Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-06-13

the names of former residents and
had them suggested to him, and il
no did not have further details
handy be filed them in ssby guess
work"
After telling this he repeated,
when closely cross-examined, that
ne took the papers to Robert Abell,
thus contradicting his former state
ment that he did not know whether
or not there was any writing on the
sheets when he left them with Rob-
ert. He was asked who could have
written names on the sheets in Q
hand modelled after his own, but he
could offer no suggestion on that
point.
Mr.. Rose pointed out 10 Abel .
number OF names Of people who
were enumerated but had never
lived in the district. Abel replied
that they were gone and he thought
they had as much right to be at
tributed to his district as to any
other. a remark which caused even
Judge Morris to smile. Among
other names he was asked about
that of Mr.. Harding, who had been
dead for some time. Abel answer
ed that Harding had not been dead
long, So he d,j not think it made
any difference about enumeratinp
him, an answer which caused anoth-
er laugh. Asked Why he made
such entries, witness said he made
them and left it to Supervisor Rol-
lins to accept them or throw them
ont, as he saw fit, but ad mitted that
he did not send q word Of explana-
tion to Supervisor Rollins to init.
mate that returns which were on
their face correct we're open to
doubt. Mr.. Rose insisted that
Abell show in Mr.. Rollins letters
single passage which might indi-
cate an instruction for the enumer-
ator to include dead people in his
list, but Abel admitted he could
find none.
Dr.. Love On witness Stand.
DIR. Samuel Z. Love testified that
he heard Guyther say at Beans
store that his (Guyther's) confess
ion to DR.. Wines was not correct
and was given because OF his fright
ened and excited condition, but
that a statement he made to Ching
in Baltimore was correct that
Ching did not tell him to take
names of grsvestones, and that
his actions were based on advice
from the Census Office.
John I'll. Butler and William ID.
Henry testified TO Graves good rep
utation, and then Graves himself
went on the stand and explained
each of the seemingly fraudulent
entries. Judge Morris questioned
him once at some length on the
reason for putting down several
names, and the answers helped con-
siderably in explaining the prison
er's good intentions in the matter.
Charles FL. Guyther was recalled
to the stand and asked for more
particulars about how he went over
his district to get names for the
supplemental sheets, but nothing
new was developed.
DIR. Love had testified that Guy
ther bad told him of q statement
he signed for Ching in the Office of
United States Marshal Airey in
Baltimore. The Government ir-
troduced Mr.. F. W. Story as an ex-
pert in paper to prove that the pa
per on which the statement was
written was not Of the kind used in
the Marshal's Office. Mr.. Story
examined the note and sheet from
the Marshal's pad and explained
that they were not the same mater
ial. In presenting the witness Mr..
Cans had said that the theory OF
the prosecution was that Guyther's
signature was forged to the state
ment, but for some reason, and
much to the surprise Of the spects-
tors. Mr.. Story was not examined
on that point &C all.
Grsves' testimony had closed the
case for the defense.
Baltimore Sun.
WEDNESDAY.