Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-06
THE ES-DANGBERG CASE.

5ors
The recount of the votes of Douglas County
on State Senator discloses the fact that mis-
takes were made by the officers of election in
Cave Rock precinct by which Dangberg was
given two votes which rightfuly belong to
| Halnes, and thereby changed the result of
the election for that officer. Mr.. Dangberg
meets this result by insinuating that the bal
lots of this particular precinct have been
tempered with prior to the recount also that
certain ballots were improperly counted for
Mr.. Haines, and that Van and Lessenber
voted for Haines and that they were both
illegal voters.
Let us see: One Emmons Spencer, as
shown by the evidence, labored for Mr. Dang
berg in Cave Rock precinct on the day of
election and at night kept a tally of the Leg
islatlve vote only. 1t is further shown that
Spencer was the most competent and the only
sober person who kept tally on that night
| The correctness of Spencers tally has been
confirmed by the recount, with which it e.
actly corresponds, and which Spencer reported
N Genoa on the day after election Dang
bergs counsel 90 so far as to identify the two
particular ballots which they intimate were
changed InspectorSho Dan9bergs witness
| swears positively that he read and called OF
one of these particular ballots during the can
vass of the vote on the night of election, viz:
the one upon which the name of Raines is
written without the initials =, Davis and Robb
were tally clerks Davis tailed much faster
than Robb and frequently got ahead of him,
when Robb would fill out his tally from
Davis. Hence there was in reality but one
tally clerk, and he, to Use his own language,
"pretty damned full. Both of the clerks,
in fact, being drunk, according to the testi-
nony of Ryan and Cranmer and Davis ad
missions After the count was completed,
the ballots were placed in the box, which was
securely locked and sealed by the in,
spectors, who wrote their names on slips of
paper which they pasted over the opening in
the top of the box and over the lock and key
hole. In this condition the returns were de
ilvered by the inspectors to the County Clerk
on the day after the election: and when
were found in precisely the same condition
as when received from the inspectors, they
showing concusively that the box in question
had not been opened or tempered with. The
returns were delivered to the Clerk on the
lay after the election at i"regua" ltervals
rom ~ !. NJ 70 ; p, N, TINS occupying the
Jrr"rtl5n Of the Clerk the greater portion Of
lie time during the d,-y, and rendering it i'm
possible for him 10 have been absent from
his office for any treat length Ct time during
the day. On the evening # the 9th, before
dark, strong bolt Was placed on the inner
side of side door Ito which it is cL.iilel sew
eral persons had keys rendering it impossible
for it to be opened from the outside. To the
front door there were but two keys; one ~
session of the Clerk and the other his
deputy, the latter of whom Dangberger
From this time unit the canvass was made
by the Commissioners, GA the Sth, the Courv- |
house and Clerk office i'll particular was con- |
stantly guarded by watchmen employed by |
Dangberg When we consider that these are
the only parties known to have been proving |
around the Court house III this interim, it |
comes with bad grace from Mr.. Dangberg and |
MS attol .'eys to show so great familiarity with |
the possibilities of the situation. The Clerk
placed the .ballot-boxes and keys in the most
secure place the county afforded him and
where they had always heretofore been con-
sidered perfectly safe, and took every possible
pracaution for their security. The evidence
does not show that any one other than The
Clerk knew where the keys were placed; but
does show, on the contrary, that there was a
door closing over and conceaing the pigeon
hole where the keys were kept; that the
doors of the Clerks office were kept locked
and bolted, and that nc opportunity was given
any one to tamper with the ballots Except
The Dangbera guards). After the canvass on
he 9Th, the ballots were placed in their re
,pec1iye boxes, each of which was securely
ocaed and sealed, and all then placed in
arge patent trunk, which was also doubly
ocked and sealed and the key placed in
charge of Dangberg's friends The trunk
,ud boxes were found intact on the day of
he recount in Genoa, December 30th
In Mottsville the name of "Danbok" was
counted for Dangberg, and in Genoa the
lame FTangberg" was also counted for Dang
oery. Now if Haines is to lose the East Fork