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Question. Was there a general attendance at the polls in
said district on the day above named; and did you or not see
any registered voters there who did not offer to vote under
the above circumstances of intimidation; if so, name them,
and state if you know for whom they would have voted for
State Senator had they net been thus intimidated, and to
which political party they belonged ?

(Objected to by Dr. Ohr.)

Answer. There was a general attendance on said day, and
I saw there registered voters who did not vote by reason of
said intimidation. The name of one of them so intimidated
is John Ridder, Jr., who would have voted for Alfred Spates
for State Senator; said Ridder belonged to the Conservative
party. I understood there were others who were so intimi-
dated.

Cross-examined by Dr. Ohr.

By Dr. Ohr :

Question. When were you registered as a voter ?
Answer. In 1866.
By Dr. Ohr :

Question. Did you apply for registration in 1865 ?
Answer. I did not.
By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Do you or not know that you had then been regis-
tered as disqualified for disloyalty ?

(Question objected to by Mr. Spates.)

Answer. I did not know anything about it until I saw the
books where I was registered in 1866.

By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Did or did not the Judges of Election, in No-
vember, 1866, demand of you to take the oath prescribed in
the Constitution, Art. 1, sec. 4, before deciding upon your
right to vote ?

Answer. No, sir; it was an unconditional and peremptory
refusal.

By Dr. Ohr:

Question. In your answer to interrogatory 5th of direct ex-
amination you stated there were a great many armed men at
the polls who intimidated other persons from voting—name
the armed persons and the arms you saw them have ?

Answer. I saw Archibald Chisholm, Jr., with a rifle on
his shoulder; the other parties, who had revolvers and rifles,
I know by sight, but don't know their names.

By Mr. Ohr :

Question. Did you see or hear Mr. Archibald Chisholm,
Jr., use any threats or violence towards any persons, and
whom?