The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-23
A TWInE-TnLn TALE.


fore Commissioner Van Buren, on Tuesday
and yesterday proved. We will give the ex
act language of the testimony.
Said Mr. Sanford w. Hornaday:
II saw the tally-sheets of the Second pre-
cinct of the Fourth ward, where changes had
been made-where Mr.. Counselman was in
spector. My attention was called to the
changes particularly in the votes for criminal
Judge When | looked at them they were
still in the possession of Bernhamer and Trus-
tee Many made copy of that tally-sheet
previous to that on the day following the
election, before the canvassing board met.
The changes were made after had copied it,
AS remember, in the copy took the vote for
irwin was 231, and the vote for Ayres 16l.
When examined it as the returns were being
read before the board, it was changed. Twen-
ty-one votes had been taken off of Irwin and
added to Ayers. 1t appeared to have been
freshly done, and l noticed the difference in
the color of the ink When the question was
raised went round to Albert Sahm and had
some conversation with him. Coy came up
and he and Dan Lemon were standing at the
other end of the table, Coy said, The Re
publicans needn't squeal, they are only getting
their own medicine back
Said Mr. Arthur W. Jordan:
81 saw 1.-THE defendants] going and coming
from the east end Of the courtroom. There
was a room back there that some Of them had
access to, and they kept going back and forth
to it. 1t was something more than half way
back TO the east end of the court house. | do
not remember that saw them actually going
in or coming out of that room. / saw them
going east in the building and then disappear.
My recollection is that Mr.. Sahm, Coy,
Span and Sullivan were among these. There
is only one other gentleman l have any recol-
lection of seeing 60 back there-that was Mr..
Lemon. They appeared to be holding conf
dental conversations. Two or three of them
would go off and talk together. Toward II
o'clock there were other conference.-the.
Huegele, Mr.. Monninger, and other saloon
men. AS the crowd dispersed more and more
one could more readily see the private consulta-
tons among these men. They seemed much in
terested until the Counselman returns had
been made. After that l didn't see any more
of these private talks. After that had been
passed they seemed to lose interest la rely.
Mr.. Coy put his feet on the table and lighted
a cigar Immediately after that return was
made. Mr.. Sahm laughed and seemed to be
very merry, while Mr.. Bernhamer appeared to
take things quite comfortably
Said Mr. Alfred Potts:
IL saw Coy, Span and, think Lemon in
the hall, and near the door of room several
doors east of the Circuit Courtroom. [ saw
Coy draw Ayres the candidate for Judge, into
the extreme end of the closet. [ didn't hear
what was said, but noticed Mr.. Coy was in
great good humor at the time"
During the discussion in the canvassing-
room over Counselman's returns and when
Mr.. Elan was asking the inspector some ques-
tons, Mr.. Potts said Span was at Counsel
mans side, and said to him: ''You needn't
answer; you don't have to answer; keep your
mouth shut"
Said Mr.. John B. Elan, with respect to the
scene in the canvassers room when the sec.
ond precinct of the Thirteenth ward was
reached:
81 examined the tally-sheet then, and
found that sixteen votes had been scratched
off from Irwin and about that number added
to Ayres. but in their haste they had not
changed the Ayres vote, so that in the read
ing Irwin lost sixteen but Ayres did not gain
them. The ink was dry, but had not as yet
got fixed color, and was paler then than it
is now. 1t was manifestly fresh ink-had
perhaps been put on within half hour of the
time it was brought in"
Mr.. Elan continued:
"When the first precinct of the Twenty
third ward was called Lorenz Schmidt APP
pearcd and unrolled his papers. They were
handed to 'Bernhamer and Captain Many
and the count began. AS it proceeded there
seemed to be changes in that precinct as to
three candidates from Grihiths to Hugo from
Wagner to DR.. Morrison, twenty seven, be-
lieve, in that case, and from Judge Twins
vote sixteen was subtracted by erasure and
the like number added to Ayres-a change
of thirty-two AS soon as some of those
changed votes were called Lorenz Schmidt, as
inspector, protested and said he did not think
the tally-sheet was right that it had not been
in his hands all the time, and asked that they
send below and get the other sheet Mr.
Schmidt was persistent in his demand that
the sheet be brought up and there was con-
siderable confusion in the room. / afterwards
looked at the sheet and the poll book and saw
the ensures and changes. Those votes were
counted as changed
Mr. Elan testified that number of per-
sons told Schmidt to keep quiet; ''Spaan was
one, and Christian and Others" When Coun-
selman's tally-sheet was finally taken up, Mr..
Elan said:
''The count was made from the changed
sheet asked Mr.. Counselman 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 vote
from Wayne township was counted, and 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
'ge ting even; it was nothing more than had
been done before"
Mr.. Lorenz Schmidt, the honest Democratic
inspector, was recalled, and related his con-
versation: with Mr.. John E. Sullivan. He
said:
81 said to Mr.. Sullivan, want to see you,
and he took me In the little room He said. |