Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-17
ADJOURNED TO wILLIMANTIo.

All the Evidence in from New Haven, Fairfield and Middle' sex Counties and the Lower Part ef | New London County-Bridgeport' Ballot Boxes Given Into the Cus- tody of Clerk Anketell. The superior court mst at the adjourned hour, II o'clock, yesterday morning. AL though it is unusual for the court to con- vene Mondays, Judge Hall was willing, as he said, to undergo many inconvenience to hurry on to it's conclusion the Phelan- Walsh quo warranto. .Mr. John J. Phelan and MT. Swartwout, secretary of the demo- cratic state committee, were in attendance and gave close attention to the proceed ines.
 In the morning Hon. William 0. Case and William H. Ely conducted the case for the respondent and in the afternoon Mr. Cole attended. Judges Harrison and Stoddard appeared for the relator. Prac- tically all the towns in Fairfield, New Haven and Middlesex counties and the lower half of New London county have been heard from.
 The following were called and sworn: Harry
 
 town of Enfield; Pr D. F: Burr town clerk; end and SsaGoa H ch.s1ss 2asnr s o9snEs ass Frank C. Woodworth, counter. In the First vot- ! ing district Albert Y: Save, counter. was sum First district, :could not be summoned as he was out of the state. This is one of the towns where town tow % clerks otice have w been lost In this case the returns which were sent to the secretary of states ofaee were used, and those moderators For East Haven Charles Hemingway, town clerk. .and Grove Futile. counter. gave testimony. called and testified that he Could not find the re- turns that ought to be in the town clerks once.
 H. L. sanborn, town clerk, and J: P. Longee'
 s. F. Roberts of Hartland, town clerk, produced small box in which he said the ballots had in his possession about month: It had never been locked or sealed up, nor had it ever been the certificates. David Gaines, counter, also tes | tifled and was cross-examined as to one rejected in whea the sG of dates had been written in lead pencil. He had found mistake of five votes too many on the
 John A. Reeve. town clerk of Burlington, ana James R. Phelps, town clerk of Essex. gave evi % ssid that tt the % ballot % Sox of the Second dstric was opened at the end of six months and an ex tra % demoSratiG , 9 ballot found these; ,r,. ,x.. from the Sixth district of Bridgeport. After the, ) were accepted as evidence by the court the. | were given into the custody of Clerk Anketeu Julius E. Williams, counter of the Sixth ward testified to the count in his ward, which com % | pleted the oral testimony from Bridgeport. It i not known yet when the boxes from Bridgepor ] | will be opened.
 W. J. Waterbury, town clerk of Stamford o1 ) being recalled said he had made second searcl of the records and had found all the certificate and returns: He was also counter in the Firs voting district. The testimony in regard to thi l town was then put in.
 Testimony from town clerks and counters iron Haddam, Bloomfield, Bristol and Plainfeld wa ] then heard and the forenoon session closed with out any special features coming to the surface.
 At the afternoon session of the court Attorne. Cole was on hand for the republican side in add
 tinn to the counsel already named. Return
 from Danbury, Bethany, Brookfeld, Newton :, Chester, Groton, and from the Ninth and Foul l teenth wards of New Haven were examined.
 The court adjourned to Willimantic to morrow where evidence will be taken from the upper hal . l of New London county and from Windham an Holland counties. On Wednesday court will D | held in Winstei to collect evidence from Lltcl
 field county. Attorney Cole wanted two or thre l days to look over the evidence. Judge Hall wa
 anxious to continue the case and finally decide ! to hold court here Thursday and in the interil
 decide whether the quo warranto should com l before him then