The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-30
ARRESTED.
Two Democratic Election
Officers in the First
District Taken by the
United States Au-
thoritieS
FOR FALsIFYING
THE REGISTRY.
Nine Men Registered From a
House That Has No
Existence.
Details Of the List Of Voters
Edelstein's Financial
Fake.

john J. U'Brien, member of Bob
Davis Democratic County Committee
man, First district, and who offered Dick
Cooper, an election officer in the
notorious election of last fall, a
bribe to not see certain things,
is again brought before the public by his
nefarious work in preparing for more
Ring majorities. This morning, on COM
plant Of United States Supervisor Gra-
land James McMahon on charge OF fall
ksifying the registry list Of the Third pre-
Ncinet Of the First district.
n O'Brien is chairman of the Election
Board and Mcmahon Is clerk. They are
both Democratic members.
On Tuesday morning very early, before
ma Nv persons were about the registry
the following ninesnames for registration
and swore them in as living at
No. 294 Henderson street, Paul Ander-
son, Thomas Caffery, Charles Gurley,
Joseph Giberson, John McKenna, John
Norton, James O'Hearn and Thomas
O'Hearn. The craftiness of waiting un-
ill the last registry day to do this is quite
apparent.
There is no such number MS No. 294
Henderson street. The building at the
corner Of Gregory and Henderson streets,
iii which is the liquor store of Michael
Malone, has two entrances on Henderson
street. One of them, which opens into
( t. NICE to the floors above the saloon is
numbered 296 Henderson street.
HAVE ALL MOVED.
The names which O'Brien and Nc
Mahon swore in are names Of men who
formerly had rooms above the saloon. and
most of whom moved away two years ago.
When the atfidavits which had been made
by O,Brien and Mcmahon were
written out, O'Brisn took them, which
he was empowered 10 do as chair
man Of the Election Board. In
stead, however of turning the affi-
davits in to County Clerk Mclaughlin
yesterday morning, O'Brien twith much
pocket to protect himself il the fraud
Should be discovered.
United States Supervisor Graham sris-
spected some trickery, and last night
canyassed the house at No. 296 Henderson
street and discovered the immens-
ity Of the fraud which had
been practised upon the Republican cleo
ton officers. In some way 0'Brien learn
ed of Graham investigation and then he
knew that exposure was imminent.
M'LAUGHLIN OBJECTED.
Clerk Mclaughlin discovered that the
affidavits were not with the books. He
Immediately raised an objection to re-
ceiving the books from this precinct.
One Of the Republican election officers
named Drackman went to O'Brien's
house yesterday and tried to have O'Brien
give him the affidavfts, hut with some
pretext O'Brien put him off and retained
them.
When O'Brien learned that the United
States authorities were likely to be after
him in short order he immedi-
ately discovered that he had
made mistake. The men whom he had
sworn in were registered under misap-
prehension, and of course, like q good eit-
izen, he came down to Commissioner
Ronaine's office to have the error reoti-
fed. Why he should come to the man
VINO issued the warrant for his
arrest to confess his mistake and
see Ii he could not rectify it, instead OF
going to the County Clerks office, where
the books were, no one seems to know.
ARRESTED ON ANOTHER CHARGE.
Later warrant was issued for the ar
rest OF O'Brien, for falsifying the registry
in having the residence of Richard Duff,
who had registered as from No. 76
Newark avenue. changed. O'Brien said
that Duff authorized him to have
the residence changed to No. IS Newark
avenue. This would prevent the casting
OF Duff's vote if challenged. He stated
thar he lived ..at No. rs Newark avenue
when he was written down as No. 76.
Duff, though Democrat, is feared as
being against the Ring. The precinct in
notorious sPop Corn" precinct, to the
fitting of which as registering place
Bob Davis gave his personal supervision
a. nd mid