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A.-To nut in my fingers so when 7
made a cross it couldn't be distinguish
ed.
Q.-About how long was this pencil
Maret made for you?
"A little over half an inch.
Q.-How did you use 1t?
A.-Between those two fingers.
Q.-That is between the index finger
n the n next to it?
Ayes sir.
Q.-The pencil was easily concealed
there?
Ayes sir.
Q.-How did you learn how to holi
It?
Al made n and when I got in q
hurry | told him to make one?
Q.-You didn't make the first one?
Ayes sir.
Q.-And he made the second one?
Ayes sir.
MARET WAS ON HAND.
Q.-When Maret made the second
pencil for you did you say anything
to him abou what you wanted it for?
Ayes sir. he saw me use it.
Q.-Where?
Anywhere we were working.
Q.-What were o doing?
A.-Working for the second count.
Q.-What were you doing?
Accounting the ballots.
Q.-And marking ballots?
Al was.
Q.-And was Maret in there when
you were marking the ballots?
Ayes sir.
STOLE EIGHT THOUSAND VOTES.
O. Now have YOU any way Mr..
Simons by which you can tell or ap-
proximately tell the number of ballots.
before the governors commission and
before the legislative commission tool
hold of them. were changed?
Al should Judge about seven or
eight thousand ballots.
Q.-And this increase of votes was
all made from the remarking ballots,
and some substituting ballots?
Al Judge there was seven or
eight thousand ballots marked.
Odd yOu use any of the ballots
that had not been marked at all, by
the voters. ! mean?
Ayes sir.
Q.-What would you do with them?
A.-Mark a cross on them.
Q.-Then there We're but two ways
If | understand you hat you increased
the ballots in favor of the amendment,
or three ways rather, by marking two
yeseS to overcome one no, and by
using blank ballots and by taking out
ballots that were against the amend
ment?
A.-No, I didn't take any out.
Q.-Then there were only two ways
you increased the vote in favor Of the
amendment?
A.-Some of the ballots had two
marks on at the top and one at the
bottom against the amendment, anil
we would put two for it, we would
mark the blanks if it had a cross at
the head for all the amendments or
against it we put one at the top and
one below.
Q.-You mean where you changed
one for the amendment you make n
cross at the top and then make an
other down at the bottom and by these
two marks you would increase the bal
lots?
Ayes sir.
SCHEME MATCHED AT HOLCOMB'S
Q.-Mr. Simons, didn't you have a
conversation with Mr.. Holcomb at one
time about this matter?
A.-No, | never had a conversation
with him. the thing started in his
house.
Q.-At his home?
Ayes sir.
Q.-Who was there?
A.-Maret, Dahlman, Edmisten and
/ forget who else.
Q.-You were there?
A.-No, / wasn't there.
Q.-How did you know these men
were all there.
Al was old SO by a party that was
there.
Q.-Who we're you told by?
Al don't know whether 1t was
Dahlman or Edmisten, but as ! was
Informed by a party that was there
they decided to give this charge to Ed
misten and he was to see to it.
Q.-That is all hearsay, you don
know anything about it of your OWN
personal knowledge?
A.-Those that was there told me.
Q.-Edmisten you say told you that!
Al wouldn't say whether it was
Edmisten or Dahlman.
Q.-Would you be positive it was
aithar ono Of Them