El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-29

ticket after he had told him it was
made out wrong
Tells How He Helped Voters.
On cross examination the witness
said that when a voter came to him he
would ask him how he wanted to vote
Then he said he would read the names
one by one, and scratch them as the
voter said Provence stated that ne
wanted to vote for Alderete and he
saw that his ticket had been made for
Escajeda- The witness said that ne
thought. with that exception, the rest
of the ticket was voted for the anti
ring candidates
SAYS Man demonstrated.
J. J. Boone testified that he was clerk
in precinct No. s. Ballard Coldwen, he
said, was supervisor He stated that
Coldwell assisted voters in making out
their tickets The witness said he
heard Pence demonstrate with ColdWell
about marking the tickets
I called Mr.. Fences attention 70
Coldweu electiOneering in the booth.
said the witness. y heard ColdWell
telling the man, Che was a negro) not
ring ticket Mr. Harris, the witness
who was on the stand, was the man IN
the next booth.
Told Pence About Medina.
'I told Mr.. Pence about Medina L
heard him telling the voters they
wanted to vote for Mr.. Escajeda- Mr..
Pence fired Medina, and called in Mr..
Hughes. ColdweI insisted on keeping
Medina. Hughes did not stay.
Il saw Coldwen at the rear OF the
house making tickets There was
table behind . pie wagon After max
ing the ticket. COldwell and the voter
would come from behind the wagon
The voter would have the ticket
"Coldweu had a good deal to say II
looked to me that he had more to DO
about running the polls than the pre-
siding judge.
Names in Red Ink.
There were seven or eight names
written in red ink on the sheets, l
found out later his name was Dlaz-
They brought him in an automobile.
COldWeu went out and came back IN
They took DiaZ away and later brought
receipt I think he said he had lost
it 1 do not remember that his name
was marked on the lists or sworn
They had a package Of blank arr
take a piece of brown paper There
were a good many illiterate persons
who voted on the affidavits. They
claimed they had lost their poll tax
ssHeads or Tails to Mark Tally"
There were one or two tickets for
Alderete and Escajeda that we did not
count. These had little mark on
both the names
when one clerk would get ahead on
the count they would throw heads or
tails 1 think Coldweu won the three
big ones and Mr.. Pence won the three
little ones. They did not try to count
the ballots.
on REORGANIZATION the witness
stated that he did not know if Diaz
had been transferred to precinct No D.
He said that they found the name on
sCoidwen said. Don't scratch that
way, that is a ring ticket, the wit
ness said. The negro l think had the
pencil 1 don't know how he voted
Frank AIderete Recalled.
Frank AldeTete was recalled and was
handed a list of names.
Mr. Thurmond said that it was list
of $50 names of men who had voted IN
the primaries and were alleged not to
be citizens of this country. The names
were made a part of the record.
Witness prepared some OF these
lists. L don't think they were quail
fled to vote. Some Of the fellows here
said they were not qualified exam
ined the district clerks records There
was no evidence that they were clu-
zens. 1 have been inQuiring. l asked
in each precinct where they had voted,
and no one knew them Some of them
are men who have been convicted and
served terms in the penitentiary- The
majority of them are not citizens.
On cross examination the witness
stated that ne had only inquired about
the persons in FL Paso. He said that
if any persons named had taken out
citizenship papers in any other county
he did not know it