The Morning herald., 1877-02-08

the ,assertion produced natnAlization papsrs,,
tthD6&O4 ~ 1h1Atek. d
Il The committee bStng 6atisfed on thess
'IsI.tl d.,chs. hs illnesses in nth. tho e.ss.
Louis W. Ksnner, sf the Lsuisiana Re-
umlqG A0yF0, vas recalled pnd Nyamiled
1ysly LSw}eicS.s III tSst,nyd I'M Ae Aad
no Knowledge Of any alterations lsyipg
be1n 0Ado III the returns from Vernon
parish; that hs had no knowledge Of. any
paper haIIDk Heeh burnGdor otherwise ds-
+stsvyeds DSrsdN he know II any hr6position
for receiving money for any act In connec-
ton with the electoral vote, nor Of abstrac-
tion II pApeIsy Hs waS not acquaintsd
with Naddox. He never heard Of any con.
versation betreip Governor Wells and Mr..
Littlsfeld. }8 4
On being Intercepted by Mr.. Field. tho
witness ssld that the Retpxnisg Hoard did
moi iesl ssft, ana hencs thsre rassa nsces.
sity Tor troops to protect 1hem. - sa.ad
s;s ,s sss;i s1 IT,, a You ,aa ia.siass sss
any Motive y the friends Of Mr: Tilden for
destroying the votes for Tildsni Answer
II cannot but Ws felt intimidated; but this
did not affect the action Of the Board. The
Witnkss rotbd ~ throw out muret than II, 900
Of the Tilden vote. There were irregullIi-
~ sins ono Of The twp pariseegs sFcludiDg
'GSants but he eotdd not AZ how many ir.
regularities there were; he could not say
there were 100 Of such cases: some vutsrs
were kept frdmi tho polls by intimidatio1,
others Killed, and others made to vets
3aEa int tKEif Wishes. In rsply.to the quee-
ton, whether the board took In view votes
that could not be cast In consequence Of al4i
Logged intimidation, witness replied he could
mot 1ay.t iia ,~i FTjf3.{
/ 20. VIII you now say that n your opinion,
1000 Of the votes cast In favor Of Nlden
were cast by persons agsinst their will, ow.
ingito intimidation n "A! ! think there were
1000 votss thus given. The witness said be
did not know that the other members Of tho
board committed fraud, but he knew that
hs did NOT.
= .Mr. Iisid-Does It not appear that's 8 gross
fraud Was perpstratsd ~ to the returns from
''vkpsraFs 4 "a. rather b.ds ! should isalyi Y
somSthi1g was done with The votes of that
n.riah yTni,Ol
"a. But was there not something gossly.
frauduisnti A. Yes.
Mr. Lawrence you have stated how
the papers appear to you, viii you etAte
whsthsgit sppearp that some person made
an alteration Of the returns without the
knoklsdk6 Of the board then stole,th paper
and carried y away in order 70 hFow q su.pi-
cion On the board. m 9 s,,'1. =
The vitnsss answered Ii tie affirmative.
Mr.. LewWashingtoO, Of this city, engag-
ed in the bAnkinE business, was called 10 |
a ekpeft, having HAD much experience In
the sxaminettsn of checks, etc. Z ili8 n
hfMi, Field handed HIN the returns Of YER |
NON parish when the witness polluted out the
alterations from the original having bsen
written on erAsufe1.E ,9lI9 !
The witnesA n reply 10 NJ LawrenesyJ
Dsid he saw, the paper, about two weeke ago
& the Arlington i ,he, VA invited b. John
+. toyie,to csll there " Colonel fsltop's
room to examine the paper ~ an expert /
he VA iptsoduesd to Mr.. Wood, Of New /
nss,y as Ssafss H X wsssbison, ai:s , locked
st ~ lapef.a HsIIAlt i: ~
William b Green, colorsd, testified that
No Wis now Assistant Secretary Of the Sen.
~ "a LbuiSiana, bnt had spreyiCusly acted
n the MinuteC CLERK ~ Tie Keturping Board;
e E IS 5s3s7Hsffs ss2 gSso.Sh3g e 1 0''''s
aAk thie point Mr.. Lawlelce suggested /
hat the members Of the board be admilted
q thS T1of6, xAd t0 thfB' ~ p3ection tWgsl
nade. . y Kt'SNttC 9 : sTTglAtsIfssf . I,ais
The Chairman sent for tho HenbsrA rQf |,
all Of ofWAolntS40h appeared With T.
no itRcsP Ption Of Governor wSfis, VINO is i
lick IN bed. 4
~, Lawrence asked that The sxamfnation |
Il thcn witness be postponed tlntil Governor
Welheslld sppesr herks goa arlat.s4
The committee In Difference to- this
equest, discharged the witness until TO. 4
morrow. \ b. II !. l..ss.l z,,a...i L
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