Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-14
CHARGES OF FRAUD
IN NORFOLK CASE
Petition Asks That Vote in
Three Precincts be
Thrown Out.
MANY ALLEGATIONS.
Trehy's Opponents Claim His Friends
Marked Ballots. Entering Booths
For That Purpose.
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Norfolk, Va, Nov. 14.-Chalging
fraud and irregularities, practiced
both within and without the polls by
partisan Of James V Trehy, and
upon so large a scale as to vitiate the
entire vote of districts named, the at
torneys for the Citizens party and
for Richard w. Peatross, who was
Citizens candidate against Mr.. Tre-
nv, have filed in the Corporation
Court a petition asking that the vote
of the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth pre-
cincts in the November 4th elections
be thrown out.
The Fifth and Sixth are the pre-
cinctS comprising the former First
wa,i, the home of Mr.. Trehy, while
the Eighth is better known as the
Courthouse precinct. Each gave
heavy majority for Mn. Trehy, and
the whole Organization" ticket.
While the allegations of the petit
ton touch the conduct of the election
in several precincts, they are chiefly
centered upon the Fifth, Sixth and
Eighth, where, it is charged, hum
dreds of ballots were marked illegally
and many persons voted whose names
do not appear On the registration
books.
Specifically, the petition charges in
part:
That in the Fifth precinct the bal
lots of at least 200 persons were IL
legally marked; that in the Sixth
precinct the ballots of at least 230
persons were Illegally marked; that
in the Fifth and Sixth precincts fifty
persons voted whose names do not
appear on the registration books;
that in the Eighth precinct seventy
persons voted whose names do not
appear on the registration books.
The petition alleges that in the
three precincts referred to the cleo
lion laws were disregarded in great
measure.
OF the conduct Of the election IN
one of them, where James V. Trehy
spent the entire day, it is alleged, the
petition gives this description.
f. p. Champlin, a judge and "bltter
partisan Of the said James '. Trehy,
took his place outside the room In
which the ballot box was placed and
so remained throughout the entire
<lay, that he dij this. in persuance
Of :, conspiracy with Trehy, in order
that he might "violate the consttu-
rion and laws of this State by plepar-
IN" the ballots of large number OF
persons" whose ballots he had no
right under the law to see and much
less to prepare.
The charge is made that at least
$50 ballots were illegally marked in
this precinct.
There were present at said pre-
cinct on that day, acting as workers
for the said James V. Trehy, one Leon
Salzherger and Joseph Caprio," the
document AYERS.
That the said Champlin and the
said Salzberger and tn esald Capro
worked in concert to this end through
out the day That as person would
leave the line of voters, for the pur-
pose of approaching the ballot box
his name would be called out to
Champlin by either Salzberg OF Cap
rio with the request that Champlr
should take charge Of him and pre-
pare his ballot.
"Tllat the said Champfn would al
ways, in respond to such request iron
Salzberger or Caprio approach th'
said person alri unless forbidden b!
+he latter to do so. would prepare
his ballot for him.
THAT this illegal conduct tool
place not only in the election booths
into which the said Champlin woult
always accompany such persons urs
less positively forbidden by them t
do 50, and sometimes even then, bu
also ak times outside Of the booths.
It IS charged also:
That not anly Gid ass said fas#a
lin thus illegally prsnags tlfs ballot
- all persons, but that The sai'
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