The Portland daily press., 1893-09-28
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the table near me to record the result
What did you do nexts


Gillis assist you?
/ think he did not.
How did you count the Eyes" and mo"
votes?
/ could see by lifting up the corner of
the ballot whether yes" or mo-, was
over it.
Did you make any addition to the
figures or any unlawful count?
J did not.
State to The jury. whether you made
that count to the best of your ability.
did.
What time did you complete the counts
/ think about quarter to nine.
Then you summoned the ambulance to
convey you and the ballots to City Hall,
did you n0tS
I did.
1t has been stated that going down in
the am mbulance you stated that there had
been mistake Of hundred. Is that sof
l believe did.
Why did you say thats
l heard it in the ward room that. there
was such mistake.
Some evidence has been put in here
to the effect that you directed the ballot
clerk to assist certain voters who had
not asked for assistance. Had those
voters asked for assistance?
| SO understand it.
Do you remem Der of Mr.. Foss's motions
/ do.
What did you do about it?
/ refused to entertain it.
What was done then?
The paper was passed to me and put
it into my pocket l afterwards took 1t
out and looked at it, and then used it for
making my return. Why did you burn
the ballots?
1 did it on advise of City Clerk Rus
sell. At former election had the key
to the ballot box. In taking it to him
asked what to do with the ballots. He
said "Do anything with them, burn
them"
What did Mr.. Guptill say to you!
He said atom, didn't you make mis-
take?n l said l don't think have"
This was the first time he came to you,
after you had burned the first lot OF bal
los?
Yes.
. What did you burn them second time
for?
Because they were no good then, and
thought that if there had been a mis-.
take it was in the figures and not in the
ballots.
You thought the matter was with the
figures? ~
Yes, and that they could be corrected
in the city clerks Office.
You have been warden before?
Yes, three times.
Why did you stop burning ballots
when Mr.. Guptill requested you the
second time not to burn any mores
He was SO earnest about it tH'at i
thought would stop.
How did you ascertain that there was
an error in the count?
heard it about the ward room before
left to go to the city clerks office.
Whom did you go to?
To City Clerk Russell.
Did you not go to anyone else?
do not remember
Did you not go to Mr.. Looney?
/ think did.
What did YOU ask Mr.. Looney about?
| was stuck on the word scattering"
and .blank." wanted advice and Mr..
Looney said there was no such word as
| scattering. So City Auditor Deake gave
me pen to make the correction.
Do YOU remember Mr.. Chisholm?
do.
Where did you meet him?
On the street.
| What did he say?
He said Tom, am your friend. ..and
if you have anything to divulge you
had better do it. John Russell has
owned up, and you had BETTER" I said
| to him, II have nothing to owu mp to.
| He afterwards came to my house and said
| the same thing to me again 81
-Mr. Clifford concluded here and Mr..
True began
The Cross Examination.
which proved highly interesting:
| How old are you?
| Twenty-nine
Have you always lived in this city?
| Yes.
What is your business.
| Printer in the Sunday Times Office?
Are you foremans
| Yes.
How long have you been foreman?
! Nineteen years.
You have acted as Warden prior to last
| spring?
| Yes.
! You were warden last September?
| Yes.
Whether or not at last September cleo
tion one person from each side assisted
| your
| Mr.. Clifford-I object.
] Mr.. True-Thls matter was put in on
| the direct examination.
| The Judge-Witness may answer.
| Did you preside at the September cleo
tion year ago'
| Yes.
Also at the November election?
Yes.
| You heard Mr.. Foss's motion at the
election.of March 9th last?
Yes.
why did you not entertain it?
/ ulu uOu w dLo W.
You thought that was reason enough?
| Yes.
| Who.handed the motion to you?
! do not know.
| Had you any idea what that motion
was?
| No.
| At the elections before this one. had
| you ordered all persons out?
No.
| why did you order them out at this
| one?
Because had right to.
| That is your only reason?
| Yes.
| How many ballots did Gillis count?
| do not know.
How did you lay the ballots out?
| In four piles
How many split tickets were there?
| do not remember.
| Mr.. Guptill says you told him there
were about CO. Would you deny that?
| No.
| How did you count the ballots?
! l counted the straight Democratic bal
| lots first, those..th ellis had and those
| that had.
Did you count over after Gillis all
| those that he counted?
| I think I run them over.