The Portland daily press., 1893-05-12

ingly. WiIlfully and FraudulentIy Ma
nipulated the Count and Returns from
Ward One at the City Election of March
Sixth.
In the Superior Court yesterday, the
grand jury reported list of indictments
the most important of which was one OF
ex-Warden Thomas r. Harper for violat-
ing the election law at the election OF
March 9th. Four counts were found
against Harper in this Indictment which
is long document that would make
four columns in the PRESS. The indict-
ment begins:
STATE OF MAINE.
"Cum6erldnd, 49,:
"At the Superior Court. begun and hold
en- at Portland, within and for the Coun-
ty of Cumberland, on the first Tuesday
of May, in the year of our Lord, 1898.
s'The grand Jurors of said State, upon
their oath, present that on the sixth day
OF March, in the year of our Lord, 1893,
at Portland, in the County of Cumber-
land, meetings of the qualified electors
of the several wards of the city of Port
land were then and there duly held for
the choice and election of Mayor of said
City of Portland, the same being the reg
ular annual municipal election in the
City of Portland aforesaid, and that
Thomas r. Harper of said Portland, on
the sixth day of March," etc., 'sat Ward
One, in said City of Portland, was a
public officer, and was the duly elected,
qualified and acting warden of said Ward
One at the election aforesaid, and that
it was then and there the duty of said
Thomas R. Harper as such warden of
said Ward One, to make true and accu-
rate count and declaration in open ward
meeting, of the number of separate bal
lots and votes given in by the qualified
electors of said Ward One at said cleo
ton for Mayor of said City of Portland.
And the grand jury aforesaid, upon their
oath aforesaid, do further present, that
the said Thomas R. Harper etc., ''in
open ward meeting, unlawfully, know
ingly, wilfully, and with intent to cheat
and defraud did then and there etc.,
make and declare false count and de-
claration of the number of separate bal
lots and votes given I'M etc., (which
said false count and declaration was that
the whole number of ballots and votes
given in for Mayor was 1850, and that the
persons voted for severally received the
number Of votes following. to wit: Dari-
us Fl. Ingraham, 10 High, had 746; James
P. Baxter, 81 Deering, had 400; William
H. True, 261 Congress-, had IL; scatter
ing, 3; which said count and declara-
ton was false in this, that 1850 of the
qualified electors of said Ward One, at
said election, had not then and there
given in their separate ballots and votes
for Mayor of said City of Portland, but
,1.a
fed electors of said Ward One, at said
election, had then and there given in
their separate ballots and votes for May
or of said City of Portland, which said
smaller number is to the grand jurors
unknown; against the peace Of said
State.'
The second count presents that the
said Thomas R. Harper, ''in open ward
meeting, unlawfully, knowingly, wilfully
and with intent to cheat and defraud,
make and declare false count and dec
laration of the votes given in by the
qualified electors of said Ward One upon
the question of the adoption and approx
al of said order of said City Council of
said City of Portland, which false count
dlItl uoCltti dLlOu WdS LIldb lu6 WuOl0 nuIIl-
Der of ballots and votes given in on re-
vision of ward lines was 1924, the num-
| bering the word yes was TAP, the num-
Der bearing the word mo- was 1872, which
said count and declaration was false in
this, that 1924 of the qualified electors of
| said Ward One at the election azores aid
had not'' etc., ''given in their votes upon
the question of the adoption and approx
al of the order aforesaid, but that a
smaller number" ETC., chad given in
their votes"
| The third count is like the first, except
that it is expanded, and alleges in addi-
ton that Darius Fl. Ingraham did not
have 746 votes as returned.
The fourth count is like the second,
except that it is expanded and alleges in
addition that the number of yes votes on
the ward line question was not 742, as re-
turned.
The time for the trial has not been set:
but it will probably not be for several
days. Hon. W. H. Clifford is Harper's
counsel, and County Attorney Charles A.
| True will manage the case for the State.
Slight Fire on Gray Street