Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-06-11

received, by the sheriff, because lac resided i'm
the city, and hcatd Mr.. Conklim also Ordered
out oil he room. Shcrl told witntSs that all
those Who had voted shCpld 20 out, but witness
remained in. Sheriff sad. BY God you must
go out f"-(See printed Journal, PIP. 4 and ;. J
The committee will text cite the TESTIMONY
oi MIR. Rogers George I. Rogers, being duly
sworn, dcposeth that % the third day of the
Presidential election hc3uived at Pointc-a-la-
Hache at about sunrii. MIR. OUTLET, the
sheriff, cam, ON the leve without hat and
made u dreadful fuss abst their landing there:
the sheriff did all he cold TO prevent them
from landing uttering hrcais, and having
stuck IN his hand; told hem they must not
land at that particular lhce, and the steam
boat Immediately wcnyaway to wood. A /
steamboat, thinks it wS the Planter. soon ar
nved: one hundred andkfty persons, more or
less, landed and went the polls; witness did
not 50 To the polls; hes pas afraid of violence
Mr. Larue, MIR, Duralt and many persons he
knows To reside in the city were on board
They did not land wtilthe Agnes, on board
oi which was Judge Leonard came i'm sight;
the passengers of the Platter were arranged in
line IN the streets or omhc lcvec by the shcr-
III, and, aided by him, Nent to the polls i'm
body. Thinks the oondi,t of the sheriff was
calculated to intimidate voters. so much 80
that he was himself apprhcnsivc of personal
violence. (See edjournal, p. 6,)
These witnesses are corrohprated bv the
evidence ofMr Conklm: 81 s. Conklin, be-
ing sworn, dcposcth that he went to Pointe-a-
ia-Hache on the day ol the election there: went
IN short time after the polls had been open-
cd; siw Judge Leonard receive votes and hand
them to the judges of election, and they were
polled without any Questions asked name,
were given, but he does not think they could
be written down, being called out so fast. A
man came To vote, his ticket was opened, and
1t being found Clay ticket, he was told he
could not vote. On being examined, il was
iomd he had no right To- vote: no Polk and Dali
las ticket was rejected that he saw; great
many persons voted that ticket who had 10
right TO vote; as witness believes, because
they reside in New Orleans; saw Judge Leon.
ard and the Judges of election open tickets that
were handed tn be pollcd. Judge Leonard said
that none but open tickets should be received
and believes he added il was AN independent
parish. OUTLET and his deputy sheriff fire.
quently shouted, 'HIura for Polk and Dallas >
and there appeared To be AN evident intention
ON their part TO intimidate some persons; Nor
MS, the deputy sheriff, said that al persons who
had voted. should leave the room; Judge Leonard
and OUTLET looking stenly at witness, he
walked to them and asked fine was doing any
harm! Judge Leonard answered ne could re-
main, provided he would keep silent" (Sec
printed journal, p. ~
And still further by tile evidence of Mr..
McNlan (see printed Journal, p 81 J and of
DIR. Wilkinson, Up. 1917 Edward McMan.
being duly sworn, deposcth that he was at
Pointc-a-la-liache on the day of the election;
went there on board the Swiftsure, and arrived
about o'clock A. NJ, and remained i'm the
room where the polls Were held until the
crowd which had come by the boats had left:
heard one or two votes challenged while he
was there. DR.. Wilkinson attempted to chall-
enge one OF those votes; he was prevented from
so doing by the judges and the crowd, and was
told, on attempting a second time, that he
would have to leave the room if he did not
discontinue; saw Judge Leonard open several
tickets, and heard him say that none but open
tickets should be polled; had never known
Judge Leonard before, but he was pointed out
to witness at the polls by DIR. Wilkinson, and
since saw the man in the street; saw the sheriff
snatch a book out of the hands of one of the
persons who had received tickets, and put
them i'll the box was told the person who
snatched the book was the sheriff by DIR. viii.
kinson and Mr. Conkln; witness recognises
the sheriff now present To be the same man;
The tickets were sometimes passed through
several hands before being put i'm the ballot
box; the sheriff, deputy sheriff, Judge Leonard,
Mr.. Ialane, and another gentleman received
the tickets and handed them to the Judges
The persons who came by the Planter were a
rough-looEing set; would not like to acknow-
ledge them To be citizens of New Orleans;
heard the sheriff threaten to cut loose the boat
on board of which witness arrived was
present when DIR. Wilkinson and another
gentleman attempted to read the law, and
were answered by the judges that they knew
the law, were proceeding according TO law,
and they could not be interrupted; DIR. Will
kinson was afterwards told by the deputy
sheriff that they could not admit of such delay,
and that il he interfered in this way he'd have
tn leave. A ticket was handed to Mr.. Tala-
ri; does not know whether he opened it, but
saw it open in his hand; the sheriff seeing it
was Wing ticket, told the man Offering il
that he could not vote unless his tax receipt
was produced; the man replied that no receipt
had been asked from any one; TO which the
sheriff said they had all had their tax receipts,
and that he Chat many could not vote without
his. Saw Judge Leonard and several of the
officers holding several tickets in their hands
at time; heard the clerk request that the
names be given slower, not being able to
write them down so fast"
Joseph ID. Wilkinson, being duly sworn,
deposeth That "On the day OF election at
Pointe-a-la- Hache he repaired to the place;
the notices that were directed to be put up by
Judge Leonard said that the box should be
opened at 10 o'clock; witness arrived at
twenty minutes of ten by his watch, and found
the voting going on in q very hurried manner,
more than one hundred people being present
IN the room at that time; nc demanded of Mr.
Victor Debouchel, one of the Judges Of the
election, why he had opened the ballot-box
previous TO the time appointed by law; he
replied 1t was in accordance with the time
Indicated by his watch; witness wasaftewards
told by NJ. OUTLET, sheriff OF the parish, that
they had been opened at the request of the
people, who were very clamorous that the
election should commence, most of the indi-
vlduals present were strangers to- witness,
doreignes mostly lnsInnen,) altbo' h. knows
almost every individual residing in that dis
trlct; seeing those individuals depositc their
votes in the ballot box, witness went TO Mr..
Debouchel and requested him to allow witness
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