The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-28
WIPED OUT.
The Recount Completely OBJ
1iterateS the Fraud May
or's Majority.

introduced evidence which has completely
wiped out Mr.. Cleveland's majority.
The official returns.gave His Fraudulency
a majority of 2,042.
This was reduced 296 on the recount,
and the canvassers swore that ], 357 names
of dead men non-residents and other
fraudulent persons were on the poll
books Evidence was produced showing
that 112 "jokers' or fraudulent votes
were found in the box of the Sixth pre-
cinct of the First district, and the poll
books of eight precincts other than those
canvassed by the canvassers who testi-
fed contain at q low estimate the names
of 500 fraudulent votes.
Then again in the Eighth precinct of
the Sixth district affdavits were pro-
duced showing that seventy more men
voted for Mr.. Perkins than were returned
by the election board, which makes
another hole in Cleveland's majority of
40. Adding these together it gives 2,205
to be taken. from Dhis is-honor's majority
of 2,042, leaving him no honest claim to
the Office he now so badly fills.
LAWYERS CONFIDENT.
Messrs Record, Grouse and Gordon are
confident that with such showing as
this the Supreme Court will not hesitate
to grant them the writ of quo warranto.
Cleveland's side has until July IA to COM
plete its testimony. Application for
Court and the counsel for Mr.. Perkins
will endeavor to have it heard during this
term. If they succeed the case will be
tried by the Circuit Court in September
and taken to the Court of Appeals in the
February term.
II the court should not hear the appli-
cation this time they certainly would dis
pose of 1t at the November term and it is
hardly possible for the Cleveland side to
delay it longer than the next June term
of the Court Of Appeals.
George Kuntz, of No. 4S8 Grove street
testified this morning that he did not
vote at the Mayoralty election last
the poll book as having done so. Will
liam Stillwell was recalled and testified
to his efforts to find the missing witness
McGregor, and Mr.. Record then an
nounced that his case was closed, and
Mr.. McMaster moved to strike out Nc
adjourned TO 8 a. m. Wednesday, when
the Cleveland side will make an effort to
break down the strong case which Mr..
Perkins counsel have made out.
YESTERDAYS HEARING.
The gentlemen who are conducting Mr..
Perkins contest succeeded in bringing
out more damaging testimony yesterday
afternoon against the title of Mr.. Cleve-
land to the office of Mayor.
The proceedings began with Frederick
Blueme, of No. AZ Franklin street on the
stand. He said that on election day he
watched some strange men about the dis
trict who he was told were repeaUers, and
corfoDorated the testimony Of Mr.. Ham
merschlag relative to the arrest of two
men for repeating in the Fourth dis
trict.
Joseph Lehman, of No. 17S Durham
avenue, upon being sworn, said that at
the polling place of the Fourth alder
manic district the election officers pulled
the shades down SO that the ballot box
could not be seem Borden b. Sherman,
boatman in the employ of the Lacka-
wana and Western Railroad Company,
who lives on the boat w. =. Warren, tes-
titled that he was registered and voted
last fall in the Second precinct OF the Sec
ond district at the house of Engine Com
pany No. g. At the spring election he was
registered, but when he came to vote the
Democratic workers, seeing Perkins
ballot in his hand, challenged his vote,
and he lett without voting.
John S. Johnston, of No. 434 Jersey ave-
nue., said that at the polling place of the
ballot box was kept so that no one could
see it without bending over the barricade
or the window. Witness at one time
asked how many votes were polled and
the election officers refused to tell him.
Two or three men came there to vote who
were not registered, but the officers said
that as they lived in the district they
were entitled TO vote there aud accepted
their ballots.
A REPEATER VOTE TAKEN.
Stephen Knapp, who lived outside Of
the district, came there to vote under the
name Of Joseph Campbell Witness
challenged him, but the election officers
received the vote. In counting the votes
during the evening the judge held them
so that no one could see their faces and
after the first 100 he would call out
straight tickets instead of counting off
the names. When the returns of the
count of the first 100 was sent to Police
Headquarters the clerk said that 10l votes
had been taken from the box and ne
scratched one from Perkins vote.
Charles Foley. of No. 1885 Halliday
street. testified that he was present at the
polling place Of the Sixth Precinct of the
First district on Election Day, The box,
he testified, was so situated that it could
not be seen readily. He saw Stephen
Knapp vote as testified to by Mr.. johnson
in the morning. In the evening, while
counting the ballots, the judge held the
tickets so that no one could see them and
after the first 100 he called out straight
democratic or straight republican ticket
without reading off any names He could
tell that Perkins ballots were counted
for Mr.. Cleveland by the color of the
tickets.
Mr.. McMaster submitted Foley to
rigid cross-examination and caused him
to deny many things to which he swore
in his affidavit at the commencement of
the contest.
Thomas NJ. Thompson, colored gentle
man. of No. 81 Gregory street, testified
that he Went to the polls of the Eighth
precinct ,of the First district, commonly
known as the Pop Corn district, to
vote on election day. He met Thomas
Trotter there, who asked him If he was
going to vote for the old man. Thompson
asked him who he meant, and Trotter re-
piled, ''Cleyeland." Thompson said he
was going to vote for Perkins, where
upon Trotter declared that if he had
known that he. would have caused some
one to vote on his name
just Like an Electric Shock.
Policeman Ryerson arrested Luke A.
Gregory, of Brooklyn, yesterday on New