, 1876-03-18
ELECTION FRAUDS.
Continuation OF the Trial OF tho
Twentieth Ward Judges.
Overwhelming Evidence Produced
Against the Accused.

tha time of tito Criminal Court yesterday.
T,,sto was a small audience. Mr.. 1loed oponed
Tho case on tho part Of tho prosecution, setting
forth that lo expected to establish all of tlo
nouuts in tho Indictment. Ms. ODsion opened
tbo caao for tho defense, stating That he hnd
polling to nay except thnt bio clients were "not
guilty"
Attcr eoma legal wranRling as 10 tho aamlsst-
billy Of evidence, Mr. Heed announced that ho
would bo compelled, for tho sake Of tho eonyen-
{eueo at wl!neeaos to take up the last count
frst, viz, that so yotes woro cast for Mr. 11uck
1t the late election, whtlo the judges had roturn-
I'd only 81. Under this count forty-Ave wit
nssges uoro oxatnlncd as follows
ALL VOTED r0s ltuCx.
Charles y. Fest. No. .14S Illinois stseet,
voted St tho Firat Precinct Of tho TWcntieth
Ward for L. @. nuck 1or County Treasurer.
Paul DocAee lived at No. ca North Clark atreet,
aud voted for luck. lle lad lIyid III tue city
q. T.. Morrow Was living at No. 2ss illinois
street, In tho fissl Precinct, aid voted for L. U.
unck
Tho Judges acceptcdit, Hc did not know wAc.hor
10 Wsa entitled to vote At tho First Precinct or
Joseph II. Loandor lived ut 13l and 1866 hlchl-
gan street, and votod az tho First Precinct for
EIs. H1eing, through n1tstako.
Abraham Kolder was living at 76 North Wclta
l!reoh aud yo.ed at tle first rreolnot for L. O.
uuck.
Ito. Newell was living At 2l9 Illinois atreot.
va voted =! sao ltsss eseo'nft iof M -; T. HuGk:
llo vas not memhef oE thp Whrd CI0b. He
Iaokod over the ticket before voting IT,;
Joseph y. MogRn roomed IN Ewing BLOCK, and
snted IN tho First Precinct for l.. Q. II,lck. lie
'hted the hepubltcan tckst anu read It boiore
'ailIng y to tho 1uugeb.
Jacob tauoanlelMot was ltV!pR a. 70 CLARK
sreet and voted in tho First Precinct for 1: Q.
luck. llo WaH not ileHpcr ol tho Ward Club,
Md I'd read hsn Ticket before deposlt'ng y.
~ etea1 o. ta as ,a, vf a. 20 NGs eatA stroc 1
II. g. 1iq!calt VAS lslng as 69 North Clark
1ttees, and voted a. tho First pieoiuct for i. q.
tuck.
Josoph Hoan Was living at GO North Clark,
Il Ms thought Coroner stephonH' na'us wss on tue
petor Mason lived Mt 2o4 Illinois a!root, and
voted ct tue First Precinct for l.. Z. uuck. l1e
Ioaa ls s tleka1; Iae "itt'esA wy lasa hsbded
Eng!!lsh. n reply 70 tho qncat'dn. ~ ion read
English With difficulty ?"tho' Witness responded,
10. WITH NY Dyes y lL3''eator.l
I. q. Schiller llye1 on Clark street, and voted
around the polls. Ao was momber Of tho
Ward Club.
". 7. Lothian lived at no: IS North Wells
etToot, and voted at tie Frzt Precinct for L. y.
Hgck i9 and The st,asEht Republican tfssot- &c; He
did po& zee his tlciek put IN tho bAllot'oox.
Alexander Strauss lived ~ tue foot Of Lasalle
street, and voted for L. Q. luck, 10 voted tAa
straight tickot. Ills sole waH challenged but
finally ecceptoa. ~,
atrset. sud voted fos l.. G. Ilusk. Waa pot posi-.
tive that his ticket waa put ln tho boz.
bernard Huohl lived at No. 100 Illinois street,
voted for L. Q. luck and all tho hepnpl'ean
IL: =, l1nlln lYod at 70 North Wells, aud voted
for J.. @. I1ualt. Lie handed tho Judges straight
Republican ticket, but did not know whother Ii;
Was Put tn ths boz Or pot. >,. c,..,,
John steinmetz live4 IT 10 North Clark. and
the window aud put IT it,to the box.
Colnmbsla GotsclIalk lIsed ut Ct North ln5a'Ie,
snd voted for Huck. lie did not Hee hls ticket
p9Ws Wsm II she sisnxor ss1 lived at 70 North Clark .oa
voted for 1Inck.
1. ". Blaine lived at 131 Michigan street aud
voted fot: Huch: He haldcl hIa tleset IN At fhe
rse11s sses%s 81 eIt did not kpo~ who took it, OF what
John Hamilton Iyed at 13l Kinzie stseet, aud
Yoted at the FlrHt Procluct for i. q. luck. lie
came to Chicago In March. 1875, aud thought he
Eas entitled IL 10 yote thought - three montha'
Daniel Ludwig lived At II North LasalIo. and
voted for Il. b. 1iuck ut Tho First Precinct polls.
Ils took out hla naturalization 'papots before
tue fire. aud tho samg wefo destroyed. 'Updn
that 10 <had takbu out. auy l1ap1ra, but he had
voted th!4king IEs he hsa rishi fo;
enSi ucn Io!a GKnaeaa Felt John
John uahig, i. u Eiinor, q. 1. alacomb, uoorga
Miller, Il. Behaub, Charles =. Sherman, Frod-
prick Wood, D. L. pallNip, ", T., lNokn1ap,
Elisha Forbes, CHARLES Gotlschalk, ". 4. Ham.
Liton. W. Kruidcrmau, George uouaer, md II.
gluMe also testllicl to AaYtng yaled for L. q.
Huok, whea Mr. NGod. announced that, owing to
the abBeuce OF mitneeses, he wpuld Lave to dlop
this part Of tho caao unit. to-day.
Tho tlrrt count OF tue indictment Yaa then
iaken up tie allegation heIhg that tho dolsud-
ants refused 10 admit llupuhlicau cllsllqngers.'
Ihe witnesses Tor tho prosecut lon wcro OK
eludcd trpm lie 1ooua, al except =
ltranY'1. W1l LING,
who VIVA put on tho stand. He testified that be
lived at 81 I1uah atT9et, and was uQubar o1
tho iirm Of Field, Leitor l. ca. Lie MAS at tbc
polls OF tho First Precinct early GU the morniua
OF the Alcction, Int WAS not = voter thoreAt, and
inquired for THO pastioa lopkipg after tue inter.
esta of tue Republican party. and Iii. Ootnlu
was polluted out to hiEn. Iha witness then ds-