The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-14
LOUIS NAPOLEON OUTDONE.
THE FIRST AssEMBLY DISTRICT
swARMLNG WITH REPBATERs

SwARMLNG WITH REPBATERs.
Tho Most Outrageous and Barefsccd Po.
hticai Frauds ever Pcrpctrated In this
Citv-241 Illegal Votes in one Election
District-Tweed and Sweeny's First Days
Work In the Fifth Ward Over 4 200 Re-
penters Registered.
The Registers in the Fifth Ward yesterday
took the Of every repeater that presented him.
self and the police, acting under orders protected
thcm. Early in the morning gangs OF rufians from
the Fourth, sixth. seventh, and Eighth Wards ap-
rearcd nt the various registering places throughout
tie ward, representing themselves under every
ceivable name, and giving any hap.hazard number Of
any convenient street within the particular district
as their residence.
REGISTERS AND POLICEMEN HELp1SG TnR YRAUD.
These scoundrels were fully recognized as ncn.
residents OF the ward, Of any district OF the
ward, but rrotcs. against their being registered
was useless both the registers and the police uniting
to support and carry out the brazen fraud. Indeed,
the efforts OF such lsw-aJding citizens ~ sought TO
prevent these outragcs by challenging the applicant
for registry met with the most brutal rufnan-
ism, which the police absolutely refused 10 prevent
1900 FRAUDULENT NAMES IN ONE DAY.
Upwards o. 900 Of these repeatcrs were regis.
tered in the different districts OF the ward up TO
Nv O'Clock p. NJ, and nearly 1,9O clearly iliegel
ana connivance az the REGISTERS before the close Of
the books for the day. This for the rst days work
heavy business, aud speaks for itself OF tue regard
Of the Tammsny politicians for fair elections, md
their honesty iu psssn q the new charter and cleo
tion law.
WORTHY ASSISTANT ALDERMAN.
These orranized gangs appeared in The wurd
under the marshalship OF the Hon. Terrence Duty,
Tammany candidate for Assistant Alderman, who
led thom about from registering place to another,
and supplied them with names aud residences at
each new place Of registering. so as TO avoid EN-.
| barrassmcnt and confusion, and prevent the dupli.
cation OF names or any mistakes In the matter OF
residences Thus the scoundrcls managed to be
rGgs'e,sd in all the eiSn, d,s'rcts t OF the Ssri
and Residence Tor each registration.
ourRAGEs ON cITIzESs
A citizen OF the seventh District challenged the
enrollment OF one OF the gang and was put out by
| the foce for bis psns Returning 10 the char g
| tie noiorou, Patty Duffy. who II he has any res l.
dence, certainly has n"nc In tie Filth Ward, as.
sailcu MIN in the most brutal manner. biting por
ion OF his finger OIL. The police saw this assault
hut refused 10 interfere. They appealed to to
arrest Duty. and used absolutely. TIE citizen
cn went to the station house aud appealed to Capt
The Csp,sin very coo'y advised linn to 60 back and
| make a clarge against Duny to the policeman, and
assured him that the police eman would arrest the vii
'an. The citizen returned AMI pre- erred the charge
when tug policeman ON duty mildly suggested to him
| .
rent that liie didn't clear out he would be locked
| up summarilT. The citizen. deeming discretion the
better part OF valor, ler, exeaimins. MY God, Is
This was only one of many similar cases Of Of
ward 6uring the duy. The lcsul vOters Of the ward
stood about in groups, perfectly amazed at the mum
| bers Of new and hitherto unknown voters that
| swarmed about the repstering places General IN
| dignaiion everywhere expressed against the
| leader. OF TamInany Hall, who were known to be
the alder and nhetors of TINS bold and extensive
swindle upon the people
TIE PoLIcg ACTING uSDgR Orders.
The police at all the registering places soquiesced
In the acts OF the registers and sustained ihcm Ia
| receiving the names 81 pretended voters, who we're
! Lnown not to be citizens o. the ward When up-
pcIcd TO protect cha!cn-crs they uniformly refused,
and -a,d ,hey wrre @ Is'sT s, pnvsr @rHsrs % . ooc
| lion a,0SG tp to tie clo-eu VI the books yestCr
dny which was hut TIE hrst day Of rcgistering. IGJl
| nanes appeared ON lhe books being 10O more than
| were ever before registered in the ward. Thi-
nu,uhe and pcshays more. are clearly illegal voters.
| d,d day
| ~ Tus THIRD WAND
they are acting in thu same bold ard defiant manner
| ~ in the liih gang. ot re'olieIs going num ole
| district 90 another. aud registering In all.
IL THg fiRsr WARD
| the police hsve been changed within three days in
order to iJci ate the & iudulent enrolment conten-
| pa,ed Men recently appointed to the force bY
| C0mmiasoner Henry Smith, are stationed in each
OF the districts OF this Ward. and acting in the
mos ulyu and shameless manner ia assisting Illegal
| registration
| A SPECIMEN CASE.
In the Fourth District OF thist ward, Mr.. Thomas
| Cody bein- Chairman Of the Registering Board, not
| a single citizen was permitted to remain in the
registering place party OF three repcaters entered
this place To register, when citizen happened 10 be
| present He was at once ordered out and as he wa.
going card of the repeaters giving his resi-
dence the number OF this senilcman's house. II,
| stopped aud exclaimed, why you don't live there
tbat's my residence" The registers and repcater'
| united Ia u general augh ut this protest, and thI
| Lames were entered on tue lists.
| The following IL complete list Of the name
| registered yesterday Ia the Eighth District Of th
Fiith Ward dH Of rhom creeping ro'r are non
tfsidsHt rtpedieis entered under fictitious names ant
residences VIII the police look after themi
| EIGHTH DISTRICT.