The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-18
JOYOUS TGMNGNY PRIMARY
WITNESS SAYS ROSS WILLIAMS
STUFFED A BALLOT BON,

AlsO knOcked the witness DoNn-Poiiee
men Adj Their TestinaoRy - the Dis'
trtot leaders AutomOblle Raid 81 TN
POIllag Plaees-R Records False Toe
The prosecution rested Yesterday after
noon in the trial 81 Roswell d. Williams
TAsnnasny lesd@r 81 the Seventeenth
Assembly district. and his six lieutenants
Peter J. 0Alligan. Thomas J. O'Rourks,
Philip DonOhue. Robert Quinn. John
Bingham and John Dunn, for conspiracy
20 violate the primary election laws last
fall in such a manner that Daniel A.
Golden. who nan against Williams for
leader. got no votes at all according "a
the returns.
Eugene Schellenberger OF "a West
l02d street testified that no was a Golden
watcher az ga Columbus avenue and had
taken the Golden ballots there. The
Williams touring car arrived eariy in the
AftomOoa. Williams Galligan. Quinn and
Donohue got out of IT,
These men an brushed past the in
spectOrs.' said Schellsnberger. -and
pushed the watchers aside. They all gO'
around the hallOt boz and | saw all the
four men put In more than one ballot Zach
Then a policeman came In and said You'll
have to get out Of here and Williams
replied. We're going out Then ! saw
a man grab the Golden ballOts and l
caught him by the arm
What man Nas u picked up the bal
l0tsg- asked Deputy Attoney-General
Prentice.
4 think Il was that man. said the wit
ness. pointing 20 Gallimn. Then
made my way 20 tho door and asked a
policeman 20 arrest the man who had
taken the ballots. He started 20 run.
but the Policeman caught him after a
chase and brought him hack. Then al
the crowd fell upon me and gave me a
bsa1ing and Kicking
-Qnnm knocked me down first and then
Williams knocked me down again. This
was on the sidewalk and In the middle OF
the street. After they had finished with
me was black and blue all over and had
one Anger broken.'
What happened 70 the man the police
man caught and brought backl' asked
Mr.. Prentice.
4 was bruised and dased and didn't
kpOW what 10 do, 10 the policeman let
him Co. said the wifnsss.
POliceman Manning. who was detailed
az the same polling place. told about .
crowd arriving in autos and trying 20 r1ikh
thu polling place. which was in . cigar
store About q dorm men went In
first ami then a score more They
rtIshei TO get back Of the guard rail :
said the witness. hut only four or
Eve succeeded. They all held white
papers in their hands like habits
aud said they wanted 20 vote told
them they would have 10 get in line, and
then there was a scramble ~ which the
rnil was torn loose anu she tables thrown
around. | got the crowd out in about
three minutes
no you know Roswell y Williams.
asket Mr.. Prentice
YES. he vas the first 10 enter the polling
place
Where was he when all the rump,is was
going on
Inside all the time
Manning said that the Golden ballots
were missing after the crowd lett and that
he found many IT them scattered along
the sidewalk between the polling place
and the curt where the auto stood
Schsllsnberger had reported that he was
assaulted but couldn't identify any one 20
accuse
Policeman John J. McEmory told a sim
liar story about the arrival Of tho automO-
bile and said he was the policeman who Rot
the man that ran away No one could
make a complaint 10 he let him 90
After other witnesses had told q similar
story Mr. Prentice read a long list u per-
sons who had been recorded a. voting but
who had made afiidavits that they didn't
vote