, 1876-12-23

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After counting Tho voscs new dtscrcrance, wcre
discovered. t)nly two Or thren wcre adjusted,
tho 1,cunrrntlc ComMlssloners yielding tu, tho
Republicans. Saw revolver drop out ot Hear
kcnlrton lla,l the key to tl!c bal'ot.~x: llo'
rnyo It to nc Voluntarily. lila protcst that
Iuadc him give It to mo IS lio, ] locked the
box II thclr prcscncc; took nothlnr out, nor dtl
whatcycr Ind been 1nade. Ko,ntton anl Hear
sy's statement TINT they were compelled to pr>-
ctcd Wien iatfguctl Ia ialso IN every particular.
Baelss o: sapsrv!s,o,, wants a the counting
stopped then. Tho statement tiiat
an at.empt was madc to carry OF Tho box Is 4
ialsehoMf. Tho tally.shcets were aigncd, md
After lie box s' was delivered 70 tho superIesr
Criminal Court, we went to Backus' Office with
Kcmpton and lleany. They went into back
room to consult. and Bask',s,. after they came
ewore to the statement Of the votes and gave It
to Mr. Backus. 1nndc duplicates, and gave
one to tho Secretary ol State. ['Yitt1.ss iacntt-
fed tn!ly;sl.cet signed ~ all ,t tho election
"a statement was hantIed witness, who sald lta
Hlrport was TINT the election was fair, quiet,
and peaceable.] They al s!9ned this. (Anottcrr
paper was prcscntcd.1 This is an exact cn11y OF
tho ststenlent given to Dackus aud thc sccrc'
Il Jrcss.era,ni,.td: tn Mr.. Townscna-The law
authorizes election officers to carry pistols on
Tic tcstImony Of this Witness showed fur
ther TINT tho Republican election officers de-
lnycd the voting rs much as possblc; ttlat no
objection was malc to anything III regard tt'
thc, election by them until after consultation
with Dackus, when they suddenly discovered
they were ntimtlatcd.
Seven other wltnesscs were examined, Their
Testimony substantially cgnArlns Le!!'lg,s Us to
tue occurrence a. ,"n r",t zlvye"n nn "h'u'
;. .; W Gonmn 'aia ~. an.",;,,,,n. witt,
r LAIN ana ICY % heGGg m "tSffdGy tnady ny ny Re- Pyo
,ts, " - na,,, mi % I'm .tv rhnt aro,,nts
ot Gsc p =, III .'ot Iu 4. naii
io1 syse H. % ~ y r'u"t u"t sno ;a. n,,or
a%s o, INC stHio ,t te s S ~ asc sc
e pGw nm ai hsr. ~ 10y ytnstorai ntrsr" ~ ."o
NY, ..a oe,'9se , xmsy t1c,a' fntrs tnin
thoy gg'S shoui1 b c1 a1nepable to tic Jaw. '
o,, as nynsls =, s5ss'qS; .;;s qsr,.o,., ,1n,,.,
samel N no'es, o. ty NJ Te, p,,a
axe hna e,. 1nc @ 1s7 raj " t,c t,c
taHe oeen s'1Ss @ yaac' st raa,.,o " 'Is nt,, .,r
s =, as at nafo hpge 1no
" Ias pevo raas 4.,a iI ,'as ~
as mast av aum hna hv otcr
an aaniaiiv na tat tna case VIII th ,5cm,
They ensay9Tea to ay0 Sny.hns ,tr that
os ,a ns ~ ann ~ thnp nois ~;
ohr III sor us sn ~ srcet Wa thrretwn
~ teaa hn,,rs as,d saw bSti Dcorra,ssnl Re
say gseas cv nc cSloaGu ~
sotg 1eiS ao Grc s Mss rno}o1 ~ nr xntc
ta y vots say hses ~ 19's sn
unF election by e.Ser partv boyond tic t
tneS III Denosiats o1p,Gssca ,, sutmtsu W ..;as
noli pc'nE tnlo~n 9ut, they maviMs nv "a4o.lsI
n tnt ,xnr s3a ~ '1 o, nsrtiss
S9M @ .uat rou1ctaI nsoceohiv
l., C.osa1aliea: - At rtnn anM'1Smin mnuoo "nS
tosulas ea[tison a. E9St Datott 'MuSr, ''' an
r. nr psen ~ ios sbr @ ~ .ont hcrc nnrton
~ H,om cnmn,my " NV WIT "y TO FecIann nrcsnme for
tae pIeseISat'on oa nne peTS H.. ohn, 1"hn "hn
sone tr9upic tneio peLotn tnas a91us ~ .i..na
u oe,us N.au th f.,,. nu to ~ H.sir,an thorn
4a a,p ndn snv sn " ,vps S,nr II, to
lai-ya!u- !eatneu y tneho tu!sss un'2 h,,,:St ~
hearsay. MGara t9e coroner eay a,' Sai.,se,
auous sno & ke ~ II W. uar nn ~ouy :ya31 J1 IS
| uui.Gu WIZ Suat W. - aHo uh =, t,.n,oat. - :.
