The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-03-01

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tober 20, on the three remaining days
!, Of that week. and also on October Is.
Seventeen unionlst Voters 1ribsd.
The MacDermot, in his opening
statement said the petitioner would
prove that six persons Md voted. all
\ 81, whom we're under the sage of II,
and whom hAd beei struck of
the register for that yeur as being
under age. Dealing with the charge
of corrupt practices. The MacDermot
said he would prove thas seventeen
persons had been bribed. either by
direct payment or by having their
travelling expenses paid. A Mr.. DON
. hell, whom they charged to be the
! chief agent of Mr.. Lewis, and a lady
named Miss Ogg, who was a go-be-
tween, had fed. They would prove
that NJ. Donnell had offered a bride
! to a. witness and that Miss Ogg had
sent five postal orders for IS each to
!; sa,voter.
,ssss. The Court resumed on October FL,
and at the close Of that days sitting,
$ after evidence had been given, the
votes Of Robert J. Galbraith, Robert
Mcconnell, John Smith, John McCon-
nell, and William Walker, all minors.
), were struck off. On the following day
the judges gave their decision on the
- objection raised on behalf of tho pc.
titioner to the votes Of Ave freeman.
%''rhey allowed the votes Of all the five.
The Court then dealt with the four
teen rejected papers:
"A BombsheII Exploded In the Union.
ist Camp.
20. The MacDermot subsequently inti-
:. mated that he would go into the cor
7srupt practices cases. They alleged,
he said, that Mr. Donnell and Mr..
. Pollock had attempted to bride
James Wark, of Clayton Square. Liv-
.erpool. who had been. at their instr
cation, sent $25, by Miss Ogg, Of
s2,D Derry, governess in the employment
Of Mr.. ~Donnell. with letter pressing
assh4m to come to Derry and vote.
> " Some evidence having been given.
the witness, as a result OF whose tes-
timony the respondent threw up the
sponge, entered the witness box. His
name was Robert Nicely. Alderman
~ Q'Doherty tells the circumstances I'M
der which they secured the evidence
Of so important witness. He had
.t:,been subpoenaed, and he went to Mr..
~ O'Doherty's Office in reference to his
and there told his story. Mr..
"a O'Doherty put him in the witness box
' = when they returned to the court aft
er the adjournment for luncheon.
His evidence was that he was a labor
. Ell and was in receipt Of three shill-
L. ,ings day wages. The subpoena had
been served on him in Scotland. He
u had voted at the election.
49,. >. I, The ,Tell-Tale Letter Produced.
ayss Before tsha came; to Derry : at. the
!. election time he received letter
which contained nothing but writing.
9 He got a second letter, in which
there vas a money order for which
he got 500. When he came to Derry
he. had a conversation with Samuel
4: McDermott. II just went to see him
/. after came" said the witness, land
4. had conversation about the money
in the letter." The first letter, he
said, was from McDermott. The sec.
ond letter, with the money, was not
signed. The first letter had reference
to the election. Mr.. McDermott told
him the booth he was to vote in. and
". told him to go to the COMMITTEES
rooms, where he got his number.
THE Samuel McDermott to whom
the witness referred was Unionist
registration agent. No further evi.
a%tdence was given that day, and the
- Court was adjourned until the, fol-
lowing morning on the application Of
The MacDermot, who stated that
they, wished to examine Samuel Nc.
T. Dermott as the next witness. Some
.siPost Office officials were In court
ready with their evidence, and the
y Unionists, confronted with the state.
rnents of Nicely, saw that the game
d. was. up, and after having had the op'
portunity Of nights consideration,
:, They surrendered Internationally the
.e,sf following morning, and thus avoided
ssthe exposure of further revelations.
Mr.. Mccarthy Declared Elected.
IiSE The Court adjourned till the follow.
ing Monday. October Is. when Jus.
.sstice O'Brien delivered judgment. He
declared that Mr.. Lewis had not been