The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-20
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this point had tended to show tina there
had been any spurious ba lots used 8
that the returns had BEEN
after they left the precinct.
81 was discovered in going oyer*lneg psi l-Ef
lots that q NUM- Der tiers at MS Pc
cinct, which is the " silk stoct1ng ne
of the ward, had scratched both N essrs.
5fTaylors and Mccarthy and ad8voted for
no one for the Office Of Mayor.
,Fllet recount committee made the fol-
lowing report:
ballots not voted for A1ayor, y l. total,
For Sheriff: Epps, 2 22s;;: hughes, 10;
tickets not voted for sheriff, 10; total,
The count by election officers was as
follows:
For Mayor: Mccarthy, 162;; Taylor, 20
For Sheriff Epps,s 2 2e5 Hughes, us
The discrepancies were but slight and
the total vote footed up + he sa me- TINS
disposed Of the ballots, and Mr.. !denry
Lee Valentine, who had witnessed s me
recount OF the ballots by the City. Sons.
n1ittee on Tuesday night. was sworn he !s5
testified that the box was sealed when it
was taken from the trunk nd the seal
was broken in his presence. He had tai
lied for Mr.. Epps, being q friend OF 1hals
gentleman. He produced the pookS ~
which he had kept the tally.zsThe trend.
of Mr. Valentines testimony was alens
the line that as a friend Of Mr.. Eipps lhe
recount and the condition Of the ballots
had been satisfactorySto him.
THE REGISTRAR'S STATEN ENT
MrSREB Snead, regislrar, and one OF
the judges in the precinct, was next next in n
trodileed and sworn. He had been I sur
prised at the error. He said every tlhlng
lad abeea regular all day and night, SO
far as he knew Seven hundred ballots
had been given them for the precinct,
IA Of which were voted. The others were
returned. Twenty of these We're mutt
lated and 266 we're good. All the officers
| were duly sworn. The others were
! Messrs. McKenney and Jacobs, and Mr..
Tyler came in as the additional clesk
| at O'Clock p. NJ. There had been n
drinking In the polling place but once.
Then all took a drink One of the officers
stepped out several times during the day,
| but none Of them were under the influence
| OF liquor. There were no Witnesses when
! the ballot box was opened at night,ssto
| the best Of his knowledge and belief
J The ballots tailed exactly when taken
! out of the box. Mr.. Jacobs took q part
! of the ballots, and he (NIr.F Snead) the
rest. AR. NcKenney checked for N1r.
| Snead and Mr.. Tyler for Nr. JACOBS:
Afessrs. Gunst and Fuller came in, but he
could not say they came together .Mr.
Fuller relieved the witness when the lat
/ ter was taken sick. He had stood by
1 while Mr. Fuller tailed He was not,
| however, close enough to see that Mr.
! Fuller was tallying correctly. He did not
swear Mr.. Fuller, because he thought, as
superintendent Of the ward, he had a
! right to tally Mr.. Gunst relieved Mr..
Fuller for while Mr.. Cullen came in
about o'clock. Altogether, he did not
/ think the outsiders tailed more than
/ sixty ballots.
MR. CULLEN FOOTED UP.
Witness had neither solicited votes on
day of election, or bet on the result.
He thought Mr. Cullen had footed up the
! results on one. of the tally sheets. He
| believed the tally sheets SHOWN MIN
were the ones used in his Precinct IN
deed, he was pretty certain OF IT. tAr.
! ECullen, he understood, had been invited
! by Superintendent Pulle- to witness he
| count He had taken the place OF -MF:
4 TYLER and had tailed for about an hour
MIR. Ci1llen was not sworn, and no one
! had witnessed FNs tally. MIR. Cullen
1 had made up the certificate of return
!. at the request of the judges: Mr.. Cul-
len NAV have taken the totals, but ne
! did not and could not have kept a .sepa-
| rate tally sheet. There had been no
/ errors discovered which caused the OIL
1 ficers to go back and tally again. VII
/ ness had voted for Mr.. smith Tor ser
/ geant. He thought the error had occur
red in the precinct in tal!yinS rather
/ than elsewhere:
. He was sure of this, when questioned
again. The lights had been. poor. lie
/ thoueht the error had been purely q
clerical one, made in tallying and Win.
/ out any bad intention on the part OF
anyone. It was usual to have OUTSIDERS
i to witness the count, but It was the
/ first time they had assisted IN the Work
! without being sworn. He had allowed II
| because he thought Mr.. Fuller, ward SUI
perintendent, had authority. Neither MI.
! trullen nor Mr.. Fuller had touched the
| ballots.
800 RECOUNT WAS CORRECT.
/ Mr.. w. A. Creekmore, who witnessed
/ the recount for Mr. Smith, was next
/ sworn His testimony was along the Inc
l that the ballots and seal Were all r1sht
| when opened and that the recount was
/ correct. A second recount had been asks
/ ed lyy Mr.. Wendenburg and granted,
/ and had turned out exactly in accorda nee
! With the first. He was thoroughly sa t.
/ sf,ed with the recount.
i MARX TELLS HIS NAME.
! MIR. Marx Gunst was the next witness.
/ The first question asked by Ca pit Hail
! was '.What is Your name MAJ
Gunst, was the reply, and then the
/ coun Gilman proceeded to give his testl-
l mcny. When he cached the precinct
! WITT Mr. Fuller, Messrs. MeiSenney, JAG :
/ obs. Snead, and Tyler and Policeman
i GARRISON were in the precinct.
The count was going on. but no one
4 was witnessing. He had gone home for
i about twenty-five minutes, and he now
proceeded by the aid Of a diagram of his
ow1, drawing, to show the positions OF
i those in the room, when he returned.
There was no witness to Mr.. Puller's tai
living unless it might have been Police
/ man GARRISON. no one was witnessing
I Mr.. aKenney's calling of votes. lie found
Mr.. Fuller working for Mr.. Snead who was
a;ck Witness had returned with drinks
/ fer the five who were there.
RELIEVED MR.. FULLER.
! He relieved Mr.. Fuller fifteen or twenty
/ minutes Witness had hesitated, but Mr.
4 Fuller insisted and he went on with the
/ work of tallving- He had been in the
i vot,ne place only twenty minutes In all
! IIr eeuld not designate his work on tbs
i taIly-sheet. and did not recall the color
/ oe his PENCIL When he had returned viii