The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09

emit when this money was hsnded You by
PARCEL?
Auswsr-He was, sir.
Re-iirect-I RENE mber there was a band
around the money. Can't say whether the
figures were in ink or printed. Couldn't
now recognize it. Couldn't say what color
II was.
The band vas shown witness.
Witness said il may have been the band,
but he did not recognize il, and would not
cay WHISTLER it was or not.
Mr.. Newcomb wss discharged.
DE. BALLARD
was sworn.
questions by Mr.. Everett reside in
Washington county. Was q member last
winter and took part in the Senatorial
election. / have read specification two.
charging me with receiving $500 for my
vote for ingalls,. say it il false.
Cross-e1amination by Judge Webb
was elected a. Republican. Knew there
were two Republican caucuses. Was pres.
emf and voted for Albert Ii. Horton. In
voting in separate houses voted for Hor-
ton, and at the Joint Convention on We'd
enesday. On Thursday | voted for Ingalls,
| changed to ingalls, because Horton was
not a candidate. He was my first choice,
and / thought he might be q concilIstoH
candidate. Finding that he was not likely
10 be a candidate, l changed to Ingalls,. |
did not attend the anti-Ingalls caucus.
heard Horton was nominated there as a
compromise candidate. W. W. Guthrie
told me so about five o'clock Friday morn
ing. Witness said he couldn't change from
Ingalls, after he hsd been in the Ingall 2
caucus Thursday night and he had
enough votes 10 elect him.
By Senator Cameron-Had you commit
ted yourself to Ingalls, and his friends
before Horton was nominated?
Answer-Ies, sir.
TT. HUMEs
sworn.
Questions, BY Mr.. Everest-I reside in
Washington county. Know |. o. Savage
of Republic county. Saw him on the
morning of the final ballot | met him q,
s o'clock. Asked HIM how he would vote
and asked him to vote for Ingalls,. He
| finally told me he would do 40. Talked
with him awhile, and from there we went
| to the Teft and he talked with Clark, oil
Montgomery county, and Senator Grass
and went then to Senator Ingalls, room
remained a short time and went to ths
State House. / was in Ingalls, room
while he wss there. Perhaps not all the
| time We then went to the State HOUSE
and he went into the Senate and / to The
House. | am well acquainted with Savage
Cross-examination by Judge Webb
don't recollect who | went up with ON any
II be- bat IL
with him he said he wasn't opposed t,
Ing alls after Phillips. Don't know Joshu.
Wheeler. Think Col. John A. Martin wa
in Ingalls, room when we went there. Don
recollect that others were.
Joshua Wheeler, sworn; Questions BY
Mr.. Everest know l. o. Savage, ant
have for five years. Was in Topeka dur
ing part of the Senatorial contest. On tn
morning of the final ballot | met him ant
we took walk. He said he was some
what undecided who to support; that b.
did not consider himself bound BY tn
caucus. He asked me the feeling in ny
township in Atchison county, and tolt
him it was for Ingalls,.
J. +. Rankin, sworn: Questions by Mr.
Everest:-Was here last winter; was il
Ingalls, room the evening before the ina
ballot, when Bull came to the room. III
said he came to support him for the senst
from that time forward. Bull said tina
Wait had authorized him to say that h
would vote for him.
Cross-eI amination:-This was during tn
progress of the caucus which nominate,
Horton. 1t was about 8 or 10 o'clock.
was not stated that Bull and Wait though
Il NJ nd kaf
Phillips and Ingalls, they chose lrg,lis.