New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
WHERE FRAUD WAS BRAZEN
THE INVESTIGATION REACHES THE MOTTO.
R1oUs ENGINE HOUSE PRECINCT.
OVER ONE HUNDRED VOTES WERE ADDED WHILE
4 FALSE ALARM OF FIRE WAS SOUNDED
JoxERs' STILL FREQUENT IN THE
JERSEY CITY BALLOT boxes
Jersey CITY BALLOT boxes
rsY rELEGaArx TO TIE TRIBUNE!


Trenton. " j., Feb. c6.-Thc ballot box Invest
eating Committee this afternoon began explora
tion OF the boxes from the With Assembly District
In Hudson County. This Is said to be the toughest
nelghborhoOd In the county. In the box Of the First
Precinct the count OF the tickets straight enough
but ia OF tho tickets bore peculiar marks and they
will unQucstonabIy be thrown out by the committee
The stamp tho backs Of these different from tie
stamp impressed by the box there being q half
Inch SPACE between the Jersey and tho ellipsc
and an between tho other side Of the elpse and the
word city" In the regular tickets there Is scarcely
any spacing at all. Tho second Precinct box WAS
right. but In that from the Third Precinct tho DIAL
the poll book and the registry list failed TO agree
and there were 2OI ballots that will be thrown out
as spurious. One hundred and six OF these lad moi
been mllled at all and ninetyhve wero "jokers' The
ballots that were not "johers7 and were set plainly
fraudulent clean and appeared to have been
strung only once, while the genuine ballots have
finger marks and otherwise soiled. besides ap
pcaring to have been restrung According to the tally
sheet Mcdonald had received GA votes In TINS pre-
cnct. The ballots. good and bad. cast In his FAVOR
and found In the box numbered 68s.
The committee adjourned at O 80 p. m. until and
then preparatory TO opening the box from the Fourth
Precinct, put Terence Mcdonald upon INC
| witness stand. Mcdonald Is veteran lind
| son County politician and served two terms In tho
| Assembly. The Democracy honored him In various
other ways In the past but he Is not In good odor with
| his party Just now. He observed the management
OF the Fourth Precinct polls election day. The
voting took place In the Henderson st. enginehou'
representative Of the Fusion party was present to
keep count OF tho votes. lie wrote down the name
Of each voter be entered tn deposit his ballot AZ
3 p. the Fusion representatives. count was JOB
Donald at that hour said that the dial the ballot
| box and register correspOndcd with those hgnNs'
! Nc Donald inquired how many votes had been poled
| x.,A, q
over the dial declaring at the same tme that IL was
| not In working order. Mcdonald said also that he
noticed that the clerk Of elco tio whose name Is scan
| lon, ESd page more Of names on the poll BOOK
that were unnumbered. lie asked Scanlon how many
had been polled and scanlon replied that he oid
| not know. lie had not numbered the Names De-
cause there wasn't time enough To do 50. Mcdonald
laid that no one voting then, and he called The
attention Of the clerk 10 the fact that the Law ''uid
| the numbering Of the name, At Z O'Clock In the
evening the election officers closed the polls. ahd
| Judge Hughes announced that j07 votes had been
p0led and that q recess would DO taken before Tho
beginning Of tho count. Election Inspector schultz
remarked that 10 such number had voted huehr"
| replied They arc in the box The
| recess ended al 0:4O, when the election Officers
counted ten votes publicly. Then another
r,cc,. was taken, and II lasted until o'clock Ia IN"
| morning. ON resuming the recount Hughes. without
apparent reason went 10 the ha' part ~ IN" room anu
| struck The fire gong. In moment the grrAt't ron
| fusion reigned. The men got the machine out. ana
while the excitement was at IL, height liuehcs. 'a''
sdy aud scanlol all election occr, upstairs Int"
the sccond story 81 the building with the ballot box
Police sergeant NcnHnc,, prc,cnt ana lie 'a!f'i
| on, that II any one attempted To follow the on era
| ulstair, lac would brain him with his club. MELON
AID remarked that he would have to lc first victim. and
Policeman Harrington PLACED his club a'fo>s the door
| (" prevent HIM frnm gong up In ~" wake OF ~
election urrci,. NJ Do!.ad broke The lar made b.
the club and started up-tair>. sergeant Nc''lirr~s
| threatened him again. bur he su'c~icd In a,c"idns
| The stairs, Mc'inne,. then ordered ratroInan Dpno
van fire Mcdonald, aud the pAirolinan promptly
| olycyed the order VI hi. superior. but not uaii
! Mcdonald got his cy" Oh the ballot hoN hIa!
and saw that IL registered 4Of votes. winch core
| ,pOHded with the count kept by Inc representative "i
| The Dial sun sl,ov-d 4O4 votes when the lives
t,gr,tlh. Committee op'ncd TIE box. VI Donalds IN
tcrc-,Irg story over. tune ~. los III examining
lu,iald had received a. VOTE III u" ir' ih't ala
stuhr 80. recount proved tiIa' ihrr' yer" "ily
- VI Donald ballot, ~ tc Gbx. and - IT, 80 N"'
,Dkrr.7 In toad 81 20 th"r" ~" >tuir ti'h",,.
! Tie remaining pre- mt, III ihis district az" IN 10
hnken. and the boxes will not l~ ni'n'h uhul tH
Nl"rk IL that city nrr,c. With thar i"'. t,in"rr q
j''ncng h' aIpHrsno". the o%Tni.r '"'h Wy ,nc
! cy-d 80 votes and >tuhf -. Th"r" Wrrr only
70 Mci)on.h bjili.. h"a"N'r. AID g! th"-" - 'n'
"lkcrS7 and Other, had most su-ii' 'us app "
sn.. -tulr. bv the r"'nuit. gets g., r"i"-. In 20
~ccnd Precinct. rns 'I tl" 'all' ,h T. " !'" IN
/ got Oj vD,r. aud tn" "ilrt gave HtuhF
| 10. I'D Donald lOi. Ia li~vc ~ NiA I"hci'.'
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many Gurnrs IT short annDIuo" ncnts on tho ninth
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