Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1927, Page 4

ARLINGTON VOTE +* FRAUDS CHARGED Seventeen Citizens, in Sen- sational Petition, Ask Court for New Election. (Continued from First Page) ful Investigation was launched. The inquiry was conducted under cov The defendant has 10 days in which to file his answer. Drastic penalties are provided under the State election Jaws for persons convicted of cer- 1ain of the more serious charges of corruption, allegcd ‘» the petitions, Signatures Obtained. The commitlee held its final secret meeting Tuesday night in a darkened storeroom in Clarendon, at which time signatures to the papers were oh- 1ained. Signing of the petition wus not completed until yesterday after noon. The petition 1s worded as follows: *To the Honor: Samuel G. Brent, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ar- lington County, Va.: “The 15 or more undersigned qual ffied voters of Arlinston County, Va., heg leave to file this, their complaint under the provisions of section 267 Code of Virginia, 1919, and of the laws of the State of Virginia, against the yeport and returns of the commission ors of election as hereinafter stated, duly appointed In accordance with the statutes of the State of Virginia in such cases made and provided, and thereupon say, as follows: “That on an elec- in said * the county and district officers, at wi h eleciion each ene of the under 1 owas aualified voter. voting and participat- ing in s=ald election Error Is Charged. . C. Clements was a can didate ut said election for the office of sheriff of Arlington County, Va. that one Howard B. Fields was like- | wise a candidate at such election for =heriff of Arlington County, Va.; that the commissioners of said election proceeded, in accordance with the law. | 1o open and convas the several re- turns of the s=aid election from the several sprecincts in said county, on, 10 wit, the tenth day of November, 1927, and erroneously reported and re. turned the number of votes received by A. C. Clements for the sheriff of said county to be I and the num- ber of votes received by the said How- ard B. Fields for the sheriff of said county to be 5. “The petitioners aver and charge that the said election, in so far as the result thereof attempts to determine the proper person for the office of sheriff of said county is illegal, un- due, and that false returns thereof have been made whereby the will of the voters duly qualified to vote ir said election have been defeated and frustrated;: and they further aver and charge that the said returns in so far as the same relate to the person chosen as sheriff of said county are, under the provision of the aforesaid mection 267, code of Virginia of 1919, and the laws of this State governing elections, subject to the inquiry de- termination and judgment of this court. Statute Held Violated. “The petitions further state that the provison of chapter 16, of the code of Virginia, 1919, governing pure elections, has been violated by the said Howard B. Fields, candidate for sheriff of said county in said elec- tion, or by his friends and adherents, with his knowledge and consent, and that as a result of the said viola- tions, the said election is null and vold and of no effect, and that as a re: sult of said violation herein referred 1o, the said Howard B, Fields was not duly elected in accordance with the statutes of the State of Virginia in such cases made and provided. “Petitioners assign as objections to the legality of the said election and the returns thereof the following: “1. Petitioners are advised and therefore allege and charge that at the precinct in said county known as Arlington precinct, in Arlington mag- isterial district of s=aid county, the duly | | | | | | jone . proper and legal number of clerks and judges were not appointed by the electoral board, and that James W. Head, who was appointed and served as a judge sald precinct, was di qualified to act as such judge on I ground that the said James W. Hea| was at the time of said election a Fed eral employe, and as such disqualified from acting as a judge of sald election or in any other official capacity incon | nection therewit! | Disqualification Seen. Petitioners are advised and therefore allege and charge that at | the precinct in sald county known as | Virginia Highlands, located in Jefter- | son magisterial district. one . J. Skid- | more, who was appointed and served as a judge at sald precinct, was dis- qualified to act as such judge on the ground that the said K. J. Skidmors was at the time of sald election a Fed eral employe, and as such disqualified from acting as judge of said election or ‘n any other official capacity in connection therewith. 