The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-04-03

served that there were but six pages Of
names; and that, counting the average
number of names to q page on the poll
list returned to Calhoun. and shown him
by the Board, the number Of names on
the six pages was not over 20. He
was about the polls ali day, and is sat
isfed that not more than $50 men voted
at the polls.
Charles Mayo testifes that be has
carefully compared the poll lists Of the
Oxford precinct for the election of the
2lst Of December, containing 1866 names.
with that of the 4th of January, contain
ing 738 names, and finds that there are
but 22T names common to both lists. IF
all the names on the lists were those of
legal Voters, this would provo that there
were LIT voters living in that precinct.
Godfrey states that Harwood asked J..
81. Danforth, at the time they were en-
gagged at Westport in forging poll lists
for Shawnee, whether the Oxford poll
lists had come; and Danforth said they
had !" not come to town yet" The re-
turns of Shawnee for the election of the
4th of January, are stated by Mcfarland
to be in Harwood's handwriting. Rob-
erts states that the tally papers of the
election at Shawnee, and of the election
at Oxford on the same day, are all made
out in the same style, and so nearly alike
as to lead him to believe they were writ
ten by the same man. There is sufficient
evidence to warrant the belief that the
returns for Oxford were forged at West
port by Harwood, Danforth and others,
about the same time these men were en-
gagged in forging the returns from Shaw
nee.
OF the 738 votes returned for officers
under the Constitution, on the 4th of
January, at Oxford, at least 696 were IL
legally received, or were forged on the
poll lists and fraudulently returned.
Spring HiH.-No polls were opened at
the precinct on the 21st of December,
1857, at the election on the slavery clause
of the Constitution.
A. A. Cox testifes that he was ap-
pointed deputy by P. Cosgroye, sheriff
of johnson county, to open the polls of
this precinct on the 4th of January, 1858,
for the election of officers under the Con-
stitution. The polls were opened when
he got there. The judges of election
were Democrats. He Cox is also a
Democrat, and was a candidate on the
Democratic ticket at that election for the
Legislature, from johnson county. The
vote there was 24 for the Free State tick
ct, and 6 for the Democratic. The judges
gave him the poll books, but did not tell
him what to do with them. he took
them off with him, intending to give
them to the Probate Judge or the Sheriff.
He lost the poll books between Spring
Hill and 0lathe. He did not state or GER
tify the loss to John Calhoun.
AFCHIsoN COUNTY.
Fort WGlliam.-At the election held Al
this precinct on the 4th of January there
was great irregularity on the part of the
officers in conducting it, and in making
up their returns; but the Board have
found no evidence showing official fraud
Four or five men voted there who were
said to live in Leayenworth county,
There were about 30 Free State votes
and about 100 pro-slavery.
The Board report that of the votes re-
turned of the election of the 21st De.
cember, 1857, on the slavery clause of the
Constitution framed at Lecomptop, held
at the precincts of Kickapoo, Delaware
Oxford and Shawnee, about the following
numbers were illegal and fraudulent:
At Kickapoo, 700
Delaware City, 145
| Oxford, LOO
I" Shawnee, 675
Total, 2,720
And of the votes returned of the elec,
| ton of the 18th of January. 1853. for off