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Show "Why did you not, as ati honest man, do it?" "I thought it might cause a row. "And you'd get hurt? Did you testify testi-fy on the preliminary before Commissioner Commis-sioner (ireenman? I lid you olTer these valuable facts there?" "No, hir." "Why not?" "Because I was derelict in my duty. "Did you meet Harry McCallum at the polls that, afternoon?" "Yes. sir." . "Did you have a conversation with himv" "Yes sir." "What was said?" "Ha said, 'It's growing close; I just told Allen to put in fifteen more votes.'" I Laughter.) "You were a candidate before the last liberal convention fur the olliee of county attorney?" "Yes sir." Objected to. Judge Dickson We want to show the animus that actuates this witness. That he went out after his defeat feel-ing feel-ing piqued, sore, and declaring his iu-tenliou iu-tenliou to get even. Objection overruled and examination proceeded with; witness denied that he was sore or made any remark about getting even. Mr. Dickson Did von not turn over your block books to Mr. Crigbaiim and nay you had done the last you ever would d for thn d n party? "I'm not positive as to that."' judge Dickson continued to hold the witness to an ordeal that was fast telling tell-ing on his eqiiinimity. Judge Dickson Did you not say to Mr. (iriswobi that if there were, any peoples' party ti"kcts missing they would be found upon the lloor and that when you looked at them they were all found to be liberal tickets? "Yes sir we took them up and going to a closet examined them. round nothing wrong. Took a number of them homo and examined them. Still found nothing wrong. The cross examination was suspended suspen-ded at this juncture and court adjourned ad-journed uulil 'j o'clock this afternoon. 1 he Peremptory Cell. As previously announced. Judge Anderson An-derson before adjourning made the following fol-lowing call on the law and motion calendar: cal-endar: WK.IINF.SPAV, AIMtlL 8TU. Joseph 11. Slater vs Union Pacific Kailroad company. W. II Kov vs O. II. l'ettit et al. I. li. Marks et al sMargaretTuekett et al. THI'llSDAY, Al'RII. Otii. Mary A. Blackburn vs K. II. Parsons. S. C. Ewing vs J Wasser Ac Co. J. Wasser et al vs S. C. Ewing et al. FKIPAY, Al'KIL lOTlI. H. W. Nichols, jr.. vsC. D. Alder W. S. Hamilton vs S. S. Dickinson ct al. O. J. Hollister vs J. C. Williamset al. HIM IN THE l'IN. Judge Dickson Takes a Witness Through the Moat Tropical Experience of His Life. UNDER VERY EOT CROSS TIRES Richard W. Young is Put to th Test Auiid the R isibles of the Lobby The Allen Case. The feature in Judge Anderson's court is the case of the People against W. J. Allen, charged with introducing into the ballot box false and fraudulent votes on the occasion of an election for school trustees. It was 4 o'clock in the afternoon before a jury was obtained and testimony begun, O. W. Powers and W. II. Dickson appearing for the defendant, and Assistant t'niied States Attorney Critchlow for the prosecution. prosecu-tion. For the prosecution. Judge L. D. Hope described tho location of the room in which the offense is said to have been committed. Captain (Ireenman testified to having been named as a judge, but did not serve. . Harry M.Calluin was chairman or the central committee and testified to having recommended a set of judges to the commission. George E. lilair had acted as checker to the people's party at the precinct in question and undertook to describe the alleged legerdemain with which tho defendant, is charged. Hi) judged that twenty or thirty ballots of a spurious brood were chocked into the urn, but when pressed closely declined to swear positively that there were more than six. All this time Judge Dickson was taking tho witness through a tierce or. deal, and it was with manifest relief that he descended from the stand, after which court adjourned uutil lOo'cloik this niorniug. Today"! Senelon. The troop of witnesses who have figured fig-ured from the iuception of the case tiled mechanically into the court chamber cham-ber at 10 o'clock this morning and tho trial was resumed. P. F. Thornburg was tho first witness and testified that he had voted at the last election; tendered the ballot to Allen; defendant took his envelope in his leR hand and held another envelopo in his right; placed tho ono he held in his right in the ballot box and dropped the other so that witness was unable to determine what had become of it. Cross-examined, witness said ho did not know what tho accused had done with the ballot handed in by hiui;others voted immediately before and after him. Don't know whether the ballot held in his right hand was 0110 that had been handed him by the voter who had preceded witness, turned away and moved about two feet before his suspicion sus-picion was aroused and then went back: don't know why I failed to turn aud see what was done with my ballot. Mr.-Dickson Isn't it a fact that your suspicion was not aroused until the ballots bal-lots were counted ami von ascertained that your candidate had been defeated? The witness No. sir; it is not. Mr. Dickson You are a member of the People's party? "Don t know whether I am or not.' "You were at that time?" "Y'cs, sir. Intended to vote its ticket at that time." David L. M unlock was a judge of election at poll No. 1; Allen came in tho morning to arrange poll No. Kiohard W. Young went to poll No. and stepped in the room during the day and occupied a position that enabled It appears that the servant, -Maggie, nnu gone out on sumo errand, aud in closing the door behind her had set off the burglar burg-lar alarm. In trying to open the door she heard the screams of tho young lady above; sho rushed up tho street; the first couple of men sho met happened to lie detectives; iio exclaimed, "Oh, gentlemen, gentle-men, do go in there is murder lieing done." Tho brave detectives went to the rescue, with the results we have seeu above. New York Star. j him to distinguish between me oauois; one tilled the entire envelope and the other only a portion of it; tho People's ticket was folded once aud the Liberal ticket twice. Cross examined Witness testified ; that he was a candidate upon that elec- tion and examined a number of tickets, j Judge Dickson at this juncture re- j sorted to a little legal finesse, and folded i two tickets to correspond. These were submitted to tho witness who identified the character of the ballot through the envelop. "Y'oti have guessed it right," piped the attorney to the risible of the spectators. spec-tators. Mr. Murdock was recalled and testified testi-fied that it was not customary to have envelopes near the poles. Mr. Young was recalled, whereupon the defense submitted four tickets, encased en-cased in the official euvelope and asked him to distinguish between them. The Witness (leveling his index linger) lin-ger) That's a people's ticket. Judge Powers Correct you are. The Witness (raising his voice above the laughter) Aud that's a liberal ticket. , Judge Powers '(manifestly chagrined) Correct again! Mr. Young was dropped. Mr. Thornburg was recalled and stated that the accused had held up witness' wit-ness' ballot between his eyes and the window and in that way could tell what the nature of the ticket was. It. D. Winters was unearthed by the bailill' and testified to being present at the election. Witness went there Klmiit i.t o'clock, handed in his ballot aud then walked inside the polls. Allen Al-len sat near the bench and the voters handed their ballots in at the left. Allen Al-len invariably took the ballot with his left hand and he invariably had another ballot in his right hand When the challenge was overruled the one he had in his left hand went back and the one he held in his riuht hand went in. "Ailen told me," continued the witness, "that he changed seventy-live votes that day. He also said he wondered what Prig Hampton would sav if he knew he had cast a liberal ballot. I told hicj he had not. Allen s.tid, 'Oh. yes he has; I cast it lor him.' I told hini that was impossible, as Hrig had voted at poll No. 1." Cross examined Went up to the poll to see how he was doing the work. Judge Dickson -Did you, not. as si lawyer, a member of this bar. as an officer of the law. recognize it as you; doty lo protest against these practice' The wilness-I don't know whether did or not. They had deuied my righ: to challenge. I culled Judge Hogue -attention to it "Did vou call Judge Wooley's attcn tion to it?" 1 ".No. air." ' 1 |