Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-30

rsh',,,; tne oeience expected 20 elicit from the
,eoottlng evidence which they pronosed 20 ,t sue
ne stated to the jury the great diicpltv NJ c,r;n,
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tbs n sGa explained the proper law In relation 10
The witnesses for the defence were The, .,vo,,,
HtHtdm Canlndck was called In the .t,nd fo
Terence, ana stated that he was at the polls On The
VINO day that he saw Stoddard and William
eve On an ,s they Were there al. day; had his
Li, vi on the parties, because his family lived
: nte near, and he had them to protect: was about
Poiis from 10 o'clock a. m tin the nolls yrere
t TUsea' saw boys and men come up, at various
when ,her caesr ana hurrah for their candidates;
~nen , mere was anything of an excitement poing
On, witness was In the midst of II; saw Stoddard.
s He "as under great excitement, passing TO and
co,,a n ,,I MN declare that some man who had
see MIN in any riot; believes that he did mot ~,
70 make any disturbance; his demeanor was
Pedceanei he was very much excited about the
shoot ane s tne marines had been called out to
IN riot, witness would have seen him
CrosS-erdmiaed.-Didn not hear him saw that ,o
foreigner should vote '' '"' 'na' "o
Gsorgs Hetder, worn.-Resides in view of the
First Precinct Seventh Ward went e,r,, IN the
morning TO the polls; saw no commotion: ali WAS
qulethess; had been prevented from voting AT
eiectlons but had no trouble this time
aIlohg lhe NUMBER OF individual regulators wit.
ness recognized Stoddard; while in the line no.
tlceu Stoddard's courtesy, kindness respecffnI
ana proper behavior, especially as directed to-
sotciss was In rear OF half dozen
voters who were, bv their accent. natives Of Ira"
land; lhey voted In peace and quetness; after
witness voted was on the ground for sorhe time:
neaid tnat the "Plng Uglies'' were about to make
VISIT to the Seventh Ward; thought that the
people OF that Ward were able to take care of
themselves without any assistance from the Plugs;
when the news about the Marines came down the
of t anen became very great; knows
oi the parties said to he Tioting except S,oddard
ana was struck with his courtesy and urbane de-
meanor towards all; heard him cry out To some
rlotous men to he quiet and act like peaceable
Gus to embrace him
CToss-s1anlinsd.-Saw Stoddard disadvantage
no one In the line; this was between 10 and III
O'Clock a. IN.
Johh +: TonlsoH, sworn.--Nvas present at the
nrst precinct of the Seventh Ward all day until
p m; saw no disturbance on the part OF viii.
iaiiis, Stoddard or Webster; every thing was
pedceaDle until after the news came about the
calling out of the marines this was about or
O'Clock; Webster stated that he had seen the
marines coming down Capitol Hill, and a great
many people made light of the story; they were
.olo earnestly by Webster that it was true, and
then StOddard became very much excited and
SAID that il was time for the American party to
see themselves righted; up to that time Stoddard
1 I Deeh acting as pacificator, more like
binary policeman on duty than any thing else;
Williams, having voted previously, was trying
to go up again; Capt Thornton told him that he
mad already voted; Williams said - Yes. and you
look out or will vote again. TAYLOR WAS rather
wild, but seemed to he friendly and in a GOOD
humor; saw no men acting in concert with a view
to create disturbance.
CroSs-eraminsd-Did not notice Webster. VIII
son and StOddaEd particularly any more than the
rest OF the crowd heard Stoddard say thatuo III
foreigner should rote; did not see any people run
away from the polls; kept refreshment table
within few feet of the polls; did not consider it
necessary 10 close 1t at any time account of the
disturbance; the voting was stopped for 4 while;
knows Wilson, Williams, Webster and Cross
never heard any thing against them i'm his life;
Gld not see any one excited until after the news
came about the marines firing on the citizens
Antoine Grinder, sworn.-Is not foreigner; ;
When witness went to vote Jesse Williams an
peared to he making peace; witness wa. pulled
away from the window by Warnach; Williams
and Webster told the men not TO trouble witness
and they let him alone.
DR.. Willst, sworn.-Was at the polls: knows
StoddaId and Williams; they are quiet citizens
did not see Williams at all StOddaId was quiet
when witness saw him witness saw nothing to
Justify the charge of rioting; some man came I'D
and said the first lrishman that came up to vote
he would kill him; StOdda.d told the man TO
keep quiet; was at the polls half dozen times
that day; did not see any disturbance
Thomas Fdhny testified to the same general
effect as the preceding witness for defence; did
not see any voters driven from the polls after
the news abou. the marines came Stoddard was
much excited, and said no foreigners should
vote, il was time the Americans did something :;
iriShmen.
Grihdsr, recalled.-Understood that those as.
sanlting him thought he q foreigner
JOSIAH Ray, Sworn.--Dd not see any fiThtinu;
men voted The same other election DAYS:
witness was there nearly all day; saw William
Nllilaliis; he was very quiet more so than usual
Jackson PnMphJ.y WAS sworn, and testified to
the GOOD character OF the accused. There did moi
appear 10 be any concert of action to create riot:
no voters Were rejected, except such As were not
entitled to vote; the polls Were not taken posses.
sion OF; six or eight drunken men Were there
who had some little fighting; the only thing done
by Stoddard was to try to keep WarGach quiet
Char!sS Hd.cTS testified TO the good character
OF Williams, St0ddafd and Webster; was at the
polls when the new came about the marines:
didn't SEE anything like closing the polls was
within twenty feet of the polls. and should have
seen such an occurrence had it happened.
George Nc Ben testified that Williams advised
witness TO 20 home on account of the excitement
ChdrteS A. Potion testified to the good clarac-
ter of Webster. Williams and Stoddard; they
We're honest, peaceful, high-minded, uncompro-
missing Americans.
EtHj. S. EinSsy also testified to their good
character; saw StOddaid separating two men and
trying to keep the peace; Stoddald appeared to
act more efficiently as policeman than the police
themselves; Saw no obstruction OF the polls; the
polls were only closed while the commissioners
were If dinner, about an hour; good many for
ei2ners Were voted in the evening; if Webster
and party had come down to take possession of
the polls, witness would certainly have
them; there was much less disturbance at this
election than on previous occasions.
The facts elected from the evidence of George
BIOc kerton, and William Cox were mainly cor
roborative Of that Of the preceding witnesses for
the defence. The evidence for the defence closed
here, and the Court then adjourned.
TODAY, the Court met at 10 o'clock a. III.
NJ. Darts Was called to the stand again and
examined further by the District Attorney in re-
lation to his evidence of yesterday, in regard to
Wcbster's coming down to the polls There
was nothing elected in addition to yesterdays
evidence.
Mr.. ESPey was also recalled and questioned,
but his answers in relation to the taking posses
sion OF the polls by the rioters Was the same as
gwen yesterday. He stated that Webster, with
his crowd, rushed up TO the polls in threatening
manner, and broke up the ranks in the voting
line, the voters generally retiring before the ri
oters; did not hear Webster's words at that pre-
else time; witness driven away himself with
the rest of the voters, and went home; there was
great deal OF threatening and fighting, knocking
down Of voters and other violence committed by
the rioters: the riot was general the rioters
taking possession and the voters abandoning the
polls
Mr. Moss was called for the United States
was at the polls when the news came about the
marines; this was at the first precinct; Stoddard
then said that foreigner should vote and ran
up towards the polls at the same time; Wa.nach
came up TO witness and asked him if he wit
ness) was fighting man; told him no, but was