Ss ~ 'ta w. w ito w. Mas a ,,a.o ~ sgd snd a1osart
4Gas @ . o. @ .o RR hR "a Hvnns9s ~ rgna I iii mnt
~ not sat o. nne n'Iacs n 81 saiis rar ~ tot
i Ghnrlcs a. RoS,nson Ri % wa, mt,rsrc nj & '''''' A
elallen , Nop'.soi,l "ao % auuauS.s, 2 A., rhop,,,,
sca;, @ 9ng'S S,tncss c '1o rc,atvn IN
na % ~ ,tr,as o"sif'{nn ~ In tx
esSu neri ath;n thnn, s'' ,,s. 1snt navIs
hi,,l.. &t,a
HG tola e me nc was snot al ah'nks RSI,ips, ,las
J9nm uaars Y. easo Mds ht ehe ,,,, nnii,ins
1nouent ~ "as wy 1T uhsa toaave Fly hoie hosa..
s,gnlneahce. oht Know u aiy aea,oun si, os.E o1
ro up VI o 0s ~ so,na m
f, , sa 5sve EKnnr ~ ~ ~ Wnnuhi
scl!t SL say nast ~ isasI =, "i,F ~
ana ooIg a1lYen rem Inc pfssa. WIN d a. ,n .r1e
p9's ~ Go.oteu foess ca.'u " W. na 1.na,,, sW
p,anoa o. ios oHtsis a9!a 10 'as nt .,., k,om 1'
q aay eoiofed hennpleans oe'nS a.,vcn ' ,1aa iiJ
u Pn9,s ~, say ~ 1s ~ ~! III ~ n9r Il 9ha
neeInss eh eepk. =, !n.o; Nv ~ 9 !car VI sttS
burning OF James LaWs slo.o , on stes. ~, I'm
ot %s ennas tt VIII. v,e e;;Mst W
| ~ oM$ Muutu.i " nut tncto Gue u! .eua.nH -
uscaa am9ns !no eololea pcople WE aPlo,na,, ",,t,
ca !1om EeW yetsey; no1n III ronnsy'a"'a' ""a
srAauaagte1% ag % a. y e.. fnlns. :. .,a .,,4 n,,. ,n
10 Mf. Mofrison: IL Wsa Iatea tnat e11 1au III
auee1 his % s's.sr 70 poison the 1a1y re1esfea
MvSM ne' t5nE !rs xnn %s u Parsh
Judge. Firtnan VA Sheriff a. one time. >, ThlnS 1I
Eas1 na.on honge sne oltssas n; Msae a. 5on1 a'
'ea~' Mohahan was a q qatst % ama el'e'eas on'ec''
,.a,..., oH1Masa s,Ha 7eUrr .,.,,,t ~ ~,
tcolorea) swofnILiYcA IN A!SleIe elent or zen