Arizona republican., 1917-04-26
WHAT HAPPENED
 IN CURTIS YET
 IN SOME DOUBT


 no two of them agreed. and all of trem contradicted one another on es- sentiaI points.
 Curtis precinct, which lies twelve miles north of Tombstone, cast 26 votes for former Governor Hunt and for Governor Campbell Most of tle voters were members of tho Nor mon church, living in the old settle Jnent of Curtis and along the San Pedro below that settlement and St. Davids, another Mormon community.
 The precinct was brought before the court pys the attorneys for Gov ernor Campbell. All of them were democrats and all came. under pro- test They were !. N. Christensen, William II. Johnson, Joseph N. Cur tis ard Mrs. William H. Johnson.
 The first witness was MT. Jofpson, wko. on his first appearance on the stand, gave ihe impression that he was the only one of the witnesses who really knew what had happened Ut Curtis or had any recollection of events there On his last appear ance, he threw a cloud over all hc had related before.
 On direct eXamin ation he described the election place. l. was in the house of Mrs. Lyman Curtis. con sisting of two rooms. According to the personnel of tke election board, 1 it was a family affair. The officers were Joseph Curtis, Joseph Curtis, IT,, J. M Christensen, Alfonso Christensen. son Of the foregoing and son in-law of Joseph Curtis The only detached member of the board was James Lynch.
 After describing the equipment Of the election, which consisted of polling place and an adjoining room used as booth, fitted with three tables and chairs where the ballots were marked, tEe witness said that, accompanied by his wife he went i to the polls between 2:30 and 1 o'clock. He said that he and his wife received their ballots from the ! board ajout the same time. and en- 1 tered the room together Mrs Alice 1 Curtis, a daughter-in- law of Joseph 1 Curtis, was already in the room struggling with a ballot. MT Cur tis himself was standing in CT near the door between the two rooms. Mrs. Curtis asked him 3orethinG about the marking of her ballot, anc 1 Mir Curtis replied Vote the demo- crat ticket straight and you will make no mistake" Then h. went tc l the table at which she was sitting and remained there for some time The witness lid not hear what was said between them. On the first crosse -eXa imitation tris testimony was not shaken. On redirect examina : tion, the witness said that all of the members Of the election board were democrats. and he himself was a | democrat.
 Mir. Johnson was followed on the stand by J. N. Christensen. whose recollection of incidents was curi- ously spotted. He did not remember what his own position on the board was-whether inspector or judge. He had also been an officer at the pri- mary election held at the school house. In order that the school might not be disturbed, the general elec- ton was held at the house of Mrs | G1lrtic. Asked as to whether the | door between the two rooms was open or closed, he said it was always closed, and that if he had seen i; open he would have had it closed he had had extensive experience or election boards, and he insisted that the law should be strictly followed He denied at first that Joseph Curtis had gone into the voting room though he admitted that he migh' have done so; MT. Christepsen's tes- timony was in direct opposition tC much that had been given by John son, though always he stated that hi, recollection was cloudy.
 The attorneys for Governor Camp. bell introduced the poll list of the precinct to corroborate in part tho story of Johnson as to the episode between Mrs. Alice Curtis and hel father-in-l law. The list showed tha the votes of Johnson, his wife anC Mrs. Curtis had been cast i1 the or der described by Johnson
 On cross examination, Christensen realized that he was in friendliel hands, but his memory was not il consequence improved. He said tha he knew J. s. Merrill of St Davids that Merrill had tried to hold a con versation with him regarding tn, election. and the witness rebuked hin and charged him with having tried tt stir up trouble in Curtis precinct fol lowing the throwing out of Snowfall, precinct.
 The next witness was Joseph Cur tiS. who suffers of defective hearing MT. Curtis was former bishop of tn, Curtis ward until It was abandoned He said that he was inspector at tn, election. Be stated that the loo between the two rooms was gener ally open, though MT. Christensen l In reply to the inquiry relative t, his conversation with his daughter in-law. in which he advised her tt 1 vote the democratic ticket straight he said he did not think he had giver such advice; he did not t6nk it wa. necessary; she had q mind of he own.
 The cross examination brought ou the same testimony in another form but on re- direct examination as~ t, his conversation with Mrs. Alice Cur. tis. the witness said he did not thinl he advised her to vote the democra ti, ticket straight, but he added T don remember Both MT. Curtis and MT Christensen had a dim recollection o having gone into the voting roomst, give instruction regarding the votin. for the amendments.
 Up to this point, high tide of ir regularity m Curtis precinct had beer rolled up but the presence on tn, stand of Mrs. Musette Johnson, tn wife of William H. Johnson. marke, the beginning of the ebb. Her stor, of the happenings at the polls tallie, well with that of her husband Sh remembered about the conversation between MT. Curtis and his daughter in-law, though she did not recollec details with the same accuracy.
 On ss-eXamination by Mir. I've she said that she knew John S. Mer Till. but had never had any conver satlor with him relative to the cleo ton. She said that last Sunday sh and her husband had two visitors a their home in Bsbee, where the have for some time since the cleo tion been living. One was a Nil Merrill and the other was Lorenz