The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-29
THE ELECTION CONTESTS.
They StIII ContInue-MOrc Witnesses n
More Testimony.

They stiII CsptInusrI.AAII;2re Witnesses and
To-day at noon Messrs. Messick and Batturs Ex-
aminers in the municipal contested election eases,
continued the taking OF testimony in the Grand
Before the adjournment yesterday the following
witnesses were heard in addition to those given IN
THE TEIEGRAPHs report:-Conrad Emery, John
Stringer Lorenzo Godfrey, Robert G. Htchie, John
Stewart, Jacob Nj. Davis, Theodore Brackney, and
The evidence to-day was as follows:-
Generalo y T 0os syorpoR or about 1 & the 18th tn day y
purpose Of procuring list Of aliens who were being 3su
nel snoydsp Prothonotay Of the Court was present in
& ae N P0S SS trS swo U the oah to the
aliens Colonel snowden was gnng the certificates d as
upon the bench in any Of the SOgrt6GOTs nr re ms
roor from S to dy o he
furnish me with any record vas agreed to allow persons
as they naturazed requested Mr. J. X Fletcher
my presence and left; was there two three times
su6sc qHent different days and the same process OF
and the Prothonotary, being carried on remained
mea stream aliens we're beinsnaturazed the
Judge was not on he pTsmses IN these cases the votes
the certificates carried to the Prothonotary in an
to the tipstqvos who took them back tho from
which they had and handed them to the persons to
Chas T Bonsaii, affirmed Was in the Nisi Prius
fsoa & Of % & atS on p@ that & day went @ I from tSs
SharswOod about newly published decision; could not
get in at the main doer OF the Hisi Prus Court and
retiring to the Nis Prus; the Judge there,
ngs Col Snowden the Prothonotary w,s sitting in his
usual seat signing naturalization papers would have
handed 70 him BY one hand, which attracted
would 5 DO %b b he pu his pnurs to e T"T Spp @
one lying his table and either he botted IT, the clerk
front him on the table; he then proceeded to sign
the date, which filled up; that paper he botted him
self and ssced on top OF the paper he had prey9nsy
except the date; he signed the third paper
d G3s co Ss0 on IN i plank SO wn ne no
the paper which he had signed preyousy those papers
hand for them heard voice say Those are my papers
was interrupted by COL Sno%den getting upLc99ping nm
Where is the Judgey' ne said the Judge had gone out
duct the Of naturalization without the pres
ence of the Judge? he answered me- 81 don't it's quite
the Judge Isl" went with hin to the head OF the stair
Snowden in his seat waited ten fifteen minutes for
Would be blank for hand pokd ont for
coulc MT dstnguish their faces in the crowd sometimes
who came right up to the bar the certificates would
come up ip blank would be number at time n and IN a
hled up during the time remained the crowd was un-
the Jury box though stood behind the Prothonoary
o R9t n S sda m the ep at
same time; after Judge Sharswood came in the same
of an hopr after the Judge came in except in about six
uhcaes signed by the Prohonotary without any re-
ference to the Judge. g., ,.,
Prothonotary Of the Supreme Court time in the
latter part of September last the side of
Office at the southeast of the desk nearest to
Chestnut street, pile of natualizationpap can't
how there but the top two blank natu-
razaton papers the upper signed; the lower
the you could discover about three quarters of
the signature the third and could discover half
of signature and gradually decreasing didn't
notice the impression of the seal upon them.
Joseph Fleming swOrn-Was police officer last
know man named piggy Devine;n arrested him just
prior the October election of last year. searched him
his at the station house, found twelve blank
naturalization papers signed -. Ross Snowden; there
impression of seal upon the paporS they all
in blank except the signature and seal present at
examination of them by Colonel Snowden, when he
unable say whether it his signature not the
report of that examination in the public papers that
| port a correct one of the proceedings.
| Charles +. Thatcher sworn-Was window inspector in
the Eighth division, Sixth ward, last October; Michael
Quinn voted that day there aper shown witness) that
| voted.
Alderman Better sworn-(PAper shown witness)-Have
before it is the paper of Michael Quinn
(papers shown wnass) these atidavts made before
me by Michael Quinn, and his wife, containing the
information to how Michael Quinn became possessed
the they set forth that the given the wife
W certain John Mccormick: Michael has been in the
country long enough enttle him to vote, but had
| made application for naturalization.
Examination still in progress as we go to press.
| HONORARY DEGREES.-In addition to the list o
| honorary degrees previously reported in THE EVEN
! ING TELEGRAPH, conferred mt the commencement o
Lafayette College, the Faculty also gave the "HOno
| rary Degree of Master of Arts" to James G. DOty
Lewstown, Pa, and Henry NJ. Mccartney, Civil En-
| pineer. EaStOn,