The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-01

turnl-.]It looks like the same document ne ftras
| saw at his own house. in the parish of Rapides.
bnt the figures are not the same he saw In
The changes in the document between the
time he first saw it and now are in poll No. q the
| figures 81 are inserted, when 1t was blank when
m tRere Re Na bsng gars 81
first saw it, In the totals for electors there are
1s u.s. when there was blank hsn
! votes on it, except at poll No.s There was q
sealed package sent to me, which it was stated
handed the, package given him to Major E. A.
Burke: with the request to hand it to Secre-
| tary OF State Strong.
CROSS Examined.
Lives eighteen miles from Alexandria; be-
| tween forty-Ave and fifty miles from the court
| house of Vernon. His residence is about three
f9u5ths 9n Of "a mile off the pig road: Nj Bryan
morning
| THE PACKAGE WAS DELIVERED
| to witness. On the return latter examining IT'D
there were either blank spaces or noughts
where now there are figures for the Hayes cleo
tors
, 1t was Saturday night following the election
Mr., Franklin. the next Monday There are
o The ms VIZ
ness saw the. consolidated statement was ON
sF as On aeada
| so lar as the presidential electors and parlsh
results.
|
tion. on Monday, in the afternoon. at the office
of Judge Osborn. Never had the document In
from the eye OF witness, because he had heard
that the parish OF Vernon would b. thrown
| WATCHED IT PURPosELY
until Mr. Franklin mailed it. 1t was addressed
to ?; 6. Deslonde. Secretary Of State. Mr.
Franklin's report was directed to Michael Hahn.
| package Does not know that he ever looked at
tn h document "a again before now. Went to the
OF getting the vote for witness for Senator since
| the Legislature met. Did not attend the ses-
sions Of the Returning Board.
| ]. B. MGEHEE
sworn-Lives in Vernon parish was clerk Of the
supervisor. Being shown the consolidated
statement OF votes. says: Saw it shortly after
res at the n 81 The
same. Examined it before it was mailed. Tho
| alterations now in it are change in poll No.2
the Republicans 81, when they had none; in poll
No giving them 81, when they had none. In
regard to the Illden electors their votes
HAVE BEEN ERASED
for poll No. and noughts placed instead. Tho
Democrats received there about 30, the entire
vote The he Republican Pal electors received no votes
| the document left Alexandria.
CROSS EXAMINED.
Assisted in making the registration ofthe par
ish. 1t was only a revision of the registration
There were about 10 colored votes. Did not act
in any Way in the election of 1874 for State
Toae os not fbab hoN s
were none Thinks the document in his hand
| is the same he saw mailed in Alexandria. There
witness. Cannot say whether witness wrote the
form or not Does not know of any documents
to New Orleans. Does not Know wi that there % were
| documents or that there were none forwarded
to the Returning Board besides that mentioned.
The clerk who assisted with witness was JAS
| Cavanaugh.
To a jnror-The documents were mailed att
| JOHN FRANKLIN
sworn-Being shown the consolidated state
ment, says it is in the handwring OF q Mr.. STAN
Was during poon Of the aaE
and part Of the night when it was being pre-
pared. These documents were made up by
We're made By kr Stanley. ' Saw he iasla,a papes
changes for presidential electors are at poll No.
2, where the Republican electors are marked 81
each. and when the statement was made up
| THEY bad NONE.
| At poll No witness could not say what
| changes had been made. There were two votes
cast in the parish for Repu blican electors, and
bs eo9a n say at what pol =, hs
aotia lnk on the d sateHment H Was commissioner Of
alterations were made.
WILL. A. STRONG, SECRETARY OF STATE
was next called-Being sworn, said: He is the
Secretary Of state Brought the returns for
the parish Of Y Vernon into court lshown docn
ton when witness took possession of his office.
Abel hs was 18th the secretary Of the
VerAon returns. All the sheets were found
EXCEPT POLLS NOS. 2 AND9
Search has been made for them. without avaiL
Being asked for the tabulated returns for
as having been found in the Secretary of States
o11lce among the official papers. Came into
statement presented by witness was offered in
evidence. This document is signed BY the
members OF the Returning Board.
=, Mr.; Egan, IN Offering this document. said
that ne offered it for the purpose Of showing
bat the aeeused certified tq the election 9i
examined the document carefully.
CROSS EXAMINED.
Referring to letter written by Secretary of
Teatys H. srons TO s sa
in court. and produced them.
DIR. cRAwCouR
sworn-1s physician. and is an expert in the
use use Of the microscope, and has been frequently
amned the tabulated statement with micro
Here the doctor, with the jury gathered about
him. explained the alterations; how 0 had been
changed into . by adding tail. and how o had
been erased and q 7 written over 1t.
HHave examined the document carefully with
microscope. The number under Keilogg's
name has been altered, The number 7 has been
altered by erasure from some other figure to Z.
Under J. Fl. Burch. o has been altered also, by
adding tail 10 9 or some other figure. and "a
has been altered from some other figure The
line between the dot of the horizontal line Of
probably had been Q. Under 'ps Peter ,sJe JOSEPH
the 9 hes been altered and also the7. Under r.
A. Sheldon a similar, alteration occurs-the D
and have also been altered from other figures.
Under the name Morris Marks the lower line
or tail of the 9 s in different colored ink from
the circle, and the Is also new figure In 81.
under A. B. Levisee, it is visible to the naked
eye without the use of glasses.
The alteration is plainly visible. Under o.
H.. Brewster similar alteration occurs The
81 has been altered from other figures, and il is
visible to the naked eye. the ink being OF diff
ferent color. Under John McEnery the era
sures are ,plai My visible. By the aid OF glasses
the can be seen: in other words. the original
figures have been erased and q suhstitritad