Re,ease OF pr;.oner. 20 Vote.
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at the lastsSpring Election great nunoer OF pr1s-
oners were RELEASED by Loco-Foco MAGis-
TRArEs from Blackwels Island for The express
purpose Of vcting tie Loco-Foeo ticket. We
esk attention to the following from the at
adayi,s OF men examined before Justice TAYLOR
who, for his active agency in exposing these OUT
rageous frauds, was soon after elected from the
Office the duties Of which he had long discharged
with eminent ability and integrity. The following
is from the testimony Of JoHs BoaERT, DePuty-
Keeper of Blackwelps Island:


oiy sns SsrE SGssE"ts Jons soessr of the City New;
iss1d and IssSag says bat he
being @ ny
Joseph Dackery and John sase csn seonn,ed
, isy sI@ sho on si.clmers iss"d
Acre there as G 1ara for pV Which ic he was sent,


u. :, nse seI, I.o9u NJ W when he isfl the Island.


and ssps m s,ae ean Ss being
eInaned be answered to the Election
ars ng taken charge OF by Mr. Buckley and Mr.
Brown and their absence take OF The whole OF The
pIsnas prisoners did not see him leave cannot
state roslTvELY .rheer ser of ms discnree before he


Did you go the Eighth Ward that nigh, with any prs


g. Did you 60 the Eighth Ward that night with any any
persons who had then a,sy beer 0r'0r on backweS


DECLINE .sswsRlse THAT auasTOs id He then
pr ss %hse so these
anxious to to the City and gore them prtVge TO
Ward where lue IL pua after II o'clock night. These
perpns Hart, John Williams, Thomas Neary Richard
now There ~ere Others sptose names think Of
There number of them; their times had expired
mere le IN all that came dozcn hat night


JOHN BAYLEY testifes before Mayor NORRIS
as follows concerning one of these released con-
ycts named Bentley:


az saw Bentley the day after the late Spring
Election ut the corner of Barrow and hudson
streets, Mr.. Shoat's grocery He then said he
had been LET OUT OF THE PENITENrIARY AT
BLAcKwELL's ISLAND THE DAY BEFORE THE
ELECTION, ard had taco or three Shillings eircn
to him by tie Sentinel and a letter Of introduc
tion to one Mr.. Dauis of the Etghh Ward; that
lie got lodgings at DaDis's, and Mat HE VOTED
IN THE EIGHTH WARD THE NEXT MORNING. He
does not say where he was residing then; he did
not mention the sentnePs name; he was then a
little touched with liquor; last l knew of him he
was at Ackerman's; he then left, he told me,
and went to live near the Sixth Avenue. He said
he walked down from the Island.


The following, sworn to by HENRY WEST, shows
what preparations had been made for securing the
votes of these convicts, by procuring their board
10 those Wards where they were wanted


'.Deponent further says that about one week
before the Charter Election which was held in said
City on Tuesday the 18th day of April inst, he
was standing with VIM. B. Kinney in Spring-st,
near Clinton Market, and said Kinney then and
there asked deponentif he would go to the Porter
House of Joseph Dackery, No. 479 Washington
street and board at said house until Wednesday |
the. 1871 inst., the day after tie Election, and
said Kinney then said that Twelve OR FOURTEEN
MEN WERE GOING To BOARD At THE HOUSE OF SAID
DIAcKERY UNTIL THE DAY AFTER SAID ELECTION,
and that said men aoere going to stag at sad
house that they might cote at the Eighth District
Poll of the Eighth Ward at said Election AM, |
said Kinney then said that John Orser, Stephen
Harris, and the other members of the Democratic
Committee of the Eighth Ward ,oere TO pay said
Diackery for boarding sad men srho acere TO go
to said honse for the ezpress purpose of being
able to ccte at said Election.'


LAWRENCE AUSTIN testifes as follows:


"DepoRent further says that on Saturday the
9th of April inst. he saw at the house of Joseph
Diackery, No. 479 Washington. street, FIVE men
whom Mr.. B. Kinney said he had broughtts
said house that they might cote at the Eighth
District Of the Eighth Ward at the Charter
Election on the 18th INST, and some Of said men
said the same. Deponent further says that on the
10Th and llthinst. tour other men came to Diach-
eTyS houSe, who said kinney told this deDonent
were going to stop there to cote at said Election.
DePonent further says the five men who first came
TO Diackery's were allowed much spirituous |
liquors as they would drink without paying for it;
but, as they became intoxicated, said Kinney and |
said Dackery agreed that said nine should |
have but three glasses of liquor per day.


" Deponent further says that Tuesday the |
10Th inst, in the morning, said Kinney aren't out
Of said house sciM SIC of said men-gosng acith
tuo Of them at a time--and said Kinney told this
deponent that said men coted at said Poll: and
deponent says that he went with the three remain
said Polls that said two men were CHALLENGED
and s,oorn; but the other man, who said his name
was John Bentley, declined voting at first, but
finally voted at SAID Poll Snd ,cas challenged and
s,oorn. Said Bentley told this dePonent that he
months, and ,cas sent from said Island scih a
letter to John Daris Of 1864 Spring street, on
the Iltk inst., and that said Dauis gaze htm di-
rections TO go TO Diackerys to board


These extraordinary proceedings were made the
subject of investigation by the Grand Jury of the
County, and they presented charges against the
Magistrates implicated, which were referred to
M. c. PATTERSON. He made close inquiry into
the facts, and made report of which the follow
ing is an extract:


The undersigned has, however labored under
considerable embarrassment in the performance of
his duty, inasmuch as he had no authority 10 ad.
minister an OATH or summon any person. as wit
nesses before him. In the course of his inve.,i-
CATION, many startling facts intimately connected
with fha raaSn Nd Fal,