The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-14

at Precinct No. OF the Second ward
ask cd Prosecutor Rachmann.
III the locks were new ones there
were durlantes. and they were cd oa"s
therr wcrIRo Duplicates replied rrtg".
You heard Bellevi!le say no signed
some ballots" asked Prosecutor Bach =
mann.
Yea" replied CrnEo.
DO you know how hey got In Ms
possession"
81 positively do not" replied CraEo;
II don't know IA h" did"
Assuming that he DID have. do EoA
know how no go' them
No" replied CrHFo
MIR CragO then told Of how ha and
Abrams checked up on tho ballots tn"
night before the olect'"'- and testified
that the exact number * $4,000 were
placed IN the boxes. lie said that ha
did not bc.IcV" any OF his help. who
were in tho vault At tunes. would takn
my or the ballots, anu that hS kept
them locked up NJ AL times and kept
the KEYS % the ballot boxes locked IN
a separate compartment IN the vault.
Two weeks after the election Ynu
appointed Thompson as IRE rhi";
again"
Yes" replied Craco.
crease during that i!mc." asked Prose-
cutor Fachmann.
NO. il had not" replied Crago
Ro-Dtreot Examination.
Attorney O'Brlen on redirect ~rani-
nation asked Crago about the appoint
mont 90 Thompson as ttre chief. CrNgN
sald he appointed Thompson because
members Of city council wanted ami
recommended Thompson
He said that all Allots were aliho
and those used IN the Eighth ward
were the same az those used in the
Second ward
Abrams resrfes.
George Abrams former building per
mi, clerk was examined 10y Assistant
Prosecutin Attorney Austin V Wood
He followed up the testimony given 10y
Crago concerning the placing OF the
ballots IN the boxes and heepinE !
check on them He SAID the check hI
kept was thrown N the wastepapcr
basket. lie was Grliled as TO why he
and CTaso took the preCaution 10 see
that the window shades were up anc
the lights on full He said for fear o,
any criticisms.
John Norton. a Judge At precinct No
: in the Second ward. was called. He
said he secured 4 ballot boy on We'd.
neSday and lef, il in the frcmcr's be-
room a, the Fort Henry hose house
over night He said hs had the kcyS
On cross. exa m ma tinn lie sad that ow
ing "a bad eyesighi he had Charles
Wurtzhackcr another judge, open iht
ballot box lie said here were 5Sl
ballots cast and that The remainder 81
the ballots he put 4 match % and burn
ed. He SAID when all OF the election Of
81 nI Frr>V hn,,
ceeded to count tho votes.
Handlan Springs Sensation
1t was then that Attorney Handian
informed the court that the defense
rested and was willing 20 submit the
case 10 the jury without instructions
or arguments.
The state rested following the testi-
mony given by G. W. BeiievilIc, the
star witness for the state he was pre-
coded on the witness stand 10y Howard
<. Lane, former city clerk, who told OF
having the ballots in his possession
after being turned o,r- by Craso and
that they vero not touched until the
council investigation. Arthur Ingram
said nc did not know the combination
Of the safe IN Crago's Office but that
n. had oftan conc into the vault hut
could not say whether ne was IN tho
vault at tho ttmo The ballots were kc2s
there.
Opening Statements.
The opening statement 10 the Jury
vas made ev Assistant Prose cutting At
torneJ Austin V. wood. who read the
indictment 10 tho jury. You Will And.
aaid Attorney wood. I'm that election
that On ester Thompson and Charles Gil
ltEan were opposing candidates for coun'
ell and A. Burnley Thompson was hre
chief. Homer Crago. the defendant. Vas
city clerk BALLOTS for IN" c'"ci'on were
printed nv The Majority Printing COM
lany officials cr whom will say only
the lcEai number OF ballots were Print
ed.
Some Of these ballots were delivered
on Saturday night and some on sun
day and except when they were guarded
they were locked in a vault. On the
Monday Might ~,1- N the election Far
ley Thompson lad charge of some q:
these ballots and he went 10 Charles
FcllviNe in tho Second ward AMI had
the ballots marked which Will show for
Themselves
For tho first time since the trial he
gun. thu state intimatcd i was going
20 make strong rGht 20 have IN,