The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-11-07


suppose he saw me vote.
Cross examined. My family are scat
tered around. l suppose my wife is in
the Infirmary. Was never divorced from
my wife. My youngest child is ten years
of age. Had resided in Vinton county,
four or five weeks before the Presidential
election. Went to the Presidential cleo
ton to vote, but l did not vote, as my
family were in Vinton county. ct ap-
peared that the wife of witness left him
some four years ago, and then they lived
together for time, and then the wife
went to the Infrmary) Had no fixed
political opinions. Did not belong to
any political party. Did not know or
see the names of any person on the tick
ct. l intended to vote the Republican
any how The two dollars did not cause
me TO vote the Republican. If l had
voted at all without the two dollars, l
would have voted the Republican ticket.
Before l voted, and after Wilson gave me
the ticket and | said | would as soon
vote it as any, Wilson SAID he wanted me
to understand that he was not buying my
vote, but only paying me for my time.
RI Examined. | do not think | should
have voted at all that day, if l had not
been paid for my time. If l had seen
the ticket had been headed Democratic
Ticket, | do not think | should have
voted it,
James Turner called. A question was
raised as to the competency of a question
put to this witness, and he stood aside,
and Jacob A. Sell was called. Have
known Albert Ellis by sight several years.
Here the same legal question arose as in
the question put to Turner, whether
witness knew OF other offers to pay mon
ey to influence voters. The Court held,
after arguments and examination of au-
thorities, that the question was compe-
tent, to show the intention of Wilson,
when he paid the money, The witness
answered: Wilson asked me, at the elec
tion, if | had any money to pay for votes
and | told him no sir; had some money
furnished by the Central Committee, to
pay for rallying out voters. That was all
that was said at that time. Afterwards,
Wilson came to me and asked me if
could loan him some of that money. Mr..
Robbins was the committeeman for the
school district where Mr.. Wilson resided,
and he was standing by. and as the Re-
publicans had turned out pretty well
from that district, said if Robbins had
no objection, would loan him dollar,
which | did. James Turner again called
to the witness stand. Wilson was talk
ing to Muncy and my two brothers
George told Wilson that he had heard
that he, Wilson, had offered, or paid
Ellis for his vote, and if he, Wilson, had
any more money to pay in that way, he
might vote the same ticket Wilson
asked him if he would vote for Two Re-
publicans for his days work. That is
about all l know Did not see Wilson
give any man any money. Ellis was al
ways a Democrat. l heard George Tur-
ner say he intended to vote the Republi !
can ticket--afterwards said he said that
10 SgBfdVat0 the Olu man.
Charles ". Curry testified that he is a
Democrat, and has been in the Peniten-
tiary, and that Wilson attempted to hire !
him to vote for two men on the Republi /
can ticket, and first offered him rs cents,
and then got up to two dollars. Said he
did finally vote for two Republicans, but |
Wilson had not paid him. Did not af |.
terwards ask Wilson for the money.
On cross-examination witness said he
could not tell single name that was on /,
the Democratic ticket, which he voted
except the name OF Mr. Emmitt, and he
could not tell for what office he was a
candidate, but it was not for Prosecuting
and he did not think it was
for Coroner
James Curry. Wilson came to me and I.
my brother and another man, aud asked /
me how ! intended to vote | told him
| did not know-that | Intended to vote
for some Republicans | showed him a
Democratic ticket with Atkinson S name
on it. He told me if We would vote for
Paine and Trip also, hs would pay US
for our day. | asked him how much /
He asked me how much we wanted, and
told him we wanted five dollars each
He said that was too much, and then he
walked away. In the afternoon l went
to John Shook and got him to fill out
five tickets, with those three Republicans
on them. l expected to be paid for so
doing. Got $40 for it, for four of US.
Got it next day. Thomas w. Patterson
paid me the money, at the Auditors of
fee, in Jackson. There were five or six
men in the office at the time. Paid
Charles Curry, Newton Curry, &c, their
shares of the money l kept ST 25 my
self
Cross examined. Paid Charley Curry
three dollars, for his days work at the
election. Paid Lewis Curry So rs. Will
son had nothing to do with it, as l know /
Of We had concluded several days be-
fore the election to vote for these three
Republicans, and had talked the matter
over. We concluded to do so because
we thought they were better men than we
had on our ticket We did not vote this
way from any thing Wilson said or did
James Turner recalled, and crossexam
ined. Did not get any money from Mr.
Wilson. Did get money. When asked
whether he had got money from John L
Long, he refused to answer, and the
Court sustained him.
Joseph H Wilson called for defense.
A u, defendant In This casH Had no