Show county attorney amon larsons report lo 10 alleged election frauds in ul sanpete county OT the county seii pete ovad county 0 gentlemen mall ila in ill a conformity with your request I 1 I beg 1 t J 1 to 0 1 report do 0 a to 01 you ilos alie result of jo my sit investigation of jo dill alleged election frauds 19 said to ol have been rad at recent aal lilt pala election 1101 in tit this still county tit in connection k with ill I 1 alie office 0 I 1 t of 0 J judge p of JO dill seventh alog judicial district 11 sherail il 11 of jo the oil county mr coln knudsen and myself leave investigated k vesti gated this still matter as 91 fully as qu available information will ad permit mid pill we om are on satisfied sillis Pau that said pills al legee frauds were alam committed tam at IV dill contested a election case osma involving incase the judgeship judg pir ship of jo said district when a 11 recount of jo the dill ballots of JO several WADS 1 precincts ald was SUM made 1 UK recount disclosed results materially t different tit in several of jo the precincts s of jo aill county from what the judges sa ut election pila reported pa in ill precinct prein no 3 manti mr ericksen gained 21 votes on recount in III ald precinct latip no 11 1 mt pleasant T mr a livingston gained im 11 1 T 1 votes alio judges of jo election tit in precinct old no ox 11 moroni say and pill they are oil prepared to 01 swear to ol it j that at the dill time ollit they sol counted the atil ballots cast tit in said pius precinct there were 0 several double 1 ballots 10 6 4 that 1 pi is ballots in tit which mr 11 livingston and mr ericksen acksen m were illon voted for ballots in tit which dill republican ticket jalap was voted strai vils glit and a I 1 cross put ind op do jobito mr name out 1110 crossing mr jj 4 9 name these ajIT majit 9 1 ballots judges say ats were IDIOM counted for mr 11 ericksen not only sit the olt judges saw and comment th 1 on said pins double ballots but by sq bt anders pill sig saw aws and pill commented on them on ill alie recount of jo dill bill lots of said plus loald precinct pil not loll a single double ballot was sim found in ald precinct no ON 11 1 ephraim leidl the gill judges of jo election impala found similar double ballots and will swear to 01 it Bil again 1111 slid 9 pp double ballots were ioD counted for mr 11 ericksen on recount of jo cl ballots of said plus llowd precinct joi if 4 ephraim Lph raim no oil double ballots were found alie judges of jo aada election cioll in ill all ill of said pills alI precincts say AS that they have no oil reason to 01 suspect stis joad any stiv one otto or 10 more of jo number from anything that was said p or 10 done during tip counting joa of the dill ballots or 10 at kiy time of jo oil tampering ing in 11 any ay allm dill ballots we are olt unable to 01 get lai a 11 scintilla of lapko evidence om would indicate that judges of or 10 any silt of jo them in ill any of to the said pills precincts tampered with oil ballots P j W A eliason the dill ex clerk of jo county swore at ju oil contested I 1 sa I 1 p election I 1 diotio case that pill the dill pouch containing the mp returns ilizal sti from precinct a no T 3 RT mt I 1 pleasant pull been popped by him and torn but ho said ps that it j had pull been torn more in ill someway sim unknown 1111 to 01 him 9 since 03 lie all dropped it I 1 wo have been unable to ol get any sim evidence whatever up to 01 date 1111 eliat points to ol the guilt of JO any still particular person or lo persons A losli Si I 1 have OAM requested judge r to 01 call a grand jury slier for jj oil purpose of jo further investigating alie matter it the 4 T grand pill jury lias powers in tit that ai respect arc oll not jolt at ill command of jo gill cheritt ph eritt or 10 aill county attorney and would likely be able iiii to 01 develop facts alj sj icat 1131 wo are it not loll in tit a V position POd to ol ferret out 1110 LEUS LAKSON county attorney JOHN knubben sherin plat |