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Show DENVER FRAUDS INCREASING Four More Democrats Fined and Sent to Prison. DENVER. Dec. 19. Tho Supreme court todiy adjudged Leonard Rogers. William G. Adams, Louis Hamburg and Thomas Kinsley guilty of contempt for conduct ln precinct 2, ward 7, in this city, at the recent re-cent election, ln violation of the court's lnjunctlvo order. Sentences were imposed as follows: Rogers, six months in Jail and fine of $100 and costs; Adams and Hamburg, three months in Jail and fine of $100 and costs each; Kinsley, lino of S50 and costs. Tho court announced that tho evidenco showed that Rogers, AdnmB and Hamburg had prevented the appointment of a Republican Repub-lican clerk and Kinsley had ejected tho Supreme court watcher from the polls. Rogers Is a deputy sheriff and was a candidate can-didate on tho Democratic tlckot for tho Stato Senate. Klnsloy Is a prize-fighter. A total of twenty-three men havo been sentenced by the Supremo court since elccllon for contempt, and charges are pending against many othors Expert M. M. Hnmma reported -today that of 371 ballots found ln tho box from precinct 'J, ward -I, which was ordered opened by tho court on Saturday In contempt con-tempt proceedings, 251 Democratic votes wero apparently written by four persons and 229 of these by ono person, and six Republican votes wcro written by two persona. There wero 310 Democratic and twonty-eight Republican votes In the box. Expert Ham ma testified ihm four of tho fraudulent Ropubllcan ballots wero written by tho same man who wroto 229 Democratic fraudulent ballots and that almost all the fraudulent ballots wero written by tho same person who wrote tho fraudulent ballots contained ln tho boxes heretofore opened. Tho defendants. City Dolectlve William II Greene, Frank MoMahon, Jeane D. Sayc and Robert Goodman, denied under oath lhat thoy saw any repeating or that they had intentionally violated the court's orders. Deteetlvo Grecno said ho did not live ln thin precinct, but was sent to the polls to protect the Supreme court watchers watch-ers and election officials. "If I had seen any repeating." he said. "I would havo arrested tho repeaters, but I didn't see uny." Arguments ln this caso were heard this afternoon. At tho conclusion of arguments tho court announced that Its verdict would bo handed down on Thursday. |