The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-20

+ho ward. was brought in. he "a.ie Lsa
Mr. q, p Carr to testify first, ana no Mes
allowed to do so. Mr.. Carr tes.lnsu ~, ~
Mr.. Fuller had asked him 70 "tts Si,a
count. as we'll as Mr.. Crensi1a" S 10
beriayne, and both hau
to go to the Bijou. ~.
ness He was one of the judges ana MS
testimony was listened to attshtlsE.s
Tic audience corroborated that OF W..
ene,d nm TO the time the voting Was
over. and he was closely eAalIiliso ~
aptain Hall when the point Oh eou Mug
was reached There had been no III a.
he had suffered much with coiu. u 80
reason some liquor had been sent IN twice.
Nj !, NJ, not enough to affect any ene.,
ONLY THE OFFICERS; s..rss.
Only the four officers were PFsssne
when the counting was begun =. Ihelei
,,-ere-nos witnesses He thought Mr. Cut,
len was probably the first to come l ~
Nlessrs. Fuller and Ernest were there loF-
a while. Policeman GARRISON was also
there. Mr. Cullen had relieved witness
in tallying at the request OF ME. FuIier'
This was usual at elections az tiNs ple0
cinct. Outsiders always helpeu ~ q
greater or less extent. Messrs Puller
ana G;unst had also tailed for while,
on account of Mr.. Snead being sick. he
could not identify the tally sheets mana;
ed him by Captain Hall. He thoughs
Messrs. Snead and S1ckenney haa ao!1s
footing up of figures. The llsnts nau
been very bad but they could see the
| names on the ballots all rlght. ne tau
not know how long Mr. Fuller nad TAI
lied. Two sets OF ballots were oellis .a
lied at one time, but again the witness
said there were no witnesses. Mr. Galteh
,vrnte the certificate OF returns by re-
auest. He was surprised at the errors
reported He would never nave slsheo
the certificate had ne not thought the
! . figures were all right. He could not ae-
count for the errors. Mr. JACOBS, nse
Mr. Snead, was asked to call ls" o
lots to demonstrate his speed he was
timed and proved a. rapid caller. Inc
nnint was made that if Mr.. Jacobs caiied
this fast, the tally could not have neeh
acc,1rat eIy kept. In answer TO a sues
ton by Mr.. Saunders, witness said he
thought errors were more likeiy 70 ii.ls
been made by the officers IN MS pfesitle
| than by the City Committee IN the mat
| tor Of counting, for me reason thal the
former were worn out ana nao pau = : 49,
and the latter young and fresil.
! Witness said he was seventE-four years
of age and Mr. Snead was seventS-s4A.
| He was sure nothing wrong Aau os-'.
| done in the precinct, but elefleal = "
might have been made. Adverse tol.u1-
! tons OF light, heat and long houi9, Hs
thought. were calculated 10 result =.
clerical errors. He did not kile" :. sas
| a violation of the primary rules ZOE out.
siders 70 ta,Iv. He thought it likely that
tho error had occurred in the precinct
MT Il aid NOT know this, or It would nave
! been corrected.
| M. FULLER EXAMINED
| Mr. Pullar now took the stand ana was
questioned by Captain ttalt. TIC staeea
| that he was superintendent o. Mo!.Ios
Ward. He had been all over t1ls sa.u
on election day. he mao NAYS .s 800,
fort to get witnesses to go 70 seeosau
| nrac;nc, He had asked four OF five gem
| tIemsn and all had declined, save ME.
cullen Who wa S in for a while. Mf. Pnii-
or smoke with great deilberat1on ana was
| evidently measuring every word ne VI
| tered. He had gone TO SECOND pIsctLtet
t with Marx Gunst. They reaehed lnere
| about 7:45 and both went IN. Mr te aiise
Won't home for a little while. and witness
sersed to wait for him. AR. snsad vas
n "a awhile taken sick. Witness took Mr..
| scnaad,s MACE. He did not recall whether
he l1,ad volunteered his services OF Whetn-
or he had been requested by Mt. Snead.
| He thought he tailed about fifteen min
/ 11tes. Mr.. Gunst came back Shortly 2 nc,
asked ,yitness what he was dong Work
ing. He had explained that ne was re-
| lieVlngs SNSdup ~
Gunst went out and got some juleps and
ali took one. save Policeman Giarkson
and Mr.. Cullen
80 ASKED MR.. GuNST
Witness said he then asked 1lr. Gunst
| ia take his place, as he desired to shave
before going to Old Market Hail. Upon
his return, he and Mr.. Gunst left for Old
Market Hall. While witness was tally
ire Policeman CIarkson was standing
| over him, and Mr.. snead was sitting
close by. He had been Superintendent
for four years. He had not in this time
asked any election officer to vote or work
for any candidate. On the primary-day
-he did not solicit votes fog any one. He
had always experienced difficulty in get
TING witnesses for the court at elections.
He thought as superintendent Of the
Ward. he thought he had a right in the
nreeinct. He was overwhelmed with sur
prise when he heard of the errors. F.e
orld only account for them on the ground
Iof the advanced age OF several OF the
Ieftleers They had suffered and COM
planned OF cold and hey had had poor
tights The latter had been rsry bad:
sIa counted Al the ballots called out, as
isthevawere called. He would consider q