The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-25
DUNMORE CONTEST.
Large Number Of Additional Democratic
Votes Will, from Present lndica.
tions, Be Knocked Out.

Twenty-three witnesses were exam
ined before the Dunmore election con-
test commissioners yesterday. Fred
Kite. of the First district of the Third
ward, voted on his discharge papers
from the army and will have his vote
thrown out. So will William Coulter,
who voted on his first papers. Edward
Kraus, thought he paid a tax to Col
lector Charles Savage in 1895 but was
not sure.
Charles Weber, of the First district
Of the Third ward, did not know wheth-
er or not he had paid taxes and Rich
ard Angwin, of the same ward and
district, was in the same predicament.
Unless they can throw favorable light
on the subject their votes will be
thrown out.
Others examined yesterday whose
votes were found all right were T. P.
Letchworth, Casper Hedgelman Chas.
Long. Charles Brod, John Fleight
Peter Hodgen, Nelson s. Krotzer, Ever
ett Moore, Frank Miller, Fred Nicker-
son, Charles Noll, Harry Winters, Arch
Washer, James McMullen, Harry La
Bar, Walter Woodward and Friend
Halluk
MOWeTyg WilO WIS
last week and marked doubtful because
he could not produce his tax receipts,
was recalled yesterday and presented
the required receipt. His vote will
stand.
During their examination of wit
nesses the contestants discovered DEM
ocratic voters whose ballots were il
legal for reasons other then those al
LIN
For instance a man might be attacked
for non-payment of taxes, but it would
be shown that he had paid taxes all
right, yet was voting in the wrong dis
trict. There were just fifty such cases
and in order to take advantage Of
these discoveries, the contestants yes
terday, through e. E. Swartz, repre-
sented by Warren & Knapp, secured
from court permission to amend their
bill Of particulars by adding the follow
ing names and reasons for the dis
qualifying of their votes:
First ward, First district-Patrick
| OBoyle, papers; ThoIsss Walsh and
| James Gill. voted under age.
Second ward First district-Thomas Nc
Gowan. Mike Morahan, William Carroll,
| Arthur Dunnigan, Thomas Finnen, Eu-
gene Carroll Patrick Kearns, Pat O'Boyle,
Henry McDade, Patrick McHale, voted
under age; Martin Healey, Thomas
| Walsh, John McAndrew, James Mecco,
John Murray, Michael McBrgh, not nat
uralized Raffallo La Marosa, non-resi-
| dent; John ]. O'Hora, taxes.
Second ward, Second district--William
| Farrell, voted under age; Thomas Mora
| han, James Mcdonnell, John Gerrity, tax
es; Anthony Coggins, Michael Cunning
| ham, Thomas McGarry, John Brown, not
naturalized; owen Sweeney, nonresident.
Third ward, First district-Peter Omen,
William Kane, Michael Healey, voted un-
| der age; Patrick Dougherty, John Gerri-
| ty, Patrick Judge, JGmes Ruane, Michael
| Sweeney, not-natIrafzed; Charles Cleary,
| Thomas LAWN, taXae.
Third ward, Second district-Patrick Col
Inns, not naturalzed; Anthony Mcdonnell,
| voted under age.
Third ward, Third district-Edward
Dougherty and Thomas Monahan, not
| naturalzed.
| Fifth ward-Jemes McAndrew, not nat
uralized; James Mangan and John Muir
| ray, taxes.
Sixth ward, First district-John Linch,
taxes; Hugh Fitzpatrick, voted under age.