The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-08
upon the bench, was fiery. and pro.
kokcd much applause at It's conclusions.
SESSION IN DETAIL
Lust witncs.cs Testify, and Argument

Lust witnesses Testify, md Argumcn
r, lbcpnn.
Senator Echos called the committed
u 80 order at $50 T. NJ. and announced
Il that Mr.. Janncy. q member OF tile com
1nlttce. had been called home by |:
telegram and could not be present
Captain II. e. Joslyn,of Lee, was tht
first witness, and was examined b.
Senator Noel.
Were you at Jonesville on the occa.
sion OF the election t9oa?' he wa.
asked.
Eyes. sir"
Did Mr.. a. NJ Goings show you any
form OF a ballot?"
"He showed me typewritten slip"
Did 1t look like the Scott county
balot?''
1T looked something like it."
DO you know anything about tho
punctuaHon?"
~ didn't pay any particular atten.
ton to the punctuation
Did Goings say anything about
whcro he got that typewriter sheet"
Deposition Admitted.
Mr.. Irvine objected, and the question
was practically ruled out.
DO you know anything to connect
Judge Rhea with this matter?" asked
mir. Cooke, of the committee.
II do not was the reply. and AR.
Cooke said: well, that settles It,"
objection was withdrawn by Mr..
Irvine and the deposition OF A. NJ.
Goings, now dead, was admitted By
lie defense.
you and Mr.. Goinst, were jubilnting
a little the day after the election,
weren't you?" asked Mr.. Irvine.
yes. SIR
.'You all were pretty happy?'
i
You won't undertake to say now
that the two papers were identical?"
NO sir; only say they looked very
much alike"
"You may stand aside.''
Clerk on Stand.
L. l.. Bays. of Russell, was the next
witness. He was county clerk in 1902.
DO you remember the day the cleo
toral board met to count the returns?"
be was asked by Captain Bullitt
Yes, SIR
tificate."
at was mailed by my. son, the depu-
ty clerk, to the Secretary of the Cop-
1nonwealth."
what was done afterwards?'.
1T was taken from l.e post-offlce.'
"ln whose hands was 1t put?'
Some of the election commissioners
went with my son to the office"
.Dd j. IL. Ashworth get that GER
tificate?"
THAT was my information
Tell the whole story said Mr..
Irvine.
MY son came and told me that there
had been an error OF 100, and he asked
me what TO do about 1t. i told him the
election commissioners might take the
letter from the post-oillce, but that lie
must not do 1t.
il Taken 10 Abingdon.
81 understood that after it was taken
out 1t was suggested that the second
don.
Il said no; that 1T had better be
mailed in Russell.
Il learned afterwards that 1t was
taken to Abingdon aud mailed by Mr..
Ashworth.'
You were the county clerk at that
time; were you in that office on that
day.
4 yes. sir
.How long did you stay?''
"Until about 0 or 10 o'clock"
WAS your Office locked UP during
this times'' |
NO. sir
WAS Mr.. Ashworth in there"
"He came In during the morning.
and was introduced to him; but do I
not recall having seen hin, again"
Witness practically denied the testi-
mony of r. Walter Dickinson that
Ashworth had been locked in his office
with the canvassng hoard. IF any
thing similar to this took place, it was
in the circuit. and not the county
clerks Office" he said
Came That Way.
Asked as to the alleged unsealed re.
turns, witness said they came to his
Office In this condition. and that mono
OF them were tempered with after they
preached his Office. He declared that the /
scanvassing had taken place in the
eCircuit Court clerks office, and not
5ln his Office.
Is Asked by Captain Buliitt as tof
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