Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-08
BLAIR'S TURN NOW.
He Positively D.scIaims sly PaTlici.
patton In ia. Election Frauds.
THE MYSTERY SILL USsoLyED.


rhis lie the nth day Of tho Invest.
CATION arising out OF the prohibition
proceedings against the Utah Commit.
sIon In the election cases from 5aupeie
county, and again there was u very
large audience. The came counsel
represented the respective parties ~ on
the preceding dRya.
After the NEWS report had closed
yesterday afternoon little seems uu.
sued. L, was during sue crJu.yxhmi.
nation Of Chairman Jcrryld II. Lttchrg
by Attorney john n. Zane.
Mr.. Lo,ohor followed Commissioner
sherman on lho wi.ncss.stand, AMI Ia
rcpiy TO questions put by Attorney T..
l.. Williams, he stated that the rolurns
from sanputo were received from
Secretary Richards on November gl,h.
some VI th m were ia bad condition,
tho envelopes being torn. All tho
members OF the Commission we're
prescott wnou thoy were received;
\
the regular clerks OF tho Commission,
but Joseph NJ, COhou was employed
iUr some time, his duty being 10 make
uut abstracts Tor the Commission anu
the ua1va'sing board. The Sanpetr
fuIuruu afnvoi on the 2lth Of Novom.
uuf, and Tor two days were kept Ia tho
main work room Of the Commission.
Ga too .8ri they were placed IA the
taio Of tine .s,oroiaTy by Mf. Richards,
the tlCtUtiry's oiUTa, On December
3rI &C 4.h they wore again returned g.
the Commission room. O.uur rntutua
were KEEP. il close. securely locked.
The main room of tho Continuation
was also securely luUk. u Ht night.
Nc. Wiilihmy-lUur attention has
boon called 90 certain crosses 90 the
poll llIi from aauprir, indicating that
certain persons hud voted, aud claimed
TO have huon written Ia different
c1loroI ink2 So far a. you know, state
whether auy such marks have boon
made OF tue word "vJtUI" written iu
any OF those books or pnpurs since the
Commission received thum3
"No changes have been made that l
know ufn
Mt. Zanc-The working table la the
Commission r0Om,is, ia the center Of tue
room, isn't ~
"Iesn
"And there were other tables on the
toJm2"
"Yys.n
"Aud Mt. Blair wonIin there when.
/ ever no wanted tol"
"Well, he could 10 In II he wanted
TO-"
"Aud you wouli not have thought
anything strange Ot it2n
"NO; but his work was In tho front
gnlce. io was detailed 10 the front
room Ut tue suggestion Of MT, SheI-
man"
"And Mr.. sherman also objected to
tho presence Uf Joseph N. Cohen Ia
the Commission room?D
"Ho-i he didn't want anybody there
but tho members oil the Commission
"rbis II the Hame Cohen that tuch n
row was raised about last fall2"
Gle was registrar for salt Lake
county"
Alt. Zane then asked, who brought
the returns up 70 your officer
Witness-Mr. Blair Mr. Parks aud
Mr.. Richards.
"Aud from November goth 10 28fd
the 5anpctu returns were On table IN
tue rOOmG"
UNtH.O
"Dil you see them put In the shie?"
81 saw them after they had been put
IN"
"During all this time DO you know
OF any one who had IA key ~ the outer
onic,2"
owen, generally put the key where
the JauilOT GOULD get IT,
"But most Slybody could have gone
Ia theu2"
UIesU
"Who iir-lsuggesisi that there were
discrepancies Ia thu Sanpute rgtuTat2"
81 dou'l rumemuor."
"Dilu't a. N. Hyde say something
10 you about ~"
"he did say that there were great
Irregularities in ths returns. THIS was
Subsequent 10 his visit SAnpetu.
Thatcher objected 70 rallock taking
any figures from the Te.urnsD
"And ut the time he objected didn't
you know that no hal some other rea.
son Tor not wanting them 10 look over
the returns except that he was airaii
that the figures would be given Uut?n
81 did not"
"Dldu'g you know" asked Mr.. Zane
emphatiualiy, "that the reason That.
cher did not want those figures taken
was because he knew tho figures an
they stood would not DO ~ the n.urys
would bo when they came to look IT
them2"
"No," replied Lolcher, angrlly; "I
did not know that no di1 anything VI
the klni.N
"You diI uol2"
"NU, / did not" Mr.. Lelcher an.
sWured, aud tnen turning To the court
he shid; "Aluy / ask, your honor
there are several other attorneys In this
case--lf II Is just IA convenient Tor ono
Of them to conduct this examination.
| would prefer 10 have a gentleman
examine me-"
Mt. Iiuu was ab at 70 reply, whom
Judge P1worB Jumped up anu protested
asaiLst the manner Ol Mr.. Iane's
cfois,uKRmination.
Judge Barloh raped for order, and
suggested that Il was time 90 adjourn.
Judge Powers insisted that the near.
ing proceed, stating that ho desired O.
introduce tie testimony OF Biz. Blair,
who was resting under serious charges,
but Attorney Ogden Hllus sald thal II
would DO Impossible 90 conclude with
MI Lelcneb and couTtati burned.
Chairman Letohcr again took the
ataud upon court TO,ssembNng tins
morning aud Attorney J1nn NJ. Zane
resumed his oross.uNamination OF the
witness,
"NoW on yesterday" said coun.
sci, "at the time OF adjournment, / was