Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-11-11
ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD.
In Two Districts OfAnne Arun-
del County.
AFFIDAVITS MADE In ELECTION
CASES.
The Action OF Election Officials In The
Second Precint OF The Third Dis
trict And The Second Pre-
cinct 0fThe Eighth
District
TO BE CONSIDERED BY GRAND JURY

The following affidavits have been
made in the Anne Arundel county cleo
tion fraud cases, which have been brought
to the atieaesJn OF the grand jury
Estate of Maryland, Anne Arundel
county to wit 81 hereby certify that on
this OH day OF November. nineteen hun
dred and one, before me. the subscriber,
a notary public OF the State of Maryland,
in and for Anne Arundel county. person
ally appeared X. Tilghman Brice, Jr..
and made oath IN due form OF law to the
following facts, stated before the grand
Jury OF Anne Arundel county this day
THAT at the election held on the 5th
day OF November. 1901, in the Second
precinct OF the Third election district OF
Anne Arundel county. Frank Duvall.
ballot Judge, received and opened two
packages OF ballots, to which action the
said Brice Immediately protested on the
ground that Il was unlawful so to do,
and his protest was disregarded by the
said Duvall, and voters were helped fiist
from one and then from the other pack
age at the election. And at the close of
the election in said precint it was discov-
cred that 100 ballots during count were
found TO be detective and were rejected,
and of said number 100 were rejected
for the reason that there appeared on
about 100 ballots, all cast by republicans,
a pencil mark drawn in the form of V
over the solid printed matter in the third
amendment on said official ballots, and
IN but one instance did it appear that any
voter but Republican voter had receiv-
ed ballot marked as described above,
4 - h. he,
machine mark, for the reason that the
Democratic watcher at said election sue
cessfully rubbed the said mark from the
face OF one OF said ballots, and it was
also stated that the marking upon said
ballots was done with black lead pencil
and rot with the indelble pencil fur
nished for use at the said election.
witness my hand and seal,
"NANNIE 5. SToCKETT,
"NotarY Public"
Estate of Maryland. Anne Arundel
county, TO wit - hereby certify that on
this 9th day of November, nineteen hun
dred and one, before me. the subscriber,
a notary public OF the State of Maryland,
in and for Anne Arundel county, person
ally appeared Charles Larson and made
oath in due form OF law 10 the following
flcts, stated before the grand jury OF
Anne Arundel county this day
THAT at the election held on the 5th
day OF November, 1901, in the Second
precinct OF the Eighth district of Anne
Arundel county, some time about noon
during the election, George w. Hyde
called for package OF ballots and broke
the seal thereof before he had used up
more than one-half of the package that
he had opened before, and helped voters
first from out of one and then from the
other, according to his own liking. AT
the close of the election and during the
count OF the ballots the said Hyde first
called attention TO a mark on the second
amendment. The Republican watcher
Charles Larson) asked him why he did
not take the magniiylng glass and look
at it and wet the mark and see whether
the mark was made with black pencil
or the indelible pencil provided for use
at the election; then he took the rubber
of his pencil and showed that it could be
rubbed off, aud OF the ballots marked as
described above. hundred or more were
Republican ballots, and there were about
eighty similarly marked ballots which
were split or Democratic tickets, and all
these ballots were rejected and not in
cluded in the returns from the said
Eighth district.
"Witness my hand and seal.
"NANNIE S. SToCKETT,
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