The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-27

AT 8 O'Clock in the afternoon he was
at the commission and said something
about having broken the key in the
box"
Did you say anything before the
board Of cdnVaSserS appointed for the
Third precinct about the broken key?'
7 may. have mentioned something
about it, but I don't remember
BY Mr. Willians-Ddd you testify
before the commission that he had told
you about the broken key?
L called their attention to the fact
that the box labeled poll I had a
! broken key, and said something about
Rich saying it was broken at Reed
poll"
George L. Nye, one of the three can
VasSers appointed. was asked if he
! had taken testimony in reference to
the Third precinct and if Mr.. Letcfer
was examined and what he had testi-
I fed to in regard to the broken key.
| Mr. Williams objected ana the OBJ
| lection was sustained, and Mr.. Nye
excused.
Judge Miner here asked for a bench
warrant for Sergeant Katz who was
/ subpoenaed as a witness. but was not
present.
Judge Powers stated that on the
! previous evening Judge Miner had told
| the witnesses they would not be want
ed. Jesse Goodfellow and other witt
neSSeS were also absent owing to the
same cause.
| His honor under the circumstances
refused to issue bench warrant, but
I instructed the bailih to find the wit
nesses and inform them they were
wanted.
Hank Harness TestIfes.
! Henry Barnes took the stand, and
/ in reply to Judge Hiles said he was
one OF the Judges Of election in the
! Third precinct. He was presiding Judge
/ at poll two. the other Judges were 0.
! H.Hardy and Marion Thomas. There
were two boxes, one for the conSt1tu-
ttonal election and one for the county
! election, The former was a new boX,
and the latter an old one. The boxes
were empty when the polling com
I menced Witness was not certain that
| he was present all the time when the
| constitutional votes We're being count
ed. He, however, took the ballots
from the box and helped to separate
them into three piles, Republican,
I Democratic, and Popullst.
| Some part OF the time during the
! count you We're absent?'
! Yes, during most of the time When
| the count was going on"
! "Who did the counting then?
Mr.. Hardy ana MI. Thomas"
1Where were you them!
"Sitting by the stove.
Were there any Onl0oherS2
eyes, quite a few, Mr. Dykes. Mr.,
/ Sloan, Mr.. Booth and Others
when was the count eompleted?"
almost 3 a m on the 18th.
/ Were you present When the count
was just fnished?"
Eyes,"
you were not feeling we'll when the
count was going on?' -,
! NO, [ was very unWen. I was chilled
and sleepy after being up so long"
! did any one take your place in
making up the TALES"
Eyes, L deputed Mr.. c. s. Stephen
! son to do the clerical work for ne"
I "You have no reason to believe the
marks on the tally sheets are incor-
rectW
Z have every reason to believe they
"What did you do with the tally
"Put one in the box and nut The
I duplicate in an envelope to mail TO the
/ Utah commission. [ made a mistake IN
doing that
"What did you do with the boxes
after the COUNT
UTook them home and on November
q
SION"
the bo1es2"
| In the sitting room
'Under what circumstances did you
take the boxes to the CommiSSion?'
Mr.. Rich and drove to my mouse
and got the boxes and took them tC
the commission and delivered them &c
Mr.. Letcher-"
THE Utah commission ordered them
sent imp
Yes
"Did the order say to deliver them tc
Rich or to deliver them to the com
mission?"
IT don't remember but I delivered
them to the commission myself"
I "Do you remember seeing or hearing
anything about broken key"
II gaw no broken key and never
heard of it except from street rumors, >
"Were you, at any time, requested
to allow the box to be opened for the
purpose Of taking out or putting IL
banots?"
"several people said something abou
how easily it could be done. but nc
one proposed to do it"
Did you have a conversation viii
Mr.. Rich about it?"
He was one of those who suggested
how easily it could be done. He sale
it would be very easy to alter the re-
suit in that way, that it was too BAG
that McCune should be beaten. as he
paign fund. [ told him [ was not IL
that line Of business. I thought hi
was testing"
Was any suggestion made abou
changing the result after you hac
given up possession Of the boxes?"
Did any one but Rich suggest II
I he result could he cha eed ~
Yes, a person whose identity I can
not recall said something about it tx
me at the Deseret bank corner.
Cannot you recall who st was?"
"If I were TO gee him [ would know
him but 1 don't know his name
"Do you know a man named Gren
nan?"
who was present when the mai
made the suggestion to you at tn
Deseret bank corner7'
'SElias 4. Smith, one of the Jenning
and others we're present. they al
moved away. but the one man and n
said, why cannot you change the re
suit and elect McCune.'
when Rich spoke to you, you under
stood what he meant?''
J az should say I did. [ don't l5noy
whether he meant it or not. but l1nou
\ what he said and could take only on,
meaning IFOII II, Cual Tie Only Wa.
to alter the result was to stuff tn
boxes"
, '.How soon after the completion O
the count did you take the bo1e
home2"
Il left in FIVE or ten minutes an,
carried both boxes myself. At the cor
ner of the street waited till the ca
came, got on to it with the boxes an
went home"
could any change have been mad