The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-18
MAY find EVIDENCE.
~ Volunteer WITNESSES 60 BE-
FORE GRAND JURY. rfy =
MAN WHO SOLD HIS VOTE.
Mn. J. r.. sAUssY, JR., EXPECTS To
HAVE HIM TOMORROW.

sucb a witness Would Have to Be
Promised Immunity-He May Be
Introduced to the Grand Jury at
Tomorrow Afternoons Session.
NJ Information Is Expected From
the witnesses Formally Subpoen-
sed-They VIII Probably Be as
IgDoront of the Sale of Votes as
We're Those Who! Testified at Re-
cent Hearings-White Man Who
saws He was Not Paid for Service
rendered Announces That He VIII
Tell Some Things. e'g.sf
If street talk counts for anything the
session of the grand jury tomorrow af-
ternoon will be an interesting sons
and much concerning Chatham coupty's
recent election will be made public, or at
least will be told to the members Of the
grand jury Il .Ilyef@@ 81 4
1t is not expected that the information
will be given by any one who is pre-
sumed to know about such matters as vote
buying, or by those who, because of this
supposed store of information, have been
subpoenaed. The bomhshell, if one is to
be exploded at all, will be dropped By
those who are credited with having, dis
posed to their votes to theehi CHEST bidder.
Mr.. j. r. Saussy, Jr., is on the trail OF
one of these people, who were apparently
so plentiful the day after the election,
but who wasted into thin air when 1t
became known that the grand Jury would
begin a serious investigation Of the al
legged fraud and corruption. ait the polls
Mr. Saussy said yesterday. to a repre-
sentative Of the Morning News that he
is following up a clue, and that he hopes
to be able to give the grand jury a yalu-
able witness. A party has informed
him that he knows of a man who has
said that he sold his vote. Mr. Saussy
has not yet been able to locate his man,
but believes that he will have no difh-
Guilty in getting him to make a clean
breast of the affair if the grand jury will
promise him immunity for the part he
played in the alleged fraud.
While he did not say so, Mr.. Saussy in
timated that he is of the opinion that this
will be the only way for the grand jury
that they know anything. There are 9TH
ers too, who believe that there are peo-
pie who would be willing to testify if
they were assured that no indictments
would be returned against them. 1t is
pretty we'll known that on the day after
the election there were at least three
male citizens over 81 years of age, who
stated that they had sold their votes, but
mad failed to collect the money promised
them. 1t would seem that not few of
the trio" are still sore and would be will
ing to give the entire snap away, in
spirit OF revenge, If it were not for the
TACT that they are afraid of putting them
selves behind prison bars. a'
mere is one man, whom Mr.. Saussy has
not heard of, who says that he intends 20
80 INTO the grand jury room tomorrow
ana tell some things without being ques-
tohed. He stated yesterday that he had
not been paid for service he performed
LOT the Screven people, and that he pro-
poses TO hand a package" to some one
lot the treatment accorded him. This
Voluntary witness declares that he carried
OUT his part of the contract made at the
PoLs and that somebody will have to suf-
ter Tor breaking their word The man
Iol several days has been trying to get a
Element with first one person and then
another, but without success. When he
MADE the circuit without receiving any
management he publicly announced a
uesFe TO express himself freely to the
representatives. of the law
II Mr. Saussy's witness and the man
"Ho Is waiting to get even go before the
sIanq jury and tell what they are sup
P3sed to know there will be lively time
aHeao Tor somebody.