El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-29
WITNESS DENIES CHARGES OF
DRUNKENNESS At VOTING PLACE
Continued from rage II

! witness said, came in with an anti
card The negro, he said, went to the
table in the rear and was making out
an anti ring ticket
I admit the negro said, that ]
used the ticket 10 make out my bal
lot Pence said; All right, go ahead
and vote.
The anti ring supervisor. the wit
ness stated, was calling off the names
on the ballots. He said he protested,
and the man stopped. The following
day, the witness stated, the man called
more names
The witness referred to a ticket ne
said, where a line was drawn between
the names of judge Walthan and judge
Clark. The anti ring man, he stated,
insisted that the vote was for Clark
1t was left to an anti ring supervisor.
You Know the result?" asked the wit
ness.
Pitch Coins to Make TaIIies.
In Keeping the tally sheets, the wit
ness stated, that when there was a
discrepancy they would pitch coins to
decide it He said they did this eight
times, and he lost six of the losses.
On cross examination the witness
stated that when he arrived at the
polls there were 10 or II voters wait
ing. He said he assumed they were
ring men The witness stated that
Pence was trying to delay the game,
and he insisted that Pence open the
polls. The witness said that he argued
with Pence a half hour about a ticket
which was left to the anti ring super
visor.
Medina suited me, and that was all
we wanted" said the witness. I kept
a note book. I did not keep a memo
randa Of the negro whose ticket was
made out wrong. I kept a memoranda
of the negro who used the anti ring
ticket TO make out his ticket 1 state
now, if I had been running that cleo
tion We would have had more votes.
The result of my wrangie with Pence
was Hughes was not sworn in as an
officer of the election.
q asked them to open the polls
when 1 got there. I merely called
Fences attention to the fact that the
negroes ticket was not marked as the
man wanted to vote
There As Ring Supervisor.
IT was there as what was known
as the ring supervisor, and to repre-
sent their interests in anything that
might arise.
Il was supervisor. had nothing to
do with the election.
in most Instances I spoke up and
told the people there when things
were going wrong. I don't recall the
instances
Saw But One Flask of Whisky.
William H. Brooks testified: Il
represented the ring as associate judge
IN precinct No. 2. G. S. Brooks, my
son, was there. I saw one flask OF
whisky, and that was pulled out of an
anti ring commissioners pocket That
was the only flask I saw
Falvey-'It was reported your son
was so drunk he Tomited.'
Says Son Was Sick.
Witness-"That's a lie. Ny son told
NE he had eaten something. He has
a weak stomach. I never saw him
drunk. never saw any drunken
men. I saw only a half a flask of
whisky. L think that was on Sunday.
None of them were under the influ-
ence OF liquor"
On cross examination the witness
stated that he saw one man under the
influence of liquor who came in to
vote He said that he did not see
any whisky on election day.
7 read Nj. Schillings testimony
that he saw So or 40 men come in
there with those dummy tickets. I
ton I won't swear that Schilling did
not see them I will swear that 1 did
not. Ny son spilled the ink on the
tally sheets. I only destroyed one bal
lot to get the name of a local can
didate. There were not more than
five or six ballots destroyed"
Tickets on the Floor.
Mr. Moore wiped the ink off the
table DR.. Yard came in and said
Boys, there are some of these tickets
on the floor, you will have to keep &C
count of them
Policemen came in three 4or four