The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-09
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Ward, accompanied byrRobcrt Leo Syrcle,
appeared ut the house of j. w. Carmody,
No, 2lO East Broad Street, which is with
IN the Third Preclnct&of Monroe, ana
applied to. him to rent q bedroom from
him for tho months of May and ~ une, lie
told Carmody he wanted the room for
himself and one, l.. X. Culbert:on. Cul-
Abcrlson was born and raised in Richmond,
but he left this city five. or Sin years
back and> was supposed to nave peeil
In the service Of transportation com
pany in Philadelphia In the mean tlme.
lie rcappeared here some two months
before the primary election dressed m q
uniform OF some sort. lie was pertect
specimen of tramp, picking UP i'Nins
as BEST he could.
Cnrmody told Wise that Culbcrtson was
,,,nclean., and should not stay In his
house. THAT he had been occasionly
sneaking into the back kitchen and sleep
ing there, but that he had given orders
that this must be stopped. Carmody rent
cd the room to Wise, but stated that ms
room-keepcr, Cosby, In n discussion
arising between himself and wise aiter
The election, had told Wise that neither
he nor Culbcrtson ever slept night IN
tho room, that they would have had 70
break the door down II they did, rs ne,
Cosby had had tho key to 1t In his pocket
all the time Whether they ever Slept IN
the room or not, 1t Is perfectly pam tll ''itt
| II was not rented In good falth' put US
a sham and a false pretense 70 sel ~
an apnarent residence by both Of them IN
tho rh,rd Precinct of Monroe Ward, that
would qualify them to ne oliicc's ti ~"
4 wien a Vacancy occurred.
4. Recommended By Saunders.
on or about the 18th or May, after the
\. registrar moved out of the ward ana re-
signed, Clyde w. Saunders RECOMMENDED
| Jackson Wise to the Electoral board as
Il proper person to be mace 1uuse anu
+. ro,r,strar and the board appointed him
! Judge and registrar
i Claiborne Epps went to Messrs. Cohen
ana I,hel and protested against this point
! he told them that Wise was a disreputaole
/ character. md that he lived In another
,v,rd INT they refused to pay any at
i tcntion TO what he told them. and dulj
1 Installed him a s Judge and registrar 1--we
or three days before the primary, Cui'
harrison fell in with n. f. NorVell, VINO
i had known him all his life. NorVcll WISH
ed to see Epps elected sergeant. put Cul
tcrtson thought he was for SEnlth' ~
7 asked Norvell If he was going to VOC
. In the primary. Norvcl told nm ne ha'
moved in the county and could not vote.
! OH said Cubertson, that makes nc
differencc ! am going to vote l'u.
said Norvell you cannot; you are no.
registered "oh, Bob Lee syrclc has
nXed that" Culbcrtson replied. HE gave
mo IS and told me to go to the City l1al
and pay three years pack capltnI,ol
, taxes. i paid them, and Syrclc SAID: 'GiV'
me the receipt to show to Jim smith'
T gave them TO him and he showed then
2 | thnn1 hack to mo, AM
5 | registered and am going to vote.
+ CuIbcr,son registered on May 10Th, CIV
G ing Carmodys place as his residence
Culbcrtson also said TO Norvell that flel !,
q ~ Solomon, a clerk at Third Monroe
. going to refuse to serve, and that JACK
Son Wise had told him to be the frs
= man at tho polls on election morning, an
s that he would swear me in as clerF
: Nol~cll keeping up the Idea that lie wa
!, for Smith, said: Don't let Claiborn
) 1pps get anything there and Culber,
e son replied "Oh Jack Wise and myse
q viii be there; we will see that he get
nothing there"
1t Were Left in Charge.
n Tho election was held ut Third Monrc
~ by two Judges, Nicolas Somma and iJac'
son Wise. Somma went early TO the pr
g cinct, and after he got there he. sa
OF Wise coming accompanied by Culbcrtso
Is the two having the election books al
ID two ballot boxes. lie asked Wise WI
IN that was, and Wise saidsit wns1n friel
10 Of his, whom he was going to swear
II. as. clerk, and he swore him In and
IN acted as clerk throughout the electio
va In the middle of the day SommA left I
- . polls for Il half hour for lunch, lcnvi
~ thcm in charge of Wise and Culbertso
nc a number of votes cast for Epps al
IS McCaw wero stolen and credited to Smit
vt and number cast for other cnndldat
J., ,t1l
lid and credited to Folkes, This fraud M
oe have been perpctrated while Somma W
gone to lunch, but whenever It was dol
= II was done. and 1t Is perfectly evide
IN that as early as April u plot was form
IA to take possession of the Third PrecI