, 1875-11-03
THE TWENTIETH WARD.

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THE TWENTIETH WAHD'
THE SPRING FRAUDS EErEATEp.
Tho Tucntia,1, Ward was coust,lcunus for its
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tnoo a''a u'no'us'' 1's's suns po.a va "Aa
oono W bl'ke loscotan ana ME ou'nn'cs A'l.
bunko'stccriny Clique to tntimidato hottest
voters, aud in tho First and Second Precincts
hnlot box etuftinc was opealr carried On without
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toeafo 10 Inc "a'euets' a"o - - l:eS ~ ~ ua.
likely tint ssEe Ioscofah anu hls paie, VINO
'coacAed tho reporters, will DO arrested and
indicted, us well III Their Acnchmeu tile Judges
of a1,c,iou, and Frank Arnewss rot. Johuny
1,r,vr,,rJ r,o ,roro ;,,strnr,crtar In violot;ur
4A"4"s.' ~ wy s.'a.ssa .l'o'
THE First PRECINCT.
In the First Precinct Of tho Twentieth Ward,
.. .oo,, M Fin no oucre1 tl,e ncn,,hl,ca, t,,,v
,.se,a. 49, -, ,sn1 rss,,: Tr J,,., Ihra,ta
keeEe1h "ete ou aAndf tcAu' Aot u"te. 4a1eAss
and Intimidation Wet" OF no use, and tEoy would
haro q challenger within the poll. johnny
Crawford, ono Of tho hoss ballot boz atuircrs,
made himself Guns, icnous by bis boaata tha
Ilcsug would carry the precinct by at enHt lio1
mainrlty nnd thut thew Hpt1II cDi,ut It in for
him auyl,ow, llcpublicar aud reapectab1c-looh.
inv voters were inttmdatcd parly III the div.
aud litcsnly driven from tho polls. Thsy
were. challenged by tho hummer olomont
md cotnnclled to produce nt1llnvity, which thoy
did. mud thon rero utmost compelled to Leave
Gy I'm rrowdinr Of tho rol1uhs on tho platform,
'rj,o poi. pf tho t,,cc1pck arc located Mt No 153
Michigan street, opposite tho County building.
Iuofo votes Ind been counted by tho Judges
tl,an wero uun,borcl pn lie cards Of tho tulty-
Ieopors, aud tho lattcr kept nccusate counts.
After tlnt hour reporters weso refused informa-
tiDp from tic interior OF the polls, and Mike
Corcuran tried to keep them away from tho
window,
"'' aog
OF from fifty to hundred roughs surrounded
tho polls all day. mud towards evening ths uas
largely increased in numbers. A janglc, had en-
sl,otl between tho Mike Cotcoran and tho other
ticast-pcld.c1s during the forenoon, and thor
woro compelled to lcare tho platform by tho
police.
bcrst. Hathaway had control Of tho police
force III this precinct, aud 10 did his duty fear
tcssv. without regard tu parties, mud hln good
aenso md that OF tho men Under him, and their
determination aud coolnese, prevented d
HEE1ous M1or AND DLoopsuED,
which was threatened several tiincs during tho
day and evening. At ;:30 o'clock thoro WA a
discrepancy between Inc Judges aud tally-takers
OF over .50 votes md they stood az follows; i'll.
A REPEATER TRACKED.
"Tip" FarrolI j,ad been coaching vaE4bonti
repeater, aud tho watchers tracked him from ono
pruc.nct II, tho ward to another, where thoy
i,au caught hin, voting at luast four times. anu
AlcKay finally took him in custody. lie gave
seyu1a! fictitious natncs, including IAomns NoG-
ora and Thomas Smith. llo wan placed IN tho
Chicago Aytuue 3,atiun, und will have au cx-
utpinatlon this usoruing at . o'clock.
At ten minutes to o'clock laHt evening Hes
Ing appeared at this poll. 1Ie catno III d cnr-
rjREe, and loolad thoroughly cEoatfallon. Tho
uowu bv tho rrsnectaGle VOICE Of lilo neoplo. and
10 knew that he was tioomed 10 political oblivion
horonfter.
between end o'clock tho .rowdy element u.s.