The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-08

p0rariiy appointed and that might
have the naming OF hing but he. COM
mission decided they did gant any
more help at that time,
Chairman Letcher.
Chairman Letcher. oG the Utah conn
mission. examined by Mr.. " lianls
When did the SaHpeze returns first
come into possession of the commission
and from whom y
ION November 20. from Secretary
Richards. who is ex-officio secretary 70
the commission
In what condition were the returns
when received pr
Many 81 them were partly torn and
some appeared as If they had never
been sealed. others We're open az the
ends. as by wear in the mail bass. 49,
sWho received the returns AZ ms
commission p?
IAN the members who we're presen I, +
what did j. NJ. Cohen do at the
ssPreparea blank fornas for the tig-
ures to be inserted ~.
sid he insert1any figures
None that SIN aware q.
I'm whose custody were tleeTstuTrls
kept
returns were handed 10 the fGa nyassing q.
board, the other returns were kept py
the commission. Among tssef1 were the
Sanpete returns in i he Ian &c work. g
room and in q Sclosef uR that Eoorrl
There are three doors 10 hat room.
two fastened inside with. a sTap, and.
the other with a new lock, The key to
the closet was locked up III the safe in
the secretary's office. When the COM
mission temporarily drpppede work on
the Sanpete returns,4 they were rnade.
up in a bundle and locked in the safe
in the secretary's office. Dewey Rich-
ards, clerk TO Secretary Richards,
locked them up.
when was the lock placed on the
closet where part OF the returns were
kept
| :.About November IL. It was a Yale,
lock and + kept the. keys; there were
three of them"
! Witness also kept the key to the
working ROOM. No one else had any
siiad George Blair or any Of the
other clerks access TO then? n
sssss0o, except in the presence of the
colnn1i ssion.y
Your attention has been called to
those crosses on the poll list which; the
petitioners claim to have been written
in diNererrt colored Ink from the 9TH
ers 5s,Ssss
Yes
ing made or the word 4voted written
opposite the names on the poll book?"
No, l do not
did any one have access, to the re-
turns except. in the presence of the
commission, or except when they were
in the hands of Secretary Richards,
that you know of?'
No"
eff any one had gone, would you
have known it?"
Yes; Mr.. Sherman and his expert
had them for two or three days. but
that was after the canvass was made
Cross-Examination of Mr.. Letcher.
Cross-examined by Attorney Zane:
Where were the keys to the Sanpete
boxes kept?"
In large buff envelope in one of
the drawers in the working ROOM
The two doors to the large room
were bolted inside?"
Yes
There was a door between the large
room and an adjoining room?" n
YES"
How many keys were there to it?"
"One, which I carried
when the commission was at work
did George Blair come into the room
frequently?"
,, No, his work was in the front office
and he was very little in the large
room. Mr.. Sherman objected to any
Of the clerks being in the large room
: and Mr.. Blair and the others were sci
dom there and when Mr.. Blair was
there he sat at the table with the COM
miSsioners."
How long did the sanpete returns
; lay on the tables ?"
From Nov. 20 to Nov. %. George
( Park wrapped them up and he win
Dewey Richards and George Blair put
them in the safe and [ saw them in the
! safe"
Were all the returns put in the
safe?"
! Il am very confident all the returns
we had UP to that date were put il
q the safe, Some had not then come in
During all this time do you know o.
anyone who had a key to the outer
Officer"
I Il left my key to the outer Office il
an agreed place where the janitol
There were three keys to the clos
e+?"
- yes"
And you had them all the time?"
n yes, offered to divide the glory O
Carrying the keys with Sherman ant
G tTatlock, but they would not accept AM
> waited till 1 come before commencin,
work.
! l NO one else had the key to the clos
y ct then?"
) Did you ever lend it to anyone?"
''No, never
who first suggested that there wer
& discrepancies in the Sanpete returns
and to go to the ballot boX?'
L don't remember
IS who first suggested comparing tn
u poll list and the poll book?"
Il cannot recall"
Did Alonzo E. Hyde suggest tina
e there were discrepancies?
y He said something about their bein
irregularities"
Had he any access to the returns?
"No."
How did he know there were irreg
: ularities?"
l. From rumor 1 suppose
y Commissioner Thatcher insiste
- strongly on going to the ballot boxes
- mo, he did not
70 He strenuously objected to Sherrna
- copying. figures from the returns?'
;. He objected to amy one taking cor
IL les from the returns at that time be-
cause it had been agreed that none {
ir US would give out anything for publica
ton at that time
Is Warm Few Minutes.
"Did you not know that Thatcher
u object in not allowing the figures to Ii
taken by Sherman and Tatlock was BIT
cause he knew the figures as the
4 stood would not be as the figures woul
- be when they came to look at them?
/ asked Mr.. Zane in a most offensiv
r. manner.
p Witness replied with a sheer ecu;
- to the attorneys and in q voice so III
20 that of the latter that there was
iS general laugh at Mr.. Zane's> eXpens
mo; I did not know anything of til