The morning times., 1895-07-24
VOTE TO Be THROWN OUT
Little Dickie' Will Be Forced
Out of the AttOrnGyship.
CONTESTANTS STRONG CASE
Evidence That Can't Be Shaken
Offered, Showing That Johnson's
Voters Violated the Walton Law.
Intimidated Adherents of the OPP
posing Party.


sion IN the old court house ON North CO.
lumbus street yesterday morning at 8
O'Clock, and the entire day was taken up
i'll the examination of four Of the witnesses
for the contestants. Much of the sIowness of
the trial was due to the fact that the ator-
neys for Messrs. Johnson and Duncan had
immune rable objections to interpose to
many of the questions asked the wit
nesses on the other side, which had to be
argued at great length.
The cross-eXamination of the witnesses
seemed To be more for the purpose of brow
beating them with some slip OF the tongue
than to ascertain the merits of the question
i'll controversy.
When the case opened the contestants
were reinforced by the arrival of Mr.. A. A.
LipScomb, of Washington, one OF their
attorneys, who has been unable to attend
court before.
The continuation OF the cross-examina-
ton of Mr.. Tronley Sisson, the special con-
stable at the Four Mile Run precinct, who
was on the stand when the court adjourned
yesterday evening, was again resumed.
Witness acknowledged that he had voted
and worked for Mr. Hume before the
election, and had on election day spoken
to several OF his friends in Mr.. Humes
favor In the redirect examination by
Mr.. Armstrong witness said he had not
gone into the voting booth except at
the request of a voter TO mark bis ticket
for him. He understood that after the
trouble with PevcrfIl, w. l.. Heath, one
OF JohnSon'S lieutenants had told the men
about the polls to give the witness HI
This was excluded by the court as only
hearsay evidence.
CANDIDATE DOUGLAS TESTIMONY.
w. ". Douglas, the cheated candidate
for commemorative attorney, was next
sworn. When witness arrived at the
Four Mile Run precinct he saw part OF
the trouble between Constable Sisson and
James Peverill over the marking OF But
ler's ballot. He saw Peverin arrested by
constable and carried away. He heard
threats against Mr. Sisson aud heard
those standing arolnd say there was to
be no voting until Mr.. johnson arrived.
The mob about the voting booth was very
violent, and the witness looked for an
outbreak any minute.
Witness saw q number of men vote
whose vote re would nave challenged but
for the fact that ne had seen such riotous
demonstrations that he was afraid TO do
so, Tor fear OF causing an outbreak, and
he was unwilling to assume the response
bility of such thing for fear loss OF life
would ensue. He had heard both Mr..
Hume and himself cursed and abused and
saw Johnson give written slips TO negroes
which were carried INTO the voting booths
with them.
The crUss-examination failed to shake
the witness testimony, and he was al
lowed TO leave the stand.
j. 7 Haney, county superintendent of
roads. next took the stand. He saw the
-, ~
and when Johnson arrived advised him TO
do what he could TO prevent disorder, as
II would tend to iHvalidate his election.
The crowd constantly crowded upon the
voting booths, contrary To the election
law, and the cOnsta bles Were unable 10
keep them back. Witness thought he saw
Mr. johnson within the forty-foot limit
several times.
on cIoss-examinatiOn by Mr.. Johnson
it was brought out that the witness had
heard Johnson say that had he been pres
eut when the troa Die occurred blood
would have been shed. He also stated
that had he wished TO challenge vote he
would have been afraid TO have done so.
Mr. a q Thomas was called TO the
stand, and stated mat he heard a number
OF persons say that no one should vote
as long as Special Constable Sisson was
at the polls, and heard Johnson say that
had he been present when the trouble
occurred he would have killed Sisson.
AFRAID TO CHALLENGE
In reply to a question OF Mr. A. a Lips
comb, the witness said he would not have
dared to challenge a vote at the polls and
it would not have been safe for either Mr..
Hume or Mr. Douglas to have done SO.
Mr. a B. Tomson, "A candidate for county
Treasurer, was next sworn.
He was positive that it would have been
dangerous for Douglas or Hume to have
exercised the right of challenge. He had
colored men working for him, VINO tod him
they were afraid to talk to Mr.. Hume, but
they were voting for him.
In reply to a question as to what would
have been the effect had Mr.. Hume chal
lenged seventy-flve or eighty voters the
witness replied he would hot like to have
stood in Hume's shoes.
In regard to the trouble at Four Mile
Run, Mr. TorrisUn said he heard that it
was caused by a put up job. The negro
went into the booth and then came out de
claring that Mr.. SisSon had wrongfuily
marked his ballot On the day of the
electian the witness concluded that he
would do no challenging for fear 1T would
do his candidacy harm.
On redirect examination witness could
not say whether Butler could read or write.
He understood Butler could and also that
it was a put up job to catch SisSon and get
him out of the way. AT the conclusion
of Mr. Torrison's testimony the court ad-
lourned for the day.
There seems to be but little doubt now
but that the vote of jefferson district will
be thrown out.