The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-03
Conyicts Are Shown to Have
Voted for Jim z Dung.
DAVE LANES TESTIMONY
Clerk Young Tells Why He
Didn't Count Ballots.
THEY WERE LOOSE sTIckEFs
The Taking of Dispositions VIII 6e
Resumed Again To-Morrow sven-
ing at $50 O'Clock in the
Court House.

The taking of dispositions in the
Rroughton-Y Young contest was continued
Yesterday before Commissioner and JUS
tice of the Peace Maroon.
The hearing began at 10 o'clock and
continued until / o'clock, when an adj
iournnent was taken till $50 O'Clock to-
morrow evening, in the court
house. Clerk of Court Young
presented his report of the recount pub
Iished in yesterday mornings News and
a Observer and continued his evidence in
regard to the ballots that were found in
the box and not counted in his state
ment. His testimony will be concluded
at some future hearing.
David 7. Lane, a colored attorney of
this city, was also put on the stand and
testified that he saw three convicts vote
for jim Young in Outside East pre-
cinct.
Clerk Young was first asked about the
ballots contained in the Holly Springs
box. He said he found a strip of paper
in the box on which was printed the
names of Malcus w. Page, Needham b.
Broughton and John Olive, without stat
ing for what purpose they were deposited
and they were not counted. Among the
ballots in the Wakefield box three Sc
parate slips of paper were found on
which Broughtons name WAS printed.
They were not counted in the official
statement of the recount. There was
nothing to indicate for what Office they
were voted. They were ordinary stick
ers and were counted IN the original re-
turns.
In Marks Greek township one ballot
was found on which the name of James
III. Young was erased and on the left OF
the erasure appears the letter M and
some letter that could not be made out.
On the right end of the ballot were the
letter "Brot," the Z extending to the
margin Of the ballot. This ballot was
not counted by Young.
Another ballot was found in the Stony
Hill box bearing the name of ''Needham
III. Fleming" This ballot was paster.
The name of Jacob III. Fleming had
been pasted over James III. Young and
the name "Needham' over that of
"Jacob"-appeared to have been torn.
Not counted. fas
In the box for the Third ward first di-
vision a paster was found with the name
of ssNeedham B. Broughton." This was
not counted Mr.. Jones and the contes-
tant Broughton claimed that they saw
4be raster attached to one of the yellow
ballots and saw it fall off, and Mr.. Young
admits that there appears TO be mark
over the printed name Of James III.
Young which has some appearance to IN
dictate that there might have been past
or over 1t. This, he said, was ON yell
low ballot, but in his official count Mr..
Young said he did not inclure the sticker
for Broughton but that he did count
for James I'll. Young, the ballot which
bore marks of having had a paster over
Young's name.
In regard to the discovery of the stick
err he said Mr.. Walter l.. Watson was
standing by when the sticker was found
and that he made the same declaration
about seeing it fall off that was made by
,Messrs Jones and Broughton. He said
further that the sticker and the impres-
sion on the ballot appeared to be about
the same size and shape.
Mr.. Young said that in the ballot box
of the Third ward second division, he
found one ballot bearing the name of n.
B. Broughton which had the appearance
of having been scratched. This he did
not include in his official statement of
the count.
All the duplicate boxes containing the
ballots cast in the election on Nov. 3,
1896. he said were in his possession, hay
ing been delivered to him ON that night
or the following by some member
of the Board Of election and that they
have been continuously in his custody
ever since; that they were deposited in
the grand jury room and that he had
the key in his possession. So far as he
knew the windows and doors have been
securely fastened and no one at any time
has had access to any of the boxes He
said further that they were in
the same condition when opened as when
delivered to him, except in the case of
some of the Raleigh boxes. He couldn't
saw that he made any minute examina-
ton of the boxes when they were deliv-
cred TO him, taking it for granted that
they were all right.
The boxes from Raleigh township, he
said were all delivered to him on the
night of the election and they were plac-
ed in the vault of the Clerks Office and
the vault locked. They were removed
from the vault to the grand jury room,
no one having access to the boxes while
they were in the vault. The boxes, Mr.
Young said, were rePaoyed under his SUI
peryision and he accompanied the per-
son carrying them, and warned him to
be very careful in handling them. In
the grand jury room he had the duplicate
boxes from each precinct or ward placed
together, piled only two deep. On the
day that the examination was begun
this arran cement Of the boxes was chang
ed. Mr. Young said he himself entered
the grand jury room three times from the
time he placed the boxes there to the
taking Of the deposition-the first time
to get a box to send to Cary for
special election; the second time to de-
post these ballot boxes in the grand
jury room, and the third time to see that
everything was all right. At none Of the
visits did he discover any evidence that
the room had been entered by any one.
The duplicate ballot boxes were, Mr..
Young thought, made Of seasoned pine,
and he didn't remeber who delivered
him the boxes from the Fourth ward,