The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-31
THE CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
Witnesses still Appear, and More Testimony il
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This morning, at 10 O'Clock, proceedings in the
municipal contested election cases were resumed
before Examiners Messick and Batturs, sitting in
an of1ice OF the New Court House. The contestants
| continued in rebutta
The witnesses heard after our report closed yes
| terday We're as follows James McGuigan Lewis
Peterson, Charles ii. r. Coils James A. Bennett
John Ferguson, and Robert LocEhart.
The testimony to-day was as follOws:-
James A. Watson testifed- live in Germantown have
been living there ten years was out farm during
Question Are you the same James A. Watson who
youched for large number of in the Nsi Prus
=. Mr.. Brooke objected.
QHow many of these persons hal you krown prior to
he day you youched for thony
Mr. Brooke objected
Al d. did d. mot e 1 know & great many q them.
the voucher Of persons o hs never nouS S bf 20
Al was not worRing at hat time. and thought
might mako little money bnt didn't make any money
3Who was it that induced you to become voucher?
A. At the first start Of the operation went on nv own
respo1sibty i signed my name TO papers and did not
got myself this T was going to quit that after S1a
town told Ipf me yat Would 5 al m & az GfTnq
on those parties were Henry C6ggshall and Mr. Perce,
Pierce be ] him inpT Mr. Peroe FeEs sefa S ~
eap n bsq tee me %sef & 70 &R' store in nan he don't
Were YOU not aware at the time you we're vouchng
A. told you was not at the start; / did not know it
until two or three days afterwards when the people we're
whom yopehed 9r be lives next door to me- ;' Of
Sonlse 4 hHeM iulu nave known nm two /
David nor @ SE MsCudy 5GndSI dSn FOGe Fe
aid any not no h don't know Henry
McFadden; he was killed the railroad had known
hm nGf abe about year % dom Eno John Yabe can't roco
hard t9 reeolect 50 many tunuy know John Nor
to tell you the honest truth did see him until last
q. Dan you with certainty whether you had known
any o the persons or whom you youched for five years
A. To tell the truth only knew one or two ...
at Jobnsons Hve iri G IN @ @rmSnto"n on Main street,
weeks before that lived Nome with n,y nns, IlTeS rec
Brought RsPo S1 @ Sa1 S M
Saw me before he did about coming here nobody else "d
me about coming; got money for coming here-nof
0ne Oo oP COPPER ne dd not ea pay my fare in the
here here before me swore s,w these men i've years.
e tRSk & ise % PAIN ANIL 3 knew did not know at
j. Ross Snowden, the Prnthonotary of the Supreme
Court was then examined -
q During the examinations did you swear and examine
sW and 1eSsS Ss saS dns t1 Of
hare do % y9G know Mr. Watson who has been examined
% watson present in the r,on stands before Colonel
A. M don't know whether recognize him or nos.
not observe whether he asng paper taat You could
upon or mott A, / was '"'O''u
Dld you patgrahle a large number people under
bdH bSodnaSt Ttn the Democratic Commit at So much
they were committes of moi NJ o uon Know @ whether
iy s eent ta e G9nay Qua ter Sessions was doing Tor
hgure, but eventually agreed ' N'"H W Vnat
u: How many thousand did Vou 70 ~. 49,. ,s
whole OF the campaign iNou uurihg 'ne
MI Brooke counsel Tor the respondent said TINT t,e
t OF the above witness objected To- beeanse Il Is
ot IN rebutta and because the orssto, ,art ~ ~ II
''Iaiy I irrelevant TO this investigation 49, - ~
offered to ho ior he contestants said that
ot oncers who rejected NATURALIZATION
VI rom mere WantODness ~
CHARLES b. Ross sworn
81 WIN are a clerk in MIR. Snowdens officer A. am.
employed ssssSS n mention zen Ihe names 81 persons 1nSr9
W and October last outside Of regular cerksy
that 10 al ioe Mr boieau, Mr. Platt, and MIR. McCary
~ " ""' V4eept those engaged In the OoRTt; Dr.lSmith