Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25

THE CONTESTED ELECIlON. -AltcI
tho GAzETrE's reports closed yesterday
sheriff Palmer was put upon the stand
n the contested election case now in
progress in the County Court House.
a fs sheriff testified that he had been
unable to serve certain subpnnas on
witnesses at the race tracks and brick
Yards. he was at Four-Mile Run at
10 o'clock on the day of election and
ramained there all day and saw almost
everything that trsnspired. He did
not see anything that would deter q
nerson from voting, saw no violence,
no one inundated, no threats or vio-
Ience of any kind. He challenged one
man on that day. There was no diff
ference in this election than on pre-
yious ones. There was no physical OBJ
strnction to prevent any one from yot-
ing. He saw but one drunken man all
dsy. No one interferred with witness
when he challenged the voters and
there was q large crowd about the polls
at the time. The election was as quiet
as that when Mr.. Frank Hume ran for
Congress.
At 4:45 court adjourned.
Upon the opening ofcourt this morn
inc Mr.. Palmer resumed the stand.
He averred that he did not know who
the race track people voted for, except
MIR. Stran, who promised to act in his
interest.
MIR. Andrew Schlevogt followed. He
vas clerk at the Four-mile run pre-
cinct on election day. The election
was Quiet until the Butler incident;
when it became riotous; saw Peverlll
strike at Sisson; the crowd often came
within three feet of the voting place;
witness knew Stran, the race track man,
was not voter; bottle of liquor was
brought into the voting place by one OF
the clerks during the day and another
ct night: had ordered the last one to be
taken out: he saw no raZors, bricks or
nstols but the crowd was disorderly;
". P. Hall, he said, was prevented
from voting because he was 8 resident
of Washington; no one could have got
ten to the window of the voting place
from the south side, but he believed
they could have gotten to the north
window.
Mr.. A. ]. Sawyer was recalled. His
testimony was in regard to certain en-
ployees of the race track; he had heard
some of them say they voted for Veitcb;
heard none of them say they voted Tor
Hume nor Douglass.
JosephF. Field was next called. His
testimony was immaterial.
R. ]. Miller afterwards took the
stand. He told of different attaches OF
the race tracks and said three OF them
voted, but he didn't know who they
voted for.
After recess Mr.. II. II. Young, clerk
of the court, was put on the stand and
asked If he knew about dozen OF the
men whose right to vote had been
questioned. he said he did not know
these men and that there were others
in the county whom he did not know:
Sheriff Palmer was then recalled
and asked if he knew Frank Foster.
He replied that he knew one Frank
Foster whose house ne had raided and
out of one hundred subpoenas he had TO
serve at that time he had failed to ind
only seven of the men.
Mr.. Moore, counsel for the contest
ants, then asked leave to read some OF
the dispositions in the case, but Col.
Smith objected, saying that the con-
testants had no legal right to read the
dispositions at this time.
The court sustained Col. Smith and
said the dispositions could be read at
some future time.
Sheriff Palmer then resumed his tes-
timony.
An effort will be made to complete
the examination of witnesses this even
ing and tomorrow the reading Of the
depositions will be commenced.