The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-02-06


having been polled /; we did not open the
ballot box or count the votes there was
but one ticket used, and as Mr. Garrett
said he would be qualified that there were
but forty-three votes in the box, and they
all Democratic votes, we did not deem it
necessary to count them we just certified
that they were all of the regular Demo-
cratic ticket / voted that ticket myself,
as did all the judges we did not seal up
the poll list; just rolled them up; put
them into the ballot box and screwed
down the cover; the hand writing on the
poll list and certificate was James Find
lays Mr. Findlsy acted as clerk but did
not vote he resides In Westport, Mis-
sour. JAMES C. GRINTER.
skphs D. Henderson sicorn, SAYS IL con-
slider my home in aLeavenworth county !;
/ left this place for Shawnee, in johnson
county, on Sunday the Sd of January !:
reached there on the morning of the 4th,
about 4 O'Clock I went there for the pur-
pose of seeing some friends relative to
getting an appointment of Post Master at
Monticello Il also carried letter to some
one at Shawnee do not remember who
the letter was directed to; Col. Isaacs
gave it to me; left there after dinner,
probably two or three o'clock; / am a
special mail agent for the purpose of rem
edying the defects in the mails from st.
Louis to Leavenworth city /; was appoint
ed December 9Th, 1857; was at Washing
ton at the time of my appointment;
should suppose that there were some 200
or 250 persons in Shawnee while was
there ; men were coming and going con-
tinually do not know whether they were
Missourians CIR citizens of Kansas; / DO
not think the population of the town
would go over two hundred how the set
Elements are in the country around there
/ do not know it was not thickly settled
where went; was at the polls during
the day; was there twice I suppose half
an hour each time; voting was going on
rapidly while was there / voted there;
l saw Col. Titus there; did not see him
vote; l saw men who were drunk and
making threats against men who should
offersto challenge them; I crossed from
there to Delaware crossing; got there
about sunset; the polls were open when
l got there; stayed there until they closed;
the judges of election were Mr.. Grinter,
Mr.. Mundee and Mr.. Garrett; neither of
the judges announced to me the result of
the election; Frank Robinson, Indian
agent, asked me after the polls had closed
if was going up 10 Leayenworth; l told
hlEa yes, and e.. st,.sa to him if the vote
was closed would take it to the proper
officer; that there would be some anxiety
by the citizens to know how. the vote
stood; some one remarked that ii was the
intention to take them to Wyandot, and
have them sent from there to Leaven-
worth, but as was going up it would be
advisable to send them by me to the
County Commissioners; Diefendorf sup
pose was the principal one, and he was
the man l was to take them to; remark
ed to them to have them in a box proper
ly fixed and would take pleasure in car
rying them; went down to take tea with
Mr.. Mundee; told him | would stop for
the box as l passed by on my way up,
after taking supper and waiting until the
moon arose; box was handed me said to
contain the returns; the judges were all
gone; suppose it was one of the clerks
who handed it to me; I saw box which
looked exactly like the one handed me in
the room where the judges were; it was
used then as a ballot box; the box was
about ten inches square and eight inches
high; it was marked on the outside
$4,000; supposed it had been used as a
money box; | saw the returns rolled up
and supposed they were put in the box;
did not learn what the vote was; / saw
when I left there a crowd around; sup
pose that the vote could not have been
more than $50 or 200; | did not inquire
of the officers, nor did I learn what the
real vote was; on my coming to the store
after the moon arose, box was handed
me, which ] carried to Leavenworth;
which / suppose contained the returns,
and which I gave to Mr. Oliver Deifen-
dorf, and which I did not open going
there, nor which I have not seen since
gave it to him; my reasons for giving il
to him was, that he was commissioner and
| believed was the proper person to give
it to, and believe so yet; Mr.. Diefendori
was appointed commissioner by John
Calhoun; he is Q brother-in-law of CAL
houn; l left Delaware crossing after the
moon arose; suppose IL or II O'Clock;
reached here before dinner; did not say
to anv one, before / saw Mr. Diefendorf
that had the returns; gave them 10 him
abe1t noon on the 9th, about an hour af.
ter reached here; | told him there was
box with the returns in No. q, at the
Planters House, and he could get them
there; / have seen Diefendorf since
gave the box to him; he did not say to
me what the returns were; asked him
but he did not tell me; do not remember
at what time asked him, nor DO not re-
member what reply he made; the morn
ing / started from here, six days after
gave them to him, asked himif ne had
sent them to Calhoun; he said he had;
have written to Calhoun-in regard 20 the
returns since then, but have received nc
answer; the letter stated to him to see
| that full and fair investigation was had
before he opened the returns, and that il
case returns did not come from certain
precincts that the oaths of judges shoult
De tAkSH - 6SiOEuCS dS ~ Wnht tuC 10
turns were; mentioned Delaware cross
ing precinct only; Iwrote another lette
tohim since, but nothing in regard to th'
returns from the Delaware crossing; no
to the best of my knowledge: / do no
know now where Mr.. Diefendorf or Gen
Calhoun are; saw Calhoun on Saturda,
last, in Platte City, No.; told him
was coming before this board; Iasked hin
if the returns from Delaware crossing wer
made out, and asked him what they were
he did net reply; other persons were talk
ing to him at the same time; Calhoun
the Surveyor General of Kansas; do no
know what his business was in Plat
i city: do not think his official duties Eoul
lead him there; got DO satisfactory re
| ply to nv question to Calhoun; in m
i letter to Calhoun from Lawrence to Fol
Leayenworth, I requested him to give
statement of the returns from the oths
precincts in Leayenworth county, and
Il say that he would receive the oaths {
II the judges e. Delaware crossing as 70 VIII;
the vote was at that precincts told hin