New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-23
THE KINGS COUNTY ELECTION IEAUDS
rp,,, op urNpy MAYO AND MICHAEL HARMON.

for the prosecution, and Messrs Brtton jerks anu
for the defense. ~,
Mr. Britton said decide in the case OF bernaro
Mahoncy which was tried yesterday, to make motion
FOR an arrest Of Judgment .o,,or
Judge Gibert-We CANNOT near lha' ho"' ~ W ~
be made on saturday ,r n ,,ouo ,rouored
70 their names, aud District ATTORNEY Moiiis an"o"N
himself as ready 10 proceed ~, . .o,,,
officer Thomas W. Vaughan was then called ana test
fed~On the night Of the election was detailed to the
Fourth District Of the Fourth Ward; Mr. Mayo ana MT
Harmon there acting canvassers the votes were
slowly counted during the whole Of the evening, aud
called the attention OF the poll clerks 10 Tue ihc VIC
at very near each other Mr. Mayo sat just across te
table from me; the poll clerks sat on one sue OF me ana
the canyassers the other the vote was counted ey
slowly the poll clerk stating that ne was new az sbe
no more about IT, as thought II resulted from tie hcom
potency OF the poll clerk the first thing tat occurred ais
canvass commenced little after Goclock; 1t could not
have been half an hour after the poll. on Eo'on
the evening; / did not get TO the staton-d House
until q O'Clock in the morning ds LOOK sono o papes
came in and spoke 10 the canyasseis AZ lhe emu oi io
table there was DarIcade al inc ,h W inu nam
aud they could not come there spoac Va ' ~, 81" ,
ner in which the counting was carrier VI az oI. h
gentleman spoke of ~ think there were -
there, and the state ticket was nrs c9nn.o i sa
the Assembly ticket was counted thiru "1h s sP
tickets short and there were less III re DOa man
the votes pOed Mr. Mayo said ne conid lnlrsl is Nn
tnem and when the tickets were found lie "ouu al
others finally it was counted asf tn er vG aSnS f
nv attention not attracted 10 anything IN particular
when the Assembly vote was CouIteu hn"y
10 Mr. Mayo You are NOT coutns N 49, o nI a.
counting i've for ten " don't recOlect MI MayoSiePyi
Mr. Mclaughlin think II was said he would IKE 10
know If Mr.. Hegcman objected 60 the manner In whleh
the votes were counted. ,, a., ,,-.,
officer Elias testifed-T detailed at the Fourth
District of the Fourth Ward with officer Vaughan
saw the cOunted the canvass was conducted very
slowly; that all notced one OF the clerks TOOK up
bundle Of tickets doth the canyassers we're there at
fine timex he said the tickets were Incorrectly counted
Wavo took them and told the clerk to attend 10 his bus
rss and that he Mayo would attend Ia his he took the
tickets from the clerk and threw them In the box; after
Cross eXaInined-I was close by Mayo; lie told the
clerk TO attend To his own business ana hald mat lie
tickets. don't know his the tickets were burned
after they were counted; the tickets burned; it
charles " Thomas. who acted rs Secretary OF the
Board of Canvassers. testified that there was tally
sheet kept OF the votes cast III the FIRST second lhd
and Fourth Assembly Districts.
Counsel for the defense objected 10 tho Introduction OF
e tally sheet in evidence Ihe Court held that IL
moi legal document Mr. Morris sad he wished 10 show
that in The other districts there was majority Tor Ar
Judge Gibert-Do you propose to draw the inference
that there was majority Tor MN 10 tnls dis'" ar
Mr.. Morris said he wanted 10 SNOW thaV theIe "An 10
motive for a wrongful count. ,
Judge Gllbcrt-rhe paper Is excluded as evidence
Fonrth District Of the Fourth ward far could
the canvass conducted fairly up to the time tho A.
