
 A. 1 took one of the books up to the Fifth Avenue 
 Hotel when the registry was(4osed, on Saturday night, and 
 there had an interview witli ]\[r. White; he did not know 
 anything about them. Jt ap])ears he did not understand 
 about the books, so I took the book down to Mr. Leask to 
 ask advice. The reason of this was, T did not send the 
 book up — we did not sign the books — the books did not 
 compare. I asked Leask his advice, and he told me if I 
 had a safe place to keep tlie Ijook till Monday, and after 
 that leave it at headqnartei's. 
 
 Q. Why did you take the book to the Fifth Avenue 
 Hotel at all hi the first place? 
 
 A 1 was ordered to take it up there. 
 
 Q. Who by ? 
 
 A. By Mr. Leask. 
 
 Q. Did you not see Mr. Leask up at the rooms ? 
 
 A. Xo, sir ; I saw him afterwards at his place of busi- 
 ness. 
 
 Q. Did you see other Registers up there with their 
 books when you went up with your book ? 
 
 A. I could not say; I saw a large crowd of men ; they
 
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 all seemed to be busy, writing. I did not see any books 
 that looked like registry books, not like mine. 
 
 Q. Was tlie original which you kept, the book you took 
 up there, your ofhcial book ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. It was to go to headquarters, but it was 
 not signed. 
 
 Q. Did anybody else tell you to take that book up to 
 the Fifth avenue headquarters but Mr. Leask ? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Was he a member of this Committee % 
 
 A. I do not know, sir. 
 
 Q. Who is Mr. Leask ? 
 
 A. He is a hatter, and kee])s a place corner of Chatham 
 and Pearl streets. 
 
 Q. Wliy did you take an order from Mr. Leask ? 
 
 A. Because it was the first time I was Register ; I was 
 ignorant of the duties. I was only appointed about ten 
 hours before tlie registry was closed. I thought that was 
 the proper place to take them up to. I was perfectly 
 ignorant of where the books should he sent to. 
 
 Q. What instructions did yon receive at the Police 
 Headquarters when you were sworn in as Register? 
 
 A. To do my duty. 
 
 Q. Any other instructions besides doing your duty ; did 
 they tell you to bring that book there when you got 
 through with the I'egistry ? 
 
 A. I did not hear that. 
 
 Q. Did not they give you a printed paper of instructions ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Did you read them ? 
 
 A. When we got down to the place of registry there 
 was such confusion I did not have time to read anything ; 
 there were three hundred names on slips of paper ; 
 they were upside down. I liad to do all this before nine 
 o'clock. 
 
 Q. Did you get your appointment through Mr. Leask ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Mr. Leask is President of a political club in the 
 Fourth Ward ?
 
 53 
 
 A. Not as I know of. 
 
 Q. Did Mr. Leask serve as a Register with you ? 
 
 A. Xo, sir. 
 
 Q. Were you instructed not to sign the register, by any 
 person ? 
 
 A. I was instructed not to sign these registry books, if 
 they did not compare. 
 
 Q. "Who instructed you 1 
 
 A. Mr. Leask. 
 
 Q. Did you read your paper, tliat tliey gave you at 
 headrpiarters ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; not till after everything was all done ; I 
 did not have the time. 
 
 Q. When yon say you did not know wliat to do, why 
 did not you read your paper before going to Mr. Leask ? 
 
 A. I did not see the paper before going to Mr. Leask ; 
 there was two sets of registers there before me. 
 
 Q. When you were sworn in at the Police Headquar- 
 ters, you got a paper of instruction. .Vfter you com- 
 pleted your book, as I understood you, you did not know 
 what to do with it, and M'cnt to ask Leask. My question 
 is, w^hy didn't you read your paper of instruction, instead 
 of going to ask a private individual ? 
 
 A. He told me to take the book to the Fifth Avenue 
 Hotel, befoi'e I commenced to register. 
 
 Q. Wlio informed yon tliat you were appointed? 
 
 A. Mr. Leask came after me, and asked rae if I wtudd 
 accept the ])osition ; he talked of the frauds committed 
 there. I told him that I would. 
 
