Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-24
THE ILLEGAL VOTES.
LIST OF ALLEGED FRAUDULENT BAL
LOIS CAST AT THIRD JEFFERSON.
Taking DISPOSITIONS stiii. and the Poll
Rooks Being Copisd--No Absts-
mcut Of Public Interest

cisIon of the body Will DO anAiou'"
awaited. :,
The copying in duplicate OF the poll
books of the several precincts was ooui-
menced Friday morning. Five cieik nav
been engaged under the supervision Oh
the committee in dong the work, WHICH,
owing TO the difficulty in decipherips
names. will hardly be completed oe'oro 'no
middle of the day Monday.
Under the resolution OF tho committees
tho recanyass and recount must peein
MONDAY night, and the task is not one 10
no envied The meeting for the purpose
will not he an open one. u.cr;re
A. tbs Sanger Hall meeting Mr.. Mcduire,
81 connsel for Colonel Spotswood, gave q
lie, of fftv-two votes which were counted
a. The Third Precinct in Jefferson Ward,
bnt which an examination OF the pol-nTDHo;A A
of the precinct showed were illegal. Inis
list embraced double voting votins y,
nsrties not registered, and the voting vi
dead men. - c., ..otonent.
,rt ~ must be remembered that Wneh d
man ia spoken of as voted tWice vi
avo.ed Int not registered 1t ~ not I'M
n,,ed that he cast the Illegal ballot hiinself,
but that he was voted" .. e.; q irauuuion l,
ballot representing him was deposlteo aua
his name recorded. The dead anu non-
resident list, of course, needs no eApi"N''
ton. ,,r
Mr.. M'GtIRE's STATEMENT.
Tho statement. which was given in me-
moranda form, was as follows:
Henry Asher, recorded IN poli-pooh as
voting twice, Nos. 149 and l9i, ouI was
transferred from Third Jefferson 10 lhiru
Madison April 4. 1892, and yo,eh a. .no 'a ~.
ter precinct ana not at Aniiu
p' William III Allen, No. 27s, voted but was
nv 4 y. Bailey, No. 40, voted but not re-
gistered. ,.;os Nos 1s1 and
'' 6 Bozelli voted twice as Nos. 152 and
26S. ~ os Nos ,s9
and 1856. Not registered ana co a hhu
no trace of him. Gan prove pS - 100 and
r. T. Bass voted twice as NOS. loo ana
Rrizzolari voted rs No. 1873, but not re;
,,;stered Voted at Third Marshall and
NOT at Third jefferson. as per ahdaVit
NY NJ Carricas voted as No. %, but not re-
c;stcred. NJ. Caracas, b. Carras. and Is.
Careras. voted on poll-book and only NJ
Carras and b. Cararas are registered:
William Garnett voted as No. l6T. but
doad See DIR. Oppenhimer's certificate.
ID, Ia Genestra voted as No. 1S2, but not
G. P. Hosge voted as No. 8. but not re-
s Eo Hudglns voted as No. 90, but not
registered. This probably means n. Is:
Hutchins. who is registered, so we Will not
Frank Kane voted as No. 1856, but not re-
p;stered. Not in the Directory since
isS9'9O. IN that was at 29ol east broau
street
uHere Mr.. Flournov, of the committee.
,rbn had the registration book in his hand,
stated that the party was registered as
Franz Cain. but Mr. Snellings, also OF the
committee. stated that he knew the man
had been ont Of the precinct for three
wears, having moved several squares. -,
Frank Chesino voted twice as 100 and
178. Casino or Chesino is not IN the Dlrec-
tory registered once as Frank Chesino.
j. Canoa voted as No. lSl' Dut not re-
lanes Driscoll voted as 161 and 1872. but
ON the repistration-book appears IS living
~ ONO cast Main. In the City Directory
~on find Mary Drscoll, widow OF James
n,'acolI See certificate of death from Pre-
sident Of the Board of Health. His son, T..
i Driscoll, has been out OF the city since
March. ,eo ooa
1873. Not in the Directory OF 1855 or since,
and no trace of him found; yet we count
~ D;eschore voted as No. 186, vet not
registered aud not in the City Directory.
II. ]. Fletcher voted as NO. lTy, but not
transferred. Five Fletchers registered and
Eve voted. but one of the five registered IS
dead IF. +. Fletcher. Hence one more
voted than registered, -
q McIane'yoted as No. 1877, but not regis
tered and not in City Directory OF 1855 or
Charles Madison voted as No. 22O is dead.
He died at the almsbouse April lst. See
deposition of W. l.. Hughes. ~ ~
Charles McAdams voted as No. 200, but
not ragistered and not in the City Di-
rectory of 1885 or since. ~ an
John O'Ligin voted as No. l28, but not
recistered and not in the City Directory OF
i0S N. J. OConnor voted,as No. 2s2' but not
registered ooo
tered. N xxi h,. M,
reoistered and no. in the City Directory OF
1885 or since. ,n
] Z. Pugh, not registered and not in the
CITY Directory of 1885 or since.
NJ Ridley voted as No. l07. but not regis.
tered and not in City Directory OF 1885 OF
since. 1t might be claimed, SAID Mr.. NC
Guire. that Mathew OReilly was intended,
bnt we will prove that this last-named
man. who lived with j. l.. Botto. had LETT
the city before the election. =,
w, q, Randleth, was voted as No. 2O5
Int not registered. G.. b. Randleth de
noses .hat w. o. Randleth has been living
In Manchester for several years =,
Joseph Ramstetter voted as NO. 9, bu'
NOT registered and not IN the City Dlrec'
tory of 1885 or since.
F. j. Sweeney voted as No. 1O3, but not
j. s. Snyder voted as No. 2OS, but moi
See affidavit OF W. NJ. Williams.
See Snyder's deposition that he voted al
Third Marshall and not at Third Jefferson
James Slattery voted as No; 2O9. but not
registered. Is in the City Directory OF
1888, but not since. Then az 1St sta y
Welsh that Slatterv has not been here
since December, 1891.
e. Woodfn voted twice as Nos. 40 anc
145.
J.E. Woodhn voted as No. III. but no.
registered. Not q years of age and die
not vote. See his deposition.
John X. Williams voted as No. 1879. but
not registered.
G. b. Wallcott voted as No. 210, but moi
registered In the City Directory o.
1919 west Marshall.
]. f. Woody voted as No. 109. See his
deposition that he did not vote. This IL
one of the two numbers duplicated on the
poll-book.
John O'Toole voted as No. POI, but out
of city. See affidavit of f. p. Murphy.
John Kelly voted as No. 2l5. He did mo-
vote See his affidavit.
Joseph Merkli voted as No. 2lS. See al
fidayit that he did not vote.
j. L. Bone voted as No. $50. Not in city
for year and did not vote April 5th. See
affidavit OF S. ID. lofty, his son-in-law.
]. II. Morris voted as No. 219, but livinl
in Avondale, Ala. Has not been IN tn,
CITY since last July, and did not vote IL
this city April 9Th. See the affidavit o
his mother.
J. II. Howell voted as No. PA. Has no
been living in the city since December
1881. Has been living at Newport New
since then. and has not been in the cit,
since he went to Newport News. See tn,
affidavit OF w. +. Adams