Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24

Then witness went out. When he Weflf
out I,angs was writing at the table.
William +. Smith stated that he
stood at the left Of Beck. Bangs was at
the end of the table writing. Witness
heard Dill make his announcement and
saw Dill congratulate Beck. Remain
ed in the ward room about 10 minutes
after count was announced. Mr..
Beck and | left together
Did you state YOU saw WaJS-
worth back to with the ballots" Il
had a faint recollection"
Charles Dostc. ianitnr of the city
building. stated that he had the ballots
locked up in the vault He was the on
" one that had the combination.
Ethel VI. Knowles, stcnogra phcr of
the city clerk. T.. T.. NoWbert. testiliel
that the ballots We're brought to the
Office between ; and 6 o'clock. Sh"
couldn't recall who locked the office
that night, and she cuuldn't recall
whetGer she Was in when the cab driy-
or took the ballots or not She said
The door is always locked
smith :. Randall, treasurer of tie
Augusta Lumber Co. identified some
=
H. Bangs on them. He stated that he
had known Bangs for &c years. aHd
that Rang# as superintendent at the
mn. held Il very responsible position.
Charles \. WadsWnrtll was then call
ed ty Attorney Heath who asked
"EHng the 10 or l. wears that Won
have been 4 ward officer in Ward 2 did
yvu yer know of anyone having 4 Kid
glove on the right hand. with wax
on t'.c forehng,r and I'll. lead ii Il
pencil in it, No"
Have You erer stated that lou
have done it" No
Mr.. WadSWorth then asked if =.
could make a statement and when an
sWercd in the affirmative said:
At the time when IRA Randall was
running for mayor Smith Randall
came into the club and talked with me
aLopt Randall's election ] told him
didn't know how it was coming out
but tEat if things We're carried out as
they had been in Ward /. we could
elect anyone We wanted To. He asked
hc About it and | showed him how it
was done. William Holmes. now dead.
SLOWED me how to do il at the state
Hous".'
Mr. Pattangall: This happened
when Ira Randall was a candidate Tor
lr1F""@H Yes
bid you say yon did it yourself"?.
No
'Wor YOU election clerk in Ward 3
in t5G8ee Yes"
Il show this ballot. Did YOU ever
sec that before" Not that I know of.
Everett NJ. Mower vas candidate
for alderman in 190S"" Yes"
lie was shown more ballots OF 19aS
aud was pointed out a black mark
across the name Of Mower. and said:
IL it before.
When Holmes showed you how bal
lots were defaced in Ward /. did he il
luStrate". Yes"
Did il look like the work on these
fdll6t.; ."
The answers oi the witness We're now
hardly distinct. but he mut>ercd
Don't seem to be mark
Does this erasing look the same as
that Holmes showed YOU" I don't
know"
Mr.. Holmes showed YOU how to do
this previous to tho election OF 14oS?"
Yes
Did YOU speak to any one else about
il :' Il don't remember"
But when Smith Randall asked YOU
about Ira's election YOU told him you
could elect about any one YOU wanted
- II said if any one wanted to-
Then YOU had the glove and wax@'
Nn l
under the plaster
You could rub it over the paper and
make Il plain mark" Yes"
You illustrated this before cleo
tom Yes a week or two
How many times did YOU ever ex-
pertinent with court pastcr?' only
when | showed Randall"
He was shown a Ward 3 ballot and
asked: THAT work could have been
done couldn't it," Il don't know"
Pattangall: Well. You ought to
know. You know more about it than the
rest al US. Did you ever show anyone
else" No"
If the court plaster was on tight
yeu could mark number Of these bal
lots. couldn't IoU?" Yes"
When you marked two papers for
Randall it stayed all right, didn't it,
Yes. hut sticking plaster wouldn't
stay long
You told Smith Randall that the
city could be carried if it was worked
right. didn't YOU" Yes
William Holmes has died since the
last election hasn't he" Yes"
Which iinSer did You use in illus
trating the scheme:" The toretinger."
You are a right handed man.
Yes"
'As YOU put on the court plaster.
would any ot the lead projcct?" II
don't know
The lead was between the plaster
and the finger" Yes"
The lead moved back and forth
making more than one line" Yes
And that is the way these ballots
are marked" Il don't know, | didn't
do it"
Heath: L didn't ask you that"
WadSWorth VAS moving his hand back
and forth on the rail. and he was cX-
tremely nervous. Mr.. Heath pointed
at witness and said
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