The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-26
QUEER BILL THIS.
City's Most Distinguished Citizens
Charged with Having Voted
Illegally.

The bill of particulars filed by At
torneys Z. c. Newcomb. NJ. f. Nc
Donald and c. c. Donovan for the re-
spondent in the Langstaff- Kelley con-
test contains the names of some we'll
known citizens of the city. Attorneys
r. II. Holgate and James j. Hamilton,
who represent Mr.. Langstaf, are
charged with not being qualified
voters. Among other things they are
charged with being under age.
The following names were picked at
random from Mr.. kelley's bill of par
ticulars. They are charged, as Messrs.
Holgate and Hamilton are, with being
under twentv-one. Some of them are
charged with being aliens others with
not paying taxes, but all are charged
on one ground or another with not be-
ing voters. Here is a small list:
First ward-D. b. Atherton. Walter
Christmas. Rev. George L. Guild, Rev.
William L. Edgar, Charles Henwood
Second ward-Attorney H. S. AL
worth, Attorney A. A. Vosburg, Rev.
w. G. Watkins, Moses Morey,.
Fourth ward-R. j. Bauer, John ,R.
Farr, A. r. Eynon, Captain E. d. Fell
lows. Attorney Joseph Jeffries, Attor-
Phillips, Prof. John T. Watkins, George
M. Wallace.
Eighth ward-Fred. Durr, DR.. D. B.
Hand.
Ninth ward-H. ]. Anderson, A. B.
Blair, James Blair, jr., DR.. F. d. Brew
ster, Henry Belin. jr.. Colonel H. A.
Coursen. c. f. Chttenden, Attorney
Russell Dimmick, Attorney Roscoe Dale,
Attorney d. l.. Fickes, G. A. Fuller,
DR.. c. L. Frey, Attorney James ]. H.
Hamilton, ex-Deputy Register James
II. Hopkins. Captain w. A. May, f. P.
Mucklow, c. c. Rose. H. c. Schafer,
w. NJ. Silkman, Attorney w. NJ. Curry,
j. George Eisele, Albert G.. Hunt, F. p
Price, Morris Showers. A. ]. Stone, Rev.
G. L. Alrich. ex-Alderman o. B. Wright,
E. G. Coursen, Walter NJ. Dickson, At
torney w. ]. Tracey, William Frantz,
j. w. Guernsey, Attorney w. S. Huls-
lander, A. D. Holland, George B. Hand
Captain James Moir o. B. Partridge,
Attorney Fred. r. Stark.
Thirteenth ward-Rev. A. F. Chat
fee, Attorney ]. f. Carmalt. Oscar W.
Payne, G. B. Dimmick, Attorney c. B.
Gardner. Colonel George Sanderson,
Conrad Schroeder. Cashier F. l.. Phil
lips, Captain F. l.. Hitchcock, Attor-
ney B. F. Killam, Attorney S. B. Price,
Cashier W. H. Peck. Attorney H. B.
Reynolds. Attorney c. II. Soper, A. B.
Stevens.
Seventeenth ward-Congressma Will
liam Connell. Judge r. w. Archibald,
F. S. Barker. Thomas r. Brooks, Gar
rett Bogart, Reese G. Brooks, r. G..
Colborn. A. j. Colborn, George II. Cat
lin, eX-Mavor w. l.. Connell. Rev. T..
NJ. Cam, Attorney W. S. Diehl, T. H.
Dale. T. ]. Foster, DR.. L. NJ. Gates,
Rev c. M. Giffin, George NJ. Hallstead,
j. A. Lansing, George Okell, c. w. Nc
Kinney, Robert McKenna, Robert
Reeves, Attorney John F. Scragg, Rob-
ert NJ. Scranton, c. w. Schank, Hon.
l.. A. Watres. Attorney S. w. Edgar,
Attorney w. II. Jessup, jr., Judge H.
A. Knapp.
In the contest yesterday the wit
nesses examined were from the Nine
teenth and Twentieth wards. The eX-
animation was conducted without any
incident out of the ordinary, except
that Mr. Holgate in asking questions
about money or valuable consdera-
tion, asked each witness whether he
got days pay for voting. Those ex-
amined were as follows:
John Moleskey, Ernest CHASER, Pat
rick Connolly, NJ. j. Burns. John ].
Burke. John j. Kennedy, Thomas j.
Quinn, Michael Langan, Martin Gau-
CHAN, Edward Standel Anton Hum,
John c. Heffron. Patrick O'Hara,
Michael Padden, John Padden, John
Burke, p. j, Mclaughlin. w. j. Burns,
Henry Renard, William Roche, John
LOTUS, Patrick McDonoush, John
OConnor Michael Kane, John F. Gal
lagher. James McHale, Patrick Breen,
Michael Golden, Patrick A. Walsh,
Patrick Cunningham, Michael Cook,
Stanley Drozdowski, James Donahoe,
Patrick McGuinness, Michael Durkin,
John McGill. James Murray, Edward
Mcclure, Michael Kennedy, Michael
McUulty, Michael Hughes. John Papu-
zinski.