The sun., 1872-03-11
THE BROOKLYN OUTRAGE.
AN OFFTCTdL HISTORY or LAST
FILLS ELECTION FRAUDS.
How Ross McLuuqhlIn'- Policemen, Ip-pec

How Ross McLnughIiu'a Policemen, Inspec-
tors and Canva.-ers Defeated the Popuinr
WIN Wholesale Repeating mud Ballot
Box Stuang ChaIlensPrs priyrn from
the POlls-11, 200 Fraudulent Ballots.
The Committee of Scvcnty-nvc Of Brook
lyn have prepared tabular statement and
| synopsis - alidaIits showing the results Of
! their nVcs'igation II the ALLEGED frauds I'm
! Kings county in last falls election. The follow
| ing are some Of the fcts elected hy sworn
| anidavits:
| In the Second District Of the First Ward, n
strong Democratic district, the regularly ap-
/ pointed inspectors wore Patrick BoylRn, John
| Flynn. and Bernard Martin Flynn and Boylan
organized the polls and appointed the poll
clerks, Martin being present. Immediately after
ward a crowd forced their way into the polling
| place, and Flynn and the poll clerks were seized
| by the poll and removed. Flynn and Boylan
| protested, and Flynn produced his certificate Of
| appointment. but n was disregarded. Lewis
Lewis was then appointed inspector by Martin
although Roylan and the other inspectors re-
! fused to concur, and two other poll clerks were
chosen. One Of these inspectors would not read
| the whole Of tho general oath 20 persons chal-
| lcnRed, omlttlng that portion which referred to
voting before. During the calvnss this In
| spector was detected reading Republican ballots
as II they were Democratic ballots.
| CHALLESGERs BEATESAND BALLOTS DESTROYED.
In the First District Of the Second Ward. also
! strongly Democratic. the inspectors In almost
every instance refused to swear persons chal-
| lenged and received their ballots: The inspec-
tors kept whi-hcy AZ the pOlt-, and were conttn-
ually drinking. one Of them treated friends in
| the crowd through the window when the votes
| by Thomas I. Farrell. prominent employee OF
| the Water board for challenging another Cos
s 'beS te Sres pSTIe S %no the e Ss
| fused. Mr.. Patten, the owner of the house
where the polls were held, heard the inspectors
prompting reporters ~ to where they should say
| they lived. When the polls closed. the inspec-
tors ordered shutters on the Windows. No one
| after a large bundle OF tickets were sent out to
! Mr.. Patten by the inspectors with strict orders
| TO destroy them afterward two more bundles
! were sent out with like orders. Patten gave them
To- his wife, who preserved them and few days
were Judiciary, city Judiciary, and hayoralty
| tickets. Mrs. Patten saw one ~ the inspectors
| open tickets that had been handed him by voters
and destroy them.
TRYING TO BUY OFF AN INSPECTOR.
In the Fourth District OF the Second Ward
| Jeremiah Field, an Inspector, was offered SO by
sisn. He refused. While going to the % polls the
next morning he was knocked down. field and
taken 70 the station house. The Sergeant dis
| charged the assailant and ordered Field 20 he
locked up. lie was released after protest by =
| prominent citizen, and reached the polls about
| the time they were being opened.
IN boss M'rAUGHLIS's WARD.
| IN the Third District OF the Fourth Ward Boss
| McLaughlins wardl Augustus ID. Lcmberger
| saw several non-resldents whom he knew swear
In their votes. one Of them afterward attempt
| rested 10y Deputy sheriff Rice, but was rescued
10y mob. George A. Healy challenged man
then driven from the polls by policeman No. 2i2.
| One Of the inspectors ordered the policeman 10
policeman refused. Thomas {. iiydcr saw boy
| Of II swear In his vote. lie gave his residence
| as 20 Myrtle avenue, which was untrue; he re-
sided In Flood alley.
