The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-06
The Contest.

The Examiners, Messrs. Messick and Batturs,
resumed the examination OF witnesses IN the
above case yesterday afternoon. The testimony
was directed to the Eighth division OF the
Fourth ward.
Rev. Samuel Durborow, No. COS S. Tenth
street, testified that he voted the Republican
Tenth street; his son John J. GiroY voted the
same ticket; Henry j. Bockius, No. 703 S. Ninth
street; William II. BROOKS, No. l0l4 shippen
street; John c. Georqe, No. 62l S. Ninth street
70l s. Eleventh street; Thomas Nicholson, No.
6l7 Clifton street; Edward Wheeler No.
a. Erie street. voted ior Fur%an rg7 Isl Sheppard;
SoSes SeGfss hesfe No. Nc s '7 Erie neeSi
street; Thomas V. Copeland. No. 927 Shippen
street; Benjamin Faikenberg No. Gil South
Ninth street; Isaac III. Hobbs, No. 933 Shippen
street; George I. Hobbs, No. 933 Shippen street;
David Thompson, Carbon street; ID. NJ. Matthew,
Jr., No. 1921 Shippen street: john Hutchinson,
No. 1O46 South street; Charles III. Russell, No.
625 South Ninth street, Joseph DDgherty, No.
9O2 Shipper street; John X. McFetridge, No.
1913 Erie street; Nathaniel b. Briggs, No. 7l2
Erie street Robert j. Work. No. 700 Erie street;
John l.. Smith, No. 1014 Shippen street; Thomas
W. Helmbold, No. lOl4 Shippen street; Samuel
Sharp, No. 7o5 Russell street;, Newton Nuttall,
No. 7l9 South Eleventh street; Henry Weldey,
No. 724 + Erie street; Jacob Clause, No. 709 Erie
street. His son, George Clause, voted the
William King was recalled, and testified that
on the list of voters there were 1877 names that
were not on the list of taxaoles returned by the
election officers.
Mrs. Catharine Quigley, No. 1920 South street,
testified that Patrick Brady bad not lived there
since about August last. (He was assessed there
and at No, 7l9 Baker street, aud on the voters
list tWice.)
Mrs. Anna I amb, No. 727 S. Ninth street,
testified that her son, James Lamb has been
employ ed in Washington for about lour years;
he was in town on election day; his wife aud
family live in the Twelfth ward. (He was
asses sed at the above numoer, and on the voters
list.)
James Brady, No. GOA South Tenth street
test fed that Thomas Cahill never lived there.
(He was assessed there and on the voters list. }
Thomas Rahll lived there at this election.
George s. Mink testified that he was a police
officer on duty at tie election polls OF this dIvi
sion. He saw a crowd of men VINO we're said to
be New Workers there at different times all day;
could not say that they voted; a citizen told
witness and other officers that these men
had voted at the polls in Shippen street. below
seventh.
william Fletcher testified that he was at these
polls Tor about three quarters OF an hour In the
morning; saw man vote twice; witness was a
SPECIAL policeman.
James NJ. Cooper, No. $40 s. Ninth street,
testified that he voted the Republican ticket in
the Seventh division OF the Tnird ward, as also
did Samuel Clark, No. ZOE Catharine street, and
Howard c. Carney, No. SEQ Ninth street.
The boxes of the First division of the Fifth
ward, Seventh of Fifteenth, aud Sixteenth Oi
Twentieth, were then called for by contestants,
Adjourned until Monday next.