, 1876-04-16

6I8cGou Gl 1uQluEGA IL AC1Gf3t0E GAY Ago. i
number Of persons responded Aye" and Mr. Gleeso1
forgot to put the alternative Of the motion, but th
crowd reminded him, and he hesit2tea moment
In ths soma moved H9ns for tor
finally put the motion. Those opposed to the nom
inaton say :" NJ" and there wss pretty unanimous
NO" But Gleason would not put HI; Ho5ne's name
stxnding across the Bteps. protecting tho door ~
kurued Asde unlocked the cooE, and he and Thornton
wen. IN and locked the door. In The meantime ~:
"Hoyuo." and it continued for some time Finally Af
Dixon said, I" Let Hoyne iu-" There w&s genera
hid betor let me go h and finally think be called 10
aud vas admitted to the inside. That ia shout what
saw outside At that time.
Q.-1 will ask you, from fair count Of the votss:
who was elected Mode1ator7 Al hsve no doubt
that Hoyns was elected Moderator BY the vote.
the evening A.-WeIl, know nothing Of that at
al sir. had been there all day and IN the evening
after speaking to Mr. GIeeson Of this itEeguaEty IN
tho ballot boxes 1t the outside polls, it helug under"
stood th4t there would be two rre irregular boxes
not provided BY the Commissioners, spoke to Glee-
son about what should BE- done with them when .he5
came in. He agreed, on my suggestion. that they
ought to be put away into the faul and Keps there
until morning sa4t recess ahoud bo taken before
uuc' u >0l@ he should tzte legal opinion Ny
recollection is suggested he might get the advice Of
two or THREE Of the judseA go thar when ths Node1~
ators from the other polls be9an to bring in the boxes
Gfeesoa or Thornton took churge Of them, and they
toos them into this vaut, and locked tho vault In
that way they came In as understood. and they werc
III locked. And thereupon made statement, at
the suggestion OF Gieeaon, ! thint-At 1uy rata ~
asree,nent 1n2de with him substantially to this
saeet: Th.s a,,,s difficulty had arisen :bous
irregular boxes probably would be brought in, and
that that ralsso = verT grave and important legal
quaadon. and that thcse gentlemen, anxious to be
ps1fecty safe to secure the rights Of oce1R well
those Of the county, and Nj. Geeson being anxious
particularly to avoid tho suspicion Of tamper,ng with
The bailos-bozes and anxious also to have tho COM
muuity It large who very much excited under
stand precisely what tha legal question was, and
henea tho care And scrutiny Of the community
WITH reSara To- t' qTn b. a. 1.on.:
Gleesou. md told tho parsons assembled that from
the Republican side especially should bo sce;tea three
tae 1au IN ~h the ocss @ " Al q Iii as as
etood and aasented to, md then some qneston was
raised about making ths sdjousnment perfectly 1sga
sy sp.s etoee in t.. ps 6 hs oooa
think avoided xny difficulty, and asssnted to IL
So Gleason brought our the box counted tn or twelve
eral gentlemen aud falling them they must see that
two OF taEes psrsons-zood hopnhleans-wsEs - 1es;
there to w.:c 1,houSns m d,s,oua loud 60 none' had
lSQUIslTIvE GLEE6oN.
Ar. Glee.on-Didat I tel you the5 could IL stay
thes. It they uantsd to, and would 80 homs7
Mr.. HoYns-You might have saia so.
Mr. GIeeson-Wlat tina did you see no with bal
lot-oo1 under my arm7
Ar. Hoyne-lt must have been about O'clock
NJ, Gleeaon-That bal1ot-box Wis in there about
twenty y-fol1 hours, locked up.
Mt. Suett-Were there aur ballots In thu tauot-hox
befora the voting conmeneed7
Mr. Koyne-Nhen got there wanted to sce the
ballothox. It WAS opened and there wers ten or
trslve ballots tuslde. Thege were soma names on q
III, Gleason--Yes; sevenseea narnea~
C.P. KELLOGG
wa1 next c1amined and testified ~ follows: About ID
minutes heture = number OF policemen Ana othart
AT.N111 TknfM n dkHT iii
copfps1or and the officers made effort to clear the
doorway SHORTLY .fter. 1t o'clock, moved that
Hoyne 10 declared Moler,tor pa. the Question and
in f1yor Of Thornton And declared him elected. a.
though should ssy the voioes were thrss to ane
agBiast him.
cIR. J. J. 1IAnn1
testified that Ar. Hoyne VA really elected. Th'To
good 1e1l o pulling and pushing aud h1s orer-
coat Was torn To pieces.