BALLoT-Box srUFFfNG AND REPEATING.
| In the First District OF the Fifth Ward John
| MCGahey says the inspectors kept quantities Of
spector receiving ballots from voters, which no
would dr9p on the floor, aad put others In their
| and the inspector threatened and ordered him
| away. A man then kicked him, another struck
him in the mouth, policeman then arrested him,
| and he was locked up in the station house for
| the balance Of the day. Several known repeat
err were seen to vote ln this district. In the
| Fourth District Of the same ward George Cart
wrlfht say four rcpeat.rs votihS' lie followed
line At the polls When they saw him they ran
| away
| ruE POLICE ENoorR AGING REPEATING.
ey S ,a ' y 81 TS igsl i'm Ssies rra were @eTc
cist; saw James CLANCY knock down man Tor
| challenging another In lre-cnce Of the police,
| who took no notice of :. Thomas Fitzgerald
| voting and heard polite officer trying to in
dnce man that had already voted to vote again
| ShW ah inspect " throwing INTO the street a bal
| lot given him 10 deposit ia the ballut-bux hy a
voter. While trSnl TO challenge repcators, he
| was threatened by OACrr Flanagan with per-
! sonM VIOLENCE lie produced his appointment
a. Deputy sheriff, hit the ofiorr tod him he
didn't care damn for H.. Edward Kelly also
aid throw several ballo.s handed 10 him 10y
| voters on the tour. and metmes through the
| window. and put Others IN thcir place In the
| hallut-boNes aud saw another Inspector do the
| sawe. lpon n'. .ecung 70 ths method of cuu-
ductnH the election. he was beaten in the pres
| enCe Of the police, who refused to interfere.
| Thomas Kirby say- he saw the assault. and head
the oficer decline TO arrest the person who as
| In the Eighth District OF the same Ward Chas.
| Locke saw the inspectors dropping ballots on
the floor. lie Was ordered from TIE polls by
| policeman, and owen Murray, an Inspector,
| threw lighted cigar in his face. He was then
police and driven from the polls La the Ninth
| District the only votes caIyassed were on the
were estimated.
now THEY CovSrfD IN THE SIXTH WARD.
In the First District OF the Sixth Ward S0O
names names We're added to the poll lists before the
| gust Belmont, owen Hand, Timothy desmond
| and other nOtoreties. These 500 votes were
| purely fictitious each is represented as having
voted eight ballots. Beside these so votes there
were 5i2 votes cast by repeaters and persons re-
trct James Callers says the canyassers an
nguhcSd mat The total number Of votes cast was
i-3. tlhe total number Of voters including re-
peatcrs, on the poll lists was GOOl The nspec-
tors canya9sed the Ward tickets frst, and nude
ddates whatever vote they pleased, aud then
brushing the ballots on the iiOor.
VOTING Ten TINES IN ONE WARD.
In the Iifth and Sixth Districts Of the sixth
Ward william kenworthy saw William Ford,
Engineer of Four Engine, voting Ia both dis
tricts; kenwnrthy asked police oficer 20 ar
rest Ford. The OthCcr refused. Samuel r.
Noyes also challenged Ford when he attempted
TO vote In the Seventh District. In the fiith
District John Payne challenged person; J.; the
Inspector refused 10 swear him, and took his
vote. Joseph Ferne, letter carrier, says ne
knows almost every person In the district that
between and % clock the repeating began:
noticed gangs uf repeaters voting some of them
he knew 10y sight he called the attention Of Mr.
llnlstead 10 IT, Hartead challenged three or
four Of them, and Was then driven away by the
police. saw some ut these gangs voting IN the
sixth and seventh Districts before and after
they had voted IN the Nfth District Some
voted ten or fifteen times. The inspectors, saws |
John I. Montru~c, kept shutters on the window.
which prevented the ballot-bo1ce from being ,
seen except nom one position ont Dee |
-toOp; he went there to watch the l0Nes;
while there, was assaulted, Ia presence OF |
the police, 10y Thomas Ncyius, chief Engineer of |
the t1rc Departments and driNea away. Soon |
after me- returned was again assaulted by NeYlu- !
and compelled 10 leave the stoOp. owen Magce, |
aWcalthy citizen, went In the polling room; he |
asked 20 havp the shutters taken down; offered |