New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-18

to Whitesve. and used at the election there before
reess., wien recess was announced the haliotbox
containing she ballots actually cast before the recess
Was carried 10 the back part OF the the win
ILe window had no glass sGshes, but was provided
WIN close window shnt;er The door o. the polling
The inspectors and others in the poineroom jumped
out Of the window excep; W s. Gibson ana me- and the
the baotbox provided the purpose and brought MS
nave said ia the trunk through the psssageway
necung Dr. Cstncarts Office With tho pol'ngroom, TO
me; and placed Il on the desk, removing She true
e3iotoox and handing It 10 Gibson, who handed It TO
hlred Aver VINO took II away and nut II in the Trunk
behnd the counter In the doctors Office.
AS soon as The voting was resumed after recess Alfred
ever ana o. l. Gibson took the trunk away in their
bnggy toward Lake Weir the true balot-box being IN
ballots Me5 & Tecess e voting ws resumed the
ot,bo1 thus substituted When the polls closed
them and found there l6s ballots ~ the box was
CLERK OF The election and my last called for It's ballots
saw the difficulty for was being closely ached
counted the ballots and them nto my hat and pre-
tended had 1 Of as hma went into DR.. Catbcarts
OF the Inspectors, there, and managed tell HIM
To go ut once and get seven Democratic ballots He
Ing from the asthma. went back my place saving:
" wei let us count them over" at the time plnng
smoug The other ballots and dropping the among
them. W. :. Gibson then counted the ballots and they
tailed with the number OF names on the Est.
Alfred Aver tod me before the election day that It
Saoox me or a1d 1I tSe cSeT ba6 % o mvG S
man VIII was 10 make the bsliOtbox 10 make another
boxes There was Label on each Of tnese "es two px ss
in the handwriting or forged handwriting. OF H. w.
Long, the clerk of the court, with his signature.
or forged signature, attached. j know lns
handwriting aid gnlture and could
of renee between tie wf1tng and signatures on the
two labels. At time before recess while ths voting
was slack went into the DOCTORS Office. Alfred Aver
was there, alRo DR.. CathcaIt who busy either
preparing n prescription busy otherwise about his
roady and fixed. told him 81 would do
Inc plan as We were too closely watched. de replied
that there wasn't any danger we could Just make the
change that he AYerl stopped at BulOcks last night,
and he tOld me thstH carried the plan there
could be no evidence.
took drIak anu went back my place in the poll
Ing room. Aver had bottle Oi whiskey snG bottle
OF gin I'm tho eOctor's Office. Wnen the bogus" ballot
bnx substituted for the true at IL
taln,d ballots, Democratic and Republican, in such
proportion that the hnal result would shsw Demo-
cratic majority so Aired Aver told He told me
this IN answer TO a question asked him. asked him
al he tickets which had been put into the box 30 be
substituted Democratic ballots, sayiag that if they
were il would not do. as there would be some Demo
cratic bilots cast after dinner and the result would
snow more Democratic votes than II was cxuedent to
The Republican tickets put into the bogus box
tore IL was substituted for box got by
Aver, he told me, from L. l.. HarrlS OI The
IGSf FLORIDA Bdnncr. wanted TO know
all the risks being taken, and so asked him where
hc got the Republican tickets. The election returns
made out accordance with the count OF ballots
found in the bogus ba.l0tb"X after election. About
2Sth day OF October, 1873. received appoint
meuI from the Governor o Florida as Justice Of the
Peace Marion County. qualified at once and about
18Th 16 "a of November, 1875 received the
Der. II addressed TO care OF Alfred Aver. and
handed 10 by Dr CatnC4ri, who received 1t r0m
Aver
By the use Of the methods above described %
Republican ballots We're thrown out and 93 " bogus
Democratic" ballots were counted instead.