Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-30

were summoned yesterday he had no
knowledge of the intention OF night
watchman Roberts changing the date
of the alleged tampering with the
ballots in the court house, therefore
he asked that Judge Dunniway.
Judge Burnett and General Idleman
be excused. This request was granted.
j. W. Reynolds young man who is
studying law in Judge Burnett's office,
testified next. He found an Oregonian
| OF the date Of June 10th in Judge
Burnett's office.
William Warren couldn't identify
Hayes, but said he saw him week
| ago or more in Neckerman & Rodgers
saloon and heard him saw ave have
darcy elected by six votes"
MR.. HAYS STATEMENT
Justice Hays, Of Woodburn was put
on the stand and he resumed his
statement. Before he got fairly
started some one took, prisoner Carson
out to pay him $40. Attorney Hay
den objected and asked that accused
be placed under bond. Carson came
back, and nothiug further was
done. Judge Hays went into
details and described at great
length the methods of the
canvassing board in counting the
vote. He told that County Clerk En-
len gave him an order for the Butte
Vile, Mt. Angel and Monitor tally
sheets, and that he Hays paid his
own expenses on the trip.
EHLEN AND HAYS.
The defense attempted to exclude
Ehlen. Mr.. Bingham said unless
Ehlen was shown to have been as
sociated with the defendants that this
evidence was impertlnent. He was
allowed to proceed. He went on to
tell how he got the tally-sheets and
went to the Hotel Salem, the night
the sheets we're surreptitiously
taken off the foot of his bed. monk
eyed with and replaced. His state
nent was practically the same as
published last Monday in the CAPI-
TAI JOURNAL. The witness cor
roborated the testimony of the
former witnesses who saw the vote
counted, as to the alleged fact that
the tally sheets of several precincts
had been tampered with. On cross.
examination he stated nothing new,
and was soon excused.
HOTEL CLERK FENNELL
of the Hotel Salem was the next wit
ness. He remembered Squire Hays
coming to the hotel on the night of
June II, and asking il he could occupy
his same old room. He did not come
in the office and did not ask for key.
He did not register that night. No
one inquired of witness that night for
Squire Hays and he had no visitors to
| the witness knowledge. There was
no one else at the hotel that night eX
| ho 20 - AIrg Ennnn1l
Numerous questions we're asked that
the defense regarded as irrelevant and
no cross examination was held.
Chas. johnson was on the witness
stand when THE JOURNAL went to
| press.
REHABILITATION.
The preliminary hearing of the
charge against P, II. DARCY, S. T,
Richardson, and John A. Carson, of
having forged the official talley sheets
Of the late election is progressing
slowly. The prosecution has estab-
| lished the fact that fraudulent entries
have been made on the tally sheets in
Mt Angel, Monitor and Butteville
precincts in favor CT Mr.. darcy. This
was testified to by nearly all
of the election officers of these pre-
cinctS, whose evidence was corrobo-
rated by the testimony of the county
canvassing board, and by several gen
tlemen who witnessed the official
count.
The evidence of Night-Watchma
Roberts located the accused in the
court room with the tally sheets on
night on which the crime was said to
have been committed. Roberts testi-
mony is forcible but he did not stand
up we'll under the fire Of cross-eXam-
inatiou.