The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-04

Attorney and Distrid Judge and also Mr.. Kol.
80, the candidate for STATE Senator.
.p-Do they appear upon this fcturnP A.
They do sir
vQn,roipl thcm out II you please. An the
Ninth Judicial District. Mr. Hunter was II can
didaic aeains, " T. Blackburn and John Os-
borne for District Judge: James Andrews wns
also opposed to l., q. Hunter for District At
torney. and MIR kclso Tor state senator was op-
posed 70 Hardy.
O.-whai relations had Mr. Wells with those
IS in their inditlal dsirict what his acquain';
ance wns with them. or what connection he had
Q.-BV he tod vou he uaned them elected?
A Yes. sr.
Q.-And you ma5c charges 10 effect that? A.
BY Mr. Tuckcr-Did the change cfrec, it A.
1t elected hen .s'i..ce. S"T don't remember
Q.-When that change had been accomplished
in that way. and the alterations nude in the re-
turns what became of the original papers from
the President of the board to bring to him first
the two statements of votes accompanying this
'estcn ! gave them % to lin. think. the The day after
tn" official promulgation or the day following
that. | would not be- certain a, this time a. to
Office and ..ave them to him. and he was
about 70 put them in his pocket. asked him
II he did not think 1t was indiscreet for him TO
have them about his person; that s9mcthing
might happen to him and thcy, would be- found
mnter. and he would destroy them. 7hep rce
dcSbODtd: whether lie gave them to mt to de-
stroy or DESTROYED them himself. cannot trs;
and thrown in the Hire in that ROOM 4 sd" Wen
9 You saw them burn? Al did. sir.
GLOW many papers A.-Two.
parish II V"r"onY % ~ A"issP: i P'PT PT's S' Sa1m'i 'S
o.GWhat Sdid \r. Wells tell you to do with
thg,' A-Hc ioH weto destroy Il or mate array
Q.-And YOU made away with it by putting It
n your pocket, A-IpH Il. 10 mN pocket .,nW
the int1tipn ~ destroying H. could not do it
| i'll the clerk : Office without their seeing m"
and felt that had done a little too much IN
the matter any way, and thought that dark
ness would favor that better than ANYTHING else
| took it home fur the purpo-r 81 destroying IT,
left {, there however and did not des'rro, it,
.Q:-Descrihc the occasion and cir .umstanccs
Of The first direction given by Mr.. Wills to yon
io alter thc, returns f'r District Attorney and
ter 3. | think IT was. the board. with three or
| four other cl'rkS AMI myself took dinner TO-
| thrcc or four hours. | should Judge it was that
! time.
surErlSrFSptNc 7nE forGEm
By Mr.. Tucker Q.-Al slc members of the
From there W. went immcdintcly 60 our rooms
or the rooms OF the Returning Board. After
actively engaged in looking over some paners.
and figuring Ms attention was next drawn 10
Il" i bosrd MTE E Rc 7 To im They '" Lad sSme H
! whispered cCnNcr-a'ion. We werc all feeling
pretty harpy: | was. anyhow and guess the
that Gov Wells called me-. Won't
70 The dc7h 9ndi in a Whispered
two polls. liz saNs. Take this return ami trans
| pose ih. 50 Nuig-. md hc wrote on a plecc Of
! that he wanted elected hv th, transpositIpn
| and directed me To- do it-a-kol me To- do it
t. have il done that night L did moi complete
q YOU did nor .A;-yo. s1. he came re-,
p,af'ty 'nd -d';n'' = fliie II "aS ~ ,o'pse u
the change in the electoral vote A.~The sane
night ne asked me 10 transposo the vote
,Q;-was he examined before the. committee
| that wont down to New Orlcansr Ale was.
Q.-Dd he make you any communication
ai,er that examination A.-Con"crninG whqt2
irnnsntion about which you have told "a. A
O." Wha, was it? A.-Hc told me he had
been before the. committee and was asked tho
question bow the Note of Vernon had teen
raised for the Republican side one hundred aud
| seyenty-cight votes; aud he asked IN. il ! knew
| how they had received any such communica-
ton. ! told him ! did lot nor neither did !.
At that time nobody. 50 far ~ know. outside
Of the onicc clerks. and no other member Of the
board that know OF. knew uf this transac ion.
Q.-Go on aud stat" what II anytl ing further.
occurred in regard To- that. Ale told me he
had been summoned before the committee. and
about it. and he said. Now II you will examine
that he said first. " cant gou make copy of
me OTI0ildly II yDu can DO That. Hid irhdi polls
pOsei and 're ,riN resct Them" He told Mr..
Davis the same thing, | simply know Tint
made up a copy Of the original statement OF
Vernon rs IL was before the transpos iion took
place. We did that by having the statement Of
with the exception of the two that had bccn de-
stroyrl. hut hefore this we had taken. or made.
from the original papers ~ opencd. a cOmplH-
tion II the electoral state. and Congressional
vote, ana IN some inSiancts The vote iHr paro-
hd G' po aqa ssins ssG oe g. any Us ys 81 1" %qs IN
statement Of votes. and when we came TO
them we had 70 examine the records that We
had IN the onice aud from III IN 'rl mad, ~ ~
pDpof.d 10 Je a., Original statement g'On Yer
non rthom any si9ra'ete.
Odd he say anything 10 you about the
proofs that ne would lurnl- III in rcspectto there
lection olthi- votoL A. llrdid IL SaiiNdi he
,c.nI ,.,,, 5age ne ,. qHsa,fs hGpareL p H. was a
10 him once or twice. and SPOKE to me to the cf-
feet that the Governor hadn't yet brought in
Q.-That l.. the aflldavits upon viii ch thethree
Q.-Anlda,it1 of imtindaiion. -u.posef 4,
+ believe 50. read them
pSSpoyya S%aacas and f EoH 9 Sp@ ND hot G"s' a rh G%
V.~The Supervisor # Election for the parish
Thoma, TranEiin. Dld'Mr Ncls say ANYTHING
to you about the forgery nt that nnmef A.
Wen ne qsked ,oe = Ico"i no' pGdilse So nat
do H. G91'eecegr'' YGesac to s'a's, '''
Q.--wn- there, any con;9lidated statement
substituted for thisf A.-We made cory OF
Q-And that was substituted for tho original.
WAS ~ ,A..ies. sir II Was lett there with tho
QWhcn you SAW it was there any name an
nexed toitf A.-Thefe ms none.
Q-No name for Supervisor or clcrkf A
No. sir.
Mr. Lawrence of Ohio, on behalf Of the Re-
uublicana cros--pXaminrd Iittlafeld shnrnly