The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-09

said building became defective and the
room became so filled with smoke that
it was impossible for them to remain
longer therein, and after vainly at
| tempting to remedy the defect, the
judge moved across the highway as
aforesaid, distance of 6G feet. and
there completed the canvass"
! "That i'll the fifth waro, one Sell
Bottomley, requested one Patrick Fl
Jordan to assist him in MARKING and
preparing his ballot. without said elect.
or being authorized by the Judges oil
election to receive assistance on ac-
count of any inability to mark his
own ballot. and without the ballot hay
ing been shown TO any of the Judges or
clerks in that ward. and although Seth
Bottomley was sblc to read and write
English. the Judges sof election permit
ted Seth Bottomlcy to receive such as.
sistance without requiring of the elect
or an oath as to his inability to mark
| his own ballot, and without any legal
reason whatever being shown for such
assistance. all contrary to law, and, at
the instruction OF Seth Bottomlev
Patrick H. Jordan marked the ballot
of Seth Bottomley for Benjamin. Tay-
Tor for office. and voted for him there
for, and said ballot was counted and
canvassed for said Taylor for said Of
fee
THAT in each of the following pre-
cinctS the following persons received
assistance in the preparation of their
| ballots and each of them was assisted
by the person whose name appears OPP
positc to his. and each of the latter
named persons went into the booth
with said respective electors and mark
cd his ballot, all without the Judges of
election requiring the electors to make
oath as to his inability to read or
write English, or other inability to
prepare his own ballot, and without be-
ing shows to any OF said judges or the
clerks OF election and each of said bal
| lots was marked. cast. counted. and
canvassed for contestant for said of
| flee, to.wit:
Butternut Valley Precinct H. H.
Iieilickson, assisted by John Owen
T.. A. Overlic, Jens Johnson;
,Judson Precict.-Thomas C. Jones,
| /. \. jones' Ed. Dackns. Walter Mere
dith; Henry Swanson. Alfred Anderson.
Rapidan Precinct.Ole Johnson, An
drew Johnson; Louis Anderson, Ole
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Broste, Ole Brostc; Broste (whose
first name is nnl<nown) Ole Broste.
Vernon Township-Arthur Briggs.
Henry Schultz; L. w. Radiehle, Henry
Good.
Garden City.-Annis Warner, Ezra
Gates; Peter Swanson,s George Norman
Fifth Ward. Seth .Rattomley, P. II.
Jordan
Fourth Ward A-Maleolm Mcintyre, r.
| F. Jones'
lie Ray.-Ben Wilson. Charles Rus
sell; Henry Wilson, Charles Russell
AZel Wilson. Charles Russell; Sheridan
Bromeling, Albert Russell
Lincoh.-IIomer Morgan, A. p John
son.
Third Ward-John j. Griffith. vii
liam II. Griffith; l.. l.. DcRoisa, L. C.
DcRosia.
Lake Crystal.-J. A. Pomeroy, Reese
Lewis
Sixth Wards. d. Taylor, George
Knapp; Jesse Parsons, William II
Over.
Beauford.-AuSust Kreuger, Joseph
Wadell; Albert krcueer, Westerand
| (whosc first name is unknown).
Mapleton Nillage.-Ilenry Ferth
John Albright.
The contcstec claims that Henry
Swanson voted for contestant in South
Bend and Swanson was not legal
voter therein. That Fred o. Lee voted
for contestant in Lincoln and was not
Il legal voted therein. That Thomas
| L. Jones. Ed Dackins and Peter Swan
son voted at respective precincts, that
neither of them was a duly qualified
voter in those precincts, nor had they
ever procured citizenship papers.
Point Number Twelve.
And i'll reference to the following
electors named by contestant and
whom he alleges illegally voted at the
election to-wit: Second ward Charles
Ludtkc; third ward V. C. Blanchard
George Fisher, Joe Dendinger, H. Hen
serling, o. A. Hanson, L. F. Miller
George Renstrom, Martin Kratz, Carl
Wines, a. II. Allen, A. NJ. Riley
John II. Sidewick, d. A. Radichel
sixth ward, John Duane; South Bend
John Roades, Bert Payne, John Jenson
Ben Young, Charles Lewis, Rapidan
Roy Mendenhall: Sterling, August
Fischer, Herman Rolof
Also in reference to the electors UNI
named by contestant whom he alleges
were assisted by Henry F. Leonard in
the second ward of Mankato, and the
electors whom he alleges voted in the
sixth ward, and We're assited by Will
liam H. Over and by Charles A. Hall
man. and the electors of the town of
South Bend. assisted by Nelson Scherer
AdOlph Hultengrcn, T.. +. Sorrell and
the electors alleged to have voted in
the Township OF Ccresco assisted by
Thomas Rooney and w. ID. Johnston
and the electors alleged to have voted
i'll the town of Sterling, to-wit: Au-