The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-26

as superintendent of the ward, to appoint
said r. J. Wiley as clerk when the said
w q. and J. r Leaman knew that the
said Wiley was not a resident of Jack
son Ward, that for several years he had
been separated from his family, and he
has had no fixed residence, but would
hang around the various bar-rooms doing
odd jobs, and that about eighteen months
ago he returned to his family and has
since then resided at the home of his
wife IN Jefferson Ward at 231O L. Ven
able Street. But not satisfied with thus
Illegally appointing this nonresident of
Jackson Ward clerk the said w. 2. Lea
man allowed him to vote Illegally and
fraudulently as living at No. LIS North
Seventeenth Street which is the home of
said J. r. Leaman, where said Wiley had
no residence and your petitioner is in
formed and believes that this gross and
bear-faced fraud was perpetrated in the
interest of Mr.. J. c. Smith and others
whom the said w. P. Leanan was en-
deavoring to elect
The said w. P. Leaman has boosted
that he scratched nearly one hundred
ballots at this precinct for voters, and
your petitioner charges that the wishes
of the illeterate votes was not carried
out by him, the said w. p. Leaman, but
as to all such ballots scratched by him,
the ballot was illegally and fraudlently
searched according to the will of said
w p. Leaman, and as evidence Of this
your petitioner asks that the ballots OF
this precinct be inspected and wherever
the Council ticket supported by the said
W. 2. Leaman was voted for, your Pc
titioner would not get one out of ten Of
these ballots, which result was due to
the illegal and fraudulent conduct of
said w. ?. Leaman.
COUNCIL TICKET.
The Council ticket supported by the said
w. P. Leaman in this way was A. S.
Baker, w L. Lane. who is the brother
in-Iaw of the said w. P. Ieaman; G. K.
Pollock John Teefey and NJ. F. Whalen
9 Your petitioner further charges that,
while Mr.. NJ. Moresack was voting, GER
tain person, unknown to him, offered to
vote and when asked where he lived he
could not give his residence. and yet the
said w. P Leanlan gave him a ballot and
thus illegally and fraudulently allowed
him to vote.
s. Your petitioner further charges that
in the fall of 1901 NJ. Moresack changed
his city residence and leaving his family:
at Roanoke, Va, he left the State Of
Virginia going to Spencer, N. c., to re-
side, where he accepted a position; that
on March. 1902, he gave up his position
in North Carolina and returned to Rich
mond, Va, and although he had not re-
sided in the fourth precinct but one
month previous to the said election, he
was allowed to vote Illegally for Mr.. ].
C. Smith at 4th Jackson.
T. Your petitioner is Informed that
whenever an election takes place in this
city r. L. Cyrcle. the registrar at Smith
ers precinct in Henrico county, who made
the last mentioned precinct SO notorious,
that it's name was changed to Howard's
Grove, was in the habit of lending trans
fers to certain precincts in the city, and
the loan was returned whenever the coun-
ty election would come off.
On Monday. April 21st, your petitioners
attorneys requested OF the said r. L..
Cyrcle the right to see his registration
book at reasonable time and place so as
to get a list of these transfers. but the
said Cyrcle refused the demand and
thereupon your petitioner prepared a pc
tition for a mandamus and We're pre-
vented from filing same upon the assur-
ance of a friend Of the said Cyrcle that
he void produce said books if the petit
ton were abandoned, which he has nev-i
re done, although the petition was ADAM
doned.
The said Cyrcle has for several years
been working in Newport News Va.
but about two weeks previous to said
primary he came TO this city for no other
purpose than to labor in behalf OF Mr..
j. C. Smith who. at one time employed
him to run junk shop for years in this
city.
NEW VOTERS.
The said Cyrcle Illegally and fraudu-
lently issued just previous to said primary
many illegal transfers according to your
petitioners information.
That the said w. p. Leaman, regis
tered within twenty-three days previous
to said primary, one hundred and three
new voters, of which eighty-seven voted
at said Fourth Precinct, Jackson Ward,
and fourteen were transfers issued by
the said f. L. Cyrcle from Howard
Grove, Henrico county. within twenty
days of said election:
That nearly one-third Of the entire
vote cast at this precinct were new vot-
sers registered within twenty-five days
of said election
S. That said w. r. Leaman Illegally
permitted .. r. Garner to vote at this
precinct as living at no. 172s Broad
Street, just four doors from said Lea
mans home, when said Leaman knew
that said Garner had not lived in the
said precinct for one year, the fact be-
ing that said Garner lived on Twenty
sixth and Venable Streets.
s. That said w. P. Leaman illegally
voted R. D. Christian as living at No
l7o4 Cedar Street. when he had not
lived there for twelve months, but lives
in Jefferson Ward
a.. That the said W.. p Leaman ille-
galiy allowed the name Of C. "A. Leitch,
No 1900 Cedar Street, TO be voted. when.
according to the statement of his wife.