The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-31
THE K.Llay-FREAR CONTEST.

Further Testimony of Persons who Voted for
Kilian--Be ixcesds Frear's Total Majority
by Eour, and Wore to Testify.
The Committee Privileges and Elections were
In again yesterday ut the SturEevant House.
corner OF Twenty-nlnth street and BROADWAY.
Present-Messrs Stranan, Sprngsted and Marcy.
The Chairman received Geographic despatch an
nouncing that owing to indsposition, Mr. TwOm-
bly, was unable to attend Among the witnesses
examined was the eXClerk Of the Board OF Alder
men, John Hardy who was questioned as to the
presentation by Kiiau's counsel TO the Board OF
County Canvassers of his protest and certain
afIldavits eighty III number, showing that the
makers thereof had voted in the Twenty nth dis
trict or the Twentieth ward for Frederick kilian.
Mr. Hardys memory was not very dlstinct, put ne
remembered that tho anidavits were HE'D, ana tnat
Mr.. N. J. Waterbury, for Mr. Frear, refused TO ex-
anime them on the ground that they were not EVIL
dence. Mr.. Lapaagn, counsel for contestant
sought to put IN these aflldayts as evidence, put
they were ruled by Chairman Stranan on the
ground that he did not consider them worth the
paper they were written on, when chance mad not
been given the respondent TO cross-examine the
AUTHORS OF the a0davlts. Counsel for contestant
insisted that a chance had been given Mr. wafer
nnry buj he had declined TO take advantage OF II.
MIR waterbury stated that he mad hot examined
Them as he did not consider them as evidence IN
When tne comnlttcc adjourned on Monday even.
ing sjxty.seyeu persons had testified before IL tnat
| tney voted for Kllian-or seven more tnan were
| counted for hin. rms number was yesterday ln-
| creased 10 sevenIy-eignt by the testimony
| OF the following gentemen;-Edwin ;. Iowns-
| end, 100 West Tnrty.eignth street; J0nn
| Armstrong, 642 Sixth avenue; James Lm-
| norman. io3 West Tnirty-eighth street; Hngh
| McCormicK, william w. Lyon, l0I west Thirty
eighth street; Frederick Maggie, iS2 Seventh avenue;
! William p seymour 1917 West IN rty-elgnth street ;
| william r. Brody l22 West Forteth street, Samuel
Hughes Gs7 SIKH avenue; Robert Il. Hlli, l20 West
! Thirty-frst street, aud Thomas II. Landwenr, 54S
| Seventh uvcnuc.
| These afldaviIs OF votes recorded In the Twenty
flftndistrIct give Mr.. Kan majority vi four votes
over Mr. Frear on the total vote as canvdsscd, and
| still Kilian's counsel claims they can produce
! Others, who Will largely increase the majority.
/ subcommittee last evening repaired 10 the resi-
| dences to take the evQence OF number OF voters
VINO are too III 10 appear at the rooms OF the COM
mittee The nature OF the defence mas not YET been
limited at but Mr. frear's friends declare they VIII
be able to conrovert the testimony oil some OF the
witnesses for KHAN Unless this is doue they Will
have difficulty III accepting the contestant OUT VI Inc
| seat he claims to have been elected TO. .,
| The committee are working with g"ea' uesphtcn
and are I'm striking contrast Win Tue committees
! who in ante belium times came down from the
cap AL TO eat drink and be merry. ihcy sit from
eight to twelve hours per day and run the machine"
| strictly on the total abstinence prncpe-the only
| luxuries INDUCED III being OCCASIONAL CHATS,
| when are not charged to the state. Whue MI.
! Iamdwenr was beins examined Mr. kilian claimed
that the interpreter, VINO claims to be an associate
counse for Frear was not TRANSMITTING literally, and
| another gentleman was substituted, VINO gave petter