The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-28

" DT1tIl d1IeT SOIle neSlIdIlOn4
The witness admitted presently that
he had received 500 from a Mr. Nc
Mahon, but he ibid not ask him where
1t came FROM or whose it was
did MeMahon say where It came
from?"
Money Prom the Republicans Conn
Il knew where it came from"
promptly responded the witnessi from
the Republican committee. It was for
working on this case and giving some
Information; I submitted my report to
McNIahon and he submitted it to the
Republican committee"
What did you dor
Detective work. investigated
every theory submitted to me-"
Naughter.)
Were you Investigating a theory
when you went With Grennan up the
Canyon road?''
"No, it was since that time I was
employed [ was retained after Christ
mas
Did you ascertain that any ballot
boxes had been Stuffed?"
81 did"
who stuffed them? Let's have it if
you know"
I don't know who stuffed them"
Poll in the Third precinct"
"When and where?"
L couldn't teL''
fFWhere was it 5tuffed?'
Il never saw it stuffed"
Who gave you the information
"Weli the information / found was
| this. I learned that Mr. e z. Rich.
on the Sth day Of November, ap-
| preached Hank Barnes in the rear
-1-t nf 1o,r
! he was requested to see him and find
out if Barnes would allow him to
| handle this box to stuff it, so as to
| elect"
Who heard it2" interrupted Mr..
Williams.
II heard it;;D but I was not present
at the Conversations" Naughter)
~ Sot the information from VIM.
I Dykes, who heard come of e." the Wit
ness said in answer u another ques-
ton.
Who heard MIR. Rich make that
statement ??'' .sss...a
i've heard II several tinesn After
being hard pressed for several min
! utes, O'Brien said he had heard it was
one Perry Hansen who overheard that
conversation. Dykes told him SO. but
! he couldn't say where Dykes obtained
his Information; he didn't ask him
"What did Mr.. Barnes say in reply
| to Rich's propositionY'
''Well, the way I got it is that
! Barnes said he was not "a man of that
kind and would not engage in any
| such business"
Where we're the boxes stuffed,
! then?''
"At the Utah Commission building"
by whom?''
| 4 wasn't there
I Plying the witness with other ques-
! tons in this direction. Attorney VII
| liams got 'Brien tangled up. When he
eventually emerged from the mental
whether was informed who did it or
/ not" After another struggle to re
member he Said--I received the names
I of several persons"
Who we're they?' and Mr. Williams
insisted on an answer.
81 heard that Hank Barnes stuffed
Them answered Joe; and I heard
! that z. z. Rich stuffed them at his
house; but I don't remember who told
me that
The witness admitted that he had
Dewey Richards.
Dewey Richards. clerk ITO Territorial
I Secretary Richards, whose offices are
! on the first floor Of the Utah commits
sion building, answering Attorney
Hiles, said he did not know the man
Grennan. Some time after the cleo
ton, st was about midnight, ne saw
/ G. ]. Gordon, of Ogden, at the commits
sion building. OGrdon said he had
come there to take home Mr.. Blair
one of the clerks of the Utah commits
sion, and went upstairs to ind him
/ He. had heard people going upstairs
! there, while working in his Office 81
all hours of the night,
NO question was asked in cross-ex-
animation.
Joseph L. Haywood.
Judge Miner, testified that he<was one
OF the judges of poll 8. Third precinct
at the last November election, Messrs
I Reed and Newman being the other
! judges. All the votes were correctly
counted and tailed.
James G. Giles.
1 j. 7. Stephenson was recalled and
asked a few questions and then Jas. j
Giles took the stand He was at polls
and q Third precinct. as a locker on
and was present when the constitu-
/ tional votes we're counted Witness
checked each vote al is was counted
at poll 1, and the judges return was
quite correct There were POI ballots
cast for John Henry Smith and 2Ot
for George E. Emery. At poll he
also TOOK close stock OF the count and
there the Judges correctly reported the
| votes j. II. Smiths total was 242 and
Emery's s47.
w, L. Dykes.
Wn. l. Dykes gave similar testi.
| mony as TO an honest count by the
judges. Witness saw Hank Barnes
and e e. Rich talking together neai
Second South street a few days after
The election. He heard Mr. Barnes say
| something about NO such business
and subsequently Barnes told him il
confidence of the conversation had
| Witness had previously heard that eff.
forts were being made to induce
Barnes to "stlff'' the ballot box
Sam Ga1enz5i.
Samuel GalleaZZi said he saw tive
Of the ballot boxes in the refreShmen1
tent of the Third precinct between ;
and o'clock on the morning after the
election, Witness remarked it was ID
nice place TO have them" The boxes
were in charge Of Sergeant hatz. he
having been alone there,