The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-08
IN THE SOUP
The Party Of Fraud
FlOundering.
WINTERS HOT SHOT
Opening Gun inthe Allen Ballot
box StuflnS Case,
COUNSEL PARALYZED
Winters Makes Amends for Any
Past Shortcomings.
COUNSEL PARALYZED
Winters Makes Amends for Any
Past Shortcomings.
BRIG HAMPT0N'S LIBERAL VOTE
How Allen Confessed to Having Changed
Seventy-five Votes at the School Election
Held in August Last-A Terrible
Showing for the Party
OF Reform"

The trial of w. J. Allen, the alleged bal
lot-box suffer, was resumed in the Third
district court yesterday morning. In the
absence of Mr.. Critchlew Frank B. Steph-
ems conducted the prosecution alone.
B. F. Thornburg was the first witness
called by the prosecution. He testified
went to the Fourth precinct to vote on the
school election in July last When l went
up to the window, Alien was holding bal
lot in his right hand and he took my ballot
with his left. He held my ballot up for an
instant and then dropped his hand down
behind the box, so that 1 couldn't see it.
don't know what became of it.
To Mr.. Dickson-I had never seen Allen
before that time, and he did not know
which political party L belonged to. voted
the Peoples ticket that time.
TO SUIT HIMSELF.
D. L. Murdoch testified acted as Judge
Of election of Poll l, Fourth precinct, at
the election in question. Allen was there
IN the morning and changed the arrange
ments at Poll to suit his ideas. objected
to this to Judge Hoge.
POWERS AND DICKSON PARALYzED.
r. W. Young testified was at the poll
ing places at the Fourth precinct on the
day Of the school election. noticed pile
of ballots on the table near the ballot box
at poll No. 2 When the ballots were passed
up to the window was able to tell Peo-
pies ballot from Liberal ballot. 1t was
very easy to distinguish the difference be-
tween them.
To Mr.. Dicdson-I was in the room twice
on that day and examined several ballots,
and there was such a difference between
the Liberal and Peoples tickets that ]
could tell the difference every time by sim
ply feeling of them.
Mr.. Dickson-Would you be so certain
positively where mans liberty was a.
stake!
The Witness-I think would. You had
better experiment with me.
MIR Dickson then produced his ballot.
and the witness picked out the People:
ticket every time, both by the appearance
when held to the light and by feeling o.
them. This rather paralyzed Judge Powers
who busted himself in fixing up handful
of tickets and handed them to Mr.. Dickson
with triumphant smile. The latter hell
the ballots to the window and Mr.. Young
again picked out the Peoples tickets. Tn
defence then give the witness up in dis
gust.
WINTERS DAMAGING TEsTIMoNY-A sENsA
TON!
Riley D. Winters testified was at tn
Fourth precinct on the day of the schoc
election. When voter came to poll
Allen invariably took the ballot with hi
left hand, and he invariably held anothe
ballet in his right hand. In two instance
1 saw him substitute ballots for thos
handed to him by voters. Three days afte
the election, Allen told me that he ha
changed seventy-fve ballots that day. o
another occasion he said: 81 wonder wha
Brig Hampton would say if he knew b
voted Liberal ticketl' l said that Bri
Hampton did not vote a Liberal tickle
sob, yes, he did'', replied Allen-"That i.
voted for him"
To Mr. Dickson-I did not become int
mate with Allen after the election, nor di
frequent his saloon and drink at his ex
pensa. l was at the polls that day for th
purpose of seeing if Allen was changin
fair particularly, and that's the reaso
why l didn't report the matter, a
though / did protest against it {
Judge Hoge. 1t was rumored a
through the day that Allen ws
changing votes, and as it had been rule
that had nothing to do with the election
] thought l might as well leave it wit
those in charge. 1 think the others kne
all about it and wonder at it. Anotht
reason why / didn't report it to Jude
Woolley was that il might result in roy
Mr. Dickson-Didn't it occur to you b
fore that il was your duty to give this va
liable information to the prosecution b
fore
The Witness-Yes,i it did occur to me- b,
didn't think it would be policy to do s.
did not believe Allen when he told me
had changed seventy five votes. though
he was wrong as to the number. l had
conversation with Mr.. McCallum after
observed the changing Of ballots, but ca
not say that ! mentioned that matter
him.
Mr.. Dickson-Well, why didn't youi
The Witness-I didn't think it,was nece
sary
Mr. Dickson-Why not?
The witness-Because he said, az ha'
just been up to the window and told Ali,
TO change fifteen more votes" daughter
Mr. Dickson-Were your skirts clean
this affair?
The Witness-I think not. 1 think w,
to blame for not exposing it. Still, l W
indifferent about it because knew that Il
ballots on the other side were cast Just
one man dictated, and | thought it won
make things about even for another man
dictate in this place. Laughter.
Mr. Dickson-Were you not a candida
for the office of county attorney before &
Liberal convention in Augusta
The Witness-Yes sir.
Mr.. Dickson-And haven't you stat
since you were defeated in the conventi
that you would get even with the Liber
partyl
The Witness-No sir; / haven't any SUI
feeling, and / think have manhood enou,
to stand a defeat.
MIR Dickson-Isn't it a fact that "
didn't take any interest in the August ele
. tions
The Witness-I held no position viii