New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-04
\ HEAVY BLOW FOR TAMMANY
COMMISSIONERS SIMMONS AND SHEEHY
ARRESTED.


ARRESTED.
TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF CHARITIES
AND CORRECTION CHARGED WITH INDUCING
PAUPERS TO REGIsrER-FIFTY. EIGHT IN
DICTMENTS AGAINST THE UNFORr
UNATE TOOLS OF THE WIG
WAN CnIEFs-MANY
ARRESTS.
b. ancsiin. Edward C. >hcehy and Charles Z.
Simmons Commissioners of Charite, and Corrcc-
tion, and indctng Gfty-eicht persons, the Federal
authorities Yesterday took "A decisive step toward
stopping hagrant election fraud For years
Tammany lInl has violated the laws and won hun
drcds Of fraudulent votes by registering inmates
the city institutions. The State constitution
expressly declares that person " kept at any
almshousc or any other asylum at public eXprns'
shall nor bc deemed TO have lost his old residence
or gained new one. Yet scores of the patients
in Bellevue Hospital and of the inmates OF the
charity Institutions the islands Of the East
River have voted each year. They did this by
the dir, ction of city employees and could always
he depended on to support the Wigwam ticket
This ycgr the Federal officials have determined
- crush oLt the evil. They have not merely ar
rested the ignorant tools Of lammany knavcry,
but have struck 1t the root Of the crime. United
States District-Attorncy Mitchell made an aiii-
da Wit charging Commissioners Shcchy and sim
mons with aiding, procuring and advising twenty
seven inmates of the hospital on Randalls Island
to register iaiscy The Board of Charities and
direction three weeks ago decided that all ON
mat 4. t,Sa va.
merely board and clothing should be considered
as salaricd and should have their names the
payroll 1t was thought that the law could be
cyadcd by this step. Instead, the clever move
lnS caused the prosecution of two OF the Com
missioner.
The affidavit Of Mr. Mitchell is given almost in
full herewith:
Edward Mitchell. being duly sworn. depo,e, and says
that he j, the nit,d state> Attorney lOr the southern
upon informatl ii auu bclof. ~ fo,ow,: ChaIcs T..
>nmon, aud Award {. ~hcchy w"Ir At IN unr>
,iOncrs II the tmrui of ublc Claniies and Cor
rccion of the ,iS of Nrw York said department. IN
missioner, thereof post, and exercise full and "N
tlu-iyc powc, for