The evening world., 1894-02-13
BUCKLEY IS FOUND GUILTY.
He Fares Badly in His Election
Fraud Trial.
Witnesses Tell of the Casting OF Two
O'Rcilly Votes.

The second days trial of Dennis J.
Buckley. the inspector in the Eighteenth.
Election District of the Second Assem-
bly, District, who is under Indictment
for receiving fraudulent votes. went on
before Judge Barrett in the Court OF
oyer and 7 erminer this morning.
The jury was selected yesterday and
the examination OF witnesses began
to-day.
the Bureau Of Elections, were on me
stand this morning. and swore 10 the
reports that had been filed In that De-
partment by Buckley,
The specific charge Is that OF receiving
two votes in the name OF John Hei!iy,
one cast by Reilly himself. and the
Policeman Thomas j. Egan. OF the q
street station. swore that he saw botn
the Relllys, the right and the wrong one.
vote, and that there was some feeble pro-
test at the time. but 1t was overruled py
the inspector.
He said he had been sent to the polling
place at i3 Cherry street to change inc
arrangement of the voting.
.john j.. Donovrn, OF 3Si Pearl street,
was next placed on the stand; HIS vote
Reilly. and the people endeavored to ma
out at what time the spurious vote was
cast by learning wha, time ne voted:
could not remember the time: =.
Charles Hanna9. also Of 3St Pearl
street; was called ndi,s a ass ballot ~ n whlle
o e@s faiiHs R %ns is. This witnes.
testified, however. that Donovan w, nsa
did. Donovan's lumber was ~. M
1t was shown 1t was impossible for Reilly
to ave gone into the booth at all.
MIR. Howe. who appears for the de-
PENDANT, began ils opening address at
few minutes past II o'clock. ,..
AT the conclusion Of the address Buck
la,. lt~,-Af uEaS Tllra1 on the AtAn0.
He swore he d d not see the person that
cast tn. Illegal Reilly ballot, though ne
remembered that the name was caIleds
because he was sitting at a small table
behind the other two inspectors. check-
fhis vote, the witness said, was cast
about noon, and at 3 o'clock. when tne
zeal John Reilly came in and his name
was called. he foui.d that the vote was
already cast and the real Reilly's vote
was sworn IN and not cast. %
The cross-cxamination by Mr.. Wellman
then began.
ID you not know than your name wa
when you attempted to cast your vote
later in the afternoon the Republican
ballot clerk said If you did he would
put you in State PRISON.
did you vote at ALE"
Yes. / voted"
under Indictment for allowing, a dummy
IL vote on your name!' raploy asheo
Mr.; Wellmaa.
And did you n9t plead not guilty 70
that indictment?' continued the Assist
ant Observation-Disclosures. .,a, .ra
BY this time The Witnesses nan and ah he
did not answer this question; ., %.
"Do YOU know Franklin smitnT'
continued Mr. Wellm1n.
You dc not know. then. that two peg.
pie voted under that name from DIV
Water street,
And what about the dummy who
voted tn. name OF your intimate fIlefn,
Patrick Esang DID 70! w mot E ,eeS w We N
the lame was called?' continued Mr.
Wellman. u,o ,,sn.c-
tors were standing IN front or me in
the mean time. and could not see VINO
, 1t was that was voting; 49, NJ
The torrent of Questions asked Dy Az;
Wellman 80 confused the witness that
he contradicted himself, several times.
i. Nothing new was developed In the re-
direct examination"
: was the next witness. His testimony
was principally as to The erection OF
the voting booths. un.
> inspector in the Eighteenth, was x
, caliei by the defense. He testified that
Buckley could not have seen inc v1te,s
ms the witness and Gallagher were De
. tween Buckley and the ballot,box. When
cross-examined he said Buckley migns
have seen the voters If he had looked
Thomas Harold. OF IL Oak street. the
Republican ballot clerk in the Eighteentn
was the next witness; He testined tnat
in his opinion Buckley could not see
, the voters from where he sat.
4 After the witness said he had been IN
dicted with Buckley and the other IN
: spectors,, he stated: in reply TO ,s a d Sser
; approached shortly before the tri.a ana
told that il he would TESTIFY against
Buckley he would be tried.
He denied that he had said IN the DIS,
trict- Attorneys office that Buckley tIied
IN vote late in the afternoon OF election
Iay. and that he was not allowed TO 40
80. because the vote had already peen
cast. ,har -
=. After Antonio Asterita' a watcher m6GN Den y
mis- Meantime, of 81 New Chamber.
S street, James F. sleyi9; OF y a. A1 Pras
!, pect street, Brooklyn. testified 10 the
: good character of Buckley.
, Mr.. Howe began summin up shoruS
y after . O'Clock this afternoon.