The candidates were Mr. Cullen aud Mr. zimmerman i
saw Mr. cullen there, think between and o'clock III
Inc morning. was told 1t was hr Cullen
q 30 You know whether Mayo had conversation
" Ia Mr. Cullen during the EVENING" objected To and
o'clock there were three short ana they given
TO Ocer Vaughan TO keep until the other boxes we're
Others but do MT remember what they we're nj between
and o'clock il taken up again; after they GOT
through the counting saw bundle OF tickets winch
took M and sked Mr. Mayo he said there were ten IN
that bundle; he said yes. and snatehcd 1t ont Of my
We're only five tickets in the bundeI positive Of that;
there MAS another bundle IN which am certain there
were ONLY five tickets Mr. Mayo told mo 10 mind my
own business, that he was canyasser aud was poll
CLERK; words passed between u.s. he said was loaf
III. I. had hg,n 1nI a
Michael simmons testhed-i was present at the eau
of the Assembly vote Of the Fourth District OF ae
went there about five minutes 10 Il; Mr.. Amner'
man was with me- ihey had AL tne tlcEets on me tanie
missing; lie put them IN box, and did not
canyassng them until between ana eiooH
tcn and i've or six of eight each for ten they
rount VIM Ammefmans tickets; he said lie would
me damned first | spoke 20 Mr.. Mclaughlin about II,
aud he asked me If doubted this mans honesty and
SAID did
Mr jerks then opened the FOR the defense. The
statements, however hy WITNESSES would, he Thought,
fully them that the charges against his clients
totally uufOunded. His love for iinoklYn was GER
lie sa that these cases were. day day paraded
fore the people IN way which Ec certainly ieIt called
upon to condemn. The cases, however, not TO bo
tired outside of the court al corners, in bar
rooms, u elsewhere, and discussed III the heated
haransneS OF diaaPpoht1 deos4iue. Inc cases ~eFo
John A. Lech called for the defense. and testified
was poll clerk i'll the Fourth District OF the Fourth
Ward; about $50 votes In the district; there
were 1888 for Cullen and lG9 for Ammerman the canvass
half an hour after the close OF the polls We
had been there o'clock in the morning aud had
some refreshments the Assembly ticket was canyassed
about o'clock there three tickets lees ia the
box than the poll st the tickets were put back
INTO tie box until the others would be found; Mayo
gave them TO Officer Vaughan To Lake charge OF; the
cIpyassers counted slowly; | lad never acted as poll
clerk before the Assembly tickets were separated and
put piles Culens IN and Am neriuans IN tho
other after separating the ballots they put them 70
geher tens; Tor Cullen there 10 packages and
over; Harmon counted them and then handed them to
Mayo, no again counted them and twisted he during
any remarks about the counting being wrong iegenan
picked twist aud said that was not rignt Mr. Mayo
said that 10 be counted he would do II boih the
men angry Mr.. Mayo SAID he vac willing TO let
any OF the outsiders count the vote there were good
ting at the table and watching Harmon count the votes;
did not observe any pile being lees than ten; was
there packet handed TO Mayo by Harmon which
had twelve tickets anti Mayo handed 10 back and said,
You have got two too many In that" the two were
then taken out that Happened several times but not in
the Assembly vote
tioner at tue Fourth District OF The Fourth Ward
o'clock the morning after the eecon; during
center of the that was when tho mistake was nrsJ
discovered; the tickets put back in the box and 1t
given 10 OnccuVaughan; there were three tickets
missing and the canyassers delayed counting tho ballots
until they could be found; watched Harmon count tho
ballots Cuens and Ammofman's ballots were placed
separate piles. and Harmon then counted them out by
tens and handed them TO Mayo; election made by
IA the audience 10 the number Of certain
PACKAGE Mayo invited any OF the audience to count the
tickets, but no one did so
OF the Fourth Ward and corroborated the previous
tImuny.
Hugh MCLAUGHLIN testihed-I present at the
FOURTH Dstflctpos from 10 O'clock In the morning until
the close of the canvass when the OF the Assem-
bly, vote was come to- attention attracted by
words between Hegeman, Simmons, and Mayo; Summons
was excited. dispeased. ana dissatisfied and asked him
whether he thought these men, acting on OATH would
openly cheat.
Henry r Mayo testIned-I was Canvasser In the Fourth
District OF the Fourth Ward; had not before been
canvasser; tho reason that got along slowly
that we completed each separate vote by our books aud
had nothing left 10 again, but had design ia
conducting tho canv slowly; Mr.. Hegeman
10 see The count aud by ths kept his books being
made up, which was one cause for our delay;
the votes were tailed by tens there in all 10 pack
ages ana three over there ten Twelve persons
standing by ana they made no objection to count
The nrtt objection mAdn by HeRCrnan afler