The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-27

Il suppose so; he got the information
as to the number to register from the
judge
did you object to thiss'
Then, without you knowing how
many ballots were in the box, you per-
mitted the Marshall to fix the dial9"
Eyes"
did any double ballots come from the
box?,
What are they?v daughter
Ballots folded like these" said the
Prosecutor, folding several together,
each within the other.
"Oh, yes; l saw.some Ike that come from
the box
How many?''
Il don't know"
Did you count them"
''Yes, sir.n
Didn't you know this was wronga"
mo, sir
Didn't you know the law required you
to make separate string for double bal
lots?'
II confess did not. y
How many times did you see these
double ballotsg'
II don't know; several"
During the day did you protest against
anything you saw done?"
Yes sir; protested against Fallon
putting down q name, going out for
while. coming back and marking another
down when he wanted to-"
How did you protest?n
y did not actually protest"
"Why?n
II did not dare tor
"Why?n
"You come down there some election
time, Mr.. Winfield, and I'll show you
whyp Much laughter]
BY the Court:-"Were you afraid of
bodily harmr
Eyes"
You need not be now. you are under
pretty good protection at present.
Il know that, Judge"
What made you afraid?n asked Mr..
Winfield.
Here is one reason:-When chal-
enged q man who was repeating some
fellow outside shouted at me, watts de
matter wild dat dude in dere? Wait till
he comes outside an Tll punch de nose
off him." [Shouts of laughter.l
When the gavel in the hands of the
Judge restored order Mr.. Winfield said,
calmly
is that all?''
Amt that illustration enough?n said
the surprised witness in grave manner.
Laughter
did any of the election officers threat
en- your
ousIy."
This ended his examination.
City Marshall Long put on the stand
next developed surprisingly poor mem
ory. II don't remember being sent for
to fix this box, said he, II fixed some but
/ can't say whether this was one or not;
ldon't remember going to the precinct,
the boxes are all liable 30 get out of order.
NO. cannot say | did not go TO the First
precinct; when all the Board of Election
officers request me to change the dial do
II. but only at the request of the entire
Board.
Mrs. Fallon, wife of the indicted poll
clerk succeeded Marshal Lang and testi-
fed that on election day her husband was
sick; thai he went home several times for
a cup of tea.
.'Is he sick nowP" asked Mr.. Winfield.
Yes sir" [smiles in court
Oh TOMMY, TOMMY FALLON.
Thomas Fallon was then called. 81
live at No. 109 Mercer street." said he
'I am the janitor of.the Board of Works
office; before went there was employed
at the Red Star Dock, first as truckman
and then as tally clerk was the clerk
of election in the First precinct last fall,
but did not act the firstregistry day; Ken
nedy took my place; l acted the second
day, That day some registered in person
and some by affidavit. / did not know
that there were any Illegal names on the
registry, or dead mems names. When |
went to the polls election day l found all
the board there; the polls were opened,
put we could not open the ballot box; and
we got a starch box. Wesent word to the
City Marshall twice and used the starch
box while waiting for him because the
people wanted to vote.
The Marshal got there between ten and
eleven o'clock. The men who had voted
or wanted to vote said they were in a
hnrrv IN on ta THAR rvorb opa on me r,ea.l
the starch box three or four hours. When
the Marshal came he opened it and we
put eight ten or twelve ballots through
the dial of the regular box This took
time and we put the rest in the box in a
bunch. The names on the poll book were
in the box. They corresponded with the
names. Marshal Long asked how many
ballots there were, and when told he
fixed the dial to correspond. We went
right along then and received in the
regular way. We adjourned at one
o'clock for lunch. We left the bal
lot box in front of the win
the poll book was put inside the box and
it was locked; we found it in that condi-
tion when we returned. At the close of
the polls we announced SOB ballots polled.
We counted the ballots and put them and
the poll book in the box and sent it to
the ClJy Clerk.
'T made the error in the returns; I
wrote November instead of November
5. The names in pencil on the returns l
made because found we had omitted
Fielden's name and others The ink
writing was done at leisure times during
the day: I did not think it made
any difference. and did not number the
voters. There were 25S votes on the book
and SOB on the dial. The reason there
were no more names on the book is be-
cause was sick. Toward evening sug-
gested writing them up, but the boys
said they didn't think 1T necessary"
Ibid you have any intention of COM
mitting fraud that day?"
mo, STR"
.'Did you know Of large number of
Illegal voters?n
mo, sir"
'sDid you know that about twenty
voted not on the registry?"
mo, SIR"
"Did you see some small ballots?'
'sYes, sir; saw some on the board, and
saw Sullivan and Condor have some"
TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
nxs.