The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-22


in the Tenth ward In the First ward it discov-
cred that Rollins for clerk. had FIVE votes more on
the pollbook than the tally sheet and Bernhamer
then ruled the taly-sheets should be taken. Mr..
Bernhamer said the tallysheets would be the best
evidence and he would take them. Ny impression is
a vote taken he question of sending to the
clerks Office to get the bag of Mr.. Landerss precinct
of the Sixth ward, opened it and made the connt
from the tallysheet and olbook IN the bag When
the Tenth ward reached they also sent down and
got the bag, which was opened and the count made.
Q-Do you know if there was any demand for the
bag to be produced againl
Ayes; in the second precinct of the Thirteenth
ward. When that tallysheet was brought in and they
began to read there number of watching with
approximately correct returns from the newspapers.
The returns in the Thirteenth ward agreed with ours
until they to the criminal judge where there
change of sixteen votes They called 80 for Irwin,
and we all had 206. Mr. Morrison asked to see the
tallysheet 1t handed down to him and he looked
at it. He made motion to send below Ito the clerk
office for the bag. and made vehement speech for
his motion. insisting upon it, and said the sixteen
votes taken from Irwin and added to Ayres, with
the changes, had been made recently; that the
ink was fresh, and asked persons to and look.
not send below for the bag, and ruled Mr.. Morrison
motion out of order / examined the tally sheet
then and found that sixteen votes had been scratched
on from irwin and about that number added TO Ayres
but In their haste they had not changed the Ayres
vote so that in the reading Irwin lost sixteen but
Ayres did not gain them The ink was dry but had
not yet got fixed color, and paler then than
1t Is now. 1t was manifestly fresh ink. had perhaps
been put on within half hour of the time it
r.
who attempted to have the bag from below brought
up. was among the number. / attempted to address
the board had been asked to go by Mr.. Rollins
and Mr.. Irwin. undertook to have the bags brought
up, but Bernhamer ruled the motion out of order
That all that occurred in the Thirteenth ward.
They went then and called the wards in their order
occasionally passing precinct and calling it sooh
after. Nothing occurred until they to the first
precinct of the Seventeenth ward. There was a
change by scratching off number of tallies from
Twins list and added to Ayress list exactly in the
Thirteenth ward; but the addition made to Ayres
and he gained what Irwin lost In the Eighteenth
five added to Ayres. All of these changes s
seemed fresh. There was some controversy both in
the case Of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth ward pre-
somewhat authoritatvely and so merely took notes.
When the first precinct of the Twenty third ward
called Lorenz Schmidt appeared and unrolled Liza
papers. They were handed to Bernhamer and Capt.
Many, and the count began. AS it proceeded there
seemed to be changes in that precinct three
didates from Grhiths to Hugo from Wagner to DIR.
from Judge Twins vote sixteen subtracted by
erasure and the ike number added to Ayres-a change
votes were called, Lorenz Schmidt inspector, pro-
tested and said he did not think the tally-sheet was
right thai it had not been in his hands all the time
and asked that they send below and get the other
sheet. Mr. Schmidt persistent in his demand that
the sheet be brought up, and there considerable
confusion in the room. / afterwards looked at the
sheet and the poll-b book and the erasures and
changes. Those votes were counted as changed.
Odd any one say anything to him (Mr. Schmidt)
about keeping still!
A-Yes there were requests made that he should
keep still. do not know who they were. Span
one, and Christian and others Berhamer, L think
did not encourage any talk that point After the
Twenty-thir ward was passed. after time the last
precinct in Wayne township called Hiram Mil
Ter, the inspector. not there They then called
the second precinct of the Fourth ward. Counselman
came forward with his tally-sheet And poll Bern
hamer took it, unrolled it, and made remark
at all about the normality that had appeared earlier
in the day he simply took it and began the count.
Like the others, it ran, thought, ali right and
with the figures we had until il to Judge Irwin
and there were sixteen votes taken from him. In
that precinct he had, thought. 232 votes, and
they announced his vote 2lO. Yes. it was more
than lett was 21 votes. That created considerable
uproar, cries of Cincinnati, Cincinnati" fraud"
and some of aked that the sheet be brought up
from below. This was refused and the count
made from the changed sheet. I asked
Mr.. Counseman where it had been. whereupon
Mr.. Span told him not to answer. When put other
questions. others told him not to answer The vote
was counted from that precinct and afterward the
board adjourned about daylight.
Mr.. Coy was quite active, frequently consulting
with Span, Bernhamer and others. l remember Mr..
Coy laughing and saying that they were getting
even 1t was nothing more than had been done be-
FORE"
Odd you see Coy Span and other gentlemen in
consultation outside the court-room2
Al do not think did, l did not go out of the
room. except in the judges room the whole night.
Dr. Wagner mounted chair there and made a speech,
and there cries of outrage" fraud" "Cncin-
matt" and forth. 1t was later than that that Coy,
in answer to remark that it internal outrage,
made the remark which was about as | said
Mr. Duncan's examination Of Mr.. Elan only
served to show that the witness knew what he
was talking about and that he was good wit
ness to let alone.
John W. Smith, of No. 224 East New York
street, was placed upon the witness stand to in
some way connect Simeon Coy with person
who stopped Joseph Becker, an inspector of the
Eleventh ward, on the street on the day the
turning board was in session and attempted to
induce him to take, or allow him 1.-THE person not
named) to take. the election papers to Simeon
Coy. The testimony was not deemed admissi-
BILE at the time, and Mr.. Smith was told to step
aside.
Dan NJ. Ransdell was called He testified to
visit to Coys saloon on Wednesday. the day fol-
lowing the election, about IL o'clock A. NJ, &C.
companied by John B. Elan and General Carna.
han. Mr. Ransdell testified:
We told him we understood he had man at the
courthouse directing the inspectors they with
the returns to the Clerks Office to not return them,
but take them to his place. Mr.. Coy, with very in
nocent expression his countenance said You take
for chumpg He disclamed anything of the
kind and said that he understood that most of the in
spectors understood their duty to return their
papers to the clerks Office and that he had sent word
to them that they did not have to return them until
10 o'clock Thursday; he simply sent word to them to
keep their returns until that time.
Lorenz Schmidt was recalled and Intercepted
by Captain Ritter.
that had at the courthouse. during the
of the returns, conversation with John E. Sullivan.
will ask you whether that conversation In regard
to these returns.
Mr.. Duncan objected, but the court ruled the
witness should answer.
The Witness--After I saw Mr.. Bernhaner, as
stated before, went out of the and saw Mr..
Sullivan said to Mr.. Sullivan ~ want to see YOU"
and he took in the little He said, 'You
talked kind of harsh to me- don't any for
you to talk to me that way" told him that l had
good reason; that entirely deceived in him. He
went and stated that never gave the
low low then said: You dare to tell me that in the
facet" He said Certainly do; / am as innocent
as unborn child" then said: IF you are such
fellow will hot speak another word to YOU BY that
time some other persons came in the ROOM and
stopped and went out
George W. Shafer. No. 900 North New Jersey
street called to the witness-stand.
Question-Were you present at the proceedings of
the canvassing board!
Answer was there part of tho time. think it
was on THURSDAY night-the greater part of the