The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-06
THE CHARGES AGAINST OLIVER
CHARLICK.

An Order Issued Yesterday for Has Eek.
animation Before . Supreme Court
Judge Upon Charges OF Alleged Fra
In the Late Neutrality-suspicious. OF tho
Charges and specifica lions.
The complaint against Police Commissioner
Charlick based on af1idavits OF John Kelly John
W. Chanler, Hugh Taylor, John Stephenson and
Joseph Haighr, Jr.. setting forth alleged frauds
committed by him in connection With the last No.
vember election, was yesterday made by Judge
Barrett. sitting in Supreme Court, Chambers the
basis Of an order requiring the examination OF
Commissioner CharlicK, on the 18th inst, before
pne OF the Supreme Court Judges. The following
b the order for the examination. which explains
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NATURE OF THE COMPLAINT.
There fs nothing in the complaint additional to
what has heretofore been published In the HERALD.
Hardly had the election returns been handed in
when the first note OF war was sounded by the
many Hall, ana the general expectation has been
that long before this the air would have been
John Kelly and his co-complainants' charges
against Commissioner Charlick, stripped OF their
LEX entered INTO an Illegal CONSPIRACY with Com
missOners Smith and Gardner, by which con.
splracy the nomination and appointment or In
spectOrs Of elections was to be given solely to
subcommittee, consisting OF Charlick and Gard.
ner; that the resolution authorizing this violation
against the protest OF their two colleagues; that
all inspectors appointed by this subcommittee
corruptiy intended to secure and did secure
the appointment OF class OF inspectors who
friends Of GharicH Smith and Gardner ;' that this
action made the entire Board OF Inspectors In the
districts named OF one political faith and removed
the checks imposed by law to prevent fraud that
on or before election day, without the knowledge
OF Duryee or Russell, and without any action by
concerned, they illegally removed Tammany In.
spectOrs and substituted Apollo Hall men, or men
Hall. many OF whom were known to be OF bad
character; that Charlick announced before the
meeting that IN spite OF the law, he should ap-
point as inspectors in the Twenty first Assembly
district only such were friends to Genet and
were named by Genet and that Charlick, Smith and
Gardner carried out this declaration that the
men appointed were known to DE OF bad charac.
Ter, many OF them having been previously found
guilty accused OF frauds at the ballot box and
finally, that the watchers OF each candidate. though
allowed by the law the hrst entrance to the polling
places during the polling and canvass, were Kept
outside railing where they could see nothing,
and that thus the provisions Of the Election law
were violated, as alleged, by those appointed to
Dr.
emily more especially directed against Charlick
than hts two fellow Commissioners named with
him In the complaint, Will be test case and what
ever fate may be in store for Charick Will no
doubt oe shared by his cOyyreres.