Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-17

ger, but we find that no such hame as
Piper or Fifer voted at this election.
Seven witnesses have testified that
the reputation of Shook for truth and
veracity is bad. and eight witnesses
the full limit allowed by the court
have testified that previous to this
report they had never heard his truth
fulness questioned, and upon cross
examination the witnesses who testi
| fed that his reputation is bad declared |
with two exceptions it had become |
bad since election.
Of the witnesses who were called |
and testified that they voted for Seeds
eight have identified their tickets or
have them identified beyond question.
John Xix testified that he voted and
worked for Peck and that he filled out
| DEMOCRATIC tickets for Andrew eau
ienbine, Herry Ruiz, Tobias RUIZ
Joshua Fdrrar and L Hrsslean with
the name oil Seeds ON each ticket for
probate judge and that he also made
out one Union Labor ticket with Seeds
name written CD for probate judge for
c. Miller. These voters, whose tickets
were made out by John Rix have all
testified that they believe they voted
for Seeds for probate judge. A. Gau-
tenbine testifes that Rix made out his
ticket and put Anderson for Represen-
tntive in place of Sheahan and Gauten-
bine for Overseer. We find the ticket
corresponding with his evidence.
John Sprecker testifes that he voted
the Democratic ticket and voted for
!. Seeds. Xix filled out his ticket. We
find ballot corresponding to description.
We find among ballots in Rix's hand
writing Democratic tickets with
Seeds for probate judge 2 Union Labor
tickets with Peck's name, U. L. with
!, both Peck and Babbet. making in all
written by Rix and if T. Ruiz, J. Far
rar and l.. Hassleau in fact voted 8 of
the tickets made out by Xix and are
: mistaken regarding the vote for Seeds
/ that accounts for three more of the
Seeds ballots supposed to be missing.
L. Hoffman says he voted .. l..
, ticket made out by Paul TishhOuseI
. and Seeds name was on it. fish
r houser Identities a ticket written by
: him which is in all respects the same
|, as Hoffman claims to have voted except
it does not contain Seeds for probate
judge. The ticket originally contained
} Babbet for probate judge. ''Babbet'
was scratched out and "B. w. Peck
written in. Afterward Peck was erased
/ but no other name written in. 1t is
, probable that this is Hoffman's ticket
and he is mistaken regarding voting
, for Seeds. II so, it accounts for an
, otter ticket.
Jacob Horning testifes that he
handed F. NJ. Jones straight Demo
, ocratic ticket with township officer
, blank and Jones says he asked for 4
straight ticket and voted the one aar
ming gave him. We find that there is
no Democratic ticket among the ballots
with no writing on it. We do find
however, Democratic tickets with but
, one or two names written and thost
near the bottom of long tickets and
think it quite probable that Jones' at
tention being directed to the straight
J Democratic ticket they overlooked the
names of township officers written nea
the bottom. We find a Democratic
ticket II or Is inches long with NJ
writing except the name of John Long
for road overseer; we think it mole
than probable that Jones voted this OF
another like it and did not notice Pol
locks name, or if he did it was salts
factory and he has forgotten it.
The evidence shows that Horning
5 himself voted Democratic ticket with
g Peck's name on and that he made out
!, Democratic tickets for j. Foster, NJ
: Rothenberger and J. Simpson, and that
e they voted them and they think the
tickets contained Seeds name. On
: cross examination Foster and ROthen
e berger are not positive that they voted
Il for Seeds. Horning thinks he left
e Seeds name on. We found among the
e ballots three Democratic tickets in
= Mornings writing with Seeds left Oh
: and two with Peck's. NJ. Gantehbint
s says he voted a Seeds ticket, wrote il
T himself. but could not identify hi,
II handwriting and the ticket cannot be
S identified if here. B. Ruffer voted q
:. Democratic ticket for Seeds. He wrote
II the names of j. TishhOuser for justice
y and Gibson for representative. He
y had much difficulty to get glasses tc
= see with. but at last decided that bis
s ballot is not here. We find two OIL
e three corresponding with his descrip-
ton, except that they contained Peck's
It name. If he is mistaken, he in fact
II voted for Peck instead of Seeds. This
+ accounts for the sixth ballot missing
d A. Gantenbine says he voted fol
n Seeds and his brother also. He say:
IS his ballots are not here. We are unable
= to determine which tickets are here
It written by him.