The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-31
NEARING THE END.
The Case Against Allen Will
Soon be Completed.
THE SUPREME COURT SESSION.
The ex-Receiver's Accounts to be Looked Into
Other Opinions by the Eminent
Judicial Body.
THE SUPREME COURT SESSION

Inc case against Alien, Liberal elecGlOn
judge, accused of stuffing the ballot box for
Farley L. Williams at the late school cleo
ton, was taken up again before Commits
sioner Greenman at 10 80 yesterday. Only
a few witnesses remained to be examined,
and when that was done, Mr.. Moyle, for
the county, rested.
He did not do so till he had produced 132
persons who took their oaths that they
voted for Young and Piper. Only 12S
votes were found in the box over which
Allen presided There were still other
voters out Of town who would swear the
same way, SO Mr.. Moyle said, but a dis
crepancy of four was as good as thousand
for the purpose of the case.
Another discrepancy brought out in the
case was found when the missing register
book-produced by hauling Fred Kesler
into court-showed that only 279 names
were marked by Liberal Judge Ball as
having voted, but there were 2S4 votes
| found in the box.
| These facts, taken with the oath of the
voter Thornburg, who says he saw Allen
have ballot in one of his hands which he
dropped into the box instead of the ballot
he (Thornburg) handed in, also with the
oath of the voter Openshaw, who swears
his ballot was not taken by Judge Allen,
though that gentleman announced him as
''voted," and Judge Ball has him SO re-
corded-all these facts justified MIR. Moyle
yesterday in thinking he had made out a
strong case. a.
Yesterdays WITNESSES
included those who had been brought in I'M
der attachment for failing to show up the
day before. H. G. Whitney, who was first
examined, gave as an excuse that he had
read in one of the papers that the case had
gone over till Wednesday, or he would have
all the others on stating their reasons for
non appearance. Mr.. Whitney had voted
the straight Peoples ticket.
Junius F. Wells was the next witness
called and he testified that at the school
election held in the Fourth municipal ward
on July IA, he voted for r. w. Young and
George d. Pyper, He gave his ticket to
and noticed that Allen was toying with
another ticket.
w. G. Spence, w. H. Rowe, Robert Pat
rick, ir. and E. T. Taylor all testified that
at the election in question they voted for
Young and Piper.
This closed the evidence for the People.
Colonel Ferguson, the defendants attor-
u6y, dSkeu UDaO Allen De discouraged, Out
the court overruled the motion, and the de-
Tense was opened.
H. S. McCallum was the first witness.
He testified to having visited the poll at
which the defendant officiated as an cleo
tion Judge: that there were six or seven
Peoples party voters in the room where the
election judges and challengers were; that
they stood around the table upon which
was the ballot box, and were there in viola
ton OF the rule established by the Utah
commission. The witness described in de-
tail the interior Of the room, etc., but no
fact of any Importance bearing on the case
was elected on the direct examination.
To Mr.. Moyle-I knew Allen in Lead
vile. He was policeman there several
years. He was not prosecuted in Leadville
or Denver, to my knowledge, for any cleo
tfon fraud. He has been in this city about
a year. Has been tending bar. Don't
know of his having engaged in dealing
cards. In three precincts piles of ballots
lay on the table beside the ballot box. The
election judges would hand out ballots to
voters. Prior to the day of election a
Liberal ticket was sent to each Peoples
party voter, but no Liberal tickets were
sent to Liberal voters until the day OF
/ election.
At the request of Colonel Ferguson, the
examination was continued until Tuesday
next at p. IN.