Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-23
oUTwITTENG THE PEOPLE.
No DISBURSEMENT of Fraud In the New
Orleans Election Gases.


NEW ORLEANS, March 22.-In the elec-
tion fraud cases yesterday against Casper
Glaser and Owen Short, Commissioners of
Election Of the Fifth precinct of the Ninth
ward, Peter GraYers, Deputy Clerk of the
Criminal District Court, presented
the poll book of precinct No
5 OF the Ninth ward, parish of
Orleans, wherein the District Attorney
charges that sixty-five names of persons
appeared who had not voted. Several
witnesses testified to having registered
previous to the election but did not
vote. They presented their registra-
ton papers which were not mark
ed as voted, although their names
We're on the poll list as having voted
These registration papers were all of
fered in evidence and filed. A number of
other witnesses who had not registered
previous to the last election, or who reg
istered and had lost their registration pa
pers, and others who registered in 1880,
testified that they did not vote at the cleo
ton in November last, although their
names were recorded on the poll
list as having voted. In the evening,
at 8 O'Clock, the court adjourned until
to-day. While the jury was being impan-
eled yesterday, Walter j. Hare, well
known citizen who had been drawn as a
juror, declined serving, but the court re-
fused tOeXcuse him. Finally when pressed
by the District Attorney he said: 'sWell,
/ would not convict, for / don't think that
If these young men did add names to the
poll list 1t is one-half as bad as the infa-
nous frauds that went on here for years."
He was challenged for cause.
Among the witnesses were half a dozen
colored men. John Short, one of the de-
oh
commissioner in place of his father and
to have signed his fathers name to official
papers. +. y. BarbOt, chief clerk of the
Registration Office, testified that no du-
p1cate registration certificates were is
sued except under the oath of a party
having lost the original. Charles Cava-
nae, registrar of voters, testified that his
books and papers were all correct, that no
frauds were committed in his
office, where only competent
and honest men were employed,
The official books and papers in his charge
relating to this case were filed in evil
dence. United States District Attorney
Leonard read to the jury and submitted in
evidence the certificates of DIR. Joseph
Jones, President of the Board of Health,
giving the names of eight persons who
had died previous to the late election, but
whose names appeared on the poll lists as
CHARLESTON, S. c., March 22.-United
States Commissioner Eager to-day COM
menced preliminary hearing against Mr..
McFadden and others, managers of Wither-
spoon precinct, in Clarendon county,
charged with conspiracy to prevent quail
fed voters from casting their votes at the
last general election. Seven witnesses,
all white men, were examined.
They testified that they did not vote
on election day, and that they
could have voted but did not desire to do
so. Some of them said that the reason
that they did not desire to vote was be
cause of the peculiar construction of the
poll, which had been fenced in. There
was no evidence of intimidation. The
case was adjourned over until Saturday
to hear the evidence Of j. 7. COley, one of
the managers and defendants, who it is
claimed by the government, has turned
States evidence and made a confession.