Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-07
A SURPRISE SPRUNG.
A Sensational Feature In tho ALLEGED
Election Fraud,--ih o Tcsil.
mony Today.

Commission from 5lupoto county wac
resumed before Judge Blrtch, iu tho
Third district court ro.m,at ton O'Clock
this morning, the came counsel appear.
Ing az on the preceding days Of the
Investigation. FfJm pres nt appear.
aucgs lhe cases orc likely 90 occupy the
ggit's attention another day, A. lraat.
Alter tho NEwa geplr. closed ou
sHtgyiay terugon, Walter W. Bailey,
ouc0i the judges st Moron, testified
taum samuel Am,s. Joachim Anderson
aud VIM. st9,t had not voted, tluy
were not 10 married when the polls
closed, anu tho work usI. now stood
was not in Che handwriting or witness.
Cro.s'cxamiueI by Attorney T.. L..
WilliamI wiiu,ss admitted that ia
footing up iur votes Tor lIoaty Bsni,
"a mistake bad uuHu pHIu on tho tally
sheets, giving him III Instead OF -
votes. Oiuef miaIaEtB il footing up
tho tally shgCH were also admitted.
Witness iwuabruui as tI NOT haylag
written tho wuri "yUtulp opposite tho
uamus he ulI hadn's voted. 10
might have written Mc " them, 0ut
was not turei % bee i.t % vas mis-.
take.
joseph l.. Joliey IT,, " Motoui, said
hs was present Al tue election. Ito
was quite suro that StO,t and joachim
Auuyruu uiI not vote.
90 pliorOn, Spring CITY, said John
p. JuriCtuu hai not voted the CJuhitu.
ilonul ticket lie WIS marked, how.
ovuri as having done 30 on the pen lll'.
The mark was alleged 10 have b,cu
mnic afterwards anu in different col.
Orci ink. Wiiugss had seen AluuEj
| hyde Ia 5puug CITY, aud talked about
| The election VITA him. Hyde Hfkei
him 70 Dee did not think the Repubu-
/ chu5 had GOT the best VI them. Witness
kept the ballot boxes securely urtll
| they were called la by tue Utah Com.
missi1u.
J. W. K5lofl, Judge Of election a.
/ Spring Guy, said THAI Juslusun voted
| the county tut moi the Constitutional
ucteL Justouaon was tho only man In
the whole election who voted oue
ticket only, all the Others voting both
| tickets.
John A. Street, Of the law firm OF
| DUy & Street, baid ho had examined
! the poll lists tor Mount Pleasant pre-.
oinot, aud judging from the different
c1l0r8 Ia the ink picked out
the namcs Which were not ou
the Constitutional registration list,
but were marked as voted on the psll
| lists. The NAMES were Andrew Jensen
| Jr, Hazard Wilcox, James M0us1n,
| klmbGi JOhansen, Ole Il. Jensen, An
Drew J0lanHou. lho marks opposite
these xix names were apparently made
| with The same lux, which was DARK
blue color, while the Ink which the
other marks were made with was
| black. Judge Powers moved that MI
Streets testimony bs stricken out, On
the ground that he mad not been shown
10 be an expert In o5l0rs ana iuEs.
! The witness said he was an expert ia
| the color VI iuks,nud tue testimony was
admitted subject 10 objection. Mr.
Street 8aid In MS early youth he hau
hAd great experience m c0lUrs aud dye.
| Ing, having managed a busiuegs OF that
| kind Tor some years. MI Street was
/ shown poll lists from other preciHCis
| ana picked out names marked with u
cTOsa IN different c0lofud INK from the
rcsT OF tue marks anu the names 10
marked were not found on the poll
| books.
The petitioners rested their cnlo by
| putting IN evidence the protests sent 10
tho Commission against tho recount,
and court adjourned III Monday
morning,
This morning, Commissioner j.. W.
| IutluCk was called TO tue witness'Blnnd
| by Attorney JuU. NJ. Zane and asked
/ gu what day u was decided for luu
] 4. D.. H. N.nII..F
| boxes fglm Snnputr county.
"On Dec. dlh, 1885," answered tho
! witness.
AttlRt time" ilqulrOd Mr Zme,
chad ciilrrrAt memuer u the Uuu
CWumissi0U reached aIy conclusion
as 10 tbs dIsCTepaucius2"
! "IsJ.D
"Iuu may state what was said ON
/ that dny by Commissioner NJgTull.
"lIate In the evening OF that day."
answered the witness, "ai!tr thu ry.
turus proper and the registnu1l lists
! hal been examined, the statement was
/ madt by CUmnbsi0uur Nlt,sll, sub
| stautiully that he Lai figured tue
l discrepancies At least three different
| WY there were not sufficient
| ulsyr0 auCips, ia his opinion, % Affect
| the result OF the election, HuI that no
was ready 70 certify to the tally lists"
Goa tbs iih Of December and before
had any % tho Commissioned In.
| sisted on the certificates belug issued
on the tally sheeu2'
Witness an Wtrrd ia tho affirmative,
| ana tuiJ that Commissioner NUrrull
| afterwards stated tina. no had changed
bis mind as 10 tho CeTlltlcatl0n Of the
| tally sheets.
| Tue witness was crOss.e1amlned by
| Judge Powers and stated that in 40.
| COrlAnco with resolution submitted
ty CommissiOuUr Thatcher AMI
ad1plcI, the advice Of certain gentle.
| mon WINS taken 40 10 whAl constituted
mo returns. Thls was At a meeting
| on November 2jIb.
"YcrO those gentlemen considered
! % br couurul2" asked tho judge.
uNOt by me-" (Laughter)
"WhD were they" quo:Ial Judge
| p1weIs.
"Odando w. Powers Is tho name OF
| once sugh!srh-Pagley Il. Williams
| is auslher--(HughteTh "-ani shu Wit
uaBi then paused,
"Why do you stop theEtr
"IIutause 1 Rm uncertain about any
QUO else baiug there" witness 4ilVr.
garfB sail, however, thag no believed
Judge james A, Miner was also pros