The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-22
Frauds on THE BALLOT.
40 LATELY pRAorlsEo ~ ONO.
ahe Way tho Eleetlon ~ . Conducted Ia
CInslnnati -. The Registry rook
Taken FROM the Judges and
Thrown Away Kentuek-
ihns Giving Help,

CISoISNATf, Oct. eo.-Tostim0ny
was heard to-day Daforo Judge Buoh-
walter In tho mtadamus proceedings
to compel tho jul sgs OF the olea,lon IN
precinct = OF tho Eighteenth ward
10 make q props; return OF tho elee-
ton. The return wa, hrsugh. In uu-
snnlad aud unsigned, hence The
rubbish. Reagan had said ho could
not cheek tho usnBs fsat en1ash, rhe
book disappeared, ard was NOS soon
agsin that dag. Attsr the checking
ceased, wltnosa
SAW oSE MAN VOrR SEVEN riMRs'
under 0itfcraui names The votes
wore received against his protest. he
recognized the face Ra the saino, al
though ho ala not know tho man. lie
Hent homo GO 0 o'clock and refused 20
assist Ia counting. Aitarward he
went to ths polling place and VAS re-
fused a1mlssion. He nsxt saw
tho bsilotbox yesterday moruiai.
j. A. Thompson, ono OF tho
Judges, testitied that no had been
agreed upon to act - Judge on bohalf
OF the Republicans, Jsmss aisslss
psmoers.ic Dan Judges. In tho
morning they divided ths
labor thus: Thompson was TO recstya
votes and deposit them in tho box,
Higgins was to turn tho crank, snd
Reaaan was TO check the names frnn
tho registry book. After about so votes
had been received, outside parties In
teriered, took Ihs book from Reagan
and throw It away. The
hinges were broken oT aud th9
box wss tried up with q rope. O!her
witnesses testified that q copy OF tie
registry book had hs9n made, and was
used by tho challsugers until they
were driven away aud tho book torn
mp. a citizen OF Covinston test'-
ned tha, no saw two boys,
whom no named, and whom no knew
TO be residents of Covlngton, vote at
this precinct. Ho said thoy we're
brought 10 the polls by q special police
man. Another witness testitied that
he saw these boys vote and saw taen
receive money.
IT WAS A BILL,
given TO the lar2er one. They went to
q saloon, got 10 changed 20 silyor and
divided 1t. He followed the boys to
the river. On tho way he asked po.
lioemau to arrest them, but ho
declined. He SAY tho boys ges
into n ekiit without oRrs and tear up
tN9 seat 10 Dtiuib tuolAscNSs a.'."'
the river. Another witness testified
that he saw Moses Doyle, who no
know well, aud whom he hsd seen
vote short time before in another
precinct, cclne to this precinct and
offer to vote. Witness protected aDd
seized Doyle's arm. AS ho
held on 10 his ticket one
of tho judges seized Doyle's5
wrist aud the arm was pulled toward
and from tho ballot box by these Two
men until the Judge took the ticket
from Doyle and put 10 in tne box.
The question to DO rais ~
in this case, after tca
testimony Is ended, is whether t -
court can
COMPEL THE JUDGES TO SIGN RS
TURN
when hey know it is tainted with ~
regulrrities and fraud. The ofhoi 81
count has only resched tho Twelii
ward.
In ore precinct the judges retnrn .
O newspaper election return bin =
with thoir signatures attached, but c V
not sign the Gsliy sheet.
About 5000 has b1en gub'cribed Tor
tho uso Of tha COMMITTEES OF Oae Hun
dred.
Ihe court deGnued TO call specihl
grand Jury on account of tbo short
timo IL would have TO serve.