The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-10-19

| fused. No one operated the Daliot po9
| Slide but myself | frequently could no
hear the names. I did not permit votei
TO go In before the name was announced
as checked heard lots OF shouting
from outside OF "scratchedr' but heard
no challenges. No one could have voted
more than one ballot
Warden Cassidy was under a mer-
ciless cross-examination by Mr.. Hogan
for an hour and a half and showed much
confusion. Answering questions put In a
broad way, the witness swore that every
thing at the caucus was regufar, put
when Mr.. Hogan took up alleged irregu-
larfty In detail, Mr.. Cassidy would not
swear that these instances had not oc-
CURED. admitting their possibility ana
generally could not remember. lie sup
posed that not over 70 ballots were folded
when offered and put In by the voters.
lie denied that he opened most OF the
! Gainer ballots. He admitted leaving the
box for a few minutes about $3.50. when
the voting had ceased, but said the box
was under the eye OF the police and or
Mr. Hogan, the questioning attorney.
CASSIDY'S ANSWERS.
Mr. Hogan asked: "Will you swear
that I did not hold up Di Stefano for two
or three minutes?"
There was no man held up for two or
three minutes. / don't remember anyone
f., who challenged, to the best OF my knowl-
edge" he said.
After acknowledging that he knew Hen
ry Rosenblatt he would not say that
Rosenblatt was there that night or wheth-
| er or not he voted.
Q.-Do you deny that Patrick McLin-
don. Jr., was challenged as voting on his
fathers manner
Al do not remember
| Odd Mr.. Gainer request you to count
| the names checked?
Ayes, and / told him ! would not stay
! there all night.
| Q.-Do you deny that i asked you to
count them?
Al don't remember.
The warden explained then that he did
not count the checks this year, although
asked because he did not count them
last year and that he did not count them
last year because a count was not asked
| last year.
Q.-Don't You c0nsfder II part or your
duty 10 Identify the voters?
| A.--No sir
| Q.-Then, knowing Henry Rosenblatt as
you do. IL man 20 years old and feet
tall should give the name OF Henry Ro-
senblatt you would let him vote?
| Ale might have voted; there was
so much confusion I could not hear any
thing.
Odd the confusion affect your eye
sight?
No
Mr.. Cassidy claimed he did not occupy
over 40 minutes In the count and that
not over 75 ballots were folded when he
took them out Of the box. lie said he had
voted for the Dunn ticket and that four
OF the six clerks had voted. Clerk Nc
Laughlin. he said, checked his own name: |:
he did not know what the rest did.
OWN you swear that every name
checked was checked by the clerk OF the
district In which the man voted?
| Al cannot swear to anything of the
kind If man gives name and the
clerk calls check" he can vote I don't
know how many OF that name there are.
, Q.-Can you swear that these 20-odd
/ names OF people who say that they did
/ not vote were voted on and checked as
| they voted
! A.-No.
Witness said he could so swear but to
4 the same question applied 60 each name
separately and specifically he answered
that he could not swear He admitted he
could not reconcile the existence OF the
checks with the testimony that these peo-
pie were not there and repeatedly said
that II was practically impossible to pre-
vent wrongful voting by n man who gave
n name, even IL he knew the person
named but that he would not permit
such a vote II he knew H.
CLERKS TESTIFY.
Edward J. Fay caucus clerk OF the
4 Third district OF the Third ward said he
| did not call "check" for any name not
| on his list
| Asked Fay specifically concerning every
check on his list about which question
| had been raised, Fay answered: 'I cam
I! not swear 10 it"
Joseph Mcclure. clerk OF the Firth dis
| trict, swore he had checked no men who
haI m rfCht 20
| out hearing the name called, but said
that he had been assisted by Clerks NIL
4 Ter and Mclaughlin, who sometimes
| checked and called check but witness
considered himself responsible for alt
the checks there"
Mr.. Hogan asked him specifically about,
each name I'm question and witness couS
/ not swear 10 tho name
! Q.-Did Max Otta vote?
| Odd you check his manner
| A.-No.
Odd you put that check there?
| After looking at the blue pencil mark
on the sheet witness said that ne nut ~
there against the red Ink scratch while
talking with Otto about his name being
| scratched. lie did not consider that mark
| a check. but an accidental mark
lie said he knew the McLintons, and re-
membered the younger Patrick McIAn-
ton voting. and that the check made
against the fathers name was made by
himself. but claimed he had no way OF
knowing the mems names apart. lie ad-
mitted that he had not read tho caucus
law. that he did not know that each dis
trict clerk could legally check his own
district only. that his sworn statement
on the bottom OF tho check list and his
statements In the hearing as 10 having
checked personally all the names him.
self were Inconsistent In explanation he
said: There was so much confusion,
that didn't know what I was doing half
the time"
Q.-Confusion behind the raillng9
A.-No: over around where YOU were.
At 5.25 recess was taken 10 7.so
O'Clock