The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-22

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Or. Charles Y. Darlington, of Lee Wah
when the evidence vas all in last n!s
before the special investigating commit
tee in the matter of discrepancies in the
returns from the second precinct ol -doii-
roe Ward in the recent primary, ana
while X was not adopted 1t may De sally
said that it embcdies praeucdliy Mii1'
,;,l be the findings of the commlttec.-
Members stated that they favored the
resolution but desired to make lulicr
report after carefully going over the steii-
orrapher's notes. "A Subcommittee. COM
.esed Gof Messrs. Hall. liaa lks, Sal aliilders.i
Darlington. Leanlan. Brochenorous ils sslia', ana
Welsh was appointed to draft the repoI.
and sa;ornit the same TO the luii coiiiiiiil
rec OH Thursday night
1t will undoubtedly exoneTate all the o'
fcers of any wrongdoing and VIII at lle
same time completely cXonerate sShait-
,n.n lJol.erty, in whose POSSESSION tile
trunk of ballots. has been since the pri-
mary. and Will doubtless call attenlioh
60 the technical violation of the plan OF the
,,rsn,a,-v in the matter of allowing out
slders to ,ally the votes without peihs
sworn.
Tie overwhelming preponderance OF the
testimony has, been to establish clearly
that :ne errors were committed an tHe
precinct and that they We're lnnocentiEs
made. and that the ballots have not been
rarnpered With since thes iels the ~ .
clnct
NJ..ssrs Mckennev and Tyler. the Two
CLERKS ,n the precinct. made Very clear
statements before the committee last
night. ard they were in corroboratlon OF
THOSE .naae by the judges Chairman i'o-
herty detailed his handling ana keePi.is
of the trunk, and numerous other VII
nod an
mcny tended to show clearly 1hat5 tll tlele
had been no fraud
Mr. I, @. Wendenhurg. of counsel for
Mr. Epps is still at work on 7lhe iaAtel 5
contest. and was examining the poll BOOKS
for Jackson Ward yesterday. He has ull-
Ill noon on Friday neAt-to flie ms no
a THOROUGH EXAMINATION.
C-artain Halls examination of the Wit
resses last night was equally as search
Ing as that of Mr.. Fuller, for Which the
chairman received some criticism
Captain Cunningham Hall called the
.neeting 10 order al $40 p. NJ. and -lr.
Hughes Of Marshall Ward. was deslg-
mated as temporary secretary in place OF
Mr. Brockenhrcugh. who. with N1essrs
Saunders and Welsh. We're absent Cap
.ain Hall stated that he and Mr.. TAYLOR
lad called at Chairman DohertSs' office
u. ..sn. p. NJ. and secured the ballot box.
ard had found the trunk properly locked
and sealed.
MIR. CULLEN TESTIFIEs.
Mr. John A Cullen was the first witness
introduced. having been duly SWORN by
Mr. Watson. He said he went 20 the pre-
circt about $50 p. NJ. on April 10th at the
request of Superintendent Fuller 10 Wit
ness the count Of the ballots: Nessrs.
Snead. McKenney. Gunst. Tyler. Jacobs,
Fuiler and Policeman Clafkson We're then
,n the precinct. He had found Mir Puller
taIlying at one table IN about ten 'llili-
utcs Mr. Gunst brought in four 1uleps.
Witness did not take one. Mr. Puller
soon left and Mr.. Gunst took MS place
and tailed aboutsfifteen minutes. Mr..
Fuller returned in fifteen minutes, and ne
and Mr. Gunst left but before doing SO
the former asked witness 10 relieve Mr.
Jacobs who was greatly fatigued. Wit
ness tailed about twenty minutes. he
made cut the certificate of returns out
the figures were furnished by Mr. Snead
and verified by Mr. Jacobs, The other
member. of the committee save Mr..
Saunders, had now come in. as had also
Chairman DohertS, the latter occupylns
seat IN the rear of che hal.
BLCE-PENCIL MARKS.
Witness could not say whether or 5not
ne used blue pencil. lie was positive,
However, when shown the tally-sheet
where a blue pencil had been used. that
this was not his work. He then iden-
titled his work. He said he used two
taIly-sheeta. first one then the other, but
st was llard for him to pick out his taliies
or she several sheets. He went -oSer
h,s figures tMice and was then sure they
were correct. Witness Was about the
precinct only about thirty minutes be-
fore the polls closed. Tie had asked, one
person TO vote for MIR. Bpps for sergeant,
but had no special interest in the fight
Witness sworc that he kept a faithful tai
ly5sof the votes as called out to him. lie
had not been drinking during the day. He
had no way whatever OF accounting fol
the errors and attributed hem to poor
nights ana to the fact that the Officers