The San Francisco call., 1904-10-06

bulldozed around here Then he asked If I
sTered thar aid not t. He declare declared that there
We're better men inside the Alnlshouse than
many outside and I remarked that I had no
doubt of IT, He wanted 10 know who said
that a pauper had no right TO vote but l
could give him no information
While Wheelan's testimony reflected
severely on the election board in the
Almshouse precinct, he was much more
forceful in his statements against the
board in the Seventy-third Precinct,
where he says he saw Wyman pen the
forgery of S. H. Mann's name and cast
the fraudulent ballot
ELECTION BOARD STOOD IN.
In answer to a question of Country
man as TO his reason for not calling the
attention of the election officers to the
crime that Wyman was committing the
witness said:
peal 10 an election board that was not put
there TO obey the law. If man had come
he was Julius Caesar Of Catacombs Rome he
would have been allowed to vote.
L made no protest because / knew that ]
would be lied down by that board of officers
Another reason why I remained silent while
Wyman was voting illegally was the fear that
he had been detected
In the cross-examination, that bore
directly on the charge against Wyman,
Wheelan was positive in the assertion
that he saw the defendant commit the
forgery on the roster, and the efforts of
COuntryman TO shake his testimony
were not successful, for the witness at
every turn seemed to clinch matters
the stronger. When he had identified
the forged name on the roster he was
examined searchingly as to his memory
of the writing of it by the defendant.
He said:
You will notice that in the formation Of the
letter s the first initial. II might be mistaken
for an L 1 recall distinctly his penning OF
that. for I in doubt which letter he in
tended Then 1 have a distinct recollection
OF the unusual formation of the II of the
second initial that impressed itself on my mind
peculiar turn ar the base OF the figure . in
the street number This also attracted my
attention particularly at the time.
Wheelan reiterated his testimony
given on direct examination as to how
he stood a the door of the voting place
and saw. Wyman copying Mann's name
on the roster from the register he had
under his arm. This was shortly after 4
o'clock The defendant was given a
ballot, proceeded to the booth and on
emerging announced TO the inspector
that his name was Mann. The COM
plainant made note in his memorandum
book at the time of every move of
Wyman while voting fraudulently, jOt-
ting down the words he heard spoken
and the exact time Of the casting of the
ballot Wheelans testimony comedies
in every particular with that of his son,
who stood beside him at the entrance
to the voting place.
At that time the witness did not
know who Wyman was, but he imme-
diately made inquiry among bystanders
to ascertain his identity. Later he
made it a point to have a look at the
defendant. and identified him positively
as the man who stuffed vote into the
ballot-box.
WHEELAN'S MOTIVE QUESTIONED
The broadness of the cross-examina-
tion, Countryman explained, was for
the purpose of showing an unworthy
motive on the part of Wheelan for
prosecution of Wyman. Insinuating
questions were asked as to his "politi-
cal ambitions" but he denied having
any.
MY purpose in politics." he ex-
planned with warmth, rs to have the
Thirty ninth Assembly District repre-
sented by men who wear no livery nor
the collar of any boss. Three times now
I have worked actively in the district
against the Maestretti ticket. which
was always headed by the name of R.
II. Countryman."
Asked whom he associated with in
the political affairs of the district. the
witness named Judge J. r. Aitken.
Warren Gregory, Wallace Bradford,
Charles Sheffield, Edwin McMurray.
Messrs. Hampton and Cassidy and 9TH
ers.
Judge Cabaniss fused great deal