The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-15
THOSE TUNNEL VOTES
Witnesses Who Tell What Happened
There On Election Day.
FICTION ABOUT WINDOWS
Election Are Exploded Under
Oath--Tho Case Ends
Soon.

Sullivan case. The court room In packed
during all sessions and the theme has
again become the main topic OF CONVEX
sation on the streets as IL was i'm the fam
GUS days of October. The police investi-
CATION and the hoy murderer have paled
into insigniflcance as current sensations.
Better rogress than was expected
has been made i'm the trial
of the case. The witnesses for
the defendant were on the standoto-day
and the defence almost concluded its evil
dcnce. Efforts have been made To obtain
nycook. however, is said to be i'm Scot
land, while a telegram was received from
Morrison this afternoon stating that he
would he here Monday morning. Adj
journnent Inns been taken until that time.
when Morrison, the only remaining wit
mes s for dhe ds,smss; vii, viii pc ,a 5iaSed o 1d
il is altogether likely that the case will he
concluded ON Monday.
the witnesses examined to-day for Sulli-
van and those examined yesterday for
Lloyd. The witnesses to-day did not need
lish language and they told about the
conduct of the election in a. s~traightfOr-
ward manner that bore the impress of
truth. TWAS shown by several witnesses
that the papers over the lower sashes OF
the windows had been there since the
middle of the summs r; that drunken men
were clamoring for atlmittance and were
excluded only because they were drunk.
Several men who were about the polls all
NISty tNSIlIleu Illitt liz III va
ed in a regular manner, precisely as at
other precincts; il was only the ignorance
of witnesses who had never before seen
an American election that construed the
stamping of ballots into an appearance of
fraud. One of the clerks OF election was
ON the stand and told a clear story. There
was n lamentable scarcity of college bred
men and dudes at the Homestake tunnel.
and consequently such clerks as could be
found had To he called in, with the under
standing that the work would he done by
Pennycook and Morrison.
At this mornings session Mr.. Campbell
desired to- offer i'm evidence Inc return of
~subpsrnas which he had been unable tn
serve. The record OF the suhTsrnas
showed that la5 men had been s.bprnaed
at precinct "a that could not he served.
Judge Kirk patrick said If this was admit
ted he would desire an opportunity to
found. Mr.. Campbell said he would give
500 a piece for men that could be found
from precinct "A: The judge excluded the
Dennis O'NeiiI was the first witness
called for the defence; He said: II was
Morrison asked me il my name was on
the list. P~cnnycook gave me a ticket and
! on the outside. / went into the booth
and marked it. ] heard the Judge tell
many of the voters how to fold the
sheriff, was drunk and asked me to drink
hut i refused. k~avanangh was election
eering for Lloyd. The uppcr parts of the
VI ~. SuF os
were counted were not covered with paper.
The lower part had had paper over them
for weeks.
On cross-examination. Mr.. O'Neill said
l was out at precinct "a elect oteering ut
| various times. | was there on election day.
l was about 10 to- 10 feet away and heard
what the judge said to the voters about
folding the ballots. etc. was a workman
a, the tunnel. reeeiyed 80 per day FOR
tcroIs. arguing. etc. He was electioncor.
or two candidates. There were a number
of drunken men around There. j left Butte
about & o'clock the morning of the cleo
the polls and asked for drinks"
Ibid any of them ask for soap" asked
Mr.; Campbell.
The witness continued that i'm mos,
cases Of those refused admission by Pen.
were drunk. The Witness aud another
applied for admission, but Pennycook
said IL he opened the door To let them in
James Coserovc said: 81 have lived in
Montana seven years, ! was born in Wis;
S w%rk..i a, the s,T s"nnci With iIr S pEscin' ar 81; to
election: ! got out then about ! o'clock
One of the Judges handed me a ticket. liz
stamped the ticket before he gave il Z,
mc. He asked me my name. The booth,
were full at the time. 1 was i'm there fiv.
or six minutes. was about there unit
$40 o'clock in the evening. The judge
were i'm the polling place. Tom kavanagl
was a deputy sheriff thers. and was eiex.
tionecring for Lloyd. He invited me ts
drink, and twenty-five or thirty of us wen
to a small tent for n drink. He had tive
demijohns of whiskey there. After til,
polls closed there were ten or twelve peo
Pile around drinking. saw some of tn,
men go to the polls, ask IL there was am!
more whiskcy and to dish IL out
l heard them reply from the polls that tn.
whiskey was all gone and they must "
away. The bottom sashes of the window,
were filled up with waste paper. Penny
cock said to us that IL any were let i'm al
would have tn come in. Afterwards Ia
said we could no i'm. but O'Neill said tin
team was hitchcd up aud we would v
home"
la croes-exanination tin. witness sal,
he had first gone out to the tunnel Looking
for work. About September 4 or 10. III
continued. were sent out by TIN
democratic central committee to work 70
the welfare of the democratic party. l Ia,
Registered. i worked one day at the tun
mel. OfNcill worked one day also. Tn
other days we were circulating arotIn'
among the boys. The contractors paid n
only for one days work.. We didn't TAX
out any whiskey OH election day. i sa,
% or 10 drunken men there at times dIr
ing the day. 1 had one drink out of "A dem
john. asked no one To drink. i vote
the democratic ticket. l don't rs.membe
whether i voted for the constitution a
not. j marked my own ticket"
"vNere Won rp0iStx.rx.d ar unx other niac