The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-03-23
THE FARCE or TIE BALLOT.
MIR. Jenks Striking Out at the Grand Jury
System-But IL Does not Help his Clients
The Votes for zimmerman, the Repubii-
can Candidate, Not Counted at all.

system-But IL Does not Help his Clients
The Votes for zimmerman, the Repubii-
can Candidate, Not Counted at all.
In the series Of prosecutions for fraud in the
recent Brooklyn elections, o little progress was
made yesterday. Henry p. Mayo and Michael Han.
non were put on trial. In opening the case the
District Attorney said that the two men under In.
dictment were employees In the Fire Department
and the Water Board. They had been selected as
the men best calculated TO count the votes OF the
citizens and TO declare the result Of the election.
They acted canvassers in the Fourth district OF
the Fourth Ward, and they are charged with count.
ing In a representative to the Legislature. This
charge he said, think we shall be able to substan.
tiate. Mr. Cullen. Democratic candidate for the
Assembly, received, according TO the count, 1893
votes. while Mr.. zimmerman, the Republican. re.
ceived 16a votes. Tho allegation is that zimmerman
was fraudulently counted out.
Onicor T. W. Vaughan testified: I wns on duty at
the polls, and was present during the counting OF
the votes there were seven boxes there we're less
tickets in the box afterward than had been polled
they were aferward found in another box heard
aesrk say to Mr., MAYO; " You are not eouHins cor cor
10. think & was, said he would like g know 4 Mr
Hseeman objected to the manner In which the votes
pI.ilis, SsF fS: is;,d Va, aSS at ss T:urH
saw the votes counted the canvass very
Sw sos ,S on: Of The CLERK. '1Os up Du1tS q ss.
the tickets were Incorrectly counted Mayo OK them
lsyoJ would attend 10 hi, he took ,he tickets from
the clerk and threw ihcm into the sfervard they
ruB POLL cLERK's TESTIMONY.
gs s. FSs;.s % @ 8, SSN fesl;s w.d "a
ssw Mr. Cullen there. think between two and three
eleven oeoos Aene x.rs ,hes Ose vote. % .sof
.l.sr they 60, ihiogsh The coustins saw Suadis q
there We ten i9 that bundle he said yes and snatch
Oot oay Ss Su 1 ss' s 5
positive Of that there wss smother bundle in which
& h S Ssya Sd
i,,us v az roll clerk when .p1ke Of 4 ". ,Is .I
one o. them up and asked Mayo III he though that
Alfred Dickinson testinedi l. wss present at the
nnrS Ws,S q ne ne ySte @ in tns fCS,h p'.e Of he
soas@S Sst s % g'sssss ssS ,. had SS eight am
saw each ballot as 1t was picked mp.
WATCHING THE BALLOTS COUNTED.
Michael simmon. testified: In yassing the tickets.
saw MIN count one pile OF seven for ten, and Eve or
e s.tsc him il he Would NOT %ers coSn, m VIM RmmeT
spoke to Mr Mclaughlin about q and he asked me IL
donpted the man, honesty, and said did.
fence.
He said he thought Re should be able to show the
charges against the prisoners were totally unounded
MT. Jenks spoke severely Of the Grand Jury. which
he clar4ed with causing unjusty men to be placed
on trial FOR crimes which they never committed.
John F.. Leech poll clerk, was sworn. He testi.
hed: The canvassers counted fact as they could
the tickets were divided into two plles they count.
ed Cullens votes and found 1g3 each package OF
ballots contained ten Mayo and Heceman got into
aqnarrel about the count; Mayo said he was willing
70 let any outsider count them. IN order to satisfy
Hegeman, bu, He.eman should not lay his hand on
them.
Mr.. =. g. Massey. President OF the Board OF Fire
Commissioners testified that 4! was discovered that
uere we're three short. He watched the count and
could tell how many ballots there were, while they
were being counted. A mistake OF throe votes be.
lng put into wrong box was corrected, aud all was
right after that 50 far rs he could see.
Supervisor Kollmeyer OF the Fourth Ward Hugh
MeUandn, sweeny's agent In Brooklyn Mayo him.
self. Michael Hannon and Edgar Cullen we're All
pnt on the stand ior the defence, and ali except Mayo
and Harmon testified that as far as they could see
the prisoners had proceeded at the canvass IN The
regular manner, and that there was nothing what
ever suspicious In their conduct at tile time The
Two prisoners, however, admitted under crosa.ex
animation that Ammcrman's votes had not been
cvturrr uu~ 49,, At-- Sod ,kro,c s a, ,,r
Old oop bOr 0hd MCH bVrHed. The trial will be con
tinued to-day.