 Q. What was it you declined to sign ? the register or 
 the election return ? 
 
 A. The register return, and the election return^both. 
 
 Q. You say they did not compare ; where was the dif- 
 ficulty? 
 
 A. There was a difficulty of thirty-six to forty names — 
 some eiffht hundred names on their book, and there was 
 eight hundred and forty-one on ours. 
 
 Q. Who is ours? 
 
 A. The Republicans.
 
 54 
 
 Q. Therefore you did not agree, and yon declined to 
 
 igx - 
 
 sign 
 
 A. Yes, sir ; the Democratic Inspector and I differed 
 in five names while I was sitting there. The other names 
 that were deficient I did not know am^thing about them ; 
 there were two sets of registers liefore me, 
 
 Q. When did yon first discover the difference between 
 yonrself and the Democratic Inspector ? 
 
 A. In the evening I discovered it, in the first place, and 
 declined taking the five names that the Democratic Inspec- 
 tor did. 
 
 Q Why did yon decline? 
 
 A. Because they would not take the required oath. 
 
 Q. Was thei-e any oatli put to those five ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; they declined. 
 
 Q. In regard to the election returns ; what difference 
 was there between the returns, after the votes were can- 
 vassed ? 
 
 A. I did not say that I declined to sign the register at 
 the close of the evening. 
 
 Q. Did not the discrepancy occur in this way — that 
 the two registers left the poll and went away, and during 
 tlie time they were going to the Police Headquarters and 
 coming back, these names were placed on by the other 
 two that remained there ? 
 
 A. No, sir; nobody had left, except one going to dinuer, 
 
 Q. Did not two of them leave at one time ? 
 
 A. I do not know anything about that. 
 
 Q. Could not a discrepancy occur in that way ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. I only registered about sixty names from 
 the time I was appointed Register until I returned back. 
 There was some eight hundred names registered before I 
 was appointed. 
 
 Q. Then, if you had not read your instructions, how 
 came you to insist upon putting the oath when your fellow 
 Inspectors were satisfied as to the legal right of those per- 
 sons to register ? 
 
 A. There was another Register there. I did not do all 
 this myself. I had an assistant.
 
 55 
 
 Q. Yoii said you put tlic i'e(|uired oatli ? 
 
 A. I (lid not mean I, jjersonally. I meant my Repub- 
 lican c'olleag'ue. 
 
 (2- Wliat was the name of the other Register wlio was 
 at M'ork — tlie otlier Re})uhHcan ^ 
 
 A. His name is George Seaback ; tlie other man's name 
 I do not knoAv. 
 
 Q. You were there on Saturday, the 31st of Octdber ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir; but not all day. 
 
 Q. Was Mr. McGoM^an there ? 
 
 A. I believe he was. 
 
 Q. How came you to put the oath to these gentlemen 'i 
 
 A. I did not put the oath. 
 
 Q. AYho did ? 
 
 A. My colleague. 
 
 Q. What was the reason ? 
 
 A. Some of them had not papers, and they would not 
 swear they were citizens. 
 
 Q. Did yon swear every one that came there? 
 
 A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. What was the reason you wanted to swear them ? 
 
 A. Because I thought they were illegal voters. 
 
 Q. Do you say that when these live men refused to take 
 the oath that the other inspectors still required them to be 
 registered ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. The other inspectors were satisfied they were voters I 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 THE CASE OF CORNWELL. 
 
 Grand Jury Room, Thui-sday. 
 
 MicnAp:L KuHN, sworn and examined, testified as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Q. Do you know the first name of the Inspector t 
 
 A. I do not. 
 
 Q. Were you an Inspector there ? 
 
 A. No, sir.
 
 56 
 
 Q. State to the jury wliat you witnessed. Where was 
 this 'i 
 
 A. No. 446 Eighth avenue. 
 
 Q. What election district ? 
 
 A. Twentieth. 
 
 Q. What ward? 
 
 A. Twentieth. 
 
 Q. Detail the circumstances. 
 
 A. All I saw, I saw Cornwell take a ticket out of the 
 box — Mr. Cornwell, the Inspector of election. 
 
 Q. Just be particular, and state when it was, where you 
 were, and what you witnessed, were you inside the poll, 
 or where were you ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir; I was inside the poll, looking over the 
 parties in the afternoon. 
 
