The New York herald., 1871-11-23
Another Missing Return Turns Up In an
UnacCeuntable Manner.
THE WINNING COUNTY CANDIDATES
One Of the Council Of SeVenty-flye
ON "Dectoring" Returns.
An Alleged Repeater Held for the
Grand Jury.
The County Canvass.

The Board OF Supervisors OF Kings county net
again yesterday as Board OF Canvassers, and
almost completed tneir labors before adiournina.
Shortly alter assembling the Clerk nougced thai
he had found sealed package, which he handed In.
In the 0Gice OF the County Clerk, addressed to Su
pervisor Murpny, OF the Fourteenth ward. Tns
package, upon being opened, was found to be no
more nor less thau the ng-lo0Keuf0r
election returns Of the First district OF the Four.
teen,h ward Eastern District which should have
been in their possession before the canvass opened
last week. The law requires that all returns shan
he In their hands before the work OF canvasslng
commences on Wednesday OF last week the can
vassers reached the Fourteenth ward and opened the
package which, to their SURPRISE instead OF contain
ing the returns, was simply the poll list and nothing
moro. Search and inquiry were made, but to no
avail; the figures we're not to be had. The Board
proceeded with Its labors and completed the can
vass OF the twenty two wards and county towns, and
now, ut the eleventh hour. missing returns have
thus mysreriously been brought 10 The surface. Tne
following is the result OF the canvass OF the county
Ticket although onncial report has yet been sub
mitted by the Board
Secretary or STATE wiIers ldem.h ao,4ll; scrtb-
ner trep.l. si,oll. willers' majority, s,s7o 49,.
Pierce tdemh lss4s. perry's majority. 1881. Third
district.Murphy tdem.l 2l.S59; Van sicklen (rsp.s
Assrnsolv.-Nln,h distrct-jacobs ldem.h A727l
Leen se saSSS ne
bslriot Ihoinea. l : Brilton (dem.l ssl2l; DALEY
(rep.h 29,S27. Britton's majority, Aa9A
rs Gsy lss kSorss mslo4ity Colt 1s
COUNTY Audiior.- Fiizserald denny A.2i7; FEN
ues;l' aca,s; aO areasMs1.McarIinsr -% -% ;dcnas s,cs
Biggs rep.l $685. Gardeners majority, 7,S27.
Sapsrotsor al Laroe;@osnorae 1S .,u tdem:h ssie7i
Considerable opposition raised by the repuoii-
cans against the Of the returned "returus'
OF the First district OF the Fourteenth ward.
Supervisor HOWELL, democrat, moved that the
return be canvassed, to which Supervisor JOHNSON,
republican, objected claiming that the counting ol
II would vinate the election.
supervisor HARNAN (of the Council of Seventy.
nve) averred ON mis- honor that the envelope CON
tanning the returns OF the district named was noe
In the safe when he and the CLERK, at Q
In the County Clerks ONCE for It. lie understood
the whole game. There was fraud committed In
than he was entitled to. They got frightened by the
meeting at the Academy OF Music and kept II back
to cover Their crnc, anu where TINS return lao been
since nobody knew. In the meantime 1t had boon
'docLOred."
Supervisor Coz inquired whether Supervisor
Murphy had brought The return IN question with hla
other returns when he brought them TO the Board
The Supervisor OF the Fourteenth replied that ~
had. :
supervisor FLErCHER could not see anything In
the law which prevented this Board from canvass
Ing any returns which come In after the canvass
super visor MILNE sand that The ground taken wa9
that Tue return was irregular, and was therefore,
not admissible.
Supervisor JOHNSON said 1t was argued In favor Of
the canvsssng Of tue return that by declining %
do so i've or six hundred people woald be dlsfran.
clised. There was remedy Tor this, and thai wxs
to send the supervisor who Kept the return sing
Sing Tor four or i've years. 30
The motion to open tho return was eventually
carried.
supervisor SCHENOK said that he would vote
'aye,o on the ground that the supervisor OF the
Fourteenth has slated that the return Drought
here by him III proper time. e#s
Supervisor HARTMAN insisted that 1t was not there,
and that he would not vote 'aye" unless Mr.
Murphy would take IN oath that II was there At tho
proper time.
The return was then canvassed.