Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-17

O. Do you know Mr.. Bragdon very well?
"a. l am not personally acquainted With
him; / have done con siderable business
with him.
i Q. DO you produce here the Town
Clerks record book of the town OF Gohlds-
borough? A. lido. WITNESS opens rec
Q. Have you before you the book open
ed ut the September election eighteen hun
dred and seventy-nineg A. have.
.. In whose hand writing Is that! A.
In mine.
Q. Is It all in yours? A. Yes, every
word on that page.
q. No doubt about il? A. No.
O. docs that record embrace the record
of the votes cast for Representative. A.
Yes, sir.
q. How does the record read covering
thar vote. A. .0iiuer y. BrdgdoR, t,co
huatred and screen James Fly, one hundred
and i,ceRty.fce."
Q. How is the name Bragdon there writ
ten! A. "Oliver i. Bragdon."
Q. Any doubt about it? A. No, not the
least.
Q. Written by you? A. Yes, sir.
q. Written in the way in which you or
dinarily write? A. Yes.
q. Look at the return again, and see
whether, to the best of your knowledge and
belief, you LEFT the "P." in Bragd0n's name
| I'm the same way as you have described,
bringing the loop of the 7 around and leav-
| ing IL near the line ofthe downward stroke,
without any flourish or addition? A. IL Is
my opinion and the best or my knowledge
that did.
Q. Did you add anything to that loop, to
the best OF your knowledge, making II q
letter 'B!" a. No.
q. Examine il closely with the naked
eve and with the glass, and state whether,
TO the best Of your Judgment and belief,
there has been an addition to that letter
L" =" since II left your hand! A. l should
| think there had been an addition since the
| letter WAS made.
.. State what that addition isl A.
There Is small mark attached to the
curve or the up" short distance from
where stopped in making the turn OF the
| "P."
q. Which tends to make IL letter Up
\. / should say nearer an IF, stopping
where it does.
o. Look at that again. with the glass,
and see ifit bears the appearance OF that
added stroke, which you speak OF, having
been continued further down and having
been partly erased since! 4. There seems
To be A little mark attached to the end,
looking rs though there might have been
something there sometime; perhaps IL IL
not the mark OF pen; IL might have been
something else see that the paper has
been rubbed little.
.. Did YOU make any erasure? 4. Not
to my knowledge; have no doubt about
that.
o. You have no doubt you intended 70
write and did write it"P| \. have no
doubt OF it in my own mind.
To sum up the case, the town clerk
swears that he made out his return "Ol-
liver p. Bragdon;" that some person has
altered the middle initial, and made i
Of it, and that he made no such al,era-
ton. The fact that this name was tab
ulated for Oliver 7. Bragdon is corrober-
alive testimony, as is also the appearance
of this fac smile. The ''deiense' dis
puted by Mr.. Moody in his testimony,
and now by Fogg in his speeches, Is OF
no value, and is entitled to no crcdence.
The evidence is sufficient to establish the
fact that that this return was altered
while in the hands Of the Council fer the
sole purpose Of counting out Oliver +.
Bragdon. And this is part Of the con-
duct we are asked to endorse by our
votes in September.