The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-15
THAYKR US. GREENBANK.
Continuation OF Proceedings I'm the
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This morning at halfpast 0 O'Clock the Lsgls
iative committee appointed to take testimony
Greenbank held further meeting in Common
Council Cham Der, Senator Stirson in the chslr.
sssSSnd ~ SS @ @ 6coSs, SSpS
sci for the sAia that on st Of voters
Mia TROmpson sworn1iVs S -gDSS NO 81 Master street.
my my husband, David Thompson. was In Pottsvllie
Charles d Jones swOrnLiysd 10 I.ss germsssown
Lee9th ward; voted the Republican tckeE examined
John savage svorn-Lived No. 1909 Pink street
last October did net vote at the october g ection
walader street tbackj last OCTOBER; my hus bands
man Is Wa% :, have no. seen nor nesTs 0%
rate p, hsSe NV not ,pSnred % for for him ehsr cs.
90 ober In the Sixth division Of the Seventeenth
Mas, Jane Wells sworn-Live at No, 1iI9 German.
town roAo; bave lived there all my life; no sush man
John Mseure sworn-Liye NO. 1908 Cadwalsder
10 S % s yesF S s
ward for the purpose OF voIipg; was refused got ny
one Of the Mullins NJ eI.Ssr Arthur or Barney couaSt
tel which went away and got porcemen; made
20, my vote in; voted ,he full Republican ticket
seventeenth ward last october; the full Repu0
Charles Mccabe testified to the same 'acts In rela
tion TO himself so also did Charles Thompsou John
A., Goodiellow, Charles Denny. and number OF
Joseph Hoagland sworn-Lived IN the Sixth dvl-
"mI Republican ticket without adulteration.'
the sayeH teeith ward last October; Voted she Re-
puocsn ticket with the exception OF Myers aud
William #. Jones sworn-Lived as No, 1iSs q sr-
loan cI ct in the Six III div sion Of the Seventeenth
waro; examined my ticAe; was challenged, but ex'
Jghn my SwoTa5;Lved No. $Si Christian stree,
IN the seventh divisi1n Of the Thlra wsrd last 0c,
The BaiDes lived with me last October
lived there last OctopeS no Rot vote AT the ooto9er
ell e.ionj am not citizen; have son called john
years next May.
The examination OF the witnesses was con-
Quoted very rapidly this morning-so fast, In
| fact, that frequent intervals occurred when
there were none present This entailed con-
eomp PEELED to wait until others arrived. Be-
| tween forty and fifty in all were examined.
| fraudulent votes polled IN the sixth division
of the Seventeenth ward, and in the Seventh
| division of the Third ward.
| Pending one of the suspensions of proceedings
| owing to the absence of witnesses which &C.
| eurred shortly after O'Clock, Mr.. Simpson,
| counsel for the contestant, sent for the Mayor
| and Recorder of the city, for the purpose OF
having them produce the election boxes OF the
| First precinct of the Eighth ward and the sixth
precinct of the Fourth ward By the production
of these boxes the contestant proposed to show
that during the last hour of voting the oetober
election day, in the First precinct OF the Eighth
| ward there were but 81 tallies for Greenbank
| while the returns showed 26 votes; and in lhe
sixth division of the Fourth ward the returns
| were voters The vote returned for Thayer wa'
IS, while all the other Republican candidates o
the city and county polled votes ranging IL
AS we go to press Recorder Glvin has JUS
entered with the boxes called for, but has no
Weld ed them 10 the custody OF the COMMITTEE
for the purpose OF counting the ballots In them
on account of an objection to their betni
spondent's counsel. This objection is nos
being argued Tsaas