The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-20

10 the conduct Of either Macdougal or Marx
hansen.
!. Henry Boiling said be was man OF color
snt voted for KnighE and Starke.
benjamin Bragg and H O. Adams were
end gave substantially the same
testimony AS they did In their depositions
taken BY Hr. Starke. 81. z Il :s s s
Ashton Ssarke testified In regard to his
having applied TO Mr.. Lacy for g full list Of
voters on the books to the same effect az
he did 10 deposition taken In case OF starke
aud Tanner. Isl
The Starke-Tanner Case.
{ Benjamin Bragg said he voted at
the Second precinct Ia Jefferson Ward.
The registration. books were not there,
that he could see, and Mr.. Lacy, one
Of the judges, said they were not In the
room, and that he had sent for them. he
stated to Mr.. Lucy that be was in hurry to
get to work; and he (Mr. Lacy) said that
he would Youch for me, and would let me
vote, as he knew me to be an old citizen OF
the precinct. To the question, Did he see
any one vote before him he said he saw
Mr.. ]. W. Sstterwhte and one other whose
name he didn't reeollect. The bo,ks were
not present at the time, as he saw, and as
Mr.. Lacy stated.
Cross!examined BY counsel for defence
Said he voted for Starke, Knight, and Nor.
Band Smith. Mr.. Lacy knew him to be an
old citizen and that he was a Republican,
but not that he was supporter Of Knight
and Starke. He saw nothing in anything
that Mr.. Lacy said or did that could lead him
to believe that he intended to do anything
wrong.
\ ReeSamined: Questioned as to his knowl.
edge of the residence Of various voters in the
Second precinct Of Jefferson Ward. I'd
knew but one Of the j. a. Aliens whose
names were on the pol-book, and he had
moved out Of the Second precinct four
months ago. That the P. Cummins in the
Second precinct that he knew had moved
out of the city. He thought J. Shaw was
dead had not seen him for several years.
. John Rankin testified that q number of
men voted in the Second precinct of Jeffer-
son Ward whom he did not know lived in
that precinct.
81. G.. Adams was examined at considers
ble length as to where one j. W. Parkinson
and others voted. In answer to a question
with Mr.. Lacy, and that in It he fMr. Lacy
his farm, and would not return until the fol-
lowing Monday.
Ashton Starke was examined about having
asked Mr.. Lacy for copy of the registra-
tiou-book. Said ne called on Mr.. Lacy, who
told him he could not get full list OF names
from bis books; that several parties. had
asked for copy Of them and he had re.
fused. Mr.. Lacy offered to give him one or
more names II he would call for them, but
would allow no one to copy them.
COLONEL TANNERS DISPOSITIONS.
Colonel William E. Tanner began taking
dispositions in the room of Messrs. Holladaay
& Holiday before Mr.. William Hancock, no.
tary public, about Al O'Clock.
The first witness called up was Captain
D. W. Bohonon. He testified to having
had conversation with Mr.. j. A. Lacy on
the day after the election, In which, about
the alleged frauds that had been committed.
he said be did not know bat bad happened
during the day at his (the Old Market) pre-
cinct, but was present at night during the
counting of the ballots, and was willing to
testify that the count was fair and honest ;
that be visited nearly every. precinct in the
city; was an active partisan of the lnde.
pendent ticket for three weeks, and that so
far as bis observation extended he had no
reason to believe that there were any greater
irregularities than was inseparable from the
ballot system, and that the election was fairly
and honestly conducted.