The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-07-22

called attention nt CrnSo
4. did until IL grew mo0otonous
tEorc were SO many.
=. 1t gQt SO Curlmon that you ana
Cy.IEo said. Il can t"!, wl," voted here?
\. trago Itl rot hut did.
= 1t got - Hc !aUghaSir:
\ Sometimes
Nt;"yucy U'Brlsn made the cr"Ss-cN'
.ru!nat!"u.
-. When | hrHI-h' PETERSON Du,. dc
,"u recall that mere "aH been '"m'
I.is.i'.;S that there was ih"HRl voting IL
/ n" second ward wh"r" I'";"rs"M VA
i.a!."r.rr AMI Ec I'D YOU n r"NT"'.af
t. question th:,; e"i"- men came N an
! sail thar 4 cc!,tip r.,.u HLd tr,-t g.
! .o'o u.oT" than one
! A. | recall lar; a.! statement 4
| this erECr;. usA"d him I" l." sure am
! got the mans "aiG.c and =" said. Il -"
! h~ ~ ,our office tonight N"ithe'
I came.
, Attorney Ritz and Councilman fancy
I had !; few words and lhen CouLtf re
, sJnlcd questioning Ea"hm,nn.
O Would this rcpo'tvn OF sgrN'
/ lures hapv.n IN every precinct We
! counted
! A DO no: recall.
Q.Eut ynu 90 IN so. }"
A. ,h;uk No. sA"wca two kinds
of ~ ""T rs voo ovr,,.,r . ,.n,,,,, dur.
.
h. Mr. Crngo ~ tho "''rrt. "N"w fror
. his on the count VII. he three 10 ono
4 | did not
Clarence Peterson. c9:orct. and an en-.
r,oyc ut T. ! iin!"y proved mirih'
, ircvrk!ns wltn"a> whose ready MI TO-
!.yv"i tn" tension appr"ciLhly.
=. When II" polls Closed on IN" eve
ming Of May 20. what became II you"
A. Xel Kemp told NE that Joe
uIIri"n wanted 20 So" me. went out
and URr!en said. The prosecuting at
t"rn,y wants {" $50 you IN his C'h''
just az foor as the ;o.is close. have
no business with him. sHI!. hui
yHrien told me he would TAR" III" 80
hts car and Il would not lax" h"r'
;han tve or ten minutes Nhrn "" roy
- thv rr,.rc !: HHH mighty "trk an y
, ;hcre wus No ono there. We'll S"'h
b'Ilrirn, he wants 70 SEE W" ma We
Will 10 10 his horne We got nEck III
the machine and went M Market street
and on tho wa out the rik" "" St"ria'
and asked someone whore Hartman"
lived and they said back q; S"'u'' E.'-
rage out thcr"' SO We found the house
ana Mr. OiIr!ru went up ard knocked
at the door and Mr.. liachmarn came
out. They talked while and then
cone on down 10 The car where Mr.
Bachmann shook hands With "s an,
sid Eoy ARC YOU" O'Rr.cu said
Carl. n there IS anything crooked about
This election yuu want e. know y. don
YOU and l}UShnaIN SRlI. I tS.
o. About the CrrliHCat"S?
A. took the first certificates that
cUnro In and said 1T don: look good I"
me" Rob Clark made II "U'. liz wen;
out and some lady came n And wa SAID
Wa woUlt not let aUy"u" tni WAS
Brought in vote. didn't thIDk !; worth
while 70 get the name Of Tho ntn WHO
brought N the nrst ccrttfi"nt" when Il"
didn't vote. Well llaChmAn" 81" W II.
try TO get the follows name bach,
man asked me II l kr-w his nam" arg
| said no" and ne asked II | Thought
would know him ir | saw him and l
satI didn't know. ON IL" return it"hI
Barhu,aHn's Mr.. O'IIrsru stopped before
no got to Twelfth street and | said |
would get out and wah on UP but ne
sail he would take mo. | went I" III"
hr,cl and chen to the hose house and
found they had moved tho ballot boxes
:p stairs. ! vert up and Knocked on
the door Nobody answered. Pet" wIs
hero aud said that Ho!l k"mp WAS out
To supper and said WHEN no comes
back you can go up together. | stood
on tho stops two or three minutes and
then Fro Chief Thompson came down
from the second toOr. coming from the
door AZ which had knocked. In u few
minutes tho ballot men "amo ana
opened the boxes and began counting
ballots.
=. How many year, have yo1 been In
that precinct AS al election or!cerf
\. Four times.
q. During any OF those times vas m"
ballot box taken UP stairs 10 count the
4. Not until then.
q. 10 you recall how many votes
there were'
q. When was tho counting finished in
that precinct?
A. am not sure but I; was befor"
twelve o'clock.
o, Did you ask Joe OErien 10 SEQ tho
prosecuting attorney
a. How ,ong wero you away to see
Ia ch man"
A. left the polls II III end it WAS
$40 when l got back.
q, During he count did Won notice
tho way the ballots were married?
.. TEN Of any pccuIia;l,ies you
noted
and some another.
Here Peterson proceeded 10 illustrate
With paper and pencil just how :he bal
lots were marked. He said that he no
Iced the Y mark IN nnry places over
Peterson said. mako their mark within
Tho square designated. quite a few were
marked with big sCruw.!ng Ks or
rh"cks,
o During the counting who WAS IN
Tho room besides the officers and those
concerned?
4. a good many.
=. Duying the day who was IN except
the votors who had 10 business thore'
A Not any person was IN tho booth
during the voting period eXcep; the
voters O'Brten came 20 the door onCe.
Who was with him?
A. Bob Clark ard u M. FlaunAGan, a
policeman.
O. What was O'I3-ien there for
a. He came about the certificates
, There had been complaints ,! not FL
lowing sOme 10 vote and pEr!cu said
the certificates with the clerRs names
were all right.
q. You mean O Brion advised tho OFF
Ctals that persons who had no ceri!f.-
Gates could vote?
A. Vol. | didn't say 81 was NIL right
Attorney RITZ made rapid ira cross
examIrati ton and Insisted that Peterson
, show him tho various markings on TIE
ballots and in every WAY tried ~ break
down Feterson's Testimony. Peterson
declared that most people mark their
ou llots With u neat cross or Checa mark
within tho designated square After
some argument back and forth. Nr. kitz
proceeded to another point
-. You say that when you and Mr.
, O'Erien visited Mr. BaChwNnu'S nouc
Mr.. Baohmann came to tho door?
A. Yes.
=. You would no, vary TINT ,cS',
! mony * BachnRnn said he was aIttInr
on tho porch at tho time?