THE nEy. ARTHUR MITCHELL
nc1t took the chair. He testified rs follows:
went down to Az Iasslle, reaching there shout
7.so. accompanied the ballot-box from Twelfth
street: | beard tie question deoassd n to what
Hoyna n,ade the statement to which he had referred,
and the count was postponed til O'Clock the next
s5 h,yns besn 9ay dedsa shn; .eeus bout T. , oslo q;
policeman. Before ve left we promised Hunter to
bring him Refreshments. ne vent to tbs Pacific for
All wss quiet. We stepped down and PzRe said
.There. theyre It that vaat now" and moment AZ
terward be said, +.
THEY'RE SHUTTING IT.
wo raped and called for Hunter. and. atter tho
.ault-door nss ahut, tia oufer door was opened
handed in the lunch+ mud was surprised 70 ind Thorn
did not come until some tine afterwards, when he
called Hunter, who came We told him What ne had
seen, and he seemed very much surprised He raped
On the door, and Page looked in said There they
1t the vau1t sgain." looked in the crsck and SAW
man in The .ct Of shutting the door. Thornton then
fo.7 H. 3iaI Nfo paN fr, thn
snd said, 1--WE hsys seen you 1t IT.. want to know
what buAiness you had in thsSs? Amt that . breach
In that vault with those bsllots u o'clock
night" H. didn't mako any very definite reply to
that interrogation. and aaksd more partcuarly what
ne had declined to state, and said mas Till-
ing to testify any proper OCCASION. Thornton de-
MED very soeuy that hs hnd opened the vault door,
md repeated the easFq about ofn$ ,as
aud went to the TRIBUNE oes TO insert references to
what hsd seen, and these ether gentlemen left the
promises at the time. After going to tne THIB-
USE Office, returned by WAY Of 2o& LsSae street.
ALL SEEMED QUIET
and we kept On. reaching bone about O'Clock. The
vault il in the front room The whoie room was not
c4me back. and when We saw Thornton, alee4on canc
10 the door for rs. and Thornton came and got the
end the water-coset door, and an positive It was
Tho vault door that clicked. The wster-closet
is considerably farther from the front than the
doors from th;s Crack. When they vera opeued any
one could see them.
Mr. Glecsou-Was the gas let Oh in the front room
Mr. hitcheu-1 don't know.
Nr. GIee&ou-Was there Light thcre3
atr. Mitcheil-Certainiy.
Mr. S1et-Did you anybody At the vault door7
Mr. AIiteheN-Tee; air.
Mr., Swe..-Is there no mistake about IT.?
Mr. MttehaIf-No, su. not tie laast. s2w the man
In ha Ut shutting the door, pushing aganst it in
vigorous, muscular WaJ. Hts farm Tas eos fof sha
pnrpnse Of
SHUTTING HEAVY IRON DOOR.
such II that yault door. Nobody would shut water
room, but don't know thu source from which it
.xme. It showed every mans form t12t creased ths
room distinctly,
". 4. PAGE
a4ttned ~ follows: there ut night. arriving
lbout $50, and found i crowd Of 50 or Is people,
rhsre was good deal OF Hrangung for two thrse
aour1 ~ to what should be dons with these ballot
,oxes; but about II O'Clock it nnaliy settled,
III or1ton stating he had made up his mind to count
he ballots that night eaVe the place in chxrge Of
he policemen. ne objected to counting them then
,r leaying them with tha polica They might be hon
sst bu: didn't know them, and thought 1t unssds
factory Thornton tSid there waa use IN arguing
t. and turned of The gAa. Then there WAS Al order
hat the room be cleared and ths crowd yelled "Ges
,ut 1t as After some little talk got out and Mr..
iuthony Mr. Mitchell Nj. Epaldtng and myself went
% the rxchc got lunch for Hunter and returned
Through I crack In tho door aaw
THE vAULT-DpoR oPEN
md man standing partially IN It. ripped on the
wooden panel and the turned around sud pushed
h door In, Eiring 1t two vigorous kicks, and
hen sprung the bolt heard the click and called the
,ftentou Of the gentlemen to it. The first one who