Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Those Chnrras

Those Charges
 At the meeting Of the Board of Su-
 pervisors yesterday, R. II. Paul Re
 publican candidate for Sheriff ct the
 late election in this county, made ap-
 plication for copy of the poll-lists
 of San Simon, Solomonville, Turkey
 Creek and Benson precincts.
 At the same meeting, Sberif Chas.
 A. Shibell made application for sim
 liar copies of those precincts, and presented, through his at- torney, protest against the re- ception, canvass, and declaration of the result of the recent vote for Sheriff in Pima county, alleging in substance, i!legalities and fraudulent counting in Tombstone, Wilcox, Camp Grant and Paiarito precincts.
 In regard to Tombstone's vote Mr. Shibell charges that he received more votes than he was credited with, and t hat MT. Paul was credited with more votes than he actually received. As Mir Shibell does not state his grounds for such charges, it is impossible to answer them. But he furthermore charges that the ballot-box was for 24 hours in the hands of MT. Paul's friends, sealed with a seal which was accessible to such friends. The facts in the case are these: After the votes were counted, the board Of election officers agreed to place the ballot-box and papers in the safe of Wells. Far go < Co. for safe keeping. When they were delivered, sealed, to Mr. Mar shall Williams, the agent of the ex- ress company, he, in the presence Of the officers, placed a different and ad- ditiOn seal upon the box and papers. The next day Mr. Atwood. the inspec- tor, went 10 Mir. Williams and in- formed him that Justice of the Peace NAAag i0n 1uNlsNA iAAalA AiitAA ilN VI -Al- wOod) was legally required to keep the returns in his own personal pos session, and Mir. Williams the:eupOn ! delivered them to Mr. Atwood. The l fact that two different seals were ] placed upon the returns, to only one | of which Mr. Williams had access, ! disprov es this portion ot Mir. Shibelps | charges. After the returns had been l delivered to Mr. Atwood, he was ! asked by MT. Paul and n nun Der of | friends to deposit them in tue vaults of one of the banks, but he refused.
 In regard 10 the vote Of Wilcox, Mir. Shibell urges that the returns were not complete, but the law on this point provides that Irregularities in the returns from the polling officers shall not be considered sufficient to nu llify the vote, except that fraud is shown.
 Mir. Shibell charges that the ballot box at Camp Grant was removed from the room in which the voting took place, secreted for over an hour and a half, and then returned, and ballol- ing resumed. The facts regarding this are that the judges of election, after the polls had closed, agreed to adjourn for supper, an2 meanwhile locked up the ballot box in safe, and did not again open the polls.
 Mir. ShIbell also charges that all the voters in Pajariio precinct are res ldents of sonora, Mexico Col. Me Arthur states that his store, where the polls are held, is near the line, but that it is within the boundaries of the United States; that to his knowledge, all the voters who cast their ballots in that precinct live at or near his camp and are residents of the United States, though some of them may be engaged during the day on mining property in the neighboring State of Sonora.
 No one is more anxious for thor ough investigation of these and other matters of the kind, or for fair count of the votes, than is MT. Paul. but lntil such time as this is effected, we Ire scarcely willing to concede tu MT. ShIbell all the winning cards.