The record-union., 1896-07-15
SULLIVAN WAS ELECTED.
So Judge Catlin Decided on the TeSti-
mOny Yesterday.
The Contested Trusteeship of the Amer.
lean River District Settled
in His Favor.

School District yesterday, which occu-
pied part of the time in his court last
week, in favor of Sullivan, the one who
was declared by the election board to be
entitled to the seat.
The election had taen contested by
friend of Feraut, the opposing candi-
date, on the ground of fraud COM
mitted by a member of the election
board, illegal voting and intimidation
of voters by outside parties, and that
there were more votes cast than were
shown by the tally list
P J. Ford, who acted as inspector Of
the election, resumed his testimony. No
one, he testified, voted under the name
of Ed Carroll Moley or Mazzar, Inter
cum and Others whose votes were claim
ed as illegal, We're residents of the dis
trict and were not challenged Inter
Gums ballot, which contained his own
name, written under that of Sullivan,
was objected to- Witness and Mr..
Bannister, one of the judges, decided it
to be legal, while Muller, the other
Judge, objected.
Witness denied having counted one
ballot twice for Sullivan The report
of the board was not signed that night,
but was signed next day. He had noti-
fled Muller and Flerant to attend the
meeting, but they did not come. The
friends of Feraut, the contesting can
didate were there, however, and the
certificate was signed.
Lippincott was challenged and swore
that he had been in the district for
thirty days and afterwards that he had
been in the county thirty-one days. His
vote was taken when he swore it in.
Witness acknowledged that he was
brother-in-law of Miss Burns, the
present teacher, and therefore took con-
siderable interest in her election. He
had never heard of any dissatisfaction
with her. He heard of a petition being
circulated last April, calling for meet
ing to consult on the causes of dissatis-
faction. He did not promise any one
the position of janitor if he would vote
for Sullivan. He did ask a man named
Seymour to vote for Sullivan, and the
latter said he would, but would like to
have his little girl appointed janitor.
Witness told him she would probably
be, as Seymour was poor, but he made
no promise.
He did not know that 1T was the law
that the inside of the ballot box should
he inspected before it was sealed. He
allowed F'eraut to look into the slot in
the top, but did not open the box for
him. The two ballots previously put
in the chalk box We're taken out and put
into the ballot box through the slot in
the ordinary way. When he told Booth
royd that he had voted two tickets, he
handed them back and Boothroyd took
them, but did not offer one of them
again. Witness denied that Kearney,
Sullivan or Vice asked him at any
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or IF he was not onto his job?"
He was positive he swore Lippincott
in. c. Duffy was also challenged. and
was sworn. Eldred challenged voters
several times, but the vote was de-
posted before the challenge was made.
He thought George Vice was there as
u spectator and had never seen him be-
fore that day. Vice and Kearney were
outside most of the day. He did not
see them around the window when par
ties were voting. Kearney was looking
out for Sullivan's interests, but witness
did not know who Vice was acting for.
Every voter challenged by Feraut's
friends before the ballot was voted was
sworn by him
He had known Ed Finley about thir-
ty-three days before the election. He
came to Felice Galbrielli's about May
9th, and afterwards went to Burns place
to live. He saw Finley come out to
Gabrielli's and thought it was May 9TH.
J. Mazzi, c. Duffy and P. Brady, who
voted, were all at the Burns place. He
did not know where they were now, and
had not seen them since the election.
He did not know how long they chopped
wood on the Burns place after election.
Intercun's name was written on his
ballot in pencil.
John InItercum said that his vote at
this elction was the first one he had
ever cast since he had been naturalized.
He thught it was necessary to write his
name on the ticket and he wrote it there
with ink.
Ford was recalled and identified a
man who was brought into court as
John Carson, who voted at the election
that day His vote was not challenged.
Witness denied having held any Of the
ballots in his hands in such manner
that other parties could not see them.
Neither Seymour nor any one else COM
planned about it.
Michael Umberg, one of the trustees,
looked over Miller's shoulder when he
tailed the votes Two of the election
board decided that Intercum's vote
should be counted. but Miller objected.
He was positive that Miller did not
count the vote George Vice called the
attention of the board to 1t after the
count resulted in a tie. Then the votes
were counted again, resulting in one
vote more for Sullivan. After the
count was over, wishing to avoid trou
bic. he took the box to Ford's house and
tied 1t and sealed il. On Monday he
took ii to the schoolhouse. and took the
tally list and report out of it and sealed
1T up again. 1t was now out of his pos
session The slot in the top of the box
was not sealed. There were two tally
lists at the schoolhouse, but he did not
know what had become of the other one.
The court adjourned until half-past
o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session opened with
some testimony that was a little sensa-
tional.
James Kenealy testified that he met
Hartley Boothroyd the Monday after
election, and the latter said that If he
hadvoted fair he would have beaten Sui
1ivan. Witness told him that he would
spend his last cent to "cinch" him, If
he thought he had intended to vote un-
fairly. Boothroyd answered that If he
had done anything wrong he would be
willing to go behind the bars to beat
that d gang. He did not say or in
innate further than that, that he had
intended to vote fraudulently. That
was all he said.