The New York herald., 1871-11-22
'BROoKLYN'S BURDENS.
The Election Frauds ard the Obstacles
In the Way Of the Prosecution.
3hs Poll List Of tho Sixth Ward Miming-The
Devlin-shevlin Difficulty Fefore Justice
Riely-0fRcial Canvass of the Assem-
bly, Ticket Taking the Taxes
on tho Levy for 187L

Ine feeling In the City OF Cnurctes attending the
election frauds and the aliOn OF the records
nf the municipal department. stiii runs nish III coT
-tatn circles OF that comp0nlty. Crlminauon ana
recr1mination are the orler OF the DAY Ihe utmost
interest s manifested the reports OF the boards OF
City and County CesvasserS' whica wiA snor'v 70
made. The latte, Board completed the canvass OF
tho State and county tickets from each ward and
county town yesterday, and then adjourned to
meet again to-day and foot the figures returned.
The result u favorable to at least one re-
publican. Ie is found By the canvass tnat
Henry Wills repabttcan) Is elected Commissioner OF
Charities and Correction Henry Siler, the regu
lar democatc candidate, who up TO yesterday was
Satd 10 b. the swimming horse In the racen for that
pnace v trust and em0umenL Wills is Supervisor
pf tho sixteenth ward, aRd veteran and prisoner
Ut tnelate war, IN which no was wounded and
ee1pped in the struggle Tor tho Union and constiru-
tion. But the chief topic about the City Hall and
Qeuly Court House yesterday was tho mysterious
disappearance OF the poll list or the inspectors OF the
Eirs district OF the Sixth ward. The In
specors are now out on bail IN the sum Of
42kO for having, as alleged tampered with the
pOll tst Of said district most outrageous man.
ner. This Is the list upon which 500 bogus names
Rsrl written before the opening OF the polls ON
Xscion day, which has been 50 repeatedly men.
Non,d IN these columns. While the Board of City
Canrassers the Aldermenl were IN session, engaged
An tie canvass OF the returns Monday night last,
D vGy large concourse OF spectators were present,
Snt crowded abont the tables upon which lay the
hscords Of the election. When the Board adjourned,
y late hour, It was found thar the copy OF the poll
~ IN question had disappeared from among the
fther papers Search was made for The document
and It could nowhere be found. The consolation
remained however, that IL was only transcript Of
tho original important evidence OF fraud, and that
fne genuine hst Wa stIll In the possession OF
Clerks orlice revealed ,be startling fact that
lwne,h" Tns is regarded as severe blow Oti to the
Prosecuti0n ana is nuch to be regretted In that
Ssnss: % Search Search, % % be made . IN me e, suspected
Davis, counsel for the prosecution OF the indicted
inspectors, says that they are more determined to
Than before, and that 1t is accepted evidence
q gnt on their pars. General Tracey. Of the Com.
l0ittee or twenty-five has, fortunately O duplicate
copy Of the document in his possession.
HOW WE'RE THE RETURNS sToLEN'
dermer anOras says taat M me- ogehes & W Al
the returns OF the Slxtn ward at The Board Of Gan
yassers, OF which they are members, on Monday
0lgnt 1t was then about nalI-past nine O'Clock,
fnd the room was very much crowded. After look.
ing Of them for Q few mlnutes he fastened them up
Alm, and that when he had occasion to leave
ene table hs seat was taken by Alderman
the deputies IN ae Usy Clerks ONCE earned
ne Sixth ward aud other poIl lists down stairs to
fhe City Clerks 0ilce, IN order that they might 10
locked up In the SAFE The Key Of the safe Is In
charge OF Mr.. Thomas En1is, who, having ascer.
&tQed from Mr.. Dennis McNamsra, the Deputy
Nsy Clerk, that the llsts from the eleventh and
sseasa unraI @ those hose resurns SSsa in a' orasr &
~ ascertain whether or not they. were
si.sS ward and seeing shs. s1e Firss District yss
misaing no sent Mr. Collins back 70 report the fact
70 the committee, and then. IN order 70 ascertain
eynined the whole ol the bundles but found them TO
Be correct
M TreadWell, clerk III the County Clerks
once. says that last week great number oil per.
Sons made application TO see the poll lists OF the dts
t1cts and wards, and they were gwen to them to
read. Some OF these he thinks. nave carried OF the
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