The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
SURPRISE COMPLETES
ALL HIS EVIDENCE
Commissioners Cannot Com
pei Federal Clerk to
Bring His Books.
DEMOCRATS HAVEN'T GIVEN UP
Many Hammond Democrats Go Down
to Crown Point as
Witnesses.
BULLETIN.

Crown Point, Ind, Dec. IL, p. NJ
1t remained for the Democratic ,,.
nesses In the Simons-Wickey contest
TO prove conclusively that 1T was only .
matter of money which prevented the
democrats from voting as many for
eigners as the republicans did.
Perhaps the most enlightening testt-
mony was received from Judge w. w.
Mcmahon, the defeated democratic can
didate for the office of judge of the
superior court, who said that If the
management of the campaign had been
ieIt In his hands the result would have
been that the democrats instead Of the
republicans would have voted the
foreigners.
HE corroborated the testimony of Mr.
Surprise In every detail and made II an
parent that the trouble with the demo-
Gratis IN the recent election was the fact
that they lacked harmony rather than
the foreign vote. He said that 1t was
-N-A UuS ~ u mex OF
bruno Schrieber says that he had
twenty foreigners naturaIized and that
his helpers had large pumhar
made citizens. He said that the only
reason that the democrats did NOT win
the election was that they did not have
the rice to get the naturalization m
pers. Jacob Schloer is on he stand.
crown Point, Ind, Dec. II. The
commissioners, at Crown Point who
ire hearing evidence in the Simons-
sVickey election contest finished with |
Deputy United States Clerk Charles |
surp e sand the attorssesss fsr-the .ean-I
'estor rallied utterly IN their efforts
o compel Surprise to reveal his records
It the Crown Point hearing.
Ihey tried to make the refusal Of
surprise ground for contempt. but
helr efforts were unavailing and il |
vas flnally decided that Surprise could
lot be compelled to bring the books
0 Crown Point.
VIII Try Another Plan,
1t is understood that the plan now
to take Surprises deposition at Ham
nond and get at the records in that
manner. Every effort will be made
introduce the evidence that the nat- .
fa1zatlon books are supposed to CON /
ain into the testimony. ,
surprise was kept on the stand nm s
L IL o'clock today and he gave wav
william Hastings. who was the S
ght-hand man of County Chairman :
Rlchard Schaaf during the election
astlngs was asked to tell what he :
new of the election frauds and If ;s 4
I'D that all the information thew eot
IL or him was some good pointers
MICH the democrats NAV use when
iey essay to run another national
lmpaign in this county.
Schrfeber the Next
Bruno Schrieber, that Lake co,,n+v
~, Is to be the next witness ON the
ana ana he will be asked to tell what
knows Of the voting of foreigners
ID the alleged election frauds.
among the democrats who are at the
unity seat in the interests Of tba
ntest are: Judge w. w. Mcmahon
cent candidate for judge of the Lake
error COURT; John l. Rhode, a big cog
the democratic political machinery. Il
ter J. Lyons, the man who tells abou+ ii
!" ne made foreigners vote the dem
fa'ic ticket after their naturalization
pers had been paid for by the re- n
ohcans; William Steffin, the demo- .
atlc election detective. Frank Shine
Bruno Schrieber.