Evening star., 1933-11-17
HOLLAND REVIEWS
ATTACK ON PROBE
Throws 0verton investigation
Into Uproar for Fifth
Consecutive Day.
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stay here for 10 years and not get much
farther than we have already"
Senator Overton objected to fixing
the time for quitting because he said
ne could produce witnesses to disprove
the testimony produced this week.
The chairman said a conference
would be held this afternoon between
representatives from all sides to fix
. time limit on the investigation.
Edward Blaise, who served as an
Overton commissioner in the primary
election told the committee attempts
were made to stuff the ballot boxes
In his precinct by Overton officials.
Loses Job.
Blaise said he had prevented it, but
that when the count was made. II
ballots were found under the ballot box
He said also that he was discharged as
New Orleans Dock Board patrolman
the next day.
Sixteen of the ballots found under the
box, he testified, were for ex-senator
Edwin S. Brcussard, who was defeated,
and who filed charges of fraud against
Senator Overton, and one was spoiled.
This made the count, he said, 207 for
BrousSard ana 200 for Overton, as COM
pared to l9I for Broussard and 200 for
Overton, reported on the first count be-
fore the IT lost ballots were found
He testified that before he went to
the polls he was given list OF 80 names
by Bernard Cunniffe, assessor for the
first district, and he was told to vote
them throughout the day and mark the
votes on the tally sheet. These 80
names were people who had moved out
nf tho r1rnnivPf hn coid M 0f
entitled to vote
Blaise said that he was discharged as
q New Orleans Dock Board patrolman
one day after the election and that he
then refused to pay "a salary assess
ment against all Dock Beard employees
to help defray the expenses of the
election"
The first witness of the day John
Blanque, told the committee he per-
suaded his brother Walter not to serve
as Broussard commissioner because
they had brother holding a political
Job with the Dock Board
Threat Disclosed.
At the time, the witness said, Walter
was living in his house and he told him
that II he served as q commissioner he
would have to get out and make his own
living. Walter was unemployed at the
time, he said.
In an attempt to prevent the crush
Of spectators storming the hearing the
committee today permitted a broadcast
of the whole proceedings. This de-
cision YVES reached after a crowd
threatened to mob the building yester-
day and forced Chairman Tom Con-
nally, Democrat, of Texas to gain en-
trance by climbing fire escape with
newspaper men and crawling through
O window of a ladies' wash room.
The testimony so far has included
charges of ballot box stufhng, the pass
ing of money, threats, strong-arm
methods and jailings on the part of
Overton workers against the workers
Of ex-senator Edwin Broussard, the
losing candidate, who filed the charges
Of fraud and corruption against Over
ton.
Peter F. Barbara, a Broussard watch
er, testified he had seen man he knows
as "Mr. Blank" distributing money to
persons near polling booth
- Barbara also said that when he pro-
tested because four Overton men were
substituted as commissioners, he was
arrested. He said he spent about two
hours in jail before he was taken before
Recorders Court and discharged.