Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-16

have not the least suspicion or knowledge
as to who opened the box have no sus.
p'ci'n that would lead to clue, that would
iead TO the arrest of any one. heard sup.
positions as to how people voted; canpo,
recall the remarks of people who supposed
how others voted cannot give names the
talk was in general conversation. 1 do no,
Know how any one voted at the February
elections know nothing, directly or indi-
rectly, as to who took the ballots / do no,
suspect the board.
L. ID. Parker was sworn. He said-Ibayr
no recollection of being in the vault be-
tween the spring elections, or to the pres
ent day, or any other time previous, with
out being accompanied 1 knew that by
order of Court the election boxes were ke ut
there. L first heard OF the opening of the
box on the morning of the last election.
| have no knowledge, whatever. of the
opening of the box, excepting by such evil
dence as has been IT ceivcd here by the Jus
tee. | was once in the Registers office
alone with Mr.. Okeson, fer the purpose of
consultation l had received permission
from Mr.. Musser TO use the office as a place
20 consult in. In never touched the box;
know nothing, directly or Indirectly, Of how,
or by whom the box WAS broken open. |
never told any one that believed the board
had broken the box open. I advised the
prosecution of the board with the object of
finding out who broke the box open and
took away Its contents.
James Deem WAS sworn. He said-I had
been clerk to the Commissioners for num-
Der of years | had an office in the Court
House, across from the Registers Office |
was frequently in the Registers office; |
was not in the vault between the two elec
tons; / never examiied the box in which
the ballots were kept. | have no knowl
edge of who broke the box open; did not
do il; know of no list; have no knowl-
edge or suspicion as TO who opened the
box. know the box was ordered in the
Registers Office by the Court. l never
heard that the box would te rified have
heard that on previous occasions the box
had been riiled, or broken open.
At this point lawyer Parker proposed to
adjourn, unless persons who had been sum
moned as witnesses desired TO testify. Mr..
Amos G. Borsall stepped forward and said,
that as he had been summoned to appear as
a witness, he desired to go on the record.
Amos 8. Bonssll was sworn. Be said-I
live in this town; voted al the February
election; l did not see the billot-b0x after
that election till at the March election;
did not know where the box was kept
never saw the contents Of the box; never
heard of any one that saw the tickets that
were in il never heard any one tell of a
li>t of voters that was in the box; I was
never asked about the penalty against open
ing ballot box that had been sealed;
have no knowledge, directly or indirectly,
that would lead to the suspicion of any one ;
l first heard OF the robbery of the box on the
day of the March election. / did not know
that the box was kept in the Registers Of
flee. seldom 60 TO that office; have not
been in the vault since the Court House was
built. know nothing Of a list; l know
nothing, directly or indirectly, about the box
or contents.
Jacob Beidler was sworn. He said was
Prothonotary Of the county last term, till
last January voted at the February elec-
tion | knew that the box was kept in the
Registers ofiice never SAW the box be-
tween the elections; never saw any of the
papers that had been in the box; | was
never tod of how the votes in the box
stood. Mr.. Stone and | talked about The
robbery in a general way, and about the
election. / heard surmises as TO how peo-
pie voted. Books told me he had = curios-
ity to know how people voted. never told
any one how people voted never accused
the board suspicion no one.
L. Z. Atkinson was sworn. He sail
am a member of the bar have the prlvi-
leges of the Court House Offices did not
know that the election boxes were kept in
the Registers Office till after the robbery OF
the box was made known TO the public |
have no recollection of being in the vault
between the election in February and the
election in March; when 60 into the vault
I have the company of the Register | did
not opeu the box; never touched it; have
no suspicion of who open ed il. Twas coun-
sci for H.ller when it was proposed to con-
test the election; MIR. Lyons was counsel
with me. never remarked TO Haller that
the box should he open. In a consultation
with Mr.. Lyons, it was concluded that il II
could be demonstrated or proven that illegal
votes had been polled We could get case
for Court. We progressed so far in the
steps toward a contest in the Court as to the
drafting of petition. The petition was
put into the hands of Haller. After that.
in consultation With Sir. Lyons, We cgreei
to not present the petition to Court. The
prosecution was not abandoned because OF
aBN W AiAO oASohAh6
open of the ballot-box. Ealler said that be
discovered that he had not paid a tax in
two years. After he told that, We looked
upon his vote rs a questionable one in a
legal sense. We concluded that If an iilega
vote on the other side was rejected, and
Haller's vote was rejected the case would
be a balance, a tie, as it hal been and thai
is y hy we abandoned the case or contest
The legal question that would arise In re-
gard to Haller's vote led 10 the abandon
ment of the contest before the Court.
have no knowledge of nv own, or that
received from my colleague In re contest
or frop' any other person, relative to th'
opening of the box or the taking out o.
the ballots or papers.
" ,.liarn ]. !ackman was sworn. He said
y voted At the February election; be
tween tina. and the March election l don''
remember that was in the vault of the Reg
ister's office. About 10 O'Clock on the dal
of the March election heard that the boz
;n TOWN had been broken open. L Gid no