The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-19

the law Tor IL. Werbe read to him printed
document He did not know what it was or
whose signature it bore.
In regard TO the papers or this precinct. the
direct evidence OF Henry Werbe, the Republican
judge, was TO the effect that the vote as correct
ly counted named in the certificate. but he
Jaw on the outside tally q reduction or
Twins vote from FOG to 100. and an increase in
that OF Ayers from 162 to l15. There were no
changes made in the sheet while he had it. and
IL never went out of his possession until ne de-
hvered il to Allen Hsey On crcss-examina-
ton, he said that from the time he took the pa
pers, at the close of the count he kept them in
The safe Of Chandler d Taylor. for whom he was
book -keeper. He put them In the ssafe on
Wednesday morning, Nov. 3, and the next
morning took them to the canvassirg board
without examining them. he had not opened
them at any time while they were In his Gus
tody. He had been Instructed to take a copy of
the returns by the Republican central commit
tee.
Allen Hisey, the Democratic inspector Of the
same precinct, said the outside tally-sheet and
poli-book came into his possession between 0
and 10 o'clock the morning the canvassing board
met He had returned the other set in sealed
bag with the ballots, to the county clerk. In
she canvassipg board someone asked him to
vote for Bernhamer for chairman, which he
finally did. The whole business was new to
him. and he relied on the honesty OF the men
with whom he acted.
At this point in the testimony Juror Messick
asked the privilege of retiring for few minutes.
as he felt sick. In a quarter of an hour,
the inror returning the witness resumed his
statement in saying that the papers, after he re-
ceived them from Werbe, remained in his pos
session until shortly after noon, when Samuel
r., Perkins came to him. saying he would like to
have the papers to see if they we're correct
Witness gave che tallysheet and poll-book to
him, and, becoming anxious after a few minutes
had elapsed. for fear his precinct would be
called, went into the room adjoining the court
room TO look for Perkins. He could not
him there or in the corridor After n while
Stephen Matter returned the papers to him.
When the vote of that precinct canvassed,
some erasures were noticed in the tally-sheet.
Something said about sending for the tally
sheet in the sealed bag, but nothing done to
that end. Previous to that the scaled bag con-
tanning the other sheet of Mr.. Landerss precinct
had been brought into the rooln and the vote
was canvassed from it.
Mr. Hisey on being crossexamined, said he
knew very little about election methods. Be-
fore that time Perkins had on several occasions
asked him to serve as inspector, but he always
refused. That year he importnned the witness
TO serve, and he consented. Witness never ex-
amined the papers during the time they were IN
his possession until they opened by Bern
hamer and laid in front of CAPTAIN Many. He
was afraid to look at them, because he did not
know anything about the law regarding his con-
troll of them. He did not gee the night of the
election the circular document Lsnders and
Hall spoke about as being read by Werbe.
Abel II. Davis, Republican judge of the
ond precinct of the Fourth ward rehearsed the
facts of his former testimony. He did sign
the outside tally sheet, and it is not signed to
the morning of the canvass with the
outside taly-sheet and poll book, and
remained In the canvassing board until 10
o'clock, when he returned home. where he re-
manned the rest of the day. To the defendants
attorney he said after the count in the precinct
he took ode set of the papers with the intention
of serving on the canvassng board The night
of the election he took the papers home, and
kept them until Thursday morning, when the
board met In the meantime Captain Clinton,
then county commissioner, and a Mr.. Horna-
day came to his house and took the footlngs
from the tally-sheet and certificate. When
Judge McNutt asked him now he came to take
- -: Il.
Judge Woods held that it was competent evil
dence. Witness then said that he did it on the
strength of circular he received from General
Caruahan, of the Republican central committee,
which said the outside tally sheet and poll books
should be taken by the judge of politics
opposited to the majority of the election
board he turned the papers over to the inspector
of the precinct. John III. Counselman. On re-
direct questionings he said changes eras-
ures were made ia the papers while they
in his possession.
Capt. Charles J. Many, an inspector of cleo
tons by virtue of his office of township trustee,
testified as TO assisting Bernhamer in the cam
of the returns. AS to the vote in Mr..
Landers's precinct, the tally-sheet and poll-book
In the sealed bags were used in the canvass, but
before that resolution had been adopted pro-
viding for the reading off the returns from the
poll-book certificates. In canvassing the Tenth
ward returns, those of Inspector Myers's pre-
cinct, the tally-sheet ana poll-book were again
used. but when the changes in the sheets had
been discovered the chairman refused to send
seated
second precinct of the Thirteenth ward showed
more Democratic votes than the certificate, aud in
that case as la others when dispute arose Bern
hamer read from the tally -sheet unless it agreed
with the certificate, when he used the latter.
Witnesses duty was to sit at the side of the chair
man and with the tally sheet of any precinct
that was canvassed in front of him. He fol-
lowed the figures to see if they agreed with the
certificate from which Bernhamer read. When
the first changes in the second precinct, Thir-
teenth ward tally-sheet, were discovered, obiec-
WAY ada Tn Raru hay r'1 ipr fror
it, as he had discarded the certificate. He ig-
nored these protests. AS to the changes the
the tally-sheet and the certificate agreed as
both had been altered In that case Bernhamer
used the certificate. The morning of the can
vass John II. Counselman, inspector of the Sec
ond precinct of the Fourth ward. handed in his
returns when they were called for, but as the
papers had not been signed by the
judges and clerk of the election, they
were returned to the inspector to have the de-
feet remedied. These returns did not appear
before the board again until early Friday morn
ing, when it discovered erasures and addf-
.tions bad been made in the tally sheet. In
spector Morrison, Republican. protested, as he
did on the other OCCASION but although the
tificate was still unsigned Bernhamer made the
count it appeared on the tally sheet He ig-
nored the request to have the tally sheet in the
sealed bag of that precinct brought before the
board. The court then adjourned until 3 o'clock
funeral of Oscar B. Hord.
In the afternoon in his REORGANIZATION
Captain Many stated tn8L during the call q QlS-
crepancy in the vote for county clerk was found
on the tally-sheet of one of the First ward pre-
cincts. II was then decided TO take the figures
from the poll book. He did not remember
of ything being said to the effect that the
tally sheet should be The guide. When changes
were discovered the sheet from the second
precinct of the Thirteenth ward he gave strict
attention to the tally-sheets that came after
he did to those before. The next sheet taken up
was that of Mattler. inspector of the third pre-
ciuct of the Thirteenth word, and he noticed no
alterations on it, He was present during the
whole time of the canvass. bur did not notice
alterations on the sheet of the sixth precinct,
Center township When shown the changed
figures and tallies by the attorney he said
they were plain, and he thought he
would have observed them when the sheet
came into his hand. When the alterations
were frat noticed, Mr.. Spaan came to bis right
hand, and the witness, pointing to the Hisey
sheet. said to him. ''Does not that look ike an
erasurel" Span replied. Yes, it does seem to
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