3. Petition, ave advised and | (herefore allege and charge that at | the precinet known as Carne precinet, in Washington magisterial distriet, W. Cushing. who was appoint- | od and served as a judge at said pie- | cinct, was disqualified to act ax cuch | judge on the zround that the sald | E. W. Cushing was at the time of sid | clection a Iederal emplove and such, disqualified from acting as a | Judge of said 8lection or in any other official capacity on connection there with, | 3. Petitioners are therefore allege and ct the precinct known as Carne precinct. | in Washington magisterial district of | sald county, persons other than those | duly qualified to vote at said precinct | were permitted to enter in said pre- | cinct and there to solicit votes for the | said Howard B. Fields, inst the | said A. C. Clements; to assist in the marking of the ballot of many of the | voters who cast their ball - the sald Howard B. Fields said A. C. Clements, at were furnishing sample ball ing the manner and form in which the said ballot should be marked to | vote for the said Howard B. Fields | against the said A. C. Clements for the office of sheriff of said county, and | the petitioners are further advised ind, therefore, allege and charge. that | cortain persons worked in the Inferest of the said Howard E. Iields for the aid county and ents, in order to induce certain qualified voters who participated in said election at said precinct to vote for the said Howard B. Fields. and there paid monev to said voters in said election to induce and influence them to cast thei for the said Howard B. A. C. Clements. Marked Ballots Hit. ““That at the said precinct known as Carne precinct the petitioners are ad- vised and therefore allege and charge that an official ballot was obtained and marked to be voted for the said How- ard B. Fields azainst the said A. C. Clements: that the person to whom the said ballot was illegally delivered received from the judges of said pre- cinct another official ballot, which was illegally taken from the said precinct, marked and delivered to another voter to be cast, who in turn brought the official ballot delivered to him by the judges of election out of the pre- cinct to be delivered to still another voter, and that this method of voting was carried on throughout the day of said election, thus defeating the object and intention of the laws with respect to vure elections. 5. Petitioners are advised and there- fore allege and charge that at the precinct known as Arlington precinet, in Arlington magisterial district. that the persons working in behalf of the said Howard B. Fields and against the said A. C. Clements were pel mitted to enter the precinct on nume: ous occasions during the day on whi said election was held, and to assist advised and that at said election voting for the said How- ard B. Fields, against the said A. C. Clements, “'6. The petitioners are advised and therefore allege and charge that voters participating in said election at Ar- lington precinct in Arlington magis- terial district in said county were permitted to leava the precinct after having obtained an official ballot and receive assistance from persons on the outside in marking the said ballot for the said Howard B. Fields against the said A. C. Clements, and to then return to the precinct and cast ballots thus marked and then counted among the votes cast in said precinct. “7. That your petitioners are ad- duly qualified voters participating in | | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. . THURSDAY, THE BEGINNING QF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP. [WECE, MR RASE ToDAY = € NATION TUCK S OER. \T5 CHIN oF . 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Dys- = ¢ £/ G/ AWAY A GOOY, How DD You 1<Now | WAS AVICTIM? comeont TeLL You'? | vised and therefore allege and charge | that the Virginia Highlands precinct in Jefferson magisterial district in said county, numerous persons, the exact | names of whom are unknown to ¥ petitioners at this time, were permi ted to participate in said election and vote for said Howa B. Fields against said A. C. Clements, who had not heen properly and legally registered in ac- cordance with the laws of the State of Virginia In that they had not been re- quired to make out an application in writing as orovided by law entitling them to be registered as voters in said precinct. . “8. That vour petitioners are advised and therefore allege and charge that the ‘precinct in said county known as Del Ray precinct in Jefferson mag- Isterial district in said county, per- sons were permitted to enter the pre- cinct and to illegally assist the voters participating in said election in mark- ing ballots cast by them in sald elec- tion for the said Howard 8. Flelds nst the said A. C. Clements. “9. The petitioners are advised and | therefore allege and charge that many of the voters, the names of whom are unknown to your petitioners at this time, who participated in said elec- ilon, with the knowledge and consent of the said Howard B. Fields, induced said voters who participated in said election at said precinct by the use of intoxicating liquor. to cast their votes for said Howard B. Fields against A. C. Clements for the office of sheriff of Arlington County. Bootlegger Protection. “10. 