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3d Question. Did you or not attend the election held in
District No. 10, in Allegany county, November 6, 1866; and
did, you offer a ticket aa your ballot to the Judges of the
Election; was it accepted or refused, and whose names were
on your ticket as candidates for the House of Delegates?

Answer. I attended said election; offered my ticket to the
Judges; they refused it unconditionally. The names of the
parties as candidates foif the House of Delegates were Patrick
Hammil, William A. Bryden, George W. McCulloh. John
McElfish and William Devecmon.

4th Question. Were any armed men about the polls, and
to what party did such armed men belong ?

Answer. There were a great many armed men there and
called themselves Radicals. I never saw such a display of
armed men at an election in my life. I never saw it equalled
in Baltimore. I felt intimidated by these armed men. I
considered the armed display there designed to intimidate
voters. I know of nothing else of advantage to the con-
testants.

Cross-examined by Mr. Brown.

1st Question. How many armed men were at the polls ?

Answer. I should say there were forty armed men there.
I think the whole, or nearly the whole Radical party of
Ryan's Glades were armed.

2d Question. Did you ever know any other parties to
carry arms in this county ?

Answer. I did. There are a great many huntsmen in Dis-
trict No. 10. They generally hunt in the fall of the year.
They don't generally go to the polls with guns. I have seen
a few guns at elections before. On the election day, Novem-
ber 6, 1866, I did not see any guns used, that is by firing or
presenting them about the polls. I think some years ago
guns were used about the polls for the purpose of shooting at
mark, in one instance.

3d Question. How did it happen that you did not vote ?

Answer. The Judges peremptorily refused my vote, saying
there were charges against me. There were no charges en-
tered on the registration book of 1866 against me. There
were charges against me in 1865. I knew nothing about
them until I was registered in 1866 The charges against
me in 1865 were voluntarily put there by persons unknown
to me. I did not make application to be registered in 1865
for this reason. The officers were so dumb and prejudiced
that taey did not know the difference between loyalty and
disloyalty, and I would not subject myself to insult and abase
by applying to them. I did not think the officers had any