The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-26

. These lists we're a big advantage. II
voter failed 20 turn up it gave me opp9r-
I runity to find somebody else TO cast his
/ ballot FOR him. number or negro voters
who came up late IN the day found that
their names had already been voted some
+ OF the managers refused 70 alioN tnese
uuluCky voters 20 cast their ballots. on
the ground that their names had already
the mauA gers could not allow another
man % vote iu the same name The only
/ recourse of the legitimate voter. they said
| was 10 prosecute the Illegal voter. Al
some OF the boxes, however. the legal
I voter was allowed 20 cast MS ballot after
esta blishing his IDENTITY.
NJ. A. Buttmer heard a worker ofer
negro ST 10 vote another negros name
The negro came 20 the sixth district poN
and voted as ROuert BOozman- Ar. But
timer knew BoOzman and he also knew
the negro who voted, whose name was
LLOYD As soon as the negro had voted
Mr.. Butumer called on Policeman Becker
TO arrest him for Illegal voting The Of
ncer dil not seem inclined TO make the
arrest - butttihrf sei1ea the mar ana
started on with ntm 10 the uaFIae Ks Al
the corner OF DFaytOn street Policeman
Becker caught up with him and took
charge OF LLOYD There was considerable
excitement over the matter. and 30 vas
charged that there was a plot 10 release
Lloyd on tne way 70 the barracks. Sew
mCer TO see that this did not occur. Lloyd
was afterWar4 transferred TO the jail on
a warrant sworn out before Justice Blols.
Ihis put Mr. Buttimer on the watch,
and later in the day be saw Mr.. Henry
Dreeson with a Est in his hands lie
managed TO get the list and some lively
scrambling followed each side endeavor-
ing TO obtain possession Of IL. By passing
the list from hand 10 hand IL was secured.
Two other lists were also secured, the
three being those of the Fourth, Sixth and
Seventh districts.
The fighting had already begun. but
the registration list episode seemed TO
Work the heelers up TO the proper pitch,
and after that 90 was one steady scrap.
A. J.. PITTS and W. +. Thee were taken IN
early for lighting. John Kelly, driver OF
me police ambulance, happened along
alter and had a fight as a matter of course
lie was taken I'm, TOO. Soon after 10
CLOCK there was a general racket. Thorn
as Duffy and James Mcbride Jr were
the principals. Policeman Speight arrest
ed iluHy and was struck In the mouth By
the latter Duny was a Hartridge man
and il was claimed by his friends that the
oIhcer used unnecessary violence in hand
ing him. The arrest brought on a gem
eIdi scrap and Il took a whole squad Of
police 70 handle the crowd. John Duty
g. W. Dyer, George Dyer and James Nc
bride, Jr, were arrested. Several police
men mad to go along in the wagon to
Keep the prisoners from fighting on the
$ 5. Grant, colored. was charged by
Mr. John Willink with attempting 70
vote twice. He was arrested and sent In
More arrests followed In rapid succession.
The lighters took a short rest and then
went at i again. Robert McDonOugh
ana Pat kearney got into a fight on
President street. The crowd gathered
around and about dozen policemen
rushed IN. There was general scram-
bic, and several side fights. McDonough
was the only one arrested this time.
The Hartridge men were loud i'm their
claims that only Hartridge men were
being arrested, and that the police were
acting as Wllliuk- partisans Every Har-
fridge man who got boisterous was ar
rested, they said, while the Willink men
were only arrested under extreme cir
cumstances Friends of each candidate
were al the barracks, and bailed out the
! "A n n lie
way some managed to get arrested two
or three times.
Along about o'clock Francis Burke, a
| HarTidge man. got disorderly and was
arrested. There were several policemen
around him when John Kelly came up.
| Burke cursed him and Kelly went for
him. The two men fought in the police
mems arms. sap" Dyer, Hartridge
| man, was looking on, when Dan Sullivan,
| Dyer wheeled around and gave sullivan
blow with his fist on the
side of the head that brought
/ ed on charges preferred by Dyer. Two
| other men got in a dght close by and
| were arrested. The closed wagon came
were put in Kelly and Burke had no
| sooner gotten inside than they went at
| each other again. The police had TO get
| In and separate them. II looked Ike
nothing else so much as lot of animals
Reporter Thomas McNany saw man
/ named Davis trying to vote In the name
| Of Michael o'Brien in the Second district
! He demanded Davis arrest. Justice
sheftall ordered Mr.. MeNally out Of the Of
fee. When he demonstrated with the
| officer he was placed under arrest. Da-
| Wis was charged with disorderly conduct
| and bonded out. Mr. McNally stated his
| intention Of having him arrested for
| Illegal voting.
Peter Kelly created considerable rack
| ct late In the afternoon. Kelly was dis
charged from the fire department only
| a few days ago. His friends claim that
the reason Of his discharge was his fail
ure 10 vote in the district primary. Kelly
| was a red hot Hartridge man. He had
a fight with Willink man and was ar
| rested. DUeky wilkins who went along
in the wagon to explain matters. had
| some words with the chief and was or
dered locked up Charges were entered
| by Mr.. w. A. Dayton against Policeman
sam Davis Of striking Kelly with his
| club while the latter was undef arrest and
| in charge of three policemen. Mr.. Day
| ton charges that Davis reached over the
heads OF the other policemen in order to
There was a lulI in the battle from a
to Cookbook. The Willink men saw that
| the victory was theirs, while the Hart
| ridge men acknowledged defeat. There
! was little voting and little excitement
until just at the close of the polls, when
the Kelly scrap and several minor fights
| were pulled of. There were forty arrests
during the day. and the recorder win
/ have a sweet matinee this morning.
| When the polls closed at 6 o'clock Sher-
| III Roman ordered all the doors of the
| court mouse locked ana 40 one admitted.
| This was at the request of Judge Van
| Winkler, who intended having the count
| Of the votes in private. with only the
| candidates present, besides the managers.
Some of the managers objected to this.
and so did several of the leaders, who
| had gathered in the superior court jury
| room, whittier the boxes had been car
! ried Judge Van Winlder yielded to the
! general demand and allowed the count
| to proceed in public there being about
an equal number of the friends of Messrs.
! HarTidge and Willlnk present, besides
| several Travis men.
The count proceeded rapidly. The
| Seventh district was the first to be an
nounced, showing a plurality of u for
| Willink. The Fifth followed with a plu-
| rality of y for Willnk. The Sixth came
| next with majority of IL for WillinK
| there being no votes for Travis in the
| box. The Eighth announced 50 for WIN
| link Is for Hartridge and l for Travis.
| The Second was the first of the city dis
| tricts to complete the count. II showed
| a plurality of 2o6 for Willink This was
| as, expected. The First district came next
| with a plurality of 259 for Willink. This
| was also expected
The Hartridge men had been anxiously
| watching for their promised majorities in
! the Third and Fourth districts which it
| had been proclaimed would turn the tide
| for their candidate Their hopes fell as
] the count progressed. 1t was seen that tho