New-York tribune., 1871-12-08
THE COURTS.
BROOKLYN ELECTION FRAUDS.

CLERK WHO DID NOT TAKE OATH-THE
STOLEN POLL LISTS.
The trial of Inspectors and Canvassers
against whom indictments had been found by the Kings
County Grand Jury for alleged false counting and bal
lOtbOx stufng at the recent election In Brooklyn.
begun yesterday morning. before Judge McCue in the
Criminal Branch Of the City Court Of Brooklyn. Great
interest was manifested In the proceedings and the
court room was crowded with spectators among whom
were many prominent politicians OF both parties Michael
j. Weldon Thomas McGin, and John Shaney, Inspectors
and Canvassers the Ist District Of the Sixth Ward,
charged with frauduently adding 5Ol to the poll
lists before the poll opened and with placing
sponding number of fraudulent ballots In the boxes
were first placed trial. DstrictAttOrney Samuel d.
Morris appeared for the people, and the accused were
represented Oy d. p. Barnard and John L. Dow. The
jurors obtained the following:
so ss:'Ss S Me- soss s1sssst ao
Geo:geR Jo9. shoes Of Nc 2o De.n RSSer; s Ls%s
John M so .n Dry goods o so -
a, iS"as p"%s, los iSsa | Gibbs
DisrictAttorney Morris opened the case and recited
the facts on which the indictments founded. He
said:
The defendants charged with falsely and frandu
the aotbOSes OF the lst Election District Of the sixth
Ward and also with having falsely canvasscd hr same
1873 1873 for the Senate and Assembly tickets very
unusual circumstance. and one calculated 70 ex
fS afse great yos sa'PS%1G SsSns eGSesd Sess
appeared to have been filed IN before TOR .o Hme
handwriting. and the whole OF the nlaks nan peeh ne
in; after that the genuine voting Degnn rnat th Ssi, %as
commenced have doubt, and that fraudulent ballots
to that number had been placed in the boxes eona
that he voted before O'Clock IN the h m1bing d
q d aspdsi hts that Saa h: S any about rate the hi,
stood ie 5o5th on the rost The manner in which It
was done was I s c0py OF If he bd nos apd those 100
had been entered and the filling up done IN & ad
vance Precisely how tho ballots had been put into the
box do not know, done with the KNOWLEDGE
and conniyance Of the inspcctors and my must tr@ mere
pecularies about the list and on it were to he found the
Of August Belmont and other he'd persons
TU s xh NJ Wa Ward d." copy Of the poll iii list would he
duced for the originals had been stolen Dy wno in no
them stolen hope that jurors bear in rnhd that no
party question is involved in the Investigation about 10
preserved then our present form of COVE ernnent is
failure and monarchy might as well be established at
Omcer Robert norle tSls: sttenl the election at the I Dis,
ct War there before tie polls opcnei the accused
Inspeors eleerd the po,s tue Inectors go, them
as% @ ii % BOT ns1 'Sa the s's *s
Se & to & % With ae the the s.eSpon eSp Tets Of dinner haaT DON'T
nv belmont, when the % polls closed sn ,fm,ssl ,
hnoSds; after the polls cosc $40 names could
mot mot s put e nS n T mum M &ss T1s T
State bslot, and they asen ont Of tue boxes
could took them te saw the bGses @ whe. hs
ss Rs'i did s'as re. '.~'s s ss Il "'ia
apS s%n n G to pos c cs wa: Stationery
the ss % d., ' ,.y work could i s. r. s
q ' % p, from % S1 obs1s snns n present the & Hc es
% the .s paesv Sos "oaann. toe pos. opsn in morning
@ when went there s %ons but 1 saw the sSt"s
the DAY frequent intervals when little voting done indeed
Ssy the voting rapid challenges made bat did not
tie baOboz anu only interfere when called upon
to 10 50 BY as R,HsS S,S .os. e, receive, the re-
u", OF ,he Isl c sixth wsri il. Thomas Ke,inz
sSs,s nas =" . G @ s u s.: % I n.y.
Se. two Sr% whom tey signed; opened
Mr Barnard objected taking ground that the poll
list wasnot record and could not be connected the
The list spoken by the District Attorney was he said,
copy, and the making that copy should certainly
be n%as d S & sfDD.1y D. RsSss of til. time
,ss e." T. :a:
through
the Inspectors, and from testified that Thomas McGi
took the oath on Oct "a, and Michael J. Weldon and
John Stanley On Oct &C. The book was offered In evil
;sn. l,Pnsy 's;sss the , s,,s .sa
sa wa. tle the whole time don't knes who signed the poll
' ,S f '' rough
left aud vent to The was not there when the poll
s @ I~s S i'''s % & nT n 'Atis ass ss 'se's se
'..s % Ssns IS Gsi'ss speak
snyDo oil day Ola po think bad any right to DO 50 saw more
sS1: sS @ g :@ % @
@ Il day aE :eis 81 then little
day n' s$s .' T1 M if% Up end fp: .a;
s v:1s h ns Ss up 1s to % al but essm. " G s1 tell ~
many po: delivered there ,5a Day; them
we received them during day. idi
''S Tns b M Bnr have been policeman 10
month; sss,%o .st a, & 5as F S .s he
s we s to % 3 % there we 5 srSe Ssea s sy eoa I
Ia1e seen hep was there day. except an hour
to " the s s Sd S @ @ pG pee m @ ts the es.ns a
of of ~ .e %s. "f'T v % sa. as boxes ss where % ss 1
ready them aw the boz mpied and there tickets
;ets ed: ts%d q. the ,n I District; Slit.
signed BY the Inspectors uod the boxes: the glasses were al
distributing ticket. and during ts.
H va. tafs if s .s nh i. 's5 ss
4% ss:s' % ~ ;
% s:s. s % a: :' State s s
Weldon was not there rss nt sGsn2 S2sns s, g "
Mathew MKenna te.tdedA q the d. acted poll clerk and
.s -four % % tzs s sst% @ q: q: S & ;
could the time Ool charge there
booi, did examination previous
noll ia vO On M. table; did from anybody had
been appointed until before aud could not get there the
did no. count them took The I.ss to S CIV tkI as 10
O'Clock the morning following the election got uih The
thing about o'clock mornings charge Of the s
that night the polls held at my place.
Co examination BY Mr. Barnad-l keep
70 which the could get
morning. there early the morning take large
glass; Mc6 Stanley and Weldon
the ..aone the Inspector: arranged the bo1 could
from inside and # there had been tickets hem could
have them; the boxes hal been left the
night before, and no one had access to hemi wlea
pspsn; I'D not whe anything before that got back At O'clock
her- large crowd have pocek BEFORE and think
there quicker voting that election than beo got break