San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-27
MCCALL CHARGES FRAUD.
He CLAIMS HE WAS O0ESPIRED
AGAINST.
His Petition to Have Sheriff Camp
bell Removed from Office Filed
Last Evening.

The quo warranto petition, of
which mention was made in the
LIGHT yesterday, in which Thomas
P. Mccall wants John p. Campbell
removed from the office Of sheriff,
was filed in the Thirty-seventh
District court yesterday afternoon
too late for the LIGHTS issue.
The petition charges that long
prior to the recent election County
Judge Bryan Callaghan, County
Clerk Thad. w. Smith and Com
missioners Joseph E. Dryer, Will
liam Boerner, Peter Jonas and
Frank Umscheid fraudulentlyc COM
bined and confederated together
for the purpose Of illegally con-
trolling, influencing and conduct
ing the election at certain election
precincts in their own interests
and in the interest Of their par
ticular friends, and therein con-
spring to injure and defraud
the relator or any other candidate
who might oppose them or their
friends.
The petition further charges that
they appointed and commissioned
certain biased and prejudiced off,
GERS to preside over the various
voting precincts at said election
and to appoint all their assistants
thereat; for instance, at Election
Precinct No. 2 there was appointed
L. Guerguin as presiding officer,
and he appointed as assistants,
Edward Dwyer, the brother OF Jos.
Dwyer, the county commissioner,
as one of the judges.
At No. Frank Dalcourt, presid-
| ing officer, the brother-in.law OF
said Edward Dryer, and he ap-
pointed as assistants one F. SAM
chez, the city weigher, and Jesus
Cassiano, the brother of Jose Cas-
siano, candidate for county collect
or, as judges at said precinct.
At Precinct No. 4. +. o. De n.y.
mel, presiding officer, and brother
in-law to B. j. Dewitt, candidate
for county attorney, who appoint
ed all assistants.
AT Precinct No. 5. Chas. Schrei-
ner, deputy sheriff under said can
didate, Campbell, who appointed
all assistants.
At Precinct No. 6. Jacob Weber,
presiding officer, the son-in-law Of
| Commissioner Boerner and super
intendent Of the county poorhouse.
who appointed as assistant clerks
Ed. McAllister and J. NJ. Dukes,
both clerks Of the said County
| Clerk Thad w. Smith.
At Precinct No. I. G. +. Russi,
superintendent Of public roads,
who appointed as assistants II. r.
Martinez, the county jailer under
Campbell, as one of the judges.
At Precinct No. s John Stappen.
beck, as presiding officer, a deputy
of said county clerk, who appoint
ed all assistants.
At Precinct No. II, G. j. GOforth,
as presiding officer, who appointed
as assistant Herman Faust, one OF
the deputies under Candidate
Campbell.
At Precinct No. II, Frank Rob-
erts, as presiding officer, who APP
pointed as assistant Pat Campbell,
the brother of candidate Campbell,
as one OF the judges.
At Precinct No. 10, J. A. Bitters,
nephew of Candidate Jonas, the
said county commissioner, who ap-
pointed A. w. Bitters, his brother,
also a nephew OF Jonas, as one OF
the judges.
1t is also charged that at several
precincts the election laws were
openly violated and ignored in
many Instances and many SINH
lar allegations are made.
Sheriff Campbell said to report
er for the LIGHT last night. eff
Mccall has more votes than have,
why he is entitled to the office. All
I've got to say is that there'll be
lots of fun in this before we are
through with it,"
Commissioner Dryer said this
morning: at is nothing more
or less than a political scheme.
The whole thing is piece Of alb
surdity. That's all there's to it,"