New-York tribune., 1876-10-24
,oncNGs FOR ILLEGAL VOTERS.

,.,,T1oSS FOR FRAUD IN THE THIRD ASSEMBLY
. n,erpnrr-A MODEL LODGlNG-HoUSE - IN
anr,epn REGISTRATION IN THE EIGHTH AND
TWELFTH DISTRICTS.
rbo IIId Assembly District embraces some
ho worst portions Of this city, and naturally great
AL f illegal registration has been looked for there
60, frauds have already been discovered, and add
,,al ones are unearthed daily. promnent pohtlclan
- ,s heen ouietly examining the matter yesterday
ove the following information TO TRIBUNE reporter
E oid that in the First Election District of this district
1,ol o,Reiey who lived MubeTTy-st, opposite the
ry,teenth Precinct StatiOn-house, and who held the
Nce Of Water PurveyOr with salary OF $1,000 year.
tbrouph Tammsny, had managed the "loeallzauons'
AZ repesters and. in fact had supcriniendeo All
,be work of this character which Tammany had fOund
., necessary TO do in the district. oReicy lived
no said in o small, unpretentious, three-story brck
honse and it was known that, in reality he his sister
.nd sister.n-law were the only residents. Yet Charles
Vobler James Radigau and i've other voters had given
his houe AS their residences Letters had been directed
70 the house and they always received and when
inquiry had made for any OF these men at the door,
the reply had always bcen Yes, such person resides
here" At an old building in Princcst, also in the First
Election District which formerly was occupied by
oolored people for religious purposes and then known
"a the "Old Shiloh Church." another colony for
repeaters The building had been turned into lodging
house in which had been slowed about 400 tFamps OF
both sexes and OF the worst character From this pace
nearly 40 persons had registered and it was understood
that all the residents had not yet been entered upon
te books The price demanded in this house for odg
ing 10 cents for Oench or even 10 He upOn 'Ae
fOOr
From the Home Dormitory "a lodging-hOuse at No
2O7 Bowery-l4 have registered This place which
is on the first floor OF building of respectable appear
snce was visited yesterday by TRIBUNE reporter He
found the proprietor in large room in which were
about 80 cots and after little conversation from
which the landlord inferred that his house was OF the
right sort he might have number Of applicants for
accommodations the following information was gath
cred: ANY number " Of men could be accommodated
At present there only about 80 beds and all were
occupied except five six but arrangements could be
made for any number II would not be necessary for
the dodgers to stay in the house every night "Oh no
STAYING here once in while makes them residents
ANY letters the house would Of course be re-
eeived aud no information would be gwen about the
residents" except In the most guarded manner OF
the beds would only be paid for when they were
occupied. The price was 20 cents bed The land
lord closed by reassurng the reporter that everything
would be "kept quiet and that 1t would certainly be
"al right" Aud he winked knowingly.
Many of the repeaters another politician said 10 re-
porter yesterday in this district were Of very bad char
acter Numbers of them comparatively young,
thieves and tramps OF every description, and ready 70
seize any opportunity make little money Their price
wastwO dollars for every registration aud they generally
did not enter their than four votes at ono
election Center Marketplace and ts vicinity in the
Ninth Election District were favOrc resorts for these
persons From low dancehOuse AT No z or Nc. Cen
tre Marketpace kept by Charles Heuch or l6 voters
we're registered The accommodations which they had
for making this place their residence were cheap and
primitive The price asked for chair 10 sit mp in al
night was Eve cents and II only ten cents TO lie at
fun length upon bench
1t has been stated that In this district about 1000 Of
the sweeny aud Lowe naturalization papers Of 1868
out. Some 80 perhaps have been captured, but il has
been thought to allow the others to float unti cleo
tion day cases the alarm has been taken and
the holders Of these papers have taken out ones
One man who has registered asked where he re-
eeved bis papers and he said. In the shop where
work"
The With District shows this year an increase IN
registration Of 800 1872. SIX hundred OF
these known 10 be fraudulent Everywhere through
out tls district well IN the Ild most excellent
facilities for slowing away residents and numbers Of
"buckei-shOps" and saloons turned into lodging
houses at night Naturalization papers are easily OBJ
tained here. On StahtOu-r next door 10 1hulnds j.
CarlCtOns saloon No 273, IL place at which, II Il
taid ali arrangements for obtaining citizenship are
easily perfected The window j. covered by TldCn AID
Hendricks transparency but sign has been displayed
IN II 10 the effect that information in regard 10 naurall
ration papers would be given there free Of charge.
applicant furnished even with the necessary wit
neses and taken thence to the court where clerk
who "atteudcd 10 such things drew up the documents.
In the XIth Assembly District in the frat two days OF
registration n 1879, 50 names were registered This
year for the first days it WAS 100. In another PIE
cnc the registration for the first two days in 1873 was
il6. This year II was 296 In these localities arc
number Of large tenement houses occupied chiefly by
Germans But the new names on the register are mostly
hsh-Mulligans, O'Brieus, Murphys, aud Flynns being
N abundance.