New-York tribune., 1871-11-23
POLITICAL.
rpoOKLYN ELECTION FRAUDS.

EHOOKIYN ELECTION FRAUDS.
sro,rN roLL-LISTs NOT IETURNED-ST0RMf
'n sr,s,0S OF TIE COUNTY CANNASSLRs-A
~rrrRN FROM MISSING DISTRICT MYSrERl-
o,s,Y RECOVERED AND ILLEGALLY CAN
yASSBD. :,
7, WAS announced yesterday that the poll
.,,,en from the Kings County Clerks ofc" mas h''
vs. ,o,rd "a was reported Ivy the Clerk on Tu'>tS
". The document found the return from '"o
nis,r,ct Fourteenth ward Neither of the po'i "S'S
=, District of the sixth Ward have been recovered"
- p,orl OF County Canvasscrs mel yesterday "''
-, to receive corrected rcturas from Tn" lhNp''''N
C,-L announced that on examining the '"'I''""
-. ou Tuesday night. lie Lad found aih'"S ~.
urvel,nc addressed TO John L. Murphy o"l'iN
.or Of The Fourteenth "d''' .,.oa
'ur ,c ,hc envelope at the County Clerks "fh'" ou
"F ,hosnn objected. and motion t" Ia! 'h' "h"'
,o, tbc fable WIS lost II, vote 81 l3''
n"''' xvr,,a said that the Clerk had previ"n>iy
sup 49,, 70. "a that H. had not received the return
rIt District OF the fIur;ccuth NaId' ana 'l"'
no ,,. II, r.; .rn> Ia his possession wHi'n Ia" "'
'"''' J ly the Board. II tAiS ny st'rlohs IL
s...iyca tie missing returns from 'hc f""'
'''i -, , no ,,,ri ask n" Clerk whether 1t Wds III
N'""' ,+h, time when Il should have been can
r. posse ,''h ~ '' W
v,s,ra rl t,r E"A'' .,.,,,,o, cr,
.,,. ~....,a IN ,ic lii i''. r % III IN" sh'''
'".n nj .or the envelope was carried by
,~too. Til ,nvc'op did not differ from thoSe
$50, ,ne o;her rcturrN were Enclosed.
,a,i,or IIoucl, moved that the envelope I've opened
'Is = sa,c.>I> Harmon opposed the motion
OIL" a.n6 III; t!, Board Lad Completed H. CANVASS
y" hwara,. I,, thJ; III returns shall =" IN r''
~ Vs., ,..i>. lie rad The following f'ld tht
E.cr.ita laws;
s os O. G . v'5' g, q, 5,.,ir th or.
rc c.l'', a'r present '-A- a O1F1 '' some
0'"a -, ~1 hal rreo' again Al! the Csn7a.e-S hon
,, ,c tho.. H. 1T "i h' h"lHi 49,. INC
- -, ,,,crr to - IT, s;A,,. tie votes Of
g. - ..;l, '.a--,: ..:,F ~..t.A
sr,r,,>.r johnson laid that The law was very clear
49, - al tat thc Board could not LOW legally
o.s "a. ,...rr !. had rot been at any time before
r,ort an. should tie canyasscrs LOW decide t" re-
cvr lei ,yc! that II would viliatc the Who'll" '"c
to, II, did not doubt that ia due time all candidates
,,,,ry ,c,tr. woul ccv' thcir otlt,>
sY,,r,..o: Nrou,n sad ti't hc regretted tha' TIE
,co,lon 10 canvass tAi> riwn had been ln'r'-
dr,a \ somewhat similar case III IN" tif-
,,,,in ward occurred year ago, ana 'Hc
.,.., , though shown - have been Withheld
,r,, o.. ,!q, 4ai ly r-t b.. wa almost III i'"mo>ly
,,,,,.l,y ,,c ,4,;a.s"r>. IL would rot >nh'y Nm
u . ms, record ~ vot Nc ~ receive this return.
rho v,oo interests wrrr aN-. ted corli apply to the
Court for mandarin, connecting the Board 10 canvass
the return.
snpery.or Hnt,hirs said That Ia" y 'ari had no evil
aeucc ,b. h, - IN had no' h, IN tie possession OF
the clerk durIlF Ihc cntlr" tI'NH's.
The C..Ik id =. tN;N al N"I tIi.
sTpa,y or .,i., a, that he lad SISTED mo cork
+, Nj. Il ,rl 10Y the iNcImcnt. and That II Wa not I" Il"
fonDd IN .air He q, r-t 60" he wn"c "G1itr I:rr
I'd been frr'iG C.lihi'j.I IL the Fourteenth Ma'l
And tbe can htu foGCl {" s"ud III thelE return
Tary q Y,.4Nt, "uc,'orc! w L"w "i". "rd some
ou, ipC, lIt t!c t>kct among the corrected
rrr-v 1uC-dqv. Every niclnfcr Not ne 10 Can| >e
This r,iIu NouI rv" To r"cr"t H. and - Vi!Na ass tht
rturn a hr outrage. ,,,
>up-iS!.,r WI, said tIAt supervisor MH;p?S iau "a
him IA ;uraN thai o." T,tiru N.iS III, II Ia lic '' -
C.rIk's O,Icc. sUp"ry MMph! also stated tL,t he
had br.l.! tie lctu'. in with Oth r. from ms war;
slpcr,,,r -rli that he did not >~ Wlla the N"'ers
In ihl ,I,tirt had done that they rhnnF he disirah
cn,.rd nrclav Supervisor who choke ~ Keep IN
returns box. SUPERVISOR Falrchild said that was
mar!,i' ,a,fc that would produce return "hch h''
,.rn mI NJ gEt Iiys supervisor Milne >aid thdt ~
Cnvn~.rrs would stu.iy themselves hy VOTING ~ can
ih' return. .. , -,
The notion TO open the envelope was carried ,W
yo;, M Fl: To- = ,uG i return IRON the IL District Four
t.rlih Nard was r,vclcd The motion 10 c1nvd~s v IA
th.u carried hy the following vote:
Yrls-SupcrNisors UutchinS. Nelson. kollnyer HhcT-
In kcatinc, Folly Howell Coz MulphN. DroNr.
FIctchri, schcuck. Ky 1"i-l3. Nay--Jn!.u,"u Mine
Wilkcy-Cn. Wis, Iai!cald. Hdrmdn. Hail. Hophlh'
Mart"nrc. Iy der.-lO.
a H.. Dy1rcs fypu he