Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-04
VERY BOLD FRAUD.
Continued From Page 4,
MIR. owsley's office to the polling place

a. a heavy policeman; | do not know
his name.
@. Who were the other Judges? a.
a. II. Frenkle, Theodore n. Hansen. John
II. Martin. Arthur Morrison or Moses Il
do not know what his real name is).
George Bergman and myself.
q. Now. who were the clerks? A. John
Rogers was a clerk and John l.. Mullin,
was clerk; | dout know whether hia
name was Mullins or not; he went by shat
name out there. John Mullins.
@. Who was MIR Moses and what is
his busineSsl A. He lives with I'll Find
ley; he has no business that | know Of
He used to be deputy constable down at
Latshaws court, but he has no business
now.
q. what is Martins business? A. I
asked him his business and he told me he
turned Findeys policy wheel at Gates
livery stable at Rosedale.
O. What is Mr.. Flndeys business? A.
He is a policy man or gambler, sup
pose.
O. Were any of these other Judges and
clerks connected with I'D Findley that you
know or?
Counsel for the contestee object to the
question as immatcrlal. Objection over
ruled.
@. Well Mr.. Mullins, what was his busi-
ness and where did he live!
A. Well as far as my knowledge was
concerned Mr.. Mullins was employed by
Mr.. Findley in Chicago In the policy bust
ness. have heard two or three things
about him and would not like to say.
O. Mr. Hansen, what r. his businessf \.
He is supposed to work for George kumpf
In the fire Insurance business.
@. Mr.. Bergman? y. He is a cigar
maker.
G. Mr. Frankcl7 A. He works for George
kumpf in the fire insurance business.
q. Rogers. what Is his business? A. |
understood he worked for Tlndley and
Kline in ST. Louis, AMI he got ont Of job
there and came here, came back to Kansas
City and was not here only a couple OF
weeks until he was appointed. That is Us
far my knowledge goes. | made inquiry
and that is as far a. my knowledge goes.
Q. You may state whether or not amy
of these Judges were elected by the voter.
on the morning of the election or at any
time during the election. y. No, sir; they
were not.
@. There was no election TO FIJI any
vacancies? a. No, sir; there was not
Q. These were the men that came there
and served? A. Yes, sir, they came there
and served. There was one Of the regular
Judges came there little after but he
did not serve-.Iacob Well OF the Hut
clothiers. | saw Morrison go up and talk
with him and he went off home.
q. There was no election by the voters,
then? y. No, sir; somebody took his
place: whether 1t was myself or Morrison,
1 don't know.
q. Well the first thing You knew o.
your StltftOU was on SlnlHN evening"
A. Yes, sir. Mr. Morrison came over and
told me that Mr. Findley had me ap-
pointed Judge and for me to so over TO tho
house, as Ed wanted to talk with me.
O. And You went over and acted aS
Judge? a, Why, Mr.. Findey told me
what to do and | went over and done
what he told me.
Q. Well. what do you know about the
destruction of Republican ballots and the
substitution of Democratic ballots in that
precinct that day? \. Wen, / changed the
boxes all day. / had the key and changed
the boxes AT II o'clock ] changed the
boxes and gave it into this first grain bin
where they were doing the counting As
handed i'll the box and the ballots / said to
the boys that would like to go to dinner,
i would not he long. They agreed to it and
l went to dinner, ana when | came back
they had ll5 Democratic b. llots on the
table ready to be strung. There were lying
there on the table forty-scyen Republican
ballots which were not counted. There We're
lying on the table also about twenty-five
scratched ballots which had not been
counted. The straight Republican ballots
that had been legally voted were lying
oreneI out. The Republican ballots the
ll5 that had been voted. We're lying on the
table opened out in this shape that way
GpdiCating).
Q. Face down? A. Face down. When
they separated the ballots they put the
straight Democratic ballots In one pile and |
-, p',i'',, an p"I'otS III aip'hef ana the |
~, D',too'T III "uV'htr nlIe' ana Mullins |
.nhi .%i '.g 10 I.puo",ah haI'olS IFlnE on the
,nn'e ,t - HoWH' Morflsoh supplied Null |
ii,S mith 10 I,ch'pci'tlc hallolS, straight, |
i''S. uP ~ 'lat shdpt uhHlratlnEl.
inaI lS'lh square form' A. In square |
' !u'i''' a. lHeS go OhrouSh me hoN ON them |
Wt,t VIZ 'ht hlttaIs oi the distributing |
!!u'eSn' :! ~ A. H. IN hlaek and |
~, b' +, IN hIue lead pencil under, |
nehth; IH'u M"'fis"l TOOK the folded |
sNdiSH' t'rPupH'an haIlotS that had been |
Note' ana he"n through the box. Mullins |
men TOOK ines" ballotS, the straight Demo- |
Crauc balIots that mad been prepared by |
MORRISON and Iald them alongside these |
stralEht republican ballots that had been |
voted ana copied OF the registration mum |
per ana the voting number off these bal |
lots.
g. And pat them on 10 those bogus Dem |
ocfatlc pallots2 y. Nos sir, and then those |
poguS Democratic ballots were put on the |
stflhg, ana J helped put them on myself, |
ana Martin put them on.
., And then what was done I'm the way |
OF tallying up2 A. Then these Republican |
ballots that had been legally voted were |
taken and put into a bunch and throwea |
over the first grain bin into the second bin. |
They threw these legally voted ballots right |
over INTO tn" second grain bin like that Gn- |
dicatinE). Then Morrison took these bal |
lots that had been counted out ana put |
them In ten pound grape basket There |
was ten pound grape basket in there that |
had been sent from Findloys house with |