The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-28
sidy, pleaded guilty. The Court set
down August II for the day of sentence
and said that on that day it would listen
to any appeal on behalf of the men that

down August II for the day of sentence
and said that on that day it would listen
to any appeal on behalf of the men that
their friends desire TO make.
scHULTZ's TRIAL.
The guilty men withdrew then from
court and the following jury was en-
panneIled to try Schultz
William Wilmington, Foreman; Frank
h. Jones, William H. Armstrong, John
Winner, Philip K. Green, Daniel w.
Bishop, Uriah Allen, living ii. Mcbride.
Charles G. Jewell, Charles Schultz and
Frank j. Matthews.
Prosecutor Winfield in opening the case
for the State said: THE four election Off
GERS of the Fourth precinct of the Seventh
district were indicted for conspiracy TO
commit election frauds. Three of the
number have pleaded guilty as you have
just seen. Among other changes in the
Indictment against them were charges
that they put into the box more ballots
than were legally cast, that they let peo-
pie vote who had no right to vote, and
that they tailed the vote falsely and GER
tilted falsely to the returns. One OF these
four men pleads not guilty. Let US see if
he is.
1.-The registry book has on it 600 names.
Or these 1S4 are abbreviations, two are by
Initials. and 81 by ditto marks, making
2S3 names registered illegally and con-
trary to law. The registry book is
checked as vote is cast, and it should
agree with the poll book. The poll book
shows 500 names aud is numbered to
500. but these numbers DO not
tally with the checked names on the reg
lstry. The law requires that at the noon
recess, cersifcate showing the total
number of votes polled up to that time
shall be placed after the last name. No
such certificate appears there or els e.
where. The last NUMBER of the ballots
n hn fri
but 400 ballots on the string, and not q
ballot on the string, put bears evidence
OF having been strung two or three
times. This in itself is very suspicious.
Now take ballot No. 1877 on
the string. 1t should Immediately
follow No. 1856. but it is not
not 70 und until after ballot No. 149. How
did it get there Ii the ballots were not
strung more than once. On the string
you will find seventeen numbers skipped
and deduct this number from the last
ballot numbered on the string, 507, and
you have 400 ballots actually cast. the
TOTAL number of ballots on the string.
ILLEGAL RECEsSES.
when the polls closed at seven
O'Clock notwithstanding the law says
canvass shall be made Immediately, the
board adjourned until about ten o'clock.
The members went away and when they
returned they counted 100 votes and
again violated the law by having
another adjournment until one O'Clock. or
perhaps two O'Clock. Up to this time not
9 single joker had put in an appearance, g,
but after this last adjournment you find
W Jokers on the string that never went
through the dial of the ballot ballot box
The dial on the box shows 404 votes reg
1stered ana watcher at at the polls, who
recorded every voter, had 404 names on
his book.
THAT FIRE ALARM
After the election officers returned at
about two O'Clock, Michael Hughes, the
judge OF election, deliberately went to
the fre gong in the engine house. where
the election was taking place, and
struck, it several times. The trained
OF the fire engine trampling people un-
der foot. The crowd was pushed back
and during the excitement the election
officers seized the ballot box and
books and papers and fled up
stairs. A burly policeman jumped
on the stairs and refused to permit any
one to follow the Board TO the upper
floor to see that an honest count was had.
1t was here | presume these men fixed
the ballots to suit themselves
Now, this man Schultz claims to be in
nocent. If so, why did not he object and
protest against the wrongs be saw. 1t
was his right and duty to formally write
his protest into the poll book. This is
what what ne 1s. knew took place, There
By By refusing ps to protest Schultz pracfeay gal
admitted this. There are also 1876 names
checked on the register that do NOT ap-
pear on the poll book. There are three
cases where the same men voted twice
and there is one dead voter, although the
register certified that he was dead. One
hundred and sixteen names were voted
alphabetically in blocks of from two to
seven, and forty-seven of these names
are not on the register. There is
only one Smith on the register but there
are fifteen Smiths on the poll book The
returns in the County Clerks Office show
that one candidate for Senator got 1884
ballots; the returns gave him All. The other
candidate got 101 ballots and the returns
gave him 49, The ballots for one candi-
date for County CIerk were 413 and the
returns gave him 44O. The other candi-
date had 20 ballots. but the returns only
gave him 57.''
THE EVIDENCE.
The Prosecutor called City Clerk Scott
to the witness stand to testify TO the
boundaries of the district. Colonel f ul-
Ter agreed to relieve Colonel Sharp, ex-
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate,
from testifying as to his custodian
ship of the ballots placed in his hands by
C.
then Thomas Stewart, Republican
watcher, testified that he tailed every
vote and that the total mum ber polled
was 404, the same as the dial recorded.
TERRY M'DONALD's STORY.
Terry Mcdonald told the tale for the
State. His evidence corroborated what
rhe Prosecutor said In the opening. He
told of the adjournments at unseason-
able hours and that he saw Mike
Hughes strike the gong, start
the horses and then followed by the other
members of the Board, flee up stairs
with the ballot box ana books. He said
he told Schultz not TO sign the returns il
he thought any crooked work had taken
place. The State rested after submitting
ballots and book as evidence.
Colonel Fuller made a brief opening
for the defense saying in brief that he
wanted the jury TO hear his story and
| they would then believe him innocent
and that Schultz had been played for
sucker"
sCHULTZ'S STORY
Schultz testified: II was an election
officer in 1889 for the first time; I knew
| nothing about the duties and had never
read the law of election. In the
morning | took few ballots and
after that Hughes acted as Judge, and
did practically nothing, When Board ad-
| journed the others went to supper, but /
| staid by the box. I asked Terry Mcdonald
what / should do and he said he would
| ask the County Committee. He returned
soon after and said the County Commit
| tee wanted me to STAY and do