Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-22
SARDIS.
The Charges Against Davis of Tamper-
ing with the Registration Books
Proven and Confessed.
Ozamne, the Sheriff of the County, Be-
IieVed 10 be the InSfigatOr and 10
be Responsible for the
Fraud.


Special to the Appeal
SARDI5 Oct, bar 2l.-Members OF the
Conservative executive committee of Pamela
county received in form alton, some two weeks
since, that 4 l.. Davis, deputy of U. Ozanue,
heriff, would attempt 10 practice a fraud b
making false entries in The books of TegIstra-
ton, II oppor unity offered. Little or no at
tention was paid to this rumOr at the time,
but when the board OF registrars had COM
pleted their work in the different dis ricts OF
the county, and returned 10 Sardis to rsvi. e
and transcribe their lists, Davis came forward
and offert d 10 tGanscribe the books gTatuit-
ously- 1his TACT was communicated to the
GcutlVe committee, who objected 10
DAVIS ,h ~, having anything to do
scrupul"us partisan. LAWS inS sted that il
not permitted to traDSc,i the lists that he
should call OFF Tor some one else t. transcrl6e,
but Mr.. DaVlss Gislnt crested serN ices were
refused. Alter the board ha finished their
first days work OF revision, Davis again came
forward and Ieudered the board safe in the
sheriff 5 office in which to deposit the books
OF res gistratiOu, stjDg that they might keep
the hey 10 he safe. When the CLERK of the
board went round TO deposit the books be
was unable to lock and unlock the safe, and
Davis had 10 perform this service for him.
Thus III 1T Is went on until the morning OF
the lhlrd day, when 10 was discovered by The
clerk ina: Que OF the books was mi sing from
the safe, but found lying on the desk in tile
sheriff $ O1ice, NJ mention was made of this
20 the board by the clerk, unIl the
evening OF the third day, when IL wFS
discovered that false entries h8d been made
III Inc DOCKS, unknO VII 10 the board. Davis
was in the Cfiice al tie Ii ne these false en-
tries were MADE, and was asked by the board
If he knew any thing Of the false entries. He
replied that he knew nothing about them
whatever. Pariie; who were tran Crioiig the
lists TO d DAVIS they believed the false entries
TO have been maize by him or the clerk who
had charge o. the books, but that they bf-
lieved the handwriting 10 be his (DaVi>'s). All
the circumstances TOlullug so diTe.t{V tD
Davis as the Gulltg party, arrangements were
being perfected Tor ms arrest when ne came
fOrwHr and requested three gentlemen to 90
with him 10 his Office, where he voluntarily
confessed that he was the person VINO had
tam per ed with the b 9OkS. He stated 10 these
gentlemen that he had changed one name
from Turner to Ty mel, and that hs had marked
several names registered rs appeared from The
books for the first time as duplicates: had
made marginal references showing that Vari-
Gus parties had died, removed TO other dis
trlcfS, 't:. Davis stated tEat he mad made
these changes by authority Of the tw1
who had told him that they wOuIt
get him to tTauscribe the books. He denied
that these false eOtrieS and changes were
made by advice OF OZ1nne or Howe, but said
that he had informed OZduue that various
parties we've registered as original voters
when they OugGt to have received duplicate
certificates. Mr. Davis therefore assumed to
act as board OF revision. The two cOlOrEd
members of The board denied that
the false entries had been made
by their knowledge or consent;
that Davis hal proposed to transcribe the
lists for them, but they had not accepted his
proposition. When Davis was asked why he
to The board, he stated that he feared some
violence might be offered him, and he pre-
ferTt communicating the iaciS to some dis
Greet person who would prOteCs hlm in case
violence was offered. 10 Is evident that
Howe and OZanne had q guilty knowledge OF
these msnipulaTi0nS of Davis, and that Davis
has sacrificed himself IN a vain endeavor 10
save Ozanne and Howe, but in this he u as
81 i,nally failed, as all parties are condemned
by public opinion. The leaders of the l{ndi-
cal party here are certain of defeat, aud were
preparing to have t.e election Eet aside as an
fair, but tbs mely discovery Of their rascal
ity completely illustrates their designs.
EXTRA.
SARDIs, October 2l.-The flilOwi, q
was circulated IN town today, in haDd-b'
shape, and was called the Pamela Star EEtrd:
THE SCOUNDRELS UNEARTHED.
Oz4nre and Davis, his deputy, purloin the
registr ration books, and are detected n mu-
tilsting and changing hem! Davis is arrest d
and COniesses his guilt, and is nov under five
thousand dollars bond TO be tried this morn
lrg at eleven O'Clock. Davis attempts TO
shitld Czanne, the prime mover and instiaa-
tor OF the crime, but Oz4nne is the arch Grim
inaI and will be held responsible for the helm
Gus offense. The infamous teachings of a
Warner, chairman of the epublica1 execu-
tive committee, being carried out.
4 lie in the arsenal at Brest he's