New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-05
MANY ARRESTED, FEW HELD,
THE COMMISSIONERS BUSY ALL DAY.
wuoGmRous CHARGES OF FALSE REGIsrRAT1os
-v1oLAT1oNs or THE ELECTION LAW
OF VARIOUS KINDS.


About 600 warrants for the arrest Of men charged
vtVh illegal registration issued In all BY United
sbs commissioners in this city ON the complaints Of
~ men OF TIE Chief Federal Inspector Of Elections.
John l. Davenport. Seventeen arrests were made on
sunday night and Monday, and most Of the other war
rants were served yesterday whom the appeared
It the polls 10 vote The prisoners who vote in ar-
lam or the Annexed District were taken before United
states Commissioner Spooner at No. $3.50 Inirdavc'
the Others being brought before United States Comm"
sioners Shields and Deuel. at the Federal Buiding'
In the greet majority OF cases the prisoners weio
discharged there being no evidence on WHOM
hold them. Most Of the arrests were due 70 ms'e.
or Misunderstanding. The officials VINO wen. % ~.
nom house to house to detect cases OF false
wsrc often told that the men about whom they ~
aid not live there by ignorant servants. Again. -"
registry clerks In many districts put down ,ho ~
dresses OF voters wrong Owing to this warrants W.
issued for the arrests Of the men. As soon as ''
fair was explained the men would be dischaiseu
Altogether about 100 men were brought 1,' Sue
Commissioners Shields and Deuel., ana Oh 'so 49,
seventeen wore discharged outright. some ~.
Who we're held were afterward discharged Is wy
nessex appeared IN their behalf. The mct u"' -
than oue-thrd Of the warrants were served show' a
most OF the guilty men feared 10 vo'e' INV
n tt,ey did so shey would be arTe.teo' Ae Nv
John Jaw Chapman, whose Once 70 o. r,,,,.,n.,
change place the captain Of the Peoples "uno,p@ A
.s ,n an. xxud Assembly District, heard yes'er
~. bis watchers were not allowed 10 Soru'mDo
49, rox,ne in the polling place at seconuaSo. on"
Sixtv sixthst. He went around !" 30 t 60
,ouhe and entered into discussion Win ''o
ofces there It ended in his being pu. oa' VI So
s~,n, nv policeman Michael O'Connei ana ano.her
To-. NJ Cbanmsn is also a special deputy marshal
"a aonsht 20 put the policemen under arrest ou'
they only laughed at him. lie wen. oowH .,
r,r,r,issioner Deuel. and secured warrant for lio
arrest of the two policemen and Louis bocilehpaoAo
a deputy marshal, who had aided them' AhoS "'''
all released on their own recogni1ances.
rhn,nas Carroll who had registered from ehe stanwlA
,,ou.e sxty Afth-st and Third big Hsh coma'
naa been arrested by Max Rosenthal, VINO was aoou'
half his size. When the arrest was maoe pono'
sergeant sent policeman along with the pair !" sec
,nst the iceman did not harm his captor. Rose
was nucty however, and declared that he was aoun-
S.ntlv able 10 take Of his man. at wmch oarroh
I'D M. help smiling he looked down on ue
r.,nuty marshal Commissioner Shields discnarseo
Carroll -. 1890. ,,.s
+erday for the uptown districts at No. 2,2oo
and disposed OF eighteen cases OF alleged Voiau"ls
Ma election laws. John Powers No. 222 hass
seventy third ST.. charged with voting twice az
t,e Ffysxth Election District of the Xx1Id Assembly
District He pleaded not guilty, but III aei@i' =.
al 500 bail was committed to the LUDLOW o'toe'
Jail. Eight charged with franduient ros'.i"~o"
we're discharged showing that there was no -.
tention OF fraud. and five others arres'eo vi oo
same charge were discharged their own recoszance
a., await action on their cases by Commissioner DaVeh-
mort All these cases grew out Of changes OF residence
Tor the same allecpd offences, William Kennedy, NO
as6 Lepox ave-. and George schupp, No. 2,SS1 Ihru-
ave- were held to bail in the sum OF $2oo.
Leonard Ritter of NO. 1850 Third-ave, hah moved
,rom one district to ANOTHER after regsterngs ana
did not intend he said, to vote He did. however,
a,tempt to vote and was arrested His plea was uiat
he had been advised to vote by George Hussons,
foreman In Ehrcts brewery. Hussone was aSo
arrested on charge of conspring TO pracose if~au
at the polls. lie held TO bail N Sa'ovo' sau
Ritter was held in 81 500. Both men furnished Dali
appear at the Federal Building on saturday.
william G. Roberts age twenty two, of No. -: west
rb,rtv ST. was arrested eecaoneering in front
of the polling place at No. 1926 Broadway 'us"ce
Kilbreth held him in $500 ball.
Thomas H. Brown United States deputy marshal
nj No. 1873 West Twenty sixth-st, was arrested ioI
elecaonccrng within 1852 fees o. sne poInns ,.a
l21 Seyenth-ave. Sergeant schm1uoefeer, VI VIC
Tbrtieth Police Precinct, reused to hold Browh'
Frank Kucler Of No. 1O7 West Twenty -fourth-st.
was arrested by Deputy United states Marshal A. D.
Elliott for illegal registration. He was held by
United States Commissioners Deuel..
James Bavier, Of No. 322 Hudson-st-. was arrested
on the complaint Of Benjamin Parker lawyer OF NO
4, West Thirty st. for electioneering within $50
feet of the polling place of the Fifth Election District
Of the WITH Assembly District The prisoner was held
for trial ,... oo,o
mn IN the various police courts. The following were
heIt for having their barrooms open when they were
ncsrer boiling place than the law allows: Frederick
Tsppev Of No. bro Greenwich-st; Owen Than, No.
3Ob spring-st.; George Renoeilick, No. 3OI spTng.
Miles W. He Matt No. III fowers Robert
I41 Norfok-st John McCann No. IL Bowery Leonard
No. 10 Ro0scveltst. -
The following were held, charged with voting or
sonsts Charles Kilgannon, of No. 1o4 Park Row;
Lawrence O'Brien Of the Stevens House: William Bed
ford of No. 4O4 Pearlst Timothy Dugsn, OF NO:
4I2 East sxtiethst.: James Dougherty. OF No. 1sI
Worth-st: James Quinn, Of No. 262 Bowery Thomas
stewart of No $50 Hudsonst.: Patrick Courtney OF
No gao Bowery William O'Connor. OF No. Chatham
SQUARE and Thomas Mccoy, Of No Chatham Square
O. B. MoCracken. the labor agitator. was held In a
police court for destroying all his ballots except the
one he wished to vote.