The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-24
THE ANTI T.iMmiNY INvESTIG tTIOM
The Hon. Rody y. Bras-ci and Long Mike
urnIey ON the stand.

The Anti-Tammauv Investigating Com
mittre held its second meeting ut the Office OF
cX Surveyor Emanuel B Hart, 81 Exchange
place. yesterday afternoon. Gcorg" Y. Nliits"n.
Ambrose O'Nrill and Mr. Hart were the only
members Of the committee present. hit'r som"
speculation concerning the At snn'" oil Adolph
l., Sanger and the reports OF the Investigation
in THE Sun. Rody :. Braescl. unsuccessful can
didatc for Alderman in the Fourth District. WIS
chilled 10 the stand He was questioned by Mr..
Hart.
what was done" asked the eN-Surveyor.
with the Anti Tammany tickets in the Fourth
Assembly District on election dayY'
MIR. Brasscl-I received them. saw that they
were properly punched. and turned them over
to the proper members Of the General Commit
tee in cnch election district They employed
two men in each district ut my own pcrsonn
expense to see that they were run out oil the
Amt -Tanmany boxes.
In the Sixth Election District were selected hy
Mr. R"Tn. They proved mnlafthlnl. SOLD 9ut
n solitary vote in that district. Sp"nking Of the
| sixth Assembly District tIlralcvsl. Mr.. Brassel
said that h" was visited hy culnmliiee VINO
| called upon him for an assessment. A he sus-
| pectcd that Ben Wood had ingcr in the pie.
| he refused 10 pay it. H. found several Anti
| Tammnny workers in different districts ped
ding BRYAN Reilly tickets. aud he knew that
| the same tickets were run out u III" Iamnlany
| boxes. After close questioning ne sllu ne
would give tho nance OF the two men who
worked with Regan against Hess at the next
s'-s ion ~ the committee.
| Mr.. liur-DO you know or did you hear OF
ANYTHING wrong that happened in any other
| districts On cl"rion day.
Mr.. Brasecl MAJOR B.wc told me that he
| heard Col. MichHc C.. Murphy say that he
| didn't cRrc n cus- for the Auti-THminRny rkct.
| and TINT he threw IL overheard on election da Y.
| Mr. Prassol WIS under fire fifteen or tweni y
| minutes. lie was frequently interrupted. md
answered scattering SHOTS from other menleis
cont and reminded the writer Of TIE man who
started for Jericho and fell among thieves;
The next witness wue the Hon. Michael Henley
| Of the Thirteenth Ward. beticr known as the
| long fcllcr" Tie wore u rough mud r,ndy suit
and looked like III" bear wrestler 1T Gilmore
Garden. Mr.. Hart conducted the examination
| Tho Assent lyman said that he had nothing e.
do with punching or handling the tickets in his
District on election dnv. That business was IN
the hands of Henry Lynch. an employee 81 Beer
Wood. That fact atone he thought a sum rent
reason for die Increased vote for Bryan Reilly
and the decrease in the vote for Denis Burns
and Rody Bras-el-norc particularly Brassel.
Mr.. Hart-How did the yot's You yourself re.
| ceived rs a candidate for the Assembly compare
| with the votes for Burns and Brassel on tho
| Aldrrmanic tickct2
| received .1OO votes in my district Burns go
j-l aud Brus-" about 300.
Mr.. Hart-IIov do you account for the differ
Mr Healcy with refreshing frankncssi-.Th'
| Germans. They were the ones 20 blame. ha'
iRc RcpuGlic lean lei by Mr.. Eli"ry. The othe
Republican WING didn't Hap my way. and that
Nuat WIS 'hc matter.
| TIL witness accounted for the difference Ii
| he vote between Burns and Brassul 10y the Ia
ihnt the former visited the district and lcN 80
ln the hands II the COMMITTEES. while the latte
was invited 90 call. and failed 20 show up
| Wnr of words. lasting several minutes en-
| sued between the witness and Alderman Bras
srl Hcaey declared that he believed the ticket
were hon. silly punched and squarely distrlb
| ut"l. and h' was prepared 10 produce witnosse
! | tn Substantial" this helcf. Brassel seemed I
| think that Ananias and Sapphira had ha
| charge Of the tickets and had compromised wit
| the devil in their distribution. The commits
sion sat like three Stoughton bottles listening
the d sput.. but expressed themselves statistic
| shat there had been crooked work all aroun'
| and that in future different material should
: used IN the formation Of Anti-Tammnny On
1 | mitt.,s in the seventh and Thirteenth Wards.
Alter further testimony the committee at
| lourncd
a Last night Sun reporter met Col. Michael
o | Murphy In the Central Place Hotel and nskt
| MIN Il he ever made the statement 10 MAJ,
Bowe referred 10 by Mr. Brasse
n A few days ago" he replied was
20 MAJOR Bowes store. and in general convers
ton said that ] was more anxious about
success Of judo" Koch than any other man
y the ticket. This IN the only foundation 4
A Bra-scl's statement. | would have been glad
, have seen the entire ticket elected"