The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-06
'SCOUNDRELISM !!
The Tainted Ballots De-
1iberately Left I'm
guarded.
POLITICIANS DELIGHTED.
The Cheap Leaders Of the Fraud
Regime Rojoice at the Grand
Jury's CriminaJity.
POLITICIANS DELIGHTED.

The exposure IN THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS yesterday of the fact that other
people than the legal custodians Of the
ballots alleged to have been cast at the
fall election have been afforded opportu-
nitities to SO manipulate them as to de-
feat the ends Of justice, caused much ex-
element all over the city yesterday.
When THE JERSEY CITY NEWS reached
the Court House last evening every copy
was eagerly snapped up and the exposure
was carefully read. Particularly anxious
were the Freeholders to read the article,
4 for nearly all of them are directly inter
ested in the escape from punishment of
the indicted election officers.
Regarding the probable avenue for
the escape of the scoundrels, many favor
able comments were uttered by them and
other politicians. In fact nearly all the
leaders in local politics appeared rejoiced
that SO good technical plea had been
opened for their heelers; and many
bondsmen slept more comfortable than
they had for week. One told me he
was glad for he had 50. 900 at stake.
sHARP's OWN STORY.
of the Senate, was seen yesterday he told
me that he had been compelled to leave
the Grand Jury room and he had no op-
tion in the matter.
while out of the jury room,' said he,
''the Grand Jury might have done what
ever they pleased with the ballots. I
would have been unable to prevent it.
When they ordered me to go out simply
obeyed them, and am not to blame for
leaving the ballots in their hands. 2
your sworn testimony before the
Roche -Bruggeman commissioner states
that you were five or six times before the
Grand Jury, and implies that each time
you were told to leave the room. Is that
true?n
The testimony is correct, but does not
go far enough, for it should add that
1 was only once out of the room, and that
the Grand Jury but once had the ballots
to themselves" /"
what was the condition of the ballots
when you returned to the room2"
II did not notice any change in their
appearance.
s'Were the ballots ever out of your GUS
ody at any other time, or out of the GUS
ody Of others legally appointed to watch
hem2"
No, sir; never"
DIFFERENT VERSION.
This answer does not agree with what
prominent county and city official told
me about the ballots. after he had read
THE JERSEY CRY NEWS yesterday.
ssYou reporters" said he, missed a
good thing for once, while the Grand
Jury was investigating the cleo
tion frauds. The Grand Jury
had Sharp and Altemus be-
fore them, and the ballots in the bag
were placed in the custody of Captain
John Graham and the fellow Garrison,
who were appointed by the Senate to as
sist Sharp in watching them. The bag
was carelessly placed in corner in the
ante room, where a number of people
were waiting to be called, and Graham
wandered from there to the stoop of the
Court House. where he remained quite
long time. At the same time Garrison
went into the Sheriff's office and re-
manned there quite while. Thus there
was no one present to watch the ballots.
A couple of Grand Jurymen came from
the room and noticed the unprotected
bag. q
Let's throw the - bag out of the
window suggested one.
It's what we ought to do said the
other, and both laughed heartily at their
joke,
And" said my informant, II am in
fernally sorry now that they did not do
it; wish l had myself, and then the
whole blamed business would have been
stopped at onceu
II this story is true, and it came from
reliable source, it causes the inquiry, how
many other times were the ballots un-
protected? Are the ballots now in the
custody of Sharp the same ones alleged
to have been voted at the fall election?
Also how many opportunities have been
afforded to mutilate the ballots, for it is
authoritively said that at least thirty
mutilated ballots have been discovered,
mutilated beyond Identification.
ONE MORE.
One more election officer was arraigned
in the Court of General Sessions this
morning. He was Martin j. White. He
pleaded not guilty to the Indictment for
conspiracy and gave $4,000 bail, George
Bannon being his bondsman.
ConUict the Ballot Boo Suffers.