The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-13
That Is the Number of
Fraudulent Votes Now
Proven Against Mr..
Cleveland.
FIRST DISTRICT.


CaSO
All Of yesterday afternoons proceed
ings in the Mayoralty contest was de-
voted to recording the testimony of
James McGregor, who testified TO having
made a personal canvass of the First,
Second and Fourth precincts of the Sec
ond Aldermanic district.
Corporation Attorney Hudspeth was
present for a short time, but did not
cross examine any of the witnesses.
Mr.. McGregor's testimony brought the
grand total of fraudulent votes above the
thousand mark. IN the First precinct of
the Second Aldermanic district he had
found eiahty-three fraudulent voters
dead men, persons never known at the
addresses voted from, persons whose ad-
dresses were given from vacant lots and
persons who had moved prior to April 8.
In the Fourth precinct of the Second Al
dermanic district he had found ninety
fraudulent votes, and in the Second pre-
cinct of the Second Aldermanic district
173. All of the slips with the names OF
the fraudulent voters on were duly re-
corded by Commissioner Romaine, and
at half past five O'Clock an adjournment
was had until this morning.
MR.. HUDSPETH'S PHONoGRAPH.
At ten o'clock this morning the pro-
ceedings were resumed. Lawyers Gordon
and Grouse were there to look after Mr.
Perkins interest Corporation Attorney
Hudspeth was again absent and Phono-
graph McMasters was there in his stead
The proceedings were opened by Mr.. Nc
Masters grinding out several lengthy OBJ
jectionS to the testimony OF the witnesses
who had been examined yesterday after
noon and having them recorded by the
Commissioner.
George H. Lynasen, beardless youth
with studious look and wearing spec
tacles, was called as the next witness.
He testified to having made a personal
canvass of the alleged voters in the First,
Fourth and Sixth precincts of the First
Aldermanic district. In the First pre-
cinct he found that fifteen of those al
legged to have voted had moved from the
addresses given prior to election day, and
found that thirty seven alleged votes
given. George Knadi, of No. 80 Essex
street, had been dead five years In the
Fourth precinct he had found sixty-nine
fraudulent votes. In the Sixth precinct
he had found thirty-two fraudulent
voters. This finished Lynasen's testi-
mony. The usual patent objections were,
of course, ground out by Mr.. McMasters.
CAPTAIN GRAHAM'S DISCOVERIES.
Captain John Graham WAS then called.
He testified to having made personal
canvass of alleged voters in the First pre-
cinct of the First Aldermanic district.
He had made specially of the tug boat
vote. He had found ninety fraudulent
voters from the tug boats; some of the
tug boats voted from never tied up in
Jersey City, their berths being at Eliza
beth, Atlantic Basin and the foot of Canal
street, New York. Several tug boats
were at New Haven on election day. G.
Simpson, alleged TO have voted, was
drowned two years ago off the Morris
street dock. Captain Graham completed
his testimony at one o'clock, and an
hours adjournment was had.
Corporation Attorney Hudspeth does
not seem over anxious to crosse Famine
any more witnesses, and the lawyers for
Mr.. Perkins, realizing the Importance of
time, are piling up the evidence at great
rate and are confident of producing
enough proof to unseat Mayor Cleveland.
The total number of fraudulent voters
thus far shown by the testimony is 1902,
and there are lots more TO come.