The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-14
FAKES FOR THE FAKIR.
The Fraudu1ency of the
Cleveland Recount Evil
dence Exposed.

The Mayoralty election recount grinds
on mouotonously. The lawyers for the
defence have marshalled one by one men
reported by the Perkins canvassers as
dead voters who swear they are alive.
Much time is consumed in the examtna-
ton of each witness. The Cleveland
lawyers threaten to ask for an extension
of time if the Perkins lawyers do not de-
wise quicker system OF consulting tnelr
slips.
Philip McGovern, one of the Cleveland
canvassers, was on the stand nearly al OF
Saturday afternoon. In all he identified
about sixty voters in the Eleventh pre-
clint of the Second district The Perkins
lawyers attacked his testimony The
general tenor of McGoyern's testimony
was to the effect that he, couldn't nnd
Mr.. so-and-so at such and such num-
Der, as reported by the Perkins can
vassers, but he had located them in some
other street.
In this manner Canvasser Scahill had
accounted for 10T votes in the Third pre-
cinct Of the Second district.
Such testimony of course must go
down on record and cannot be reiuted for
want of time. 1t is possible great
amount of it is of questionable character.
POINT FOR MIR. RECORD.
An old gentleman by the name of Will
liam Haggert, who resides in the large
donble flats at No. 1876 Sussex street, said
to q JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter last
night:-'I have been following up the
proceedings of this investigation very
closely. / saw several whom the Cleve-
land canvassers located at No. 1856 Sussex
street. was the first tenant who moved
into that building nearly seven years ago,
and know every voter who ever lodged
there; not only in the building but the
ones adjoining. There was Michael Sui
livan, reported as voting from No. 1885,
He is employed at Belleville Water
Works and has not lived at No. 136 at any
time during the past year. One or two
who are reported as voting there haven't
been in this country long enough to vote
"Then," continued Mr.. Haggart, II see
some one located at No. 1873, just across
the street. That's butchers shop. And
nobody ever lived there"
"The reporter later stepped across the
street and asked the butcher if the upper
story had ever been inhabited. The
butcher replied that no one had ever lived
"Then," said Mr.. Haggart. ''you will
fiud that nobody has lived at No 1872
that's next door to me-since before last
falls ELECTION"
The reporter also stepped into the hall
way of No. 130 and rang the bell. A lady
came to the door and corroborated Mr..
Haggart's assertion, concerning the
vacancy of the house since before the fall
election.
But the reporters investigation was
baked when he attempted to find out
precisely whom the Cleveland canvassers
had located at Nos. 1872 1873 and 1856 Sus-
sex street. To ascertain tho correctness
of Mr. Haggart's assertion one must
wade through the entire testimony,
which is not vet in shape for perusal.
M'GREGOR STANDS FIRM.
The prodigal Perkins Canvasser Nc
| Gregor was put upon the stand for cross
examination at noon in Il distant corner
| of the Aldermanic Chamber. Mr. Nc
| Masters, one of the Cleveland lawyers,
| had the witness all to himself, and pro-
| ceededed vigorously to cross question
him with view to breaking down his
| testimony concerning the names he had
| found on the poll book with addresses
| which he subsequently found ware the
numbers given for Lorillard's tobacco
| factory and Dodge & Bliss box factory.
| McGregor stoutly maintained thatshe had
| authentic assurance from the heads of
| these establishments that the alleged
| voters did not live there.
ToDAY's DoINGS.
| Miles McCarron, of the Surrogate's
| office, was placed upon the stand to ac-
| count for voters whom the Perkins can
vassers reported they were unable 20 find
\ in the Eighth precinct of the Sixth dis
| trict. This is the precinct in Which a
\ cigar box was used for a ballot box and
| which turned in but IS votes for Perkins,
| and in which 145 voters subsequently
| swore they voted for Mr.. Perkins.
| McCarron swore he was a democratic
watcher at the polls and that he saw
| nothing at all irregular that day in the
manner in which the election was con-
| Quoted Mr.. Record asked him if he.
| with others, did not snatch the cigas box
and carry it into Henig's saloon and there
stuff it with Cleveland ballots.
Mr.. McCarron became very indignant
| and his denial was very emphatic. He
| did not know what the rumors were. But
| he objected to any such inuendoes.