El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-28

Dunno taking care of his house. He
] paid me that time $3.50"
Says Voters Were Shut Out.
Ed Bryant testified: I saw Joe
/ Dunno at precinct g. He was up to
/ the window where the voters were go
ing in. He was armed I stopped vot-
( ers at the back door I found Pete
Candelario at the back door. He said:
There are only few going in
went in and asked the presiding Judge
what he meant. He told me that only
two cripple men had gone in. The man
cripple.
AT the time the polls closed there
were so people standing outside who
wanted to vote.
"Candelario admitted that eight had
gone IN. He said that If we had had
the same opportunity we would do the
same thing.
Asserts Mayor Entered Polling Place.
I know that Mayor Kelly and a sa
loon mani think his name was Miller
they went in and told John Saunders to
do all the scratching and not let any
one else do it I followed them in.
They hollered to me to get out, but I
did not pay any attention to them. c.
E. Kelly is the political boss. he is
mayor of the city. saw detectives and
police there. I was there all dag, but
two hours and that was when I went
to East FL Paso.
never uedTQ pOnceman interfere
with Delgado- I took a supervisor to
precinct Z. Joe Dunno was presiding
Judge. He would not swear him in
He said it was too late. There was
no anti-ring supervisor at that place
I asked him first If he would appoint
one He told me he would If the law
was complied with I got an applica-
ton, and had it signed, and presented
It to him
7 saw police at precinct Z. They
were armed. They were on the porch.
near the door"
Objected to Bryants Presence.
On REORGANIZATION the witness
stated that there was no ring super
visor sworn in at precinct No. z
I was a candidate on the anti-ring
ticket When mayor Kelly and this
other man went in I followed them"
the witness said. When they object
ed to me being there I told them II
they would put those two men out
Kelly and the man with him-"then I
would get out. They objected to my
being around there all day. Sometimes
when I was 200 feet away they would
object to my being there
'Stansel, chief of the city detectives,
told me he was running the thing. A
negro was standing ten feet from the
door: he was talking to negroes In
the line Stansel was about % feet
from him I told them to make the
negro get away. Stansel told me that
he was running things. He got up and
made the negro get away
I'm the morning the place was so
crowded they broke the windows. There
was a mob in there just pushing
saw Delgado getting them in line. He
would grab hold of a voter and put
him in line"
CristobaI Mejia Testifies.
Cristobal Mejia, the first witness, tes-
titled that he voted in precinct No 10
He said that he did not know the name
of the presiding judge The witness
said he prepared his own ticket, and
voted for Ike Alderete and all his com
panions An American, he said, took
the ticket from him and handed II to
another American seated at the table
When I was about 100 feet from the
polling place" said the witness, I met
Charley Dunno, who wanted TO take
sI was the last one who voted on
that day. When they took my ticket
away from me they all went home to
Did Not See Ticket.
They asked me who / wanted to vote
for. I told them for Ike Alderete and
his companions Then an american
booth. I was not in there with him
was standing outside. When he fin
ished with the ticket he handed 1t to
another. When the man was prepar-
ing the ticket I saw him doing some
thing with a pencil I don't know what
he was doing with it.
Il don't know what was done with
the long ticket"
On cross examination the witness
testified that If he had seen the ticket |
he would not have known whether It
was all right or not. He said that he
could not read or write He was asked !
how he wanted to vote, he stated. He !
said that he did not know the man who !
prepared his ticket.
On redirect examination he stated (
that Charley Dunno was drunk and !
told him to go and vote at his polling !
place. He wanted to put me N his /
buggy by force I would not go with /
him" said the witness
The witness stated that Charley I
Dunno wanted him TO vote in another I
precinct That, he said, was before he /
voted.
Saw DeIgndO at window.
Frank A. Ruiz testified: 7 was /
around precinct No. 3, the greater part /
of the day. I saw Fred Delgado there /.
He was electioneering. He was work I
ing for the interest of the ring A I
number Of times he was right at the |