New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-28
pAIJOT-BOX REVELATIONS.
.,,rsr,c,TIoN IN BROOKLYN.

,,,vpSTIG ALTON IN BROOKLYN.
ihH ~ OF MARTIN TAYLoRs STATE
"AAa ,'ys-,S EMPHATIC DENIAL BY sURRouAlh
GENERAL TRACYs oPISIoN-THh fhi'-
a,,s,vv or GUARDING BALLoT-BoNEs.
c,- prooklyn Police Commissioners diu nv
- their investigation yesterday OF tns "nn,tn
CO. against certain members OF the iorce W .aos.
Tvlor who has asserted that he mas hau - ,r the
sion for two years keys TO all the D" aud a
city and that through COLLISION WIN ',s info the
oundsman these keys we're used 10 pun To- Change
boxes ailei 'io 49, ~ tho surrogate. President jour
.u0 'eoa ,,, some additional evidence was " D0
u" ~. re ,vouId not be done until tue senoe
80 notes of the testimony alreauS '"A0H ',.os 60
,,oo ont Surrogate DALEY wouu INC" ~ [r,n,i
-, -hotever statement be chose oeloro '"o $50
storers In response to further queS'oh'
dan said: T ,ros returned to the
.oa,doncv Of the Police Department, more tnah""V
,aars ago He had come in as cOhlrac'o' iOl o. -.
,vork Int examined some OF his WORK anu ""' -,
,sAad with H. and through my influence NC WINS ~.
timed as such knew nothing more Oh nm ",d
-, .,tarnoop when he came 10 me anu
stated that he had possession OF SCI Va 49,
STATE state nuo,ho1es He also threw out good
anx Nominations and suggestions Dut sdlu no'"ins
mat was definite. whether he came 10 me Nolun'"H'
Or was advised to do So cannot say AiIer uoihs ~
as, inexplicabe to why he should have refused !"
-. no,ors the commissioners, he did peremp-
,orlv As to Taylors reputation, woulu ra'heI
rot saw ANYTHING under the present circumstance
noIove his statement OF the manner In which he oo
ed nossession of the keys and there Is no question
Int that they are that once in the Ponce De
partment. , A., oororo,
proeceded 81 think the recurrence OF SUCH
thing as this is impossible. The Keys arc
ront separate from the boxes and the boxes are care
tully sealed and placed in room in the Municipal DE
partment Building. This room Is securely locKeu anu
boed and is also sealed There are also other Of
security which have not been made public ~ apnyshh
cal ifnpossibility for any one TO tamper WIN
the boxes now. The keys are IN cnadg S
of the captains and each box contains compete
Of transit showing through whose hands 1t mas passed
The law provides that shall have KEYS at every poll
ing Mace al sunset Hence have to have large nu-
her Of KEYS one of keysthree in number-wll I'M
lock all the ballot boxes In the CITY except sored s
m the custody superintendent Campbell anu ne mas
themselves cannot enter this unless the
Superintendent unlocks the door" -, IN, - .,,o
Surrogate Daley looked up from his desk win sme
es TRIBUSE reporter entered his office yesterday as
though he aware what questions would DC asked
was first informed of the rumors concerning Tay-
lor's allegations" said the surrogate " IN september
in New-York. He asked me Tor money. told
him what had beard Snd weds sepred That ny
such statement coming from him was false ne sau
Wits but had declined TO do Since then have not
seen him In the latter part Of September he sent
DENYING that had any knowledge of wrong in connec
non With the election OF myself: sucn an an
S Sim a m"' informed that it was read to him
by Mr. Farrell and also by Mr.. Belts. the notary.
me- in reference TO the baotbox keys utterly false
His statement stnccrrect in other particulars He &C
iotboxes in the sixth subPrecDctw in fact Nicho
son had not Peen 6st Tavlor is Villain deep
Owed villain; and the only motive can see Ior ms max
% these statements is that he disappointed In not
getting position under Inc, ana that ne htehueu "
backmail me-" - ,, 10 o ~, ,oro,,s
counsel during the trial Of hequO wardDto proceedings,
was accOsted MOntaguest, yesterday, by TRIBUNE
reporter who asked him 70 express bis opinion on Mar
M Tayiors story The General replied that he did not
know TAYLOR and had never heard Of HIM until Tuesday
morning. when he read an account of Tayor's state
ments Think" General Tracy continued, that he
is a self-confessed thief and sefcOnfessed liar.
of perury 70 predcated upon it, Mr. Taylor ought to
be Indicted for perjury. a aware that an order from
Pniice commissioners have the power 10 administer
sneh an oath when specific charges have been made
ayeT ought to be indicted for perjury the evidence
given there and the REPUTATION Of IT. don't believe
ord of his story, and don't suppose any intelligent
man SS think II had been known at the time Of the
trial Of bailey against Ln gsOn that keys TO the ballot
boxes in the possession OF such man as Taylor
"NO; and want stronger evidence than have yet
seen 10 prove that he had possession of the keys at the
do You think that any steps will be taken to reopen
II do not from anything that have yet seen pub
lished." - T.,
n H. Clement, who was Mr.. Livingston's attorney in
the contest with Mr. Daley, said yesterday that about
six months ago Taylor said to him :" If YOU try
tins case again call witness" Mr..
Clement paid little attention TO this remark,
but about two months Taylor 10 him again and
told substantially the story he told before the
Police Commissioners, he had not obtained any cor
rOboratiye evidence and had not fully decided what
action any, to take when the complete story was told
zone thing has been overlooked, think" said Mr.
Clement. cit IS that Taylor, l am III
formed. had charge OF improvements that were
being made I'm the Flushing Avenue Police Station
in the of 1876 AT that time the boxes taken
from the third floor and put in the cellar the
outside door OF which fastened only by common
paddock OF the four boxes in winch the discrepancies
occurred by which Mr.. LivingstOns majority wiped
out two came from the Nineteenth Ward and kept
in this station After counting in the defective ballots
claimed for Mr.. Daley, Mir Livingston stll bad ma
tority of fory-eght and IL left Tor the jury TO de-
what weight they would attach 10 the count OF the
ballots in court We claimed the trial that the boxes
had been tempered with"
police official asserted In conversation yesterday
that while formerly the boxes carelessy sealed
that they could be unlocked and opened without disturb
lng SEAL present this impossible. seal
placed on the when it delivered 10 the police,
and uness this broken the box could not be opened