New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-18

he audacity OF the Iammany men VINO are
,.,rductng the colonization schemes knows no
haupds In the case Of the houses Nos. lSo ana
100 Macdougal-st, ct least a semblance OF con-
Lament was kept and the alleged homes Of the
.olopists were inhabited. But the house No
IA Macdougal-st. is entirely vacant. although
.sven men have given 1t as their place Of residence
The startling success of the plans for Importing
caters in the election of 1890 has caused the lam
many men TO throw caution 10 the winds and 10
commit frauds so fragrant that the leaders must
stand aghast.
There never was. nor could there be. clearer
400 Of fraud than the registration from No. 1S4
Nacdougal-st The house has not been occupied
for nearly six weeks. yet six men swore on
October Ia, last Wednesday, the second day OF
reristration. that they lived there. One man had
reristered from there on October s. These men
and the length Of time they say they have lived
n the house are: Edward F. LAME, seven
months: Charles Meyer. two months; William
Morris. eight months; James Robertson, SIX
months: Samuel Wilson, five months; John oey-
oonr four months; and Joseph Williams, fouZ
months.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE.
The Mace is an old brick house. three stories
hicb and is at West Third-st. On the grounu
eoor is the grocery Of A. Buhrmeister ms
faces West Third-st., che entrance TO tne iOo ,n
which were used as living apartments 80 -
in Macdougalst. On the door In tAat SUI "
a SIGN To Let" NJ d. & f. MildeDersei'
so Carmine-st, near Varick, are the aseH" o.
the property. Mr. Mildeberger SAID thaV '4-e
,nsr tenants had moved out of the house o w,
month ago clerk of the firm "enO
Tribune reporter to show him the hOuse. ,,.o.oa
That the house was uninhabted was 100
nv the fact that the lock 10 the iro"O - =
out Of order. so that the key wouIu HOV 80,
The clerk from the real estate oHOe. s.,,. ~
iumped down into the area winch go -
g. foe. below the pavement. ana cIinl0e" IL
nNe - - -ri,5ow Then he came up TO
.hn' found Aoor and admitted the reporter a
60 20 ,bs house was made, but not single
go =, turriture was 10 be seen. The dust was
- th,clr that II was evident that one had lived
:, ,bs nIace for several weeks few cigarette
nic+ures an empty bottle and several old pieces
~ oil cloth were the only signs that the place
had over been inhabited Yet six men swore on
"Wednesday that the house their home.
No. 1874 Macdougalst, was formerly house OF
iIl-repute, and Of course, offered peculiar advan-
tares TO the Tammany captains Of colonization
Madame Washington" was at one time The
head Of the establishment. On the night OF
September :, shortly after midnight, squad OF
police from the Fifteenth Precinct, under orders
from Captain BrOgan, entered the place. They
found only five persons there, Jane Thomas, col
ored the landlady Ida Smith, Mary Douglas and
Hettie Lewis, white. and George Brown, negro.
Jane Thomas gave her address as No. PIP SulIl-
van-st,. the three white women said they lived at
the Macdougal-st house, while the man gave No.
1926 Sullivan-st. as his home. In police court
the negro woman was held in $500 to answer the
charge of keeping disorderly house. the three
white women were sent to Blackwells Island,
while Brown discharged.
THE SEVEN MEN COULD NOT HAVE LIVED THERE.
II is perfectly clear that the seven men did not
live in the house at that time. In the first place,
houses Of that character never have seven perma-
nent bOarders, and that particular building is too
small TO accommodate as many as that in addl-
ton TO the female inmates, In the second place,
il the really lived there, one or more of them
would have been at home when the unexpected
raid was made Yet only one man, and he a
negro. was arrested, and the sergeant at the
Mercer Street Police Station assured the reporter
that when Captain Brogans men cleaned out
a house Of the kind, they arrested everybody II
!, vonnr or old. man or woman, servant Of
innate.
N taken out. with the exceptions of single cot
This had only pillow and sheet on it, and ne
,tber bed clothing 1t is extremely improbable
HAT a single man ever slept in it after September
:. and seven men certainly did not. Even this
cot was removed recently. The Tribune reporter
was told at the office OF the Messrs. Mildeberger
and by the statesmen of A. Buhrmeister, who keeps
the grocery on the first floor Of the house, thai
all the furniture was taken away directly after the
raid and that nobody had lived in il since. A
man who lives in the neighborhood has kept q
close watch on the place at nearly every hour OF
the day and night, and has seen no one enter oil
leave it in the last month. None of the neighbors
have eeen light in the windows in that time
Republicans who have had the house under sur
veillance have gone 10 it at various hours Of the
night several times lately, and have rung the bel
aud hammered at the door for i've mlluteS, Dut
have never discovered a sign that any one 1Vec
In the house.
THE SCHEME WAS PLANNED RECENTLY.
A circumstance connected with the registration
Of the first of the seven men shows that the colo
nization on such a large scale not planned
until after the first day Of registration. Last
year there were no voters in the house; al
least none bad their names enrelled
Inns year, when the clerks made
OUT the registry books for the Third Election
District OF the With Assembly District, in which
me house is situated, they left no place for No
I54 Maedougal-st. IL may be explained that the
names are classified by houses. On October 6
LdWerd r. LAME registered from the place. As
me Chairman Of the Board of Inspectors wanted
10 Know how much space 10 reserve on the books
Tor the occupants Of the house he asked LAME
now many other voters lived there LAME said he
wac ss the only one Yet. on the next registration
%ssc,a Sn men swore that they lived at No l34
HaYuougelst They did not look like workingmen
anu "a lScl attracted attention by their tough
nuesr ~, he inspector said lokingly: It's mighty
NV .nst one man has grown to seven, and
Inc men from Philadelphia and Harlem ubo
REGISTERED from Nos. lSe and 1872 MscdouGal ST.
fsee s in , 81 tIeI at least going to put on bold
Of them lave taken their aetpal res H. .
place Ina' Yesterday afternoon F Bodenste cir
ana one oil his comrades came GU. Of the hoase
these two houses which are CONNECTED NV &c.
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