Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-23
sARDIS. MISS.
The Charges Against Ozanne, Davis d
Co. Reiterated - Additional Evi.
dence Of Ozanne's COM
plicity.
Cards from w. ". Howe and sheriff
OEanne Denying all PartfcipR-
tiOn in the Attempted Fraud
of Davis.
Special 10 the Appeal

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SARDIs, October 2l.-Sherifis Ia Mis-
| sissippi, under the law, have nothing to do
| with preparing ballot-bOXes; but Sbtri q
| Ozanne, OF this county, IN defiance Of law and
| tbeing n candidate for office) regardless OF
| good taste, few days since, presuming on
| his paramount authority a the Radi cal chief
! and high -cockalOrum OF Pamela county, de-
| livered the ballot boxes heretofore used as
| such to a mechanic, with Instructions TO
| place certain new locks fCrnished by OZsn9e
! upon the bOxt S, giving as g reason therefor
| that the keys of the old locks had all been
| lost. Now, since the rsscality Of Ozanne, Da-
| Wis d Co. in tampering with the books of
| registration has been un arthed, ozanne,
/ = Hlth all the meeB ness and innocence OF 2
| Moses, comes forward with the keys OF the old
| locks, thereby eXhIbitif z to the light OF day
more OF the deyilishness of q Judas IScariol.
/ Had not the first trick been discovered,
| the last would have remained Eealed and ia
| thai event, had the first failed of accomplish
VS. might then nave brought into Iequisition
! their duplicate keys, stuffed the ballot boxes,
| and either defeated fair election, by having
themselves counted in, or had the election
declared null amt void. The mechanic en-
ployed by Ozanne to put new locks on the
bsllOt-bOXes, being an Intelligent man and a
Con, ervauve, had his suspicious aroused by
the conduct OF OZanne, and revealed the
above facts. Orange Brent, a cOloTed member
of the Mississippi legislature from this coun-
Y, and candidate for reelection on the
Howe and OZanne ticket, has published a
card rt pudl l3IiHg the remainder OF the ticket
IN stIoug language HDd Withdrawing from
the tick-f. The Conservatives of Panola are
wide awake ana determined 10 win and woe
be TO tue hend who perpetrates fraud upon
Us.
CARD FROM ". W. HOWE.
SARDIs, October 22.-EDITORs AP-
PEAL-Iu your ssue of the twenty-frst, In an
article headed :" a R5dlcaI Plot to Defraud
mentI so far as L am concerned, is unqualih-
edly false. No one has be. II impli Gated by
confession Please publish this answer to the
Islander. W HOWE.
C.Rn FROM sEERTEE OzANNE
SARDIs, MISS Dc otter q The sem
sational extra issued by the Star Office in con-
nectlun with my deputy, Mr.. Davis, and the
registration BOOKS, would induce my friends
an the public in general to believe me gull
ty of the charge N 4de therein. Alter having
been IN the county for nearly ten years snd
trying 10 establish a character equal to the
pest, and in my association with the people,
eXtGuuing to them all the faYOrS at my gift,
and eca'Ving mys II many in return, cOe
stroke Of the pen from Democratic leaders
would if they COu q destroy 1t all; and for
what? simply for party capital only. / will
rot speak of Mr.. DavtSs action, the matter
having been referred 10 an unbiased tribunal;
only "SS the public TO suspend an opinion
until the matter has been fully and close y
Investigated. Had had any intention of
perpetratinS or having any fraUd perpetrated
upon he people of this county as sheriff, had
the exclusive appointment of o of the reg
.strat-, and could even have appointed Mr.
Davis my deputy ,as one of said registrars had
l been lDclineu to have hau any influence |
over said board or their book. will not deny |
IihJ IllS acIlO1 OF MT. Davis GlNCfeeJ ana
uncailed for, il was done wholly Without my /
knowledge, and had he Consulted me in re- |
gard to it should certaiuly never have per- |
m tied il. Wnen two OF the registra called |
on me 10 select some one to assist the N in he |
revision of the books, they mentioned Mr.. |
DAVIS, when promptly obj cted to him hRv- |
ing anything to do with the books Mr. Davis |
has been in my employ for twenty eight |
months, the people have had as much inter- !
coarse with him at my Office as myself. have |
never Sc anything which would justify me |
in Withdrawing from him my friendship. l |
am hot Of dlspOs tiOn to kick at a man be- |
cause he is in trouble, until II has been fully |
established that he is a criminal. trust my |
friends will not act too hastily in listening TO |
sensational reportS, and live both sides of the |
question Just and careful consideration, and !
wait until the matter has received the most |
scrutiuizing investigation.
As Tar as the charges and inSlnuatiOnS in !
said extra against me personally aTs con- |
ceTned,iI denounce them wilful and mali |
c1ous falsehoods in every particular, and got |
ten up TO make political capital against me.
U. OZANNE,
Sheriff of Pamela county, Mississippi. /