Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-12-26
SMITH VS.. cooKl
The Contested Election Case for
the Sheriffalty.
Fayette Common PIeas--Judge steele
Presiding.

The evidence on the side of contestant
as to illegal voting, was commenced on
Wednesday morning, and concluded on
Thursday. The dispositions and oral tes-
timony of the following persons, claimed
to have voted illegally for Cook, were
heard:
Deposition of Byron Martin. Removed
to Fayette county Sept. 1Ith, 1873.
Objections by counsel of contestee to
questions and answers as to what ticket
he voted and who he voted for.
Deposition of Chas. Faulkner (eolored) /,
claimed to be minor, voted in Paint
township, says his father told him he was
IS when he left home in the Full of 1875; {;
was away from the State two months, re-
turning October 5th or 9th; went to see
his sister, who was sick. Dispositions of
other persons were read, to show inten-
tions of Faulkner in leaving the State /;
also, deposition of VIM. Sinsabaugh, as to
Faulkner attending school at Blooming
burg last winter.
Counsel for contestee objected to school
record as evidence of age of Faulkner;
also, objected to questions and answers as
to what ticket voted, because the ticket is
the best evidence.
Deposition of John Cullen. foreigner,
claimed not to have been. naturalized.
Got papers at Columbus.
John d. Palmer testified: Voted for
| Cook at Martinsburg; claimed to have lost
| his residence by leaving the State; went
10 West Virginia on visit; have no per-
manent home, except where l work: l
worked for Trustin Adams; went to East
and west Virginia for visit; intended to
return to Ohio.
L. o. Perdue testified Voted for Cook,
in Perry township; claimed not to be a
| resident; came to Fayette county years
ago; lived in other counties in this State
and in Indiana; school teacher; came to
Fayette county last May; stayed a day or
two, and engaged to teach school in New
Martinsburg, beginning Sept. 10th ;taught
school in Vinton county 10 weeks last
Summer; came next Sd of August last:
remained one week; attended Teachers
Institute; then was in Jackson county,
looking for school for my daughter came
to Fayatte to teach school Sept. l4th
brought trunk and books on the 18th s.; nv
wife died in 1877; kept house at Near.
; thur till she died; still own property
there: rent it out; came here for purpose
of making Fayette my home; have nj
other home.
; Al. Nash testified: Commenced schoo
in Bloomingburg September 9th went Il
Bloomingburg Aug. 81, to begin school
brought my clothes, books, ETC., then; haC
been living 10 months at Greenfield be
: fore l came to Bloomingburg; before tha
at Leesburg six months; before that a
, Lyndon, Ross county, one year; wifi
dead: am engaged at Bloomingburg min
; months; no engagement beyond that
will stay there if as we'll satisfied as now
and Board employs me; have no hom
! when have no school; make my hOm
where my school is; voted for Cook.
Deposition of Merit Haines: Away
= resided in Grant county, Indiana, till
!, came here in August, 1877 ;went to Gran
: county in Fall of 1877; parents resid
: there; lived there 30 years; stayed i
+ Grant county four months went there o.
J. a visit; voted at primary election 70
/ county officers, at Jonesboro, Ind, jar
= 1878; left there March 11th, 1873; attend
u ed the public school; [ went to see m
IS folks. and attend school; l intended t
d return to Ohio at close of school; regard
n ed Fayette county as my home and plaC
of residence; left a part of my clothin
:, there; was oyer twenty-one when
81 went to school.
)e Dispositions of Albert Haines and Get
re- Hadley, as to Merit Haines' intentions
~ going to Indiana.
ie Robert Marine testified: Live in Unio
I'd township; voted for Cook at WesteI
rs Precinct; 1 have a son, Robert r. NJ
is rine; he voted for Cook here; I went
=, the polls with him and saw him vote. I
al is 35 wears old; always lived with me.
ly home; is single; his mind is pretty goo
ct no education; don't do much busines
as weak mind; makes no contracts he ow
va a horse; capable of making contrac
" done some business has good use of hi
We self; he might make small contracts
We would not like to trust him to make &C
he tracts; he is weak in body; he appears
have mind good enough; he stays at hol
i. and does work and has sense enough
N know what to do; he is weak in bo
he only.
rat Robert R. Marine testified: l do
70 know how old am; live over on the Y
wonder; my fathers name is Robert n
est rine; can count to 100. [COunts up to
the then jumps to SO and then to 1901.