New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-06
POLLING THE REPEATERS.
THREE GANGS DIDN'T DARE TO REGISTER
y1e1LANr REPUBLICANS CHECKMATE THE

v1e11ASr REPUBLICANS CHECKMATE THE
JERSEY CITY RING.
Tho Tr1bune published yesterday information OF
gang OF repeaters that the Democratic ring "ouu dN0
from this city 10 Jersey City YESTERDAY lor the pui
pose of registering them ms voters lhe hcp"o''
leaders kept private agents at the ferries from cary
IN the morning until the hour for reglstrauoh ""'
passed. Captain John Graham, who mas arresuu ''"'
yioators of the law Guttenburg, was statoneo near
thu Pennsylvania ferry. At about O'Clock the
yigant captain saw a crowd OF vilanous- LOOMING lei
lows leave the ferry house. There were about twenty
OF them. The gang walked up TO Hudsonst ana urhco
down that tloroughfare to Morrisst, where lho'ias
Kelly q brother OF Police Commissioner kcly' Keeps
a low GROCERY The gang entered this piace' ana
vhie the captain was watching them, aided by one OF
bis brothers and two other men, John IL. sullivan
better known as Hoofty," notorious waN-worHef
who draws 500 a month from the street and water
Board for doing nothing, approached the GROCERY
lust as he was about 10 enter he sped Graham
He hung around for time, and after having propaoiS
given some signal he slowly walked away. soon alter
ward the gang OF repeaers left Keys place and went
10 the beershop kept by p Gately. Captain Graham
followed After the gang found that they were so
closely watched that they could not get to the registry
booths the men became abusive toward Captain Gfahah
and called him vile names. The captain 'hfealehe1
them with arrest II they attempted TO register and the
scoundrel who appeared TO be the leader shouted:
"Go on, yer cnump! Arrest us! eutsS h"''
De gang over here will take care OF us"
However, they did not register but II is expec'eu
thew will attempt to vote next Tuesday. Two other
gangs OF twenty each came over during the day, but
they were so closely watched that few succeeded Ill
reaching the guiding of the ballobox suffers TO
whom they were consigned
IL was the intention the ring to have the gang OF
repeaters placed under the direction OF an empoyc Of
the Street and Water Board who Is paid q monthly
ha IA an
this scoundre to take them to four precincts IN
the LIST District 10 two precincts In the I'D District and
to one precinct the Nth District. In all OF thesc
precincts the election Officers in 1889 were convicted
OF bsIotbox stung and sentenced TO eighteen months
at State prison. The last-nsmed precinct Is the
notorious Bath House" precinct. where Republicans
are fortunate to have dozen votes counted for them
During the day, this Iioofy" sullivan before
mentioned went to the first precinct Of the LIST District
and demanded that name Of an absent man DC
REGISTERED John Hayes, the Republican Inspector the
man who made the complaints against the gang ol
gamblers at Guttenburg, refused 10 permit the name
to be recorded unless Sullivan made an affidavit that
the name was proper one to be recorded SULLIVAN
insisted but HAYES refused 10 be budozed, and then
the energetic worker for Allan L. McDermou dealt
Hayes terrific blow the head, knocking him down
The policeman on duty refused arrest sullivan He
had received his orders and they were not to inter
fere with any getting votes for the ring.
It is known now that hundreds of fraudulent names
were registered yesterday and the heelers viii try to
have them voted. The Republican Campaign Com
mittee Is making every possible effort 70 defeat ths
Infamous scheme, and the committee DcIleVes u VII
be successful scarcely any believes that Wanser
will be defeated If IN honest ballot Is gwen anu
During the afternoon Captain Graham arrested two
the sergeant each time refused receive the prisoner
discharged him The on ME- wGG the
cousin Of County Clerk Mclaughlin.