New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-30
A FOUL CONSPIRACY.
PLOTTING GIGANTIC ELECTION FRAUDS.

THE DEMOCRATIC RUrTIANs. REPEATERs AND
coLoN1zERs WILL NOT BE ALLOWED
TO CARRY OUT THEIR SCHEMES.
| Examination Of the register lists, under tho
auspices Of the Republican National Committee.
| has been thorough and complete. 1t has been sue
cceded now BY an investigation as to the hidinH-
places and antccedents of the hundreds OF thugs.
repeaters, heelers and fakirs who are depended
| upon to roll up an enormous majority for the
Democrats in the counties south Of the Bronx
The tabulatcd lists Of the Republican National
| Committee reveal an andacous conspiracy. which
| reaches in its eritions from Manhattan Island
TO Kings County, and which proposes to make the
sumnpr scum o: Ccney Island do duty at the fau
election. The Democrats propose TO avail them
selves of thc services OF the horde Of fairs, bunco
steerers and confidence men who infest the ocean
shore Of Long Island during the summer and to
utilize tlem in increasing the vote Of Kings
County at the coming election.
The suggestion is said 10 have come from John
Y. McKane who, it is understood, has promised
to see that the portion of Coney Island over
which he holds sway shall give handsome ma
jority for the Democratic electoral ticket. With
this end in view, arrangements have been made
by which n number of workers will handle gangs
OF reis aters between Ncw-York City. Cohey Id nd
| and other places. Th crowd contains some Of
| the most disrDutablc fellows who have ever es-
cape,l justice thr uah political influence Among
its leaders is Dcnni, Sullivan, the Concy Island
detective. who for years WAS frr1uentrr OF
Billy" McGo,ys and "Owney" GeOghegan's
pi Co.'S. wlcr, he was companion Of thieves and
| lrwd woTen. and vino. though arrested number
~ times, has escaped punishment through his
| Tai.nmny connections ITr is assisted by John
| German, an cX-convict, and a Coney 1slan'l
| dctcc i've: Tommy" Scanon. formerly a bar
tender at Bib" Snihrrland's; Mlrtn Kirby.
who one" kept Il pros shop in the BOwery. and
q number Of lesser liet,. whoe names. records
and addresses are carefully kept on file to be used
| at the proper time.
| Those eo-callcd workers Democratic heclers
who will handle the repeatcrs from Ncw-iork. and
| the fakirs who have been running games Of
| chance and other things at C'ney Island dur
| Ing the summer but who are quartered in
tine various lodging houses along the Bowery.
Some Of them have already registered al several
| places and will attempt to vote times innumer-
| able Their addresses and resorts are we'll knrwn,
| and arrangements have been made - have them
carefully looked after. Among this uns,vory
| crowd are tho following: Dennis Sullivan, chlet
OF detectives at CoLey Island: Thomas ScanIon,
John Iarkcy. Mike Harris. BILLY Wilson,
| detective at Conny Island John Gornan. ex-
couyict and detective at Coney Island These
,rc all "workcra" So Is Fiward Coster. who
runs one Of the worst dive" at Concy Island.
So arc Ed McAvoy. John Rafferty,. Mike I'ally:
who will t.y handle r"pca 'crs he wren Acw-l "rk
and onry Isaui Morris f"' D'nnls Snllivnns
rio 4 hand man. VII. will him in his WORK:
John t,av -. con-thl' ~ Con"v ISLAM |. who VII
coz e II, Ncw.Yoik to take repeat"rs down to Coney
| Nc n,nulI another aid of Dennis
Sullivan: Martin Kirby. Charles bach-fakir-
who is rcaist~re,l several times from Coney Island
| and the Pp.y.gy John Manning, John tinrvey,
! R,l.rt Armstrong, Bar arneyn Owen, Edward Nor
ris.~y, Jack" Smith. Nike Purcell. Patsay
,'onrov Bonnie" Collier, John Dorsey, j. W.
Hilton. all of whom fon"y Island flkIr>:
lame. Ilacto,ty. a professional bounrcr: Kid
Benson. rambler. and Mike Hogan and Joe
| Williams. walters
Th. .l.iuiis nf TIN. plan for d"hauchiEg the
hoilo, in Nrw-I TX ana kin"~ County AZ" fh"r-
on. hly known To the R'pnh'i"an National '"nl'
uit,.., Every attempt AZ repeating hy this
crowd will b.. stopped. and m" mon invnlv"1 VIII
a. -nrcly be brought to justice. Tho meetings
LlA tho scheme, suggested ard adopt" tho lolg-
,,ch ,,srs in tho Isiwerv from winch "a" mon
/ hn,o rc.i.trr"I ~" men who are - maalpnlat"
fine vote ard .rc'irc ~" profits. lave al nceh
ascortoine! aud the courts will h" called upon
70 prevent IN" con .umn,ation OF this conspiracy
The scrutiny in this city is still being care
! ruIly r-o,rrltcd fr"derlrI W. Brown. "i No
"a East Twrfth-st To whom r"f"r"nr" has o"eh
made here; oforr will not b' able I" v"" from MS
| Twefth-st house aud lis two lodelng-ho's's AZ
xc. g.. and q, in III" same street tn" Hxty or
eighty men whom no has promised IN Ian'mah'
| Hall Torac" Brown. his brother. recently R"'
. nI.cc IN m. Street Clcaming Department. AZ
! .l, h., b,e n ia
nl.dqcd himself 10 furnish large number OF votes
| Neither Frederick nor lis bioth"r' however VIII
| b, mile to deliver the goods.
The Ufty .tiist election district Of the Nlith
,...,nbIv District has been selected n a promis-
,,., field for colonization. IE this district We"
in us most hideous fcrms thrivcs openly. Nafnr-
,y the eve Of the would-he crafty coloniz"r turns
c>pcctantly tn sloh district. I omm0n' every
dav vice il not cloakcd there. and tn" open per-
s;.tcncr in daily vice has cmbol'i"ncd those WHO
a,,,s, crIn,s against tho elective Franchise"
Tbev have registered their men. giving fictitious
,d1r,s.cs and otherwise dcfyinG th" law
The three story brick hous, at n. So "cSt
ronrth-st has been selected a. III" HON" "i Two
~ thcsc men They call Themselves Pafri'K J"hh-
con and Henry Jones. \ Tribune reporter ".'
v,,t 10 tho h Use yesterday foini an "ln'rN
| x,man lcrning over the basement railing. """
| asked aiout johnson anu J"hcH' H'o '
they were livin, in the house, and had been nvih:
thcre for about Il year. Sh" described hcrS''i a.
Mr., Brock the propri"trcss OF tn" hcns" IL"
uinutcs lntcr when the reporter called AGAIN n
woman who called herself Mrs Brown, ana VIII"
aid she wa. the housekecprr, was talking "arnrrtlv
,Ttl Mrs. Brock Mrs. I'r6wn tile hons'K'TPer'
| said , a Jonoe c.me hcrc
| ,, pIs,adc,nhis about n month ago. lheN
~, ~" ,,o hnmer this morning giving up their
r.S IONS, Wv and saying that they were sonF t"
Boston" " L.. ,.,or,, uos
nor and said tr the reporter Il 'sio~c H""
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