 Q. In the afternoon of election day 1 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. You saw Cornwell thei'e actij";g as an Inspector? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. You saw Cornwell do what ? 
 
 ^4. Take a ticket out of the ballot-box and put it down 
 below his waist ; he had. a big overcoat. 
 
 Q. Did he substitute any other ticket ? 
 
 A. I could not swear to that. 
 
 Q. Did you see him do that more than once ? 
 
 A. I saw him do it once, and then I paid my attention 
 to the floor ; while doing that, I saw three tickets lying on 
 the floor. 1 went around to pick them up, and handed 
 them to Mr. Whitley, a lawyer ; he was there at the time, 
 and to the officer. Then we took him to the station-house. 
 
 Q. What were the tickets ? 
 
 ^4, Mr. AVhitley and I went up and. made the charge. 
 
 Q. Is he inside ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; he is not subpoenaed. 
 
 Q. Is there any other witness here ? 
 
 A. George Hendricks. 
 
 Q. George Hendricks was a barber, and he saw him 
 do it ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. When the tickets were lying down he
 
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 took it off the l>all<>t-i)(i\ ; when it was o-iveii to vote he 
 took it off; stood uj) and })iit it l>eh)W liis vest; he had a 
 bii^ coat on. I saw him afcer tliat. I })ut my attention to 
 the floor. I saw three tickets lying there. I came ont in 
 front and picked np tliose tickets; handed thein to Mr. 
 Whitley and the officer. 
 
 Q. Did the voter say anything at the time? 
 
 A. No, sir; J think he was gone at the time. 
 
 Q. Which box did he take it from? 
 
 A. State and Supervisor. I think it Avas a State ticket, 
 bnt I am not certain. Mr. Whitley, the lawyer, can tell 
 you more about it. I did not open them. 
 
 Q. Did you see either one of them dropped from the 
 box on the floor '. 
 
 A. I did not. 
 
 Q. Did you I'cad anything on the ticket, to see what 
 was on it ( 
 
 A. No, sir; I did not read anything. 
 
 Q. Did you see it put on the box as the party passed 
 there ? 
 
 A. I could not say that. 
 
 ' Geokge Hendricks, sworn and examined, testified : 
 
 Q. What is your l)usiness ? 
 
 A. Keep a barbershop and segar store. 
 
 Q. AVhere? 
 
 A. Kumber 444: Eighth avenue. 
 
 Q. What election district do you vote in ? 
 
 A. The Twentieth of the Twentieth Ward. 
 
 Q. What number is that ? 
 
 A. 444 Eio-litli avenue. It is held in a se2:ar store in 
 front of my bar1)ershop. The barl)ersliop is in the rear. 
 
 Q. The polling place is held in the segar store? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. What do you know about this? 
 
 A. I was told that there was goings on wrong in my 
 place by some men there polling the election. I went 
 into the barbersliop, Ijack. I saw one of the Inspectors. 
 
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 58 
 
 Q. Corn well? 
 
 ^4. So I suppose. 
 
 Q. You found it afterwards, his name was Cornwell ? 
 
 ^4. Yes, sir; he was standing in front of the box, taking 
 the tickets, holding the tickets pretty nearly equal with 
 the counter, below the ballot box, by holding his hand 
 down ; his coat sleeve was so long that I could not see 
 what was done with the ticket ; I saw him then place the 
 ticket in the box afterwards ; I could not say that was the 
 same or another. 
 
