The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-12
The Contested Elections.

The Examiners, Richard NJ. Battdr5 and
william L. Me- sick, appointed TO take testimony
ln tDe contested election cases OF Mayor Clty
Controller, City Commissioned, Prothonotary
OF the Court of Common Pleas. Receiver OF
IaSes, district Attorney, aud City Solicitor,
held their first meeting yesterday afteruoon, in
tie wltness-room of the new Court House.
l.. G. Cassidy, ESQ, on behalf OF the District
Attorney elect, objected to tue taking of any
testimony in his case by the Examiners as he
disputed the power of The Court of Common
objectiC was noted.
Thomas b. Reeves lsworn-I am Clerk in the
office OF the Court OF Common Pleas and have
with me the general returns; they were offered
in evidence, al d showed the vote for District
Attorney, Mr.. Sheppard, 81, ,l65, Charles Glib.
bons, 59,69O; Mayor, Daniel M. Fox, 81. 6l7,
SeneIal TynGals, 5s679i City C. Controller,
eeiyer of Taxes, Johu NJ. Melloy, 6O,sl4; Richard
Pelz 60576; City Commissioner, David P.
Weaver, 6l, 1855, Alexander McCuen, co. 1872;
Prothonotary Of the Court Of Common Pleas,
Albert W. Fletcher, 6O,965, Richard Donagan,
60394; City Solicitor, Thomas ]. Barger, 6l, l22,
TLoG as j. Worrall, &C, 230.
william G. Ciaghorn, sworn-I was President
o. the Board OF Return Judges OF the 0cto-
Der election; this is my signature to all the
returns.
William seybert swom-I was return Judge OF
the Fifteenth ward at the October electlon tots
rs my signature to the return; cannot state the
nun Der of votes returned in the Third division
OF the ward Tor Hector TynGale; 1t is in this
paper lt8.
Cross-examined-Thcr are nine other Judges
who should have signed 1t besides me; there is
a lead pencil vote and one in ink for Mr.. Tyn-
dale; the form er Is ten votes greater than the
latter; the paper is in the handwriting OF John
}. Crowner; cannot say who made the lead
pencil 6gures; Crowner was one of the secreta-
ries of the Boards, and also judge of one Of
the divisions.
A. M. Wakinshaw sworn--The addition in
ink on the return shown last witness is correct.
Thomas b. Reeves was recalled and produced
the tally lists and hourly return of votes of the
Twelfth division of the Fifteenth ward.
Mr.. Rawle-I offer these in evidence and by
them il will appear that Hector Tyndales vote
in the ward return. The list of votes OF this
a vote of 455. The Judges return for this divi.
sion was then offered IN evidence, and disclosed
a similar vote.
Recorder. Givin was called by contestants and
requested to pIoduce certain boxes but de.
| clined TO produce any ballot box, under instruc-
tion of the Court, upon a requisition OF the
Examiner TO the Court and an order therefrom.
The contestants then requested the Examiner
10 have broughtbefore them the ballot boxes of
Sixth division OF the Seventeenth ward and the
| Fourth division of the Twenty.ffth ward, for
the purpose of examining the lists of taxables,
of voters, the tally lists, the general and hourly
returns, and the oaths of the officers.
Mr. Cassidy, tor respondents, objected to the
opening of the boxes at this state of the case.
The examination was then adjourned until 81
O'clock this afternoon,