The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-07

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t'"n WIS "N'''"'r"'
Poll BOOKS Admitted
rho .aity sheets and pUl hooks We're
,.,.unarn,. md TIE latter ais" lur In
r,i,.rmce over the objection vt the do
icns" . ~.
Tive r"'i o inc teS'lhnnnE itr,m i,,,.
an w. i"",,;'" III , 40 via nn m,
,n,,'a ,,,, ma, rI,,r, we're =. Candi.
dI.rs ,wu nom III. Second ward: and
tHu; III lizard precinct "f III" Second
ward wI~ regularly hNTl ana ""H,S
ni;'"i l"''hr H."'. ;NI' ii,'"e
tuSeh ,i,un ''' i'',.,i,,p nms,c1 =, IN.
WV :, 'r".,. th. yn,n vas counted. IN
H.. Inran,iIur. ,'!tv Manager Homer {.
t'ra"n vas .;rn: Cor.
nr. IT, C. Lane. city rierk' VS. re-, 'le,'
later N n" 3"'uirS wNA"ut hdNlnE "',n
civ"n tim" I" lT"Iu'" me r"I ''n. ~
win ihr rNH'r. ~ n"!mI .','' ~ iG",,'
-. r" H"'T ~ .'"' .,i,d ,.,,a I'm cyi
LUZ" 49,. H. Ti.!.r ,,1r,,jI rc'nrd and III,
orr,i,I ,nr,asS Objections and cX-
rcttiuns hv the defense 20 each question
when Attorney runiff elected from the
witness, 10y rH"anS ~ tho !ou"C' s
":"S. S.aIrlh'n'. 'rH' ~ ~ o. rH,I,; il
.'' w. S,',i "m,, ,.rIi, TIonnsou re.
~, -, -" ,.n..x and ,r,t ~ rho rrim-
u.i,E fnrr ,,rrnuruts. Gillian had
rn,.i,cd ~ Votes in tho third precinct
of tho second ward while Thompson had
received Ia. There was n" cross tx.
ANIMATION he'1ESe 'Hc state wa iva"
the witness r .,,-, &,
'h"rieS h',''t ~ w. ,.d WINS
, n. o,,Tod 1Js testimony
NV "'S' M,',' ,n,,,'oror, 10 tnId OF
,ho i,aiIo,s h.irr signed the night be-
.mro ,bo c,rr,jnn and presumably by
Bessmcr Nail. the other clerk.
The sensational rart OF Rellevilles
testimony came after the routine qucs-
lt,ons AS to his name. address. business.
etc and ar;e- ,bc state had established
b. the records that he had been poll
clerk a; the third precinct IN the Sec
cnd Ward at the city election on May
@6th. Thea ii answer 10 iroSS'u,",
Hachmann's Questioning no $lH'eu tm''
h" had been c'.,fo 10 rhs ",. ,',iId;nr
sons "ft'CA IN the ne'ua".'L VI" -, ,twn haI'
anu th''t nv I'm" ...i,s. ou," (;,,Iiran.
tH ~. y. h.,d signed about 900
~ ~, iI .h,, IN rho night Of
in,,inr ,rtrr mo nol,s had closed
~ ,,d ,hn other officials In his pre-
r,nc, hal taken the VOTING place fur
n;shinrS 70 another room where they
rnull count tho ballots undiS;urhed and
ma, Immediately aftcrward three Of the
commissioners left the room for supper
and that upna turning around ne saw
Hurley THOMPSON step into the center oil
the room.
In answer tn 4 question from lhe
prosecutor. Bsllrvillc said: l hauh
soon Thompson hHf, re-. r"r had seen
him enter the building. W men tuIheu
.,,i IA r.,. ius, there"
rr.r J.. wopt ON with his story.
".rbornns,u with Eesyemcr Nail opened
49,, hox. ,ook r,o,, within a large num-
h,l,ni. r,yc3 nv the witness as
o.n on1 ronI,ced trcr nv ballots
$50 aoI h,rnrchard and brought into
49,. ,,,,lr NV ,,n,ef Thompson," he said.
W. ,.,t,ic, ,r.t IA rcar AS he could
re 'eS,!'''u ."" NO. Ballots signed Ivy
wv Mo,r,y nrsyIous IN the Of
.''' va ~ ,ut.y r,bor,son in tho
flee OF fire my t"''"''0"
he'0a""' , 49, -ivon,.ar,
Th0mPoon NAS ,i'"'l'.-., 40
lh"nIs"" ','' ..rdI,r IN
strangely as ne haa ro''''
Bcl!evil!c's story The ballots 'aNe"
out Of the box "erS saNen W." w. wi,.
They hau not peS' cA'i'''"e"' "a"
ness said, but were taken out VI TIC
box at random.
Be,levllie IS the statos Star w!thess,
lie Is immune from prosecution himself
because or his turning state y cN!he"'''
His story. as that of an accomril'e IN
the affair, will. according to Attorney
James N. Riiz's opening statement DC
a Icl;nI both by Olner testimony