 Q. Did you see any tickets on the floor ? 
 
 A. I saw a whole lot of tickets on the floor, right down 
 where he stood. 
 
 Q. How many ? 
 
 A. I could not say who picked them up because there 
 was confusion. 
 
 Q. Were those, all around the floor, around where he 
 stood ? 
 
 A. Right around there. 
 
 Q. A large number. 
 
 A. I think about twenty-five at the moment ; I saw 
 there was twenty-five, and they were not there before. 
 
 Q. Who picked those tickets up ? 
 
 A. I could not tell ; there were two other inspectors. 
 
 Q. Did your wife see this ? 
 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. She is not here to-day ? 
 
 A. No, my child is very sick with the scarlet fever ; the 
 doctor said she could not leave the bed. 
 
 Q. "When did 3'ou first name this fact to any body, that 
 you saw these tickets lying on the floor '. 
 : A. I did not tell it to any body. 
 
 Q. Who is the first man you told that occurence to, that 
 you have narrated hei'e ? 
 
 A. Mr. Khun said, '' Did you see all those tickets on 
 the floor ? " 
 
 Q. When did he ask you ? 
 
 A. About an hour after he was arrested 
 
 Q. When were you ar'-ested ?
 
 59 
 
 A. That day in the afternoon. 
 Q. While he was at tlie Police '( 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Friday. Xovenil)er 20, 1868. 
 
 James II. Wjiitledoe, sw»:>rn and examined, testified : 
 Q. Detail to the jury what you know al)Out this ease ? 
 ^1. .Vll that I know about the matter is, on the day of 
 the last election, in passing from my house, on my way to 
 my office, there was a large number of people congregated 
 around the Twentieth district poll. There was some talk 
 about one of the Inspectors being drunk, and I sug- 
 gested that if that was the case he ought to be removed 
 at once, and I went in and I saw this Cornell, or whatever 
 his name is, in front of the two boxes east of the others, 
 that is, towards the end of the stove, I think it was a City 
 and County and State. I Avatched liim for some consider- 
 able time. I saw people leaning over the petition from the 
 other side, and I asked one of the parties who was com- 
 plaining outside that liad g<»ne in at the time I did, who 
 this man was, and it was Cornell. I kept my eye on him 
 for a little M'hile, and I saw him take tlie ballots that were 
 given to him from the top of the box. The box is a great 
 deal higher than my hat ; he held his hands close to his 
 bosom, thus [showing] he would take the ticket, look round 
 and say how he vc>ted, and lowered the ticket below the 
 box and bring it up again as I supposed, and lay it down 
 when he cried, he votes all, or votes so many and put it 
 in. I noticed on one occasion that at the time he put his 
 hand down there was a ticket fell, and I do not know how 
 to account for that, but it raised my suspicions a little 
 more, he put a ticket in and he did not pick that from the 
 floor. Mr. Xuhn who was looking over the partition, 
 winked at me, and I responded with a wink myself. 
 Mr. Kuhn, said that he dropped some tickets there — that he 
 was stuffing. I saw that ticket fall, and I picked it up 
 myself. I believe it was a ticket for the State. I picked
 
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 that ticket np, and kept possession of it, and delivered it 
 to the Police Sergeant when I went into the Police Sta- 
 tion in company with the officer. 
 
 Q. How many tickets do you tliink you saw on the 
 floor, where you were standing ''. 
 
 A.. There were three tickets. After I had seen the one 
 fall, I went a little further to^'ards where the temporary 
 partition had been put, and I saw two others. Mr. Kuhn 
 came around and picked up tJiose two ; I gave him the 
 one I had, that made three. They were all of the same 
 kind — State tickets. 
 
 Q. Were you there when this man was arrested 'i 
 
 A. I was. 
 
 Q. On going to tlie Stationhouse, did he throw away 
 any tickets 'I 
 
 A. No, sir ; but at the time the policeman told him to 
 go over, he shook his sleeve, and a number fell out. 
 
 Q. Was he very drunk ? 
 
 A. He was ; he was intoxicated. 
 
 Q. That was very percejatible % 
 
 ufl. Oh, yes ; he acted in a very strange manner. I 
 thought at first the man was non Gomj)OS mentis. 
 
 Q. What political ticket was it ? 
 
 A. H you desire me to give an opinion — I do not sup- 
 pose it is necessary for me to give it. 
 
 Q. You were not an Inspector ? 
 
 A. No, sir ; I was not au Inspector.
 
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