The morning times., 1895-07-26

| he worked in a boarding house.
Witness did not know that Freddy had
n residence in Alexandria county. Wit
ness knew james Hooker, who had told
him that he came from Gloucester in the
| spring of 1894 He went TO and from Wash
] lngton until he was employed by Dickie
| Johnson. 7. Cavanugh, the witness said,
came from the Gloucester track last fail.
| He was employed as track hand and slept
in the stables. John Mulligan was a
| hostler at the Alexander Island track;
| could not say when he came to the track
POLICY WRITER NELSON.
! Witness could not say what was the busi-
ness of Andrew Nelson; understood that he
was a policy writer Nelson boarded at
| Groves place on Columbia road. Knew
that John w Patten and his son were en-
gagged in the saloon business at Jackson
| City The elder Patton had said he lived
on Thirty-third street, in Georgetown, and
| had heard the son refer to Washington as
| his home
Witness knew one James Smith, white
hoStler at the Jackson City track. The first
| time witness saw him was last April.
| Smithcame from the G loucester track where
he had been in the horse business and rented
| stables on Johnson's Hill Slept in the
! stables first and afterwards boarded at
! Reece S. He was now ut st. ASaphs with
! his horses. John J. Butts was employed as
trainer in Capt Maddox g stable at Alex
| ander Island, but witness could not tell
| where he came from.
Sawyer testified that Fred W Brooks
| kept a boarding house at the Alexander
| Island track. inside the enclosure Could
not tell whether he was married nor where
| his parents live. c. III. Douglas had told
witness that he came from Gloucester.
| He was a race track follower and came TO
the track in the spring of 1894.
| Witness knew George Gardner and G..
! w. Jennings came to the island track from
! Gloucester. Witness knew Thomas Nc
Kenney came from South Carolina. but
| was now trainer at Alexander Island.
| ii. L. X amey was a cook at the island track
| and had small shop there. Sawyer said
/ he heard Ramey say he was from Glouces-
/ ter; slept at his cook shop. William Wash
/ ington was employed as a rubber ut Alex
ander Island. Witness had heard him say
he came from Virginia. He slept i'll one
OF the stalls at the track.
| On cross-eXamination. Mr.. Sawyer said
he had been a resident OF the county for
eighteen months. He had been employed
at the island track. There were fully 400
persons at the track, but changes were con-
stantly taking place. Witness could not
sayhow many men had been employed there
constantly. He went to the st Asaph
track in March, and could not say anything
of the persons employed there before that
time. Witness was then excused.
MANY OF THEM T0UTS.
Joseph F Field. q special constable at
the island, testified similarly concerning
Ben Burrell, Thomas V Perry, Lee Gambler,
J. e Dempsey, Frank Foster, Joseph
| Hogan, T. Kavanaugh, Frank Morris, John
Mulligan, Andrew Nelson, j w. Patten,
sr and jr., James Smith, j. j. Butts, George
Gardner, G. W Jennings, and Charles
He n
as gamblers, touts, loafers, trainers, and
helpers, with no settled abode.
In reply to a question witness said he did
! not know what instruction had been given
out by Strahan to the voters OF the Island
! track as to how they should vote.
on cross examination witness said he
was friend Of Mr. Hume and knew Mr..
Hume did not go to Alexander Island TO
solicit votes Witness voted for Johuson
for common wealth's attorney.
r. J. Miller, the next witness, gave the
! nameS of many trackmen who had voted
but who claim homes in other cities.
Witness said that when the Alexander
/ Island track closed last winter many of
! the persons about whom he had been ques-
| toned remained at the track
At the afternoon session Mr.. Howard
! II Young was called TO the stand Mr..
! Young stated that he had been a resident
/ Of the county since 1872 and clerk or the
/ county court since 1886. He~was asked
I if he knew some eight or ten OF the voters
! whose votes are alleged to be Illegal, but
Mr.. Young stated that he knew none of
! them, though he was very we'll acquai nted
! with the voters OF the county, having made
/ several canvasses for his office,
Sheriff Palmer was recalled and asked
! if he knew Frank X. Foster and Frank
! Foster, jr, He said lie did that they were
gamblers. Witness said that he had 100
! subpoeuas for the contestants placed in
! hiss hands aud that he had served all
! except eight or ten.
Other witnesses were then called and not
being present, Mfr Moore, for the contest
! ants, arose aud stated that he wished to
read portion of the depositiOnS taken by
/ the defense Mr. Smith objected.
After some further argument the court
/ ruled that the dispositions could not be
read now by the contestants, but should
! be later, without being bound by the rules
/ of evidence
TOLD OF THE RAID.
Sheriff Palmer was again called to the
stand He was interrogated by the con-
| testants as to the presence of certain wit
nesscs he had summoned in the court. He
was then told of the raid on Fosters gam
! bling place, and said it was located in Ar
! lington district.
Mr. Frank Hume was recalled to the stand.
/ Mr.. Hume stated that ne had been on the
! board of supervisors and had thorough
| knowledge of the votes of jefferson district.
! Witness did not know William Burrell, John
/ Butts, Frederick Brooks, Arthur Books,
/ John Carroll, and number of Others, who
/ claimed to be residents OF the county, and
| had voted.
On crOss-eXamination Mr.. Johnson took
! from the colored registration book the
! first ten names, but Mr.. Hume could not
recognize any of them. Mr.. Hume stated
that the negroes had been offered to him in
companies for sale, and he did not know
them personally.
Mr. W. c. Wiburt, county treasurer, was
then sworn. Mr. WibeTt stated that he had
every opportunity as county treasurer to
become acquainted with the voters of the
county. A long list of names of alleged non
residents of jefferson county who had voted
to recognize any of them with one or two
exceptions.
Mr.. Johnson opened the case for the
defendants by making motion that the
contestants be non-Suited..
Mr. Armstrong spoke in opposition, but
the court, at 6 80 D. m, adjourned, with the
understanding that the argument would be
concluded this morning.
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Flowers for Policeman Greer.
Policeman George Greer last night locked
up Lewis Scott and William Harris, col
ored, for disorderly assembly on Eigh-
the first arrest made by Greer since he re-
lr,+,, opY how frpr