Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-03
RECOUNT OF STONlNCTON BALLOTS
Judge Shumway Grants Motion of Attorneys For Petitioner L. Chesebro- Was Defeated by Votes For Select man by Henry Stahe, Repubcan-Two Attorneys With Assistants Will Make Recount Today.

any republican ballot with a circular mark on it. Mir. Williams was count ing the split ballots.
 George A, Perkins of Mystic followed Mir. Williams on the stand. He was moderator at the election. He could not tell definitely how many rejected ballots there were. He thought the marks on the two ballots contested by MT, Foley were so faint as not to af- feet the ballots. It would have taken strong glasses to see the mark, he tes- tified. He rejected a democatic ballot that had straight mark down the side. One like this was protested by MT. Fo- ley when thrown out, MT. Perkins said, but he could not be sure it was dem- ocratic ballot.
 Moderator Broughton,
 William F. Broughton, moderator, testified that there were two demo- cratic ballots rejected. one marked with a burn as if done with cigarette laid on 1t, and the other with cross mark across the circle, that he considered would serve as an identification mark.
 Under cross examination the witness testified that he was speaking of two rejected ballots called to his attention, but he knew about the three democrat ic and one republican rejected ballot testified to by Captain Fitzpatrick.
 Under cross examination by Attor- ney Tanner, Henry A. Pendleton, First district, testified to one democratic ballot rejected with a very heavy mark on 1t and one republican ballot. He saw the ballot with the cigarette mark on it, but couldn't tell which party it belonged to.
 Stub and Ballot Separated.
 Robert L. Burch and Eugene O'Neil, also election counters, testified. The former knew of one ballot objected to by Captain Fitzpatrick, and the latter testified that he could not recall how rejected ballots were marked. He saw one torn ballot. Under cross -examina- tion of MT. O'Neil a new kind of bal lot was brought up, one that was found in the stub box. Stub and ballot were separated, but he could not tell who it was counted for. There was another ballot partly torn, but he saw none that was torn through the middle. The torn ballot had a corner torn off, but didn't know how it was counted.
 Pinned Ballot Together.
 Gorton A. Babcock, a counter, testi- fled to a stub with part of ballot at- tached found in She stub box. The pieces of the ballot were pinned to- gether and the ballot counted. The counters, he testified, were all unani- nous, and the moderator left it all tc them.
 On cross examination he said it was the stub and lower part of the ballot found in the stub box, and this torn part fitted exactly the upper part of 8 torn ballot found in the ballot box This ballot was counted.
 N. Henry Lanphere, a counter, testi- fled that there were no questions rais- ed that had to be referred to the mod orator. Everything was harmonious He testified to the torn ballot that fit- ted together He knew of no other torn ballot.
 Both sides rested at this point, and Attorney Hull offered the ballot boxes
 Throughout the cross-examinations Attorney Hull endeavored to pin tho witness down to acknowledging that they ha dno very definite knowledge oi all the rejected or disputed ballots.
 Court adjourned at 3.55 o'clock. The ballot boxes were locked up over night in the vault in the town hall building.