The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-08
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How long were you occupied in ex-
emining the word voted OPPOSITE
Scott's name before you came to the
conclusion it was George Blalrss hand
writing?"
About five minutes
'In a five minute examination you
formed an opinion to which you are
prepared to swear that it is your opln-
son that this young man committed
this crime?'
EI did not swear to it voluntarily.
should be glad to exonerate MIN ~ |
could"
Judge Powers-Yes you are doing al
you can to do that.
Did YOU tell any member of the
press before making the examination
that George Blair. was suspected
mo. 1 did not.
Did you tell anyone connected with
the Tribune?"
mo; I did not"
The Features of the Writing.
What are the features in the writ
ting that make you think it is George
Bla5rs handwriting?"
THE formation of the and the o
and the crossing of the and the gen
eral contour of the letters
By Attorney Zane-How did you
come to tell me that you suspected
George Blair OF having written the
word?
when other witnesses were testify
ing as to the difference in the hand
writing of that word to the others my
attention was called to it and I re-
luctantly told you who I thought had
written the word opposite SCOTS
name
what letter is the characteristic
one in that word voted as it appears
opposite the name Scott?''
'%The letter o. but the whole Of the
word when compared with the writ
ing in the minutes of the Utah COM
mission shows a similarity sufficient to
make me believe it was written by the
same hand. I compared the letter o,
as well as the other letters and the
general contour, and came to that con-
cIusion.'
Petitioners Rest.
The petitioners rested. after which
Judge Powers moved to strike out all
:. of Mr.. Tatlock's evidence as incompe-
tent and also all evidence given by
other witnesses in reference to the. poll
books and poll lists, for the reason
that these had not been put In evil
dence.
The objection was overruled. Judge
Powers then moved to dismiss the writ
for the reason that the petitioners mad
failed to make a case and had not
come within purvieW Of the law and
that neither a writ of prohibition nor
q, writ Of mandate would lie as against
Elling5 that had already been perform
Ell.
The motion was overruled and an
exception entered.
The Defense Opens.
The defense then opened and Mr..
Sherman was the first witness exam
fined. The poll lists. tally sheets and
poll books were put in evidence over
the objection of the plaintiffs counsel.
In reply to Mr. Williams Mr.. SHEER
man stated that he had been present
at ali the meetings of the commits
sion since Nov. l. The poll books, poll
lists and tally sheets from Sanpete
county were received by the Utah COM
mission about NoY. 20, that is, most of
them were.
WHO were the Sanpete returns ad-
dressed top
Il don't remember"
Were you present when the Sanpete
returns were opened?"
L don't remember whether I was or
How many did you open on Nov.
QUITE an armful. large number. -
What was the system in opening
The tally lists and poll lists were
opened by Letcher. Norrell and Tat
lock. Thatcher and I opened the poll
books"
WAS there anything on the outside
of the envelopes to indicate where
they came from and what they con-
tained2"
Sometimes there was and some
times not. Sometimes the envelopes
were not even sealed
Did you open all the returns YOU
had before commencing the compute
fion?"
We assorted them by counties, az
many as we had received
Where were the returns kept afte!
they were opened?"
In the room where we were at worl
sorted on a large table in the north
west corner of the ROOM
What, If any. precautions were
taken as to keeping the room locked?'
There were three doors to the room
and we were careful as far as posi-
bile, TO keep the doors locked; the mat
ter of the security of the papers wa!
through its chairman, kept the door.
locked
Was it a frequent act of Mr.. Nor
5ell TO Try, from the outside. the tW,
doors which were locked with snal
lock inside, foS the purpose of making
sure that they were locl1ed?"
Yes
Commissioner Sherman Still on tn,
Stanu.
Court adjourned for luncheon and Of
reassembling at 2 o'clock the eXamina
ton of Commissioner Sherman was re
sumed.
Where did you say the return
were kept"
The bulk of the returns rename
In the room Of the commission 70
about two weeks but later it was sug
gested that the Sanpete- returns b
placed in the safe, which was done o.
Nov. %. All of the returns were NO
locked up because there was not rooT
in the safe for them. The balance G
the returns were placed in a close
which was secured by a Yale lock an
the key kept by Mr.. Letcher.''
WAS that the habitual method &
caring for the returns during the re
cesses wher the commission was not i
session."
YES 50 far as the uncanvassed re
turns were concerned
Can you fix the date when 70
made the examination of the Sanpet
returns"
NO, I cannot, but think it was BIZ
fore Nov. %"
when next did You take them UP?
Not until about Dec. 4, when III
Sanpete returns were under discussion
They might have been taken up a da
or two before, however
you went over some Of those T,
turns on Dec. 4, however,
Eyes, Noneu and I took the tall
list, Tatlock took the poll books, Tha-
cher the poll lists and Letcher assis
ed the latter two"
On Dec. Is witness said he examine
the tally sheets from Chester pTecint
and six other precincts on the Su,
ceeding two days and later examine
the poll lists from all the other pr
,,i-cfs l., S,aDDe4ta comfy Witness sal