New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-02
FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION.

The Grand Jury meets to-day to consider
the charges OF false registration have been made 10
Attorney McKeon PnKerton's Detective Agency
was employed by the District Attorneys office to work
up evden in regarl to alleged colonization" in the
With Assembly District. large amount OF evidence
obtained AMI. though the testimony mas not yet
laid before Grand Jury it shown yesterday
large number OF reporters by Assistant District
Attorney Allen. Tho complaints against Emanuel
Reich, the keeper OF clearinghouse No 80 Forsyth
ST. r. J. Hickey, Hquorstore keeper at Cnrystie and
Canalss Henry Lang. bartender for Hickey; Charles
Heller, OF No. 80 Forsyth-st; Thomas Muir
phy OF No 354 Madisou-ave; Emile Muller,
Of No 33 Forsyth-st.; John McQuade, Edward Jones,
Henry Kensing OF the New Transit Hotel at No. 123
Canals Albert Mott and Lewis, bartenders for
KensiIg Morris Aaron, OF 100 Alent James Sullivan,
Of No II Mott-s Joha Sullivan. United States Deputy
Marshal Thomas Geary, Thomas Suy, OF Forsyth and
Rvlngton-sts Thomas sullivan, Thomas Ryan, Martin
Allen, - Scott, and. - Builder. Those IN whose cases
indictments had been prepared night III the District
Attorneys Office are Bernard ORourke Thomas Sully,
Thomas f. Geary, Thomas Burns, Thomas sullivan,
John Mcdonald, Henry Kensng, Albert Mont, Henry
Norton Charles aa5, John Herrict, Edward Burns and
Daniel Gibney. The complaints which are made by
the private detectives consist, for the most
part, OF conversations which have taken
place. IN which men who were found about
barrooms told detectives that they could get from -
10 $50 each registering falsely They were tcld IL
IT
days in the district. These frauds, It said were
committed for benefit of the Republican lenders IL
also charged That inrH" Ia" houses are packeI
with men who nor entitled TO vote, Dul who mad
registered Dist riot Attorney MckeOn said yesterday
that he had received complaints from many parts OF the
civ, but especially from the lower wards,
in which It was cnar1ed that lodging houses were oeilg
filed with persons wno were NOT voters ne DeueseI
that there organized movement III certain Wdfds
To perpetuate lection frauds. ~ .
Ropert g. McCord president OF the With Assembly
District Republican Association SAID tnat ne otueFtu
the charges largely for political purposes
There were, he said. many lOdZlng-hOuseS III the
district and several years ago the hepuDucans
had made efforts TO prevent the registry
from them Of persons not entitled vote but the Pice
Board then Democratic, had refused to take any aclOn
in the matter. recently the vote or the OdsiS
boacrs in With District mad Deeh cast Ior
the Republicans.
The complaints seem 10 have been confined to the
With District and to those ctses Whcn were ca
pected to iniure the Republicans. investigations
NAV be made IN Democratic districts Dy Otuer
authorities. The With District contains only slna
pro Orton of the rye lodging houses. Dut almost inc
only In which the woes from those PAGES are 9su
ally the Republican ticket RepuOncah IeHuers
saw tnat these complaints simply made for party
purposes, wule much more apparent Tauus III Ds >
cratic localities have not received Tue at'entou vi 'Ho
trictAttOrney. =, - Z. Tho
talk about The colonization OF repeaters by Republicans
Dosh, In my OplulOn do not Know my IepHo
licau leaders who would cOunenance slch sep anu pc
a. the With Assembly District Is concerned ther9 u no
coon iZatiDn of repeaers there unless IL II oy Demo
crata. [ am wiling write cheek IOr Sl'VOV W 10
gwen to the ehar liable Institutions o. tue cily "a "ny
can prove a member Of the Win DISTRICT hePuo
loan Association Il concerned IN any sucn soIehe
years ago, several Republicans whom nau kno"n PEI
sOnauy for several years Us res,u, ,h I'D
the were arrested the charge hat Jncy nh
been colonzed repeaers 1hey were anu
IL turned out that the Democrat VINO mace INC 0OIi
plant against them was repeater hiihseH