Daily Republican., 1881-04-12
FIFTH edition
ELECTION CASES on TR,,,
Indicted Democrat. Rein.
Ine United States Co,.,s 'ritdt


nit, THE a., April E term of the Uat.', To-day,
district Court opened At Ia T','e9 Il, S,a.s
Gay. Judge Bradford n,..t,' ~ to,e'lock l.
,ne peht Jurors answered ,|,'tllns, 4,
GaaraO G", Eoe " wpnrnel, Thomas J. J ,;,s'r naas
o' "e"rse W Knott, who VIA raven aa
luehtly excused, were sQt4I
Inc eases of Thomas ro,
James Duncan, residents of ,ilds iinolds a5
" Mn1 ,bS were .r indicted for Illegal" "Gten
m, IN me Tenth wart were emily ycQg
district Attorney pat,e,so,, p'os'oIf
understanding that thi, ,n,i, "'ib'h
not be taken AS pr.rai.,'A i.,''A >hGd
uargS ,a,iT IN the future, lie ,,,t., !, @A
."nile "nile me offences were cra,,'"% ,i% that
''ohS OF the law they wera 'H H., Nda
committed. The eases w,.-o aa'''"fNy
ly discontinued WIZ according.
The tria' of the other e,o,.t,.
Were then taken up. Di,trc, ',Dh ~, cae,
PATTERSON Represented the ,,o,' N,loN9
an" Messrs. Lore, Sharplev a,., ,,.1,S,rrIIIpE NJ
IA" indicted Democr,t. Tg0 r, I1He
United States vs.. Lew, iyf Wt,yia ,yia%t
was ilrst called, and after ma'b ", b,altnN
IN getting all witnes,e, prn,,-'. ,a+ '0Oo,
cccdcd with. i'''F"i VI W. >r. /
The following jury wa, o,n.
Try the case Matthew F|rl Il"',0a
n. Coke, James NJ. Hr,@t;,,u ,+es
Witch, William NJ. Pier,. ,'", : ;1'fn
streets, Carey Frazer, Cn-.i. : n, n,r,VhI
Paynter, John W, I'hii''n, '''' ~''S
Widdrman was not pra>,,r, ,,.,
the waste ot much ttno in v,',' "G' '.tf
HIM the trial proceeded u.,Gt. 'I''.s ~ &
presence. ''1'| aN
In opening for the r-,.,.n.!
District ATTORNEY ar-u i ',y.. r"'o ,o' a,
r'Sht OF the Guyernm.u, ,'' ,, " ,0'
proper police control oynrS ,t,mo, ,,,,~ ,'
tlon> and quoted thr laB ,..o,i ,,s.;'n'' .D.' ~
|. ;; Revised C"i", .iy.r.,ln a M,..g!! ~!
and bis deputies powD- +, =, al. *, ',ar'Ia. n
with or without prot,. sr ' .a a,E',r
against the election law, Uo,t,,nr ,nJ'}H .,r'
charge 10 be an a>,ag', NM, ,"I '',' "; 'os
ference with certain deprty 'i W,ri1 'Iic',
George Nineatc, at The H,pr,h ',Sn", n,n"5
polls. ''''N ward
Robert II. Cumming, VA, FRS, c,,,,i
by the Prosecution, and testified ,h".r
was an assistant inspector nj tho ~, C1r IT.
rrai election AT the Eighth War1 % ,%,T
that man named John MnCowar | 81,
tempted ~ vote, hut hi, ballot VAS e" ~
fused, and after admitting tina, hr 'ir.
At Ehgcmogr he proceeded 10 thr r,.
Precinct Of the Fourth Ward At Ia~,,
+, pal"y'S suggestion. Daley in >enI
ing him to that poll sad "Yoa I'm &
otc there, tell Aiken >,u, voV" n Fl
lection officer then told Wmug,a n
follow him and hr oh.yr1.
II was shown by other witnesses ,st
MCGOWAN was not resident Of n e
Eighth Ward, and then Edward lErs @
vas called to >how what to,,uwclH v.
'owan ; visit 10 the Fourth WlH Fl!
Milne said he had been DEPUTY 9,,
,hal AT the Eighth Ward Hr fo v-
10 the Fourth Wanl VII.
Winga'r. He stood L. feet fram he
poIls and saw MCGOWAN - gp % ,54
window, Wingate objected to.t ya.e
,riug taken when there was r,h&r
lim and he was surrounded 'rlrwd
1ut he could not ~ee what fo'g-l
stephen T. Hazard 'c>tllin.'ua, Nc.
'owan attempted to vote, and lie ea2,..
rnecd the vote, at the Request Of Win En-
gate. The vote was rclrtrd III
lrard great noise and looking around
,aw Wingatc down in the middle Of tl- Nh
street with a crowd Of 'hirty or Gr
persons around him hitting at him
The man MCGOWAN heagin. some oaf
peak of making an arrest ran down th5
,ircct. Witness did no. So WiidrmalA
,'rike Wingatc in fact hr did not hnvT
Frank McColly testified that h" Va
passing the Fourth Ward pols whc
he assault took place. II" saw VIZ
gate down with crowd oi al lr"' IN
iltv persons around Inn beating M1
tie saw one man nit him IN the lip. Id
not know Widdeman and could nj
,ay whether hr hit WngAtc or not
Edward Scully testified to 'rrio'
have hold oI Wmga'r !,
he lapprls of the coat, after the ~ A@
was over. but did not NJ, him riiIi
blow. Elmer Moore gave Hn.H'l''
ant testimony.
"Bluhber" Davis testified 70 %f9S
have hold Of Wmgaig OI
he coat and strike at him coNI ~ MM MM
.ell whether he struck him or ho'' u
was on the other side Of the street
The defense in rroSs-eNainlh"H,'
asked Davis how many times ne w
been convicted Of larceny, W INV
leclined 10 answer on the oPec'ion
he District Attorney. r,,..
The trial of the case is St.'. eng =
,cedcd with this Afternoon