The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-13
TRICKS OF ELECTIoN.@
MR. MORRISON BEFORE THE Po
i, LEC' s. COURE. ..:,z Is
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS.
SECRETS 0Js THE HNDEPEEDEETs
;ss ga TOLD. sgt;s 10,
ACCUSED SENT ON FOR INDICTMENT.

the Firs'e precinct Ia Jefferson w ard, twal
before p oljce-Justiee Nv bite yesterday after
noon 10 answer q warrant Ia which it wa'
charge a ti,st he q did unlawfully and feioni
ousiy .fnraish supdsy, electors, whose names
are ow unknown to atlantis, and who coule
not read and write the language 10 which
such ballots were written, wsth ballots IN
forming them that IT. contained q name OF
names different from those, which were
written or printed thereon, with intent fe
deceive and Induce them to vote contrary te
their intention" sTS&y ~ TIt1 -
The warrant was issued BY Justice Crew
under, section 81 Of chapter s OF the Code
which says:
Whoever furnishes an elector, who can
not read the language in which such balio
is printed or written, with Q ballot, inform
ipg him that 1t contains name or names OH
ferent from those which are written or print
ed thereon, with an intent to deceive, ane
induce him to vote contrary to his inclina
tion. or who fraudulently or deceitiuily
changes ballot of an elector, BY which such
elector is prevented from voting for suct
candidate or candidates as he intended, shal
be deemed guilty of felony, and on convic
tion thereof shall be punished by imprison'
ment in the penitentiary not less than BIZ
months nor more than two years."
PRELIMrSARIEs ARRANGED.
Four o'clock was the nour appointed fol
the commencement of the proceedings, and
q large crowd Of spectators, friends Of the
eccused. and members Of the Independent
narty. were present at that time. There was
some delay IN beginning, as MIR. Cabeil ,'the
commonwealth attorney, could not attend
and Mr.. Wise had to take bis place.
THE same counsel who appeared for Messrs
Macdougal and Marxhausen appeared for
MS. M. Page stated, on behalf, Of the
defence, that they did not insist that the ex'
animation should 60 on in the absence OF sne
Common wealth's attorney. ~. l.iE. r.
THE Police Justice said the Common.
wealth's attorney bad been down, and repre-
sented that he could not remaiu, but that the
case could 90 on without him, as Mr. ise
would give it his attention. 20 :,
Mr. Page asked that the witnesses for the
prosecution, after being sworn, should be
sent from the courtroom. That was agreed
TO. but exceptions were made as TO Messrs.
wise. Inboden, and McCue, who were on
the list for the prosecution.
Mr.. Wise requested that the witnesses fol
the defence be alsoGsent from the room
Agreed to. Z. ...uss,L
ballots cast at the precinct, to be used as eVi'
dence, It was his purpose TO- prove thai
false tickets, containing the names Of John.
son. Tanner, and Wortham, were given to
voters who intended to vote for Knight ano
Starke. :. - =. 4 = ~ -.
Judge Ould objected to the introduction Of
the balIot-box except as evidence 10 con-
trsdict the testimony Of witnesses.
MIR. Royal made the point that as no names
were given in the warrant there we're nc
tickets in the box that could be identified.
MIR. Wise, rather than argue the point, was
willing that the ballot-box should be intro
.duced, if necessary, at later stage of the
proceedings.
TIE INDEPENDENT LEADER ON THE STAND.
Mr., John S. Wise was sworn as the frs
witness (lhe. defence making no objection
thereto). and testified as follows:
AS city superintendent of the Reform
Conservative party / bad occasion to visi
the First precinct in Jefferson Ward four OF
FIVE times on election.day. The tickets used
hy our party were one headed Independen
Ticket. having on it the names. Of W. @
knight and p. H. Starke for the Senate, and
another having on it, the names OF w. c.
Knight. P. a. Starke.. and Normand Smith.
Both were beaded Independent, Ticket.
saw bogus ticket headed Independen
Ticket having on it the .names OF Bradley L
johnson. w. e. Tanner, and G. +. Wprtbam
There was another ticket headed Rerubli.
csn Independent, and Liberal Ticket, haV
ING on il the names of Bradley Z. Johnot
and Normand Smith. The Conservative ticke
was nrinted on Water.marked note.paper,
with lines that could be felt after it was fold
ed We used tickets of two sizes. Specl
mems of ali the tickets except the Eegula,
Conservative ticket were shown the court.
TICKETS, BOGUS AND GENUINE. :
MFR. Wise said: The Independents, or Re.
formers. or Boilers, or whatever else you
choose to call them, used on the day of elec.
tion two sizes of tickets. The first printed
we're Of the usual size, and they were dis.
tributed Monday night. On the day ofelec
ton they ordered some assimilating the reg
uIar Conservative ticket In shape and char
acter of printing. They looked like the
regular Conservative ticket. They were
headed Reform Conservative Ticket, and
were intended for, timia voters voters
who didn't care to be seen voting the recog
n ,zed Independent ticket. ], however
didn't see any voters. of that class
Did not see the counterfeit Independent
ticket until about IL O'Clock. saw the Re
nublican. Conservative, and Liberal ticket
lso calledl first. FROM information got al
the precinct in question, and from What
saw. was satisfied that frauds were going
on. / secured one Of the counterfeit tickets
and warned our ticket.holders to look out
I saw MIR. Morrison With the counterfeit
ticket In his hand, as I thought. Don't state
this positiyely. Saw Mr.. Morrison mex
morning and asked him who bad the bogus
tickets. Hessaid be. had had them ana dls
tributed them. - - ,s5 .s,.. ~. :.
Judge ;ould.: What were your words te
Mr. Morrison ss,s,s 49,. -. 49,
gus Independent tickets with the names o
johnson, knight, and Wortham on tnem
He said he distrib uted them, and representee
that they we're the genuine tickets. he saie
he used the bogus tickets snd Represented
that they were the knight and Starke ackeIs
and gave them either to white OF olaeR Men
who would takeS them. Morrison sald tnl:
in the presence Of another Wltness--Mr.sW
B. Smith. a.-I. go
aoaRlsoN's ADMISSIONS.
The Police Justice State the circumstance
under which the conversation occnfred WIFE
Mr. Morrison. 81 Is. egg 8,
MI. wise: I was coming ont OF MAedou
GAPS office Cook & Lsughton,s). MI, MOT
risen was just opposite The eony aon
I had with ,Maedougal led ma TO SPEAK U
Mr. Morrison. MIR. Smith was With fme
though I did mot then notice 4it.t lha lars!
nnesfion I asked, was, g Who distributed
tnose bogus tickets? . He said, s. 4 did
whoeyer else die. ., f asked him whether he
represented them as Knight and staEke siek.
cts. His response was, = did OF.
did to whoever would take them"
The PoIice.IIstics: Did Yen make any
threats or r,rnmises to him ss