New-York tribune., 1879-02-08

not affirm I can only affirm tms that NJ Wooeesssa, esa
| dispalch which ne brought 10 me- and which t,rn,s
unntollgbie seemed tO me TO be construct UPON tbs
Q-Do you know whether the key was the samet
| Yes, sir It WAS a system OF aBspOsun.
Q-But still it might have been varied from thisi A
Q-so that the only cipher, far a. you know wbo,
was Florida AT that time. in which tn trausposoa
was the same aud The arbitrary words The same Was M
one which you hadi A.-Yes sir: as, errdinpd in ts
course Of my stay Tallahassee that several genteoes
had cipherS but dId not ascertain mat they bad to
same as had. or whether they had OF not.
| cipher which YOU hadi Al did not 'e
Q-SO that, 50 lar as you know, JourS was the ouy
trInsPoson scheme and substitution scheme q tSstt
kind that there was in Tallahassee A-Oh no; have
| no information on that subject.
Q.--5o far You know. You know of none other IN
Tallahassee at that timei Al know OF none other "
Q.-And 50 far "a those were concerned that yon ss
there they were not the same as Yours A.-f0.lys
one, and thai not my hHprsssDl y that saw tba
dispatch Of Mr Coye's well and that it seen.,o
me- WAS cipher IN ii Lures; Know that; mine vas not
Q'-Now. Mr. Marble. in the investigation which W,
made Of The Florida matters, ana i'h reference 10 lie
frauds which were iDs pcrprtaJrd "nat' ther peei.
| hc fraud cau yOu mention except thar In A'aobua
County Precinct No ~ A-From my present r.col ee'
ton should b. quite unable % recall ' details. Ib,
came wei. informed.
o. doat ask for gcneralties now; those will DO Tor
Tccolooto Of frauds IN Florida and oi any other al.
legged fraads than this Ia A.arhna Couu-yf A-IacY
Q.-Do sou now recall any othcrf Al wou,d uot
attempt 10 state accurately.
Q- DONE .sls you 10 be critically corre,ti tv.,h to
EAGER TO REFRESH HIS RECOLLECTION
Q.-Ou tin, question | am willing 80 couceGe that
nury nay be faliibc. Iask yGu II you recall IN
tLat state al that time, when yOn were there auy
otLyr specific, al, ged fraud, copt ;hs haoo rua.
dun tnc papers and on the street. taat th,e Sas
fraud Florida DO YOU remember any Other st4ncei
Al .houd ike to submit to you the statement
care IN making neforc the Rcwrnin; Board.
Q-I 20 no, want any statement ba.or, iIr Returning
BoaIG. ave inyesti gated two Of M colleagues. A.
L..
cnt tine t has passes out Of my recollection
Q-NUw tnc 2Ist day Of November you tcicgraphed--
Mr. 5'cnsor linterrupting l-Ju.t one word there.
Does n that statement Of which Ae spoke
prises LIS knOwiedsef
NJ Hiscock-I will 20 back d NV question and ask
him.
Q-Do you remember now any other alleged fraud in
Florida except Precinct No. 2 Alachua County Al
should be obliged refresh recollection by tccIug
TO this document submitted az The time.
Q-Do you remember nov any other alleged fraud in
Florida except Precinct No >. Aiachu1 County A
Not ~ detail win circumstantia accutdc',
Q.-DO yUu r-cOcct any other instance, n so, name
the county, # you can, 10 wmch q o..atei A-ity You
rary document, should De easily able
o. DO not allow yoU now. DO you recli. a-y ether
undertake AK about any fraud except can ,peBt
with precision AMI mast sAy no
sc or November u, that Limits BE fraud, 80 r asa
fraudulent return was concerned to AaoADA count;
A.-lHat dispatch W. tOhhhr" exclusive! "Aal Os-
patcn DO JOu mean
me 0i3pa,n o. NoysD'F % ! -, nil,,t zen Oh IKE ~.
f1 Ttnaee Conl,J N i.at dIpatch Do you AIy, ,at
VA. done with tnat couu;yt Al have utterly iot-
gotten: y..,,.., r1...,....
renrmbeli Al don't remember what wa done.
thcre "as r,'urn L''l t.1r y. .'.o'.',I' D ',D e. ~,
vote, thrown out {, waId uot s.iam board m "a %
throw out l3j Iuu1tcc County Democratic NUtci.'
As that a laci :
o-Do yon remember how II vast Al have forgot
ten =. about it,
wSId refuse wholly to throw ont 30 Republican vote,
Aucua County" When tnio d-paich w"1 seat by you
tyc,, rn,,,t.csl II would nor !rIl that
Q.-D;l.'t you know lt was timc. A-N0. an a1s1'
o.2N.r na.,ing by that Al should Ike 10 an
- rI"t T' dat y,u -... - Inc Dist Al that tine
w. mn . atythin, ire fu,l returns Oh the D-mocrat!c
! SIDE rha; /. +, .tv we mad NOT cer ircd copc>-
| .-,htcImpAns.l-io have not ahs"cled ~ qnei'
iYH N-i5o tiri!t al! ,Ill answer IL. on re -3h
me return, we're opened. DuriBg all The pego9
tuc tine We arrived there until 18th get
TN. certiurJ copies. We did not -ct Ihet or many ot
D.lp by the y f. and therefore ,ahuur be RIA. We
knew the contest was narrowed dOHU 80 those Two
counties.
Q-Nhat aid you mean by the expression, " Margin
f., TOO uarrow"i Ait means that the contest l. t0J
c Sc. - . ,-.,.
Q-Itdi mean th''' A-Freci'ey'
- ,,' i ,t.,, -, r,.,, t,,,, ,,,, bl IN.
Nv" -" n'," '',. 80 .,' - y. 80 -
formation enough there that You knew II hdd slosAn'
TALLY narrowed down - those two counties A-No
- ,,s II ot ,,,,,, ther, vou nj, e,to tla ,,,.r.
tyu' h.-Oh, no.
. ". have here in ths dispatch then OF November
~, ,..,.. a., ,,. .....,, g., ,,, ,,or,..,. T.,
- 'h' '"'' ''''" 'no' ' | so = Wv ~
you remember "h'' tl'le oi inc ui' you "'' ''' ''
uatcAl A.-IhlyC bot the least idea.
u, ,, REMAINDER now the character Of the coo,e..
..,., :, g., -, ,.,,..I ma,
IN Alachua County At hAS bfrn rcc'IIfu 70 my
recollection Dy my having u.t now read TINS dispatch
49,, g.. ,, ,..,,... ,t.,, ,i, Z ta.,. -,
"ultn " 9 3'H' I ~ ''o 80 ui tiiI' i' '' ~ ~ W ~
,'ot ~ ,, 10 i r Haitian, ., ,,,ci,, C,rt-
10 gpd ron luyO., III i-ll '.ol 20 -,
,,lIl t"o ",s'i''''a @ "' a.
we ~ SUI, ',I ~ t - '., ~, , i ,'.fi,
'.ii' ~ ~ SS -, 80, al. 81, t ~
~ IL ~, +iat ~ aIIIiii.l - fu,. late of
,.t'&, & & VS. -, 1',t 80, f,a T,,,,,u.,n ,e.-or, via
't,d IN, r,.., n a. ffs, ,,,fed ,t mar election
ir.,,, n, t,.t ,, and eI,Sr,.ra ~ thfm were pro-
ti-'i' -. - ,t.r - t.t,u,,.,u ,,fg,