Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-12-26

at the polls. know Os. Mcclellan. I seen
him when I voted. Had no talk with him
nor any one else when I-vOted. read my
ticket.
Robert Capps: 1 live in Perry town
ship, three miles south of Staunton; was
at the polls and voted in Perry township.
l know Ellis SNYDER, he voted in Perry; |
did not see him vote, don't know how he
voted; saw him at the pOlls-he went with
me; he was living at my house; been llv-
ing there six or seven months. His father /
lives in Green township; his washing was
part of the time at his fathers and part
of the time at his brother-in-law's Jen-
nings. For while he went home every
Saturday night. When he moved his
clothes to my house he said he was not
going back home any more; he said he |
was going to stay at my house. He had a
trunk; the trunk was full of clothes. Ny |
wife and talked about the time |
when he came to my house, and neither |
of US knew don't know where he IS
now; after he brought his trunk he stayed |
till the last of November; he went back |
home then, after he and his father had a
talk; it was a few days after the election;
he said he wanted to go away three or
four days; he was gone three or four
days after the election and then returned.
didn't know what his politics was. He
quit work for me some time in Nov. /
on the road; hired him to husk corr. week
before last, and have not seen him since.
He commenced work for me March I'd,
last and worked till after the election; he
lived at my house, boarded and slept
there, except few days; he was a single
man; he fetched his clothes to my house;
he wanted his washing done at my house,
but my wife was not able to do his wash
ing.
J.H. Patton: live in Green township;
know Ellis Snyder; his father lives in
Buena Vista, Green township: don't
know Ellis Snyder's politics; l heard of
| the difficulty between Ellis and his father
Oct. 6 don't know where he worked last
summer, he generally came to his fathers
on Sundays. Am teaching school; have
been teaching this Fall, since Sept. Sd, in
Green township; taught two days the
first week-Fst and 2d days. Wednesday
was at home, my wife was sick. was at
the horse-race at Greenfield, after the
Greenfield Fair, Saturday, the 9TH day of
! September: it was known as the "Sim-
mons Horce-Race"; candy GuIlett" and
| ss1 elegraph'' were the horses; Telegraph
did not come out ahead. live mile from
Buena Vista; in the Fall am over there
every day and, Sunday.
| Anderson Blue: Am clerk of Jasper
township; been Township clerk years;
was clerk at last election; Clark Smith
was the other clerk. The judges were
Mathew Combs, ZebulOn Smith and L. c.
4 Mallow; was there all day of election 4;
polls were open between and Z, maybe a
little of Z; at u O'Clock they were closed
for about an hour; the election was held
in Township-house in South Plymouth
its building by itself; there were no one
in the building while the polls were closed.
had the kew of the house; one of the
. judges had the key to the ballot-bOx;
don't know if was locked all the Judges
and clerks were away to dinner, all got
back about the same time; don't know il
there were any persons wanting to vote
while we were absent or not; don't know
the number of votes polled before dinner
! Poles were closed about 6 O'Clock; no one
, voted after 6 O'Clock; we adjourned fol
> supper; Istayedz there with J ohm L Per
+ singer and Charles Miller; box was no
: open during that tstithe; the door was look
| ed duringztheir absencei lockedon the in
. side; we were ONLY talking :sthey wert
: turned they opened the box l kept the
r tallieS on one sheet during the counting
/. out. Mallow read the tickets. All three o
) the judges took the ballots out of the box
n alternately .nsCealbs and Smith did th'
n stringingS got through about O'Clock
. Is or 20 persons in the room while count
4 ing out; the door was locked. When th'
e count was done the judges put the ballot
: back in the box; the box was given to me
|, left it sitting in the office. 1t has bee
RI north west corner of the houses, on n
ia floor. The building, is used as office o
4 Trustees. A few persons have TRANSACTED
Il business there since the election. l car
+ ried the key tOsthe buifding;E gave tn
]; key to Mr.. Combs few times; dom
9 know that the box has been -meddled wit
n since the election, and uOn't know If
n has not either. Windows nailed down o
. election day have blinds; not closed.
d looked in the box this morning and sa'
q the tickets there; think the box andgticH
e cts are in thezsame condition as when lei
there. I think it was o'clock when
. opened the box. | might have raised tn
: tickets up; put no ballots on; l took n
- ballots off, nor changed the ballots on tn
Il string. I am Republican. Clark is
- Republican, MalloW is a Republican, an
~ - Smith is a Democrat. There was tw
:" doubtful ballots. I think; don't kno1
= what was done with them. l seen them
5 they were folded together. Don't reco
Z lecG any vote for o. Smith or Austi
! Smith. ALI were taiHed to James F.. Coo
2 that were called for him. AIl the ballot
that were called for Cook were tailed
- - James F. Cook. Don't think knot wa
ie 3 tied in the string. Don't know whatju
put them back. Several persons wer
II around the office. to see who was saheaC
The Judges certified up. l never notice
;; whether the box has been moved or not
- I no one in next, morning but myself !.
ie ness; persons with the Trustees have bee
there since the election.
Y Zebulon Smith: Was judge of electio
~. in Jasper towship. Poll open between
ar and O'clock. We shut up Tor dinner
q II O'Clock WeFegoa4e OfSan hoar, pei
ri haps. No one was in the house when W
q went back; we put. the box under tn
"a table; had the key in my pocket. TIL
is Township clerk had the key of the house
IT The box had1Tot been disturbed while W
40 were gone, that L know, of. We close
III about o'clock; we went to supper; tn
box was put under the table; left Blu
and Persinger in there. -MaIlow .eaIle
=" off; there were two fraudulent tickets "
u didn't count them; two were folded t.
ie gether; four, altogether. There wei
Is twOfnstances of tickets not counted PEI
.e sons have been in the house since tn
Is election; don't know whether the box hs
4 been tampered with or not All the vote
o' that were called off were tallied; can
3 tell if there were any for J. F. Cook; a
d d. the tickets for Cook were counted for ia
60 F. Cook; same way with Smith. Was nC
a. a careful about how the name was writer
q All the tickets were counted but tn
u fraudulent ones. | took out the ticket
IL IL they had been folded two or three times
% they lay tolerably close; don't know e1
re actly how they laid don't know whethe
10 10 losely or tightly; called the Trustee
u attention to them. / folded them and lai
r. r. them IN book till we were done, the
ae laid them on the table. That was the lai
le l saw them -z- -.--... ..,.,s-.5.+s s-..- 2
20 l.. G. Mallow: Was judge of electio
is u casper toWhship; Poils were close
m about noon; probably a half hour; NJ
= Smith and | went 10 dinner togethe
m When we went to supper Mr.. Blue an
10 Persinger were left in Township-house
vs was at supper perhaps Is minutes.
: Matthew Combs Was Judge at Jaspe
| of election. esSmjth. MalloTV and V11uSo
Ne are the Jasper township Trsntees. Ande
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