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Fields open a statement that persons who vic the prohibition law of the State of | 1, it he were clected sherift of said county could engage in the | fllegal traffic of intoxicating liquors | without being arrested by him. unless | a warrant was sworn out by ome citi- | zen and placed in his hands to be executed “11. That vised and therefore allege and charge | that ut several of the precincts in said county, particularly at the pre- | cinct known as Carne, in Washington magisterial district, and Virginia High- lands, in Jefferson magisteriab district, friends and adherents of the sai Howard B. Fields, with his knowledge and consent, paid money to duly quali- fied voters who participated in said as an the petitioners are ad-! election to induce and influence them |8 to cast their vote for the said Howard | B. Fields for the office of sheriff of sald countly against A. C. Clements. Your petitioners are advised and there- MIRRORS P Thete is a wide variety of shapes and sizes; the prices of all of them are dras | herents, wit d | crowds fore allege and charge that said How- ard B. Fields, or his friends and ad- h ' his knowledge and' con- sent, paid the debts due and owing to the ‘State of Virginia by numerous citizens and residents he treasurer of Arlington Coun Va., to qualify said voters to participate in said elec tion for the purpose of inducing and influencing the said voters to cast their ballots for the said Howard B. Fields against the said A. C. Clements. " Your petitioners are advised and therefore allege and charge that at practically every precinct in Arlington County large crowds were permitted to congregate and sather uround said precincts and within less than 100 feet of the said precincts, in violation of sectjon 167, Code of Virginia, 1919; and that the unlawful congregation of sald around the said precincts sought to induce and influence many of the voters in each and every pre- cinet of sald county te vote for the id Ho d B. Fields against the sald A. C. Clements for tue officer of sheriff ot sald county. “Petitioners aver and charge that all of the assertions made nffect the Iegality of the said election and that it discovered .and corrected by this court che result thereof will be that the said election should be declaced null and void, or that if said elzction is not null and void, that the elimina- tion of the said illegal ballots received and counted for the said Howard B. Fieds and against the said A. C. Clem ents will result in A. C. Clements re- ceiving a plurality of votes cast for the office of shediff for said county and t in his election. he petitioners pray that the re- turns of the said election for the office of sheriff of said county may be in- quired into by this court and be de- termined according to the merits and the constitution and laws of this State; that the said election be de- clared null and void and of no effect for the reasons herein stated; unless it appear that said A. C. Clements re- ceived a large plurality of the votes legally cast and counted in said elec- tion; that a certificate of election be granted by the judge of this court to the party ascertained by it as being the party thereto entitled;: and that the petitioners may be granted such further and complete relief as the na- ture of the case may require.” DENATURED ALCOHOL IN BALTIMORE LIQUOR Chemists Say Druggist on Fatality List Was Victim of Even Deadlier Poison. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md.. November 24.— Reports of chemists, made public yes- terday, stated that nine pints of the supposed prescription liquor of Albert A. Curran, one of three who died in the “drug store poison mystery, tained from 9 to 46 per cent dena- tured alcohol. and that Curran died from a poison even more deadly. The death of Mrs. Curran, mothe of six children and wife of the drug- gist, may have been caused hy the Same poison or by wood alcohol “more probably the latter,” the re- port stated Coroner Thomas B. Horton, in mak- ing public the findings, accused Cur ranof taking his own life when he realized there would be an investiga- tion of his wife’s death. Martin M. Stevens, third victim, died from poison in some form, ac- cording to the coroner. The night be- fore he died, Stevens had Curran pre- scribe for a cold, MRS. RICKETSON LEAVES ESTATE WORTH $740,000 Property Left in Trust for Chil- dren; Col. Russell Bequests Total $34,000. Mrs. died October 8, left an estate valued at $740.000, according to the petition of the State Street Trust Co. of Bos- ton; Oliver ¢ Ricketson, jr.. of Cambridge, Mas and Mr Luey R. Ferguson of South Dartmouth, the executors named in her will. The estate is devised in trust for the bene- fit of the son, Oliver G. Ricketson, jr., and the daughter. Lucy R. Fer- guson. Col. Benjamin R. Russell, U. C., retired, who died October an estate valued at $34,000, according to the petition of his widow, Irone H. Russell, for the probate of his will. He is also survived by his childre ll'(]xns H. Chappell and Emily R. Rui sell. Caroline T. A. McNeir, who died July 16, left an estate valued at $40,000, according to the petition of the executors, Harry A. Gillis and Walter B. Guy. The heirs are nieces M. and nephews. 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