Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-05
A BITTER CONTEST.
The Ballot Testimony in the Greevy-
Scull Case All Taken.
EACH SIDE HAD ITS OWN METHOD.
An Infant Prodigy Who Solves Hard
Mathematical Problems.
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ALTOONA, April 4-The Greevy-Scull
Congressional contest is closed, SO far as the
taking of testimony is concerned. Greevy's
ten days, which is allowed by law in re-
buttal, expired tonight. His counsel have
been busy ali over the district, engaged
principally in gathering up the ballot-boxes
to take to Washington.
During his 40 days for taking testimony, Mr..
Scull took certain ballots out of the boxes
which he alleged were illegal. and marked
them as exhibits. Greevy's counsel contend
that the Election Committee alone has the
power to judge whether a vote is illegal or
legal, and hence they took all the ballots en-
closed them In envelopes, and will return them
with the testimony and let the Election Com
mittee decide from the testimony and pick out
the illegal votes.
Mr.. Scull's mode of procedure was to offer
in evidence the voting and registry lists, and if
voters name on the voting list was not spelled
precisely as it was on the registry list, it was
called an illegal vote. The ballot of the
voter taken from the box, for instance in Berlin,
Somerset county, was A. j. Hellar on the vot-
list.
The Method of SculPs Counsel.
Mr.. Sculrs counsel took this ballot out as
illegal. on the ground of non-registry. A. R
Cremer was on the voting list, and Rev. A. R.
Kramer on the registry list. This was taken
out as illegal, and SO on. The legality of
voters ballot by Mr.. Sculps system depended
upon whether the clerk of the election board
spelled his name as it was registered.
Mr.. Greevy called each voter in person whose
vote he attacked, and identified him with his
on the voting list.
In Somerset county the Prothonotary refused
dalivar hOYeS n SOmerSet
borough, of which he is custodian. s. S.
Forney, of Brothers Valley, and James M.
Cover, of Jenner Cross Roads, likewise refused
to deliver up the ballot boxes of close town.
ships. The United States Commissioner issued
warrants for their arrest on the oath of MIR.
Greevy, and United States Marshal
Yerger is now in Somerset county serv-
ing the warrants In Blair county all the
ballots were destroyed, except the ballots in
the four wards of Tyrone and the Second pre-
cinct of the Fifth ward of this city. The Scull
people made no effort to put in evidence the
ballots saved. Mr.. Greevy gathered IN the
Tyrone ballots, but Mayor Burchtied, of this
city, custodian of the ballot box Of the Second
precinct of the Fifth ward, refused to deliver
IT, and refused to obey the subpoena Hence
MIR. Greevy's counsel are unable to produce it.
A Bitterly Contested Case.
Mr.. Greevy's counsel say that he has made
out clean cut case. and Mr.. Greevy himself is
perfectly satisfied that such is the case 1t has
been bitterly fought contest, and hearings
have held in session nearly every day for the
full 30 days, and the expenses will run up
heavily
A specia, dispatch from Bedford says:
The Greevy-Sculi contest throughout the
district, far as taking evidence is con-
cerned closed to-day in the counties of
Bedford and Somerset. The evidence taken
shows that it will be a stand-off between
the contestant and contestee, and it was in
these counties that this contest attracted the
most attention. Political bitterness came to
the surface in Somerset county. the homo OF
Mr.. Scull.
Mr.. Greevy was unable to secure the services
of an attorney to conduct his case, being COM
PEELED to go there himself to look after his in
terests. In Blair and Cambria Mr.. Greevy has
thrown out over 700 illegal ballots which ap-
parently overcome the majority returned for
MIR. Scull by over 100 votes.