, 1875-01-20
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
Mr.. LIE Moyne Introduces An
other Witness.
Mr.. Ward Lacks Twelve Votes Thus
Far.

LIE MOYkF...FARW

MOYkF ...F ARWELLs
EXAMINING WIIEE!SA.
The snvens.l ilpy of tnklng evidence In the con-
testeti.olection case of I.o Afoyne VI. larwoll
commenced yesterday With 8. bennington, Jr.,
still On tho stand undergoing croAh-exa'nlfation
bv sfr. Van Birop. In tha continued abannco of
Mr.. Hraeu, tue evidence naH recorded by Mr.
f,paNt1inE alone.
Witness stnted that he WAS not personally ae-
guainted with "Iiunky jim" and "smasller
Charioy" mot tllom for tho first tinlc Oh cleo
ton ilay bctweeli G;3U and I o'clock p. ILL.,; could
not atuto ut what time tic polls closod; a& the
tlme OF closing Wtuess was 1t the polls of Tue
Eirht rrecinct of the Twentieth Ward; did not
know j. Ariel personally, but knew him by
that name for SIX 1nontnh; could not
swcar what Haa tho residence Of auy Of tho
gang for thirty days before tls election /; was
ono Of tho gang and PLAYED spy voluntarily
never saw auy of tie gang together previous to
tho day OF election except Conley aud Ariel
was 10 or Il feet distant from Tie gang at tho
iimo they voted It was dark then, md witness
was in the rcar Of the crowd did not know
which of tho Judges received tho ballots. or
which OF them announced the closing Of tho
polls first in five, aud then i'll two, minuteB dill
| not ece any part of the Judges eaw tho gang
| pass their ballots in through tile window, but
could uot SEQ their hands after they lad passed
| tho window refused to swear that their ballots
wDnt into tho bal!ot-box; could not swear positive
ly that tho gang voted at NIL could not tell what
| tho rtaIuoa wcro which wore written OIL tho slpB
OF paper In IluI,r1s Aaloon could not swear That
| what wero written OH tho slips Of paper were
names at nil Joseph Conlay mot wltnoss at the
eoruer Of Madison and Clark, and told him they
| had voted twica III tho THIRD mud Fourth Pro-
cnots thought Conley WIS hoasting, and tid
not IoIiovo they had voted after leaving the First
Precinct; aud Cot,loy gaid 1t "as after leaving
tho laat-uamel precinct TINT tho voting WAS done.
Mr.. lie hloyno then conducted Ahort.. redirect
examination Of the witness, which, however,
I brought out no now facts.
Tue next witness examined was
| GEORGE H. FEnaUH,
who testified that he was printer, agod o. years
! months md 16 days; hasl lived III Gh!rngo
for thirty-four years and Six months (the wtncss
evidently having boon fifteen Days old at the
tmo Of lis birth); had always voted the Repub-
tican ticket, usually straight; vas wc1l acquant-
| ed with the Twentieth Ward there woro twenty
aguares in tho First Precinct Of that ward; OF
these twenty squares three had no residences
thereon; thia precinct was entirely consumed by
tho Bro of 1871 could not At present toll what
proportion OF tho buildings destroyed lad been
4 rebuilt since tho fro.
Witness described tho numbers at the different
entls Of various streets within tue preclnct after
| which tue Court adjourned until p. III.
Tho afternoon session opened with Mr.. Fer
guH still Oil tho Btand He said TINT ha was
Llocks OF tho First Precinct Of tile Twentieth
| Ward wero occupied by buildings; abonk ono
half were SO occupied Oh tho lat day OF Noyenl-
Der. 1871; Of theso buildings, about onc-s'x-
! tieth patt were actually and purely residences,
where no buRness wss done; about two-iif-
toonths were buildings occupied as residences in
connection with buHincHB; the houses OIL Clark
street, numbered H3, %. H., 115, l25. la, 227,
bered 30. Oh state street, waa also without the
| precinct; tlie AouHe numbered 2i8 OIL Indiana
street was aso without tie precinct. al also
| tfla honseH on uliuois atroet numbered G9, 1l3,
Knzio street numbered ., 10. 40 80. 90, 90, 275
| also those on Michigan street numbered 53, IS,
225. 25G. s13 atso thoao OIL North Wnter street
numbered ~ s., &c. o3. GG. G7, a. ~. 245 Dc
not Think there arc any houses at Nos. II aud 7G
thoy were vacant lots; also ttoBo on Wells
street numbered 70, 81, IS, o.. 11s. l2o, 13l !;
tAora wero no houses on Clark street in tho pre-
cuct numbered 81 mud u said numbers would
| come Oil that street Us follows: No. q or
tbs wost side OF tho street betweon North
Water aud klnzie streets; No, II On tho Ealns
side, between Michigan and Illinois the lota al
these points wero vacant thero wero no build
itlEA u guy A&AA 1A kAG HSbk HAG 1t AlRlh 6tlHct
between North Water md kinzio stroots: the
front bf the lot whore No. II would be was 4(
feet front. and WIS between Nos. G5 and 75 on
tue stroet there wero no louRes un kinzit
whero theso numbers belonRed wore vacant
tloro WAS no houae OIL Michigan stroot No. 104
there woro, no houses on North Watel
street numbered IS. .1o3.. III, 15s, 40
measuring t2x1G feet on tho lot to which No. II;
belonged tllcro wcro ilol,ouses numbered 80, 81
50 Oh Wells street, empty lots representing thest
numbers know the Hatch House OIL WE'LL
ftroet it was numbered ~ !; 1t measured nbou
10 feet front by 75 deop MAS q frame two.atorj
and basement building it ad}onel tho North
western Railroad depot, being about 1u0 feet dis
taut from tue track OF that railroad waa not a
election day knew house No. Oh Btsto street
1t was unoocnpied heforo parties moved into
on the 18th day Of Octobor, 1871.
Witness hore produced map Of the procine
promisaa to supply Mr.. YsM yaYeM With q copy
IN Cioss-ExAM1NAT1oN
by Mr.. Van Durcn, Witness stated TINT he ]vet
at 3Gi1Sz Indiana street; bAd known tie contest
known Of hint tor many yoars; did not know
what contestanth politics were during tile PAS
toll yoara; mover heard hin spoken OF As loli
ticien, did not know whetlor. since the grea
fire, tho stroat numbers had heau designated b.
tho Bohrd Of Public Works; did not know q
any buildings being wrongly numbered; did no
know Of auy duplicate numbers OF OF an
confusion regarding numbers III tllis precinct
know o! some buildings having no numbers o.
. them thora was sufficient space between EuE
G5 aud Is Clark street for four iutsrmedlat
numbers to occupy, provided tho houses aro /
foot wido eaeh, IL feet OF tile ground to be nse
Aa au alloy, arc built upon; tAs wituess the
gave tho number of houses In different atreot
10 tho precinct. aud other important Testimony
:. after which tho Court adjourned until 10 til
Mprniug.
} WARp...HARRISoN.
BLOW PNDuuEsa.
Tho taking Of evidence III the contested olee
, kou caaa OF Ward VI. Harrison Was resumed yos