The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-01-04
Statement of Case---An
Appeal Will Be Taken


Dupree, Charlie Thompson, Jim Red
mond, Ike Slette and several others
went on the witness stand raised
their right hand and swore to tell
the truth, the whole truth and moth
ing but the truth. They saw and
hear land failed to hear) many
things of very irregular nature
but most of it was cleared away
when Attorney Hurd ross-examined
them. For instance Pete Dupree
swore that Moses Hopkins, an Indian,
came to vote but his name was not
on the register. However his wifeSs
name was there and Dupree swore
Hopkins was told he could vote for
her and that he did so vote. This
startling piece of evidence was some
what discounted when the attorney
proved by the official records of the
precinct that neither Moses Hopkins
nor his wife voted. The records ex-
ploded the testimony in several SINH
/ lar instances.
/ In precinct "a the chief complaint
of the challangers from Poplar was
that they could not get the names
and check their lists. 1t is the larg-
est precinct in the county in point
of votes and apparently the watchers
could not keep up, although it was
shown that two and sometimes three
officials were calling the names
In precinct 25 Wolf Point, North
cir 10
one voter dropped a ballot on the
floor, one used the other school room
as voting booth to get better light,
three voters were allowed to vote af-
ter the polls had been closed. 1t
turned out, however, that the polls
had not been declared closed and
that the tested watches of two of the
three voters, who were trainmen,
showed 5:57 when they applied for
ballots
The counting Of the vote was also
watched by Poplarites in all these
places but no fault was found. 1t
was charged, however, that automo-
biles were used to haul voters to the
polls and one of the cars bore a
Wolf Point banner calculated to in
fuence voters to vote for their own
town.
In Bainville
In the evidence concerning the
Bainville precincts they sought to
prove that cars were used by Wolf
Point to convey voters and that in
one place boy left political poster.
1t was also shown that free lunch
was served to the crowd at one of
the Wolf Point meetings. Speech
entertainment and dance. Mrs. Mary
Provost, head of the Catholic aid
socitey that served this lunch, told
how Poplar representative had tried
to get her society to serve lunch at
their rally and had assured her
they would throw down a dollar a
head for their own gang, which
would number at least 75."
j. w. Schnitzler of Froid testified
to receiving at his own suggestion
and holding in trust a cashiers check
from Wolf Point for $4,000 as a
guarantee that Wolf Point would
make good its promise to move the
offices to Wolf Point free of cost
to the county, the offer being an off
set to Poplar's free-rent building for
the court house.
Altogether some % witnesses were
called by Poplar: J. c. Dwyer, Peter
Dupree, Mr.. Ainley, Harry Walker,
Charlie Thompson, David Dupree,
Clyde Thompson, R. j. Moore, Jacob
Steel, James B. Kitch, E. H. E. Hell
serson, Jim Redmond, Ike Slette,
hr. Dilger, Mr.. Lawson, J. w. Snitz-
er, Wally Peterson, Mr.. Runigan, H.
2. Rickard, Al Herstrom, Art Nelson,
Richard Francar, NJ P. Trenne, VIM
'owers, Gertrude Sonin, Mary Pro-
ost, F. E. Rathert, Herbert zieke.
Charges Not Proven
The Poplar attorneys laid stress on
our charges: A large number of IL
egal votes, conspiracy to bring
bout illegal voting, illegal use of
loney, irregularities in the conduct
f the election. The conspiracy
barge fell fiat, not bit of evidence
Tas brought out to prove it and Mr..
angs did not even mention it in his
rgument to the court. Not one of
ne few votes brought into question
as proven to be illegal 1t was
OF proven that a single dollar of the
1olf Point campaign fund was used
Or an illegal purpose. A few ir-
sgularities by election officials were
dmitted-mistakes that were recti-
ed and which did not effect the
Dting or the result.
Attorney Hurd used % witnesses
nd took less than a days time in