The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-10-10
AtClEE LEROY INDICTED.
Charged by Grand jury with Having mis-
Gated and aIIsread Election Ballots.

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called and STisread Election Ballots.
Alcide Leroy, who was presiding com.
inissionsr of elecEion in the fourth
ward Of this parlsa % the occasion
of the Democratic primary of Sept.
%, was today indicted by the grand
jury for miscalling and misleading
the ballots cast for the con ressional
candidates.
Some time ago there were rumors Of
irregularities having been committed
in that ward, and il was stated that
twenty voters had made affidavit be-
fore Notary Public B. J. Vega that
they had cast their ballots for Robert
G. Wickliffe. When the votes were
counted by the commissioners on the
night of the primary the result was re-
tarned as being 43 for Favrot and 10
for Wickliffe. The affidavits were
placed in the hands of District At
torney G. A. Gondran, who immedi-
ately began an investigation of the
matter. with the result that Judge
Paul Lsche called the grand jury to
meet today in special session for the
purpose OF thoroughly probing the
alleged fraud.
When court convened this morning
Judge Lsehe, in his charge to the
jury, called their attention TO these
facts. and requested them to sift the
matter and report at once to the
court. Foreman ames Fortier asked
for an order of court permitting the
jury to open the ballot box, and it was
granted. The jury then went into SEES
sion, and after examining a number OF
Witnesses and counting the votes con-
tanned in the box, came into court at
one o'clock this afternoon and returned
the following Indictment against Lee
roy:
"Aleide Leroy, on September 20,
then and there being a person intrusted
with the performance of the duty as
commissioner of election at
a primary election held in the fourth
ward, parish OF Ascension, under the
provisions Of act No. 40 of the legis-
lature of Louisiana OF 1906, and the
acts thereof, and having
then and there consented, and having
ceen sworn, and having begun the per
formance of said duties as commits
sicnpn nj alanEi an nt Is a n mi ~, Nv, ex,,o
'aid, held on the 18th of September,
1908, in the ward aforesaid, for the I
lomin alton of candidates for railroad
commissioner for the second railroad I
commission district of Louisiana, and
or nomination for representative in
he sixty-frst congress of the United
States, sixth congressional district of
louisiana, did then and there fraudu
emily andWi1fnlly miscall, misread and
ali to call and read the name of r. G.
NicklifTe, candidate for the nomina-
ion for congress at the primary cleo
ion aforesai and instead OF read
ng and calling the name of Robert
]. WickHffe on the ballots cast att
aid primary election did then and
here frandulently and wilfully call
nd read the name of Gsorge L.
'avrot as aforesaid at said primary
lection.
While it cannot be stated authorita-
lvely what was the actual vote found
q the ballot box By the grand jury, it
) reported on reliable information
nat the result of the count. by the
nquisitors showed that there were 26
otss for WIckliffe and q for Fayrot. s
t such is actually the case Wickliffe
ras defrauded out OF sixteen votes,
nly ten having been credited to him
n the fourth ward tally shtes the
light of the election.
Alcide Leroy is a resident of Eau
ourg la Pipe, and is emplo. ed as
hief salesman in Charles Maurin's
'amous sBiue Store. The crime for
hich he was indicted is punishable
y fine of not less than $50 DOR more
ian $500, ard imprisonment for not
,ss than two mouths nor more than !
ne year, and a person Sc convicted is
rohibited frem holding any Office of
ablic trust for a period of four years
fter. conviction.