Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-07

now many are registered from Mr. Ed
Flndlcy's house.
counsel for the contestee objects to any
examination ON this point, on the ground
that IL should have been gone into on di-
rect examination and is not proper on re-
hirect examination. which objection was
by the commissioner overruled.
~ | will just read off the names that
are registered from Mr.. Ell Findley's house,
and you can count them afterwards.
O. You prepared that from the poll books
yourself? a. | have been using 1T for quite
| awhile.
q. We'll. did you prepare 1t yourself? a.
| can verify 1t from the poll books.
q. Well? A. Here is Mr.. James Il. Ba-
kcr. VOTED" registered from i20S East Fiji
tcenth. vii ch is the residence of Mr. Ed
Fmdley. MIR Baker has voted
@. According to this book? a. Yes. sir,
| according to this Book. Here is Mr.. Frank
| Cameron, and he has voted also, registered
| also from l2nS East Fifteenth street. OF
course, Mr. I'D Flndley is registered from
| 80 i20S East Fifteenth street, and his name
! is the next. The next name that registered
! from MIR. Findley's house is William Gle's-
! on, ana he is marked voted, nut his voting
number is erased.
! O. You are reading from the poll boolk2
| A. / am reading from the poll book. yes,
! sir. / get my names from this because
| have been using 1t treferring to paper
| witness holds in his hands,. The heNt
name registered from MIR. Findley's house
| is MIR Arthur Moses. Mr.. Moses voted.
! The next name that is registered from MIR.
/ Findley house is Henry Clay Ward. He mas
got voting number. but he is not marked
| voted He voted all right, though for l
| saw him vote The next name Is Everett
! Wright Mir. Wright did not vote He is
! a colorcd gentleman. but he does not i've
| at Mr. Findley's house. He sleeps in MT.
! \. n. Ftndoys barn and he works around
! the house and barn, How many Is that!
That makes eight, don't 1t? There is man
| here on this poll book-Arthur Mason reg
| lsterod from 12li East Fifteenth street
| which is MIR a. ID. Findley's. and there Is
no such a person lives there, ana ne Is
marked voted. There Is Thomas Parker.
/ Thomas Parker Is registered as being at
! A. H. Findlcy's house and is marked voted.
/ never heard of him being there. ana
| am pretty well acquainted around there
| There is no persons living there but van
| Wright and Everett Wright-those are the
| only two persons there excepting the old
| man Findley. Old man Findley ala nave
| Eddie Cole there. but he Is not there now
| This man Mason and this man Parker are
! not there. and ] don't believe he ever was
around that house.
cross-examnation by Mr.. Farr:
@. When did you have that list made? A.
MIR Neil made this list for me, or had one
of his clerks make it for me.
q. Where did you get your informatlonE
A. Mr.. Owsley furnished Mr.. Neil with
full set of these books and they were all
copied. Everybody that had voted was
marked voted just tne safllt dS tltSe ait'
only Mr.. Neils books are marked in red.
q. Who did you say had this made?
\. Mr. Nell had this prepared.
O. Who is Mr.. Neil? A. He is chairman
of the committee of safety
O. You have been in that safety busi-
ness Yourself? A. | have been there.
o. Have you been working in this safety
business? A. That was prepared for my
use and benefit.
@. Have you been working at this cleo
.tt n n u.
tent--masing diagrams and such things as
that.
o. When did you commence at that bust
ness? A. After i came back from Jeifer-
son City.
@. How long after? A. Right away
after.
O. Wei, have you been at it ever since?
\. No, sir; l made statements to the
committee on safety, and made diagrams.
@. You have put in a good deal of your
time at it? A. Not at that; put in more
time going down to the Justices court
when they put off the trials.
@. Nobody has ever raid you any money
for this, and you never expect to be PAID
for it. a. No. sir. | haven't got anything
out of this only trouble.
@. This work that you have been do
ing in this matter YOU have simply been
doing it n patriotic duty of a public
spirited and honest citizen? A. Yes SIR:
c. And all your conduct in this from the
first to the last has been actuated by the
same praiseworthy motive? a. Yes sir;
and is has been done to clear my skirts
from fraud and the wrong that has been
committed.
@. And the wrong that you helped to
perpetrate? a. Well. you can put it that
way, If you want to.
@. Well. that is the way want it.
Redirect examination by Mr.. Small.
O. You have had all these judges arrest
ed, have you not? a. Yes, sir.
@. And have done everything you can 20
bring them to justice? A. Yes, sir.
q. That is all.
Ey MIR. Farr: That is all.
sworn to before me on the day aforesaid,
nrh sllhsnrihnh in my preSenCo this day