An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting, at the Presidential Election in Nov., 1872, and on the Trial of Beverly W. Jones, Edwin T. Marsh, and William B. Hall, the Inspectors of Election by Whom Her Vote was Received.Anonymous
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An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting, at the Presidential Election in Nov., 1872, and on the Trial of Beverly W. Jones, Edwin T. Marsh, and William B. Hall, the Inspectors of Election by Whom Her Vote was Received.
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Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Election law -- United States; Women -- Suffrage -- United States
A. Well, I saw Rhoda DeGarmo register; Miss Mary Anthony, Sarah C.
Truesdell, Susan M. Hough; I think I saw Nancy M. Chatfield register;
Mrs. Margaret Leyden, Mrs. M.E. Pulver; those I recollect; I was better
acquainted with those than with the others.
Q. At the time you saw these ladies register, were the three inspectors,
Hall, Jones, and Marsh present?
A. Some of the time I saw all three, I think, there; at other times I
saw but two of them; sometimes Hall and Jones, sometimes Marsh and
Jones, sometimes Hall and Marsh; I think they took turns when they went
to dinner.
Q. On the day of election were you at the polls?
A. I was.
Q. Did you see any of these women vote on the day of election?
A. I did.
Q. Were these defendants present when their votes were received?
A. They were.
Q. And did they receive their votes?
A. They did.
Q. Who did you see vote, or offer their votes upon the day of election?
A. Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. McLean, Rhoda DeGarmo, Mary Anthony, Ellen S.
Baker, Sarah C. Truesdell, Mrs. Hough, Mrs. Mosher, Mrs. Leyden, Mrs.
Pulver. I recollect seeing those ladies; in fact, I think I saw the
whole of them vote with the exception of two, but I will not be positive
on that point.
Q. But you saw those whose names you have given?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Do you know how many tickets they voted, or offered to the
inspectors?
A. I think they voted four tickets.
Q. Do you know how these tickets were endorsed, or what they were
called?
A. I was not near enough to see the endorsement; I noticed which boxes
they went into.
Q. Upon the day of election were the defendants Jones, Marsh, and Hall,
acting as inspectors of election?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Receiving votes?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And were acting as inspectors of election when these ladies voted?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. About what time in the day, or what time in the morning was it that
these ladies voted?
A. I think there had been but a very few votes received in the morning
when a number of them voted.
Q. Well, was it about 5 o'clock in the morning--very early?
A. No, sir; not so early as that; the probability is that there was not
over 20 or 25 votes received before they presented theirs.
_Conceded_: That the women named in the indictment were women on the 5th
day of November, 1872.
_Cross-Examination by_ MR. VAN VOORHIS:
Q. Which of those persons did you see register?
A. Mrs. Hough, Mrs. Pulver, Mrs. Truesdell, Mrs. Leyden.
Q. Do you swear you saw Mrs. Leyden register?
A. I think I did.
Q. Take a second thought and see if you are willing to say you saw her
register--please look off that paper. Do you recollect seeing those
persons register, or do you suppose they did, because you find it on a
paper there?
A. No, sir; I recollect seeing pretty much all of them on my list with
the exception of one or two; I won't be fully positive I saw Mrs. Leyden
register; I saw her vote.
Q. Did you go to Mrs. Leyden's house and advise her to go and register?
A. I don't think I did.
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