Show PROOF moor or OF FRAUD I 1 sensational disclosures concerning doctored poll lists the prohibition cases instituted to pre prevent lia cia recount of tile the san pete county ballots ito ilo determine the result or of mile ele election celecion cion were then taken up tip and by agreement ag rement the testimony of the republicans ans in the trian mandamus damus proceedings was made a part of the record in the prohibition prore proceedings ings also czub to the same objections as were mlle maue against if originally amasa Aldric li ii a and the presiding judge ot of election in pleasant was called cis a a witness for the republicans ile he was asked to state what was done with the ballot boxes after the count was completed tile the caul question was objected to as not applicable to a prohibition proceeding ce T this its objection lion questioned the light to introduce any testimony relative to the ballot boxes mr zane argued in support of the admissibility of the proposed evidence that the petitioners petition ers contended that the ballots counted by tilio the commission as acan an pc pete e ballots were not the ident identical ica votes cast and that as the boxes had not been pres preserved ened according to law the functions of the ballots as evidence ard ceased mr air Will williama Wllliam haing a replied that the question of fraud raised could not be made an issue in a prohibition proceeding eding but could only be gorte into in a contest case I 1 jt t mattered not wh other the boxes had been stuffed over and over again he claimed so far as the pending ding was concerned the court decided to admit the evidence subject to a later ruling on the objection sir aldrich accordingly stated started halt being postmaster he took the boxes to the poE tonice lIce on night ond and to his bis rez resil Ince nce next day placing laem in ills his parlor which was nat occupied where baert iney remained until they were called lor for by the commission lie ile thought the boxes had been locked on election night and when they wera brought to the lIce from ills his house by his two asme associate late judges he WAS amazed to liol that that the constitutional convention box was open tile the lock of the box lie he said eald was defective and the withdrawal of the key from it sinne unlocked unlock it niia the me boxes were at his house lie had the keys to them in his possession pos sesmon 1 on cross examination liy by budre 1 powers air I 1 r aldrich said that hat he did not net change any ballots while the boxes at ills his house and that no one rise ose hd had tu to the best of his knowl ede ed e the w witness 1 ineas stated let on redirect examination int n that he had read in tile the tribune that the delegate box was unlocked when it reached the commission but lie he said it must dhave become unlocked in transit as it had been locked and sealed when shipped CAINE AND HYDE did jolin T calne caine visit mount blount pleas pleasant nt before the loses boxes were sent up inquired mr air zane 1 I saw paw him there replied the witness n L as did you talk with him 11 no was calne caine at your house no did you vou lee eee A K E 11 hi do there ya yes did you converse aith him bim coq at tile tho poE tonice did you see sec the hon hen C W bennett Bei inett down there quelled lue lod judge powers 1 I dont know tho the hen C 11 bell answered sir mr AL aurich Irich judge bennett was pointed out to the witness who stated that lie he had not seen been the judge in mount pleasant did you fee ece the hie lion hon prank frank J cannon there coa tinned powers oh yes I 1 siw saw frank cannon Llie there re replied aldrich Ald ilch which got gat there first calne e or cannon cano n 0 TI 1 I belleve believe cannon did laughter THE REPUBLICA 1 L JUDGE abner crane tile the republican election judge of mount pleasant precinct was the noal witness ile he testified to the rhe taking of the hallot ballot boxes by mr aid ilch and stated state that ho he was sent by ill ahe e latter iuler after the boxes when ill tha co orde ordered ref their shipment to salt lake city lie he took the third judic C yf ili anderson andersen a bernu democrat rat with him when mien lie entered mr at ald richs parlor to in prevent any suspicion lie said that be aroused by a Pe publican havi two ballot in ills his possession alone taugh laugh ter ile he described describe 11 condl condition tion as one of lof intense excitement and tear fear when it was found on hiking the boxes to the post postoffice office that alth theda delegate lasate one on wag waa open crano crane sail that aldrich su Bugs nested sted a 21 recount then ihen an and d there but ahe the witness decided that it il would not do doto ito touch tho the ballots and so they were careful not to lo put their fingers on them the poll lists and the reg registry letry book of ills precinct lie said agreed when they were ivere compared compare tl on the night light of election the letcher shows a difference of nine between tile the two IV D candland a member of the he mount pleasant Plea fant city council testified teat abat he watched the count of tile the dele hilele rate kate vote on election eolion cl night and that it was properly counted two or three ot of the scratched ballot allied less than seven names THI THE MANTI juden william luke a mantl Demo Derno crait was called next he tf tt stifled that ho he served as aa tile the presiding juige of elec clec tion jn in ills his precinct at the november election le cllon and that lie be took pop possession essi 0 n of the balbot ballot boxes acter tile the count was completed und and kept them until tile tiie 2 th ot november N when be sent bent them 10 lo 10 Chaj lecher J ire ife vi he said bald to a ii man in iho ox press f 1 l t kt tifft tl TT lh 1 1 A short one the man was not a regis voter but air luke thought lie he was as a relative re active express agent ll 11 ile gave ve tile keys V the boxes lie he said mulct to tile the same sam man mail in a separate package mr luke luka said he did not compare I 1 the lie registry regi etry try book and poll list on oil clec tion night but that che other judges had and had reported arted 1 that ira t the they y agreed ted 1 I was getting a i hulls oine thing to cut cal inar by while the others alid the CO comparing 1 11 explained mr if luke I 1 he to that at he kept the tally sheets in one of oc the ballot boxes boxen until the day after election when he sent tile the shoots to tills this city I 1 wh why did you send them to was asked to tile address on the envelope Laugh laughter terl in response to a clu question estion by judge powers mr air luko luke said that the judges icett a tally on pieces of paper and then put figures instead of tallies on the the tally sheets then you lid did not return the cortri nal tally sheets remarked the judge that wig was always the way it was done air I 1 have acted as la a judge ol of election three times limes mr lullo informed his brother democrat mr luke sald aid further that the poll list showed on oil elec election electia tio i night that live men who had voted tor for county officers had not voted voled for or constitutional convention delegates legates dc jueil e powers showed the witness the mantl poll list with all tho the voters marked as voting for delegates where whereupon 1 I mr ir luko luke said he thought he could name men among those on the list who v ho had not voted for delegates POLL LIST DOCTORED judge powers did not pursue this line of testimony but judge lilies followed it up ane former objected to allowing the witness to use the poll list tr to refresh his na memory emory but the court tilled ruled that lie he might inspect it for that purpose without examining it however mr lick laid ho he was sure jacob killer had not voted for constitutional as his name was not on the convention registration keller was marked on the poll list as having voted for delegates though the registry book showed that lie he was not registered ered this testimony indicated that the poll list had been tamp tampered eted with since the el election ec tion arid and tills this suspicion ion was rendered a certainty by the testimony of the next witness james 11 II lowry the Tte publican judge of election of mantl precinct af mr lowry stated that the mantl poll list showed on the night of oc election that ballots hall had been cast for constitutional delegate s while the number shown to have voted the other ballot was the same poll list now low represented by its marking that every man n who voted had voted a constitutional delegate ballot as well as the other mr lowry had the duty of keeping the poll list on election day and mr zane handling handing him the list now asked win him if lie he had made all the crosses that appeared on it after examining the list sir mr lowry replied 1 I dont think I 1 made them all I 1 dont think I 1 made that cross opposite jacob I 1 kaller Z on oil the poll list were two columns opposite the names of the voters one being provided for indle indicating eting the tha men who had voted the general ticket and the other to show who hall had voted the constitutional ticket it was a cross in the latter column the witness referred to uter after examining the th cross further lie he exclaimed 1 I make it no sir I 1 did not did you not make it by mistake asked judge powers 1 I make st I 1 feel positive of it the witness reiterated DIFFERENT INK INIC USED 1 alie ink used in making the disputed mark was much darker than that with which most of the other marks on the list haid had been made land and the witness said that was one reason why he was sure he had not made it judge powers howera then showed mr lowry the crosses opposite conrad kellers name one it ils ift ht the other daik and mused caused the witness to believe that the same name was on the k registry list sir lowry thought that tho the dark mark showing allowing that kel ter lor had voted for delegates might havo have boon made by min sensational disclosures at this point however mr air zone zine discovered cover ed that tho the name on tho the delegate registry was conrad keller jr and not C conrad neller keller which proved the latter rould could not have for delegates and added to the significance of the black crosses there ther was waa no difference in tile the ink used in making the crosses opposite the name or of conrad jr who had actually voted for fol etca TI thear i e s a revelations created a marked sensation judge powers made light of oc the dis closures clo eini remarking there must have been two bottles that th it was waa th the C trou brou tile mo in the third precinct laughter iter mr lowry stated elated that two kinds of 0 ink were used in making the two crosses opposite the name of T N ble bleak a ic tho the cross in tho the ala I 1 convention column was much blacker than the other mr bleak could not have voted tor for constitutional delegates as hla his name was wa s not on tho the convention registry list did you have two bottles ot of ink one black the other blue mr zane asked no sir the witness answered did you have two bottles of ink ot of red black or any other color inquired judge powers mr lowry again rc replied cited in the negative this closed his examination HYDE WANTED information INI william Mil liani luke was recalled did john T calne caine visit mantl after tho the election asked mr zane 1 I see him mr luke replied did you see A I 1 13 hyde there yes sir did you have a talk with him yes fl fir lr what did he say he wanted information as to the result he wanted to know it I 1 had any figures tell all he said this was objected to and tho the objection sustained was hyde there before or after t the he boxes were v cro sent in 0 before they were ivere sent in were frank cannon and judge bennett there inquired judge powers 1 I heard they hey were said the witness laughter judge bennett remarked to judge jude powers 1 I was in san pete trying to hold the victory you were attempting to cheat us out of MORE MOHE FORGERY FOn GERT reuben one of the judges of election of gunnison precinct testified that men voted in his precinct for constitutional delegates and tor for other officers and that the registry book and the poll list agreed as to these figures on election night lie was shown the registry stry book which had been kept by niels C on the day of election it now flow represented that men had pivoted voted the witness said that the tha word voted opposite the name of hans han C I 1 hansen ivansen sr was not in tile the handwriting of but was written in a better hand than ill the lat batters mr hansen ivansen he said was in the southern part of the he territory on oil election day and therefore could not have voted in gunnison Gunn lson precinct mr Christ lanson stated that no scratched ballots were cast in his precinct and related an incident of the election to substantiate this statement he sald said A man came in to vote and borrowed a pencil because be said he wanted to scratch a democratic ballot he hall had in his hand ile he went through the tha motions of scratching it we te watched him and made remarks as to who he had scratched so we looked for the ticket when the box was opened ened but we ire find any scratched and we all three agreed that ho he had run a bluff on us its great laughter mr was excused and the court adjourned until this morning |