Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-27

impression that he intended to send
them back by some one else as l hac tC
stop and work on the hoard.I said:"Al
is not right, something Is wrong.
propose to keep track of these until
1 return them myself" l proposed
to lock them up in the sheriff's safe
until we had completed the certiii'
Gates of the canvassing board. He
had taken the package and laid it on
shelf in the vault in the clerks
office and still insisted that they
must be returned Immediately.
EHLEN OBJECTED
to their being left in the vault in thC
sheriff's office. 1 went into the officc
of the county Judge. Mr.. Giesy and
Mr.. Rigdon were sitting at the table
Presently Judge Boise AID his sol
came IN, then Johnson and Ehlen
Judge Boise questioned me yer!
sharply as to what / had brought up
He criticised my actions. Ehlen got
the package from his vault and
threw it on the table. There was
much talk as whether there shoul6
be recount or not. No decision was
reached. All left but the board.
johnson, Giesy and L. Ehlen told mt
before the Others that the tally-sheets ;
and poll-books had to go back. 1 in
sisted that l must take them and he
consented. Ehlen wenC and got a
team. 1 took the package from tho
table and went TO the hotel where the
team was waiting for me Drove di-
rectly to Mt.Angel put team in stable
and after dinner drove to Mr.. Michel's,
took package OUT, opened 1T at back
end of buggy. Found it tied In a
hard knot, had to cut it with a knife,
took out Mt. Angel envelopes, looked
them over hastily, handed them TO
Mr.. Michel and drove TO Townsend's.
There 1 took out the Monitor envel-
opes, looked them all oyer more care
fully and handed them to Mr..
Townsend's little girl to give to her
father. One of the Monitor envelopes
| noticed looked as If
THE PAPERS HAD BEEN TORN
down and then covered oyer with
more sealing wax. l went to Scol-
lard's and delivered the Woodburn
envelopes to him, in apparently same
condition as when received. 1 drove
to Feller's, met his wife at front door,
handed her the Butteville envelopes,
THEY WERE SEALED UP
with mucilage. This fact had dis
covered at Townsend's. 1t convinced
me they had been tampered with and
l became satisfied they had been
taken from my room that night at
the Salem hotel. l have not the
least idea who could have taken them
from my room. 1t was generally
known that / stopped at the Hotel
Salem. No one but the hotel people
knew where my room was. 1 came
back to Salem that same evening
about 8 o'clock. Stayed at same
room, same hotel.
THE BOARD ADJoURNS.
Went to court house about O'Clock
Tuesday morning to complete the
work Of the canvassing board. County
Clerk Ehleu told me the board would
have TO adjourn until next week, as
he had a great deal TO do and circuit
court was in session. johnson and l
both protested at any further delay
aud remarked that the taxpayers
were beninning TO roar at the in
creased expense. Ehlen said that was
the order, to adjourn, and he ad-
journed the board to next Monday
morning, June 20. Ehlen told me to
come up Sunday night so as to be
ready early. was onhand Monday
morning June 20, to help complete the
canvass. The board met In the grand
jury room. Mr.. Giesy presented a
letter from Mr.. Ehlen to this effect:
GIESY HAD ORDERS.
"John Giesy, deputy clerk. l have
concluded to run the tally-sheets over
once more. You will have this done
and have Turner first deputy In the
clerks oflice,) sign the certificates. i
haye been called out OF town and will
not return until evening""
l.. V. EHLEN,
County Clerk.
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