Show THAT BROWN FIASCO rusco the testimony of the witness A As s a elated in mondays issue of the OGDEN HERALD the charge of anti inti intimidating Fi dating voter voters preferred against moroni brown was dismissed on the ground that the evi dence adduced did not sustain it follows Fol following lowi is the testimony mou of patrick ronan who deigned I 1 g nel t the he complaint filed against mr air brown browns witness said ho be resided in ogden den is a naturalized citizen of the united states was naturalized fourteen years ago in Nir virginia ginia prosecuting attorney did you register on the day of this donth month as a voter in this city yea yes air cir before whom did you register it was at mr bonds store on tn this street do you know defendant moroni brown browni I 1 have heard his name did you sec see him on that d day y yes sir air where at the door of the registration office what was he doing he seemed tobe to be tal talking kingto to these those wh who lo 10 were coming corning and going what did he be say to you he spoke to asked me if I 1 had paid my poll tax I 1 told him I 1 had not what did he reply to that well bo he then asked me if I 1 was 50 years old I 1 told him no and he wanted we to pay my poll tax right there what else did id he ask you he asked me how long I 1 was in the county and how long in the precinct did he speak to any other parties P present besent with you at that time yes air air were the other parties with you yes sir what did they come for F for or the same purpose that I 1 did did he elate state to you whet whether lier he bad had authority to collect poll tax he said that be he was the collector of poll taxes did be he exhibit any paper no sir sir he said nothing in in your presence about your right to vote or to register unless you yu had bad paid your poll tax no sir sir did you ever see him before that da day y jou I 1 saw him down at the works the new depot I 1 understood that he was down there to collect poll tax when was it it was about 8 days before I 1 registered were you thereat there at that time yes sir air did he demand of you poll tax at this time objected to by de fenee objection sustained witness replied no sir and mr hiles continued I 1 will ask you from the manner of the defendant what was con keyed to your bour mine mini with reference to demands for poll tax we well 11 as T I 1 came from tho the states I 1 understood that I 1 could not vote until I 1 had paid my poll tax from his manner you took bia his demands to mean that unless you paid your poll tax you was not entitled to vote I 1 suspected that cross examined by ale where do you reside in ogden how long have you resided here bere about 36 days where did you come from when you came to ogden I 1 came from the wood kiver river country to poca tello and from there to this place you went into the registration office and registered on the enst yes sir air are you aware of tho the nature of the oath are you aware that you swore that you had been a resident of this territory for siim six montha mithi r had been away for a spell but I 1 left my things in salt lake cit city were you aware at that time that you were not a qualified voter I 1 believed that I 1 was you stated that you had resided in this territory continuously for t the h I 1 past six months dessir yes sir where e did id you vote lat last year in helena montana did you yet register there no the they voted without registering zid did mr brown say anything to ou when you yoli went in to register W 0 o sir air did you say you saw him outside theoffice the office I 1 never saw him in the office he came to you from the sidewalk to the buggy did he yes sir air did he say anything about registering I 1 dont think he be did did he say anything about voting ip I 1 think he be said 1 I would not b be positive that I 1 had to be six six months in the territory and thirty days in the pie precinct are you positive no I 1 am not positive he lie never spoke to me at all till I 1 was in the carriage ho he never spoke in in an art angry manner not a at t all did it have a tendency to kee keep R y you 0 U from registering no I 1 dont don t know that it did no he did not in any way interfere with my registering registe te 11 13 be direct where have you claimed to havo your residence for the last three stars in this territory he re cross crow why did you yon vote botein in montana if you was a citizen of utah because I 1 thought I 1 had a right to vote up there drysdale devereau and chae chas wilson were examined they testified to substantially the came mine as above with the exception that on an examination cross it was learned that wilson only came to utah in july having reached here from Califor california aim he therefore ha has only resided hero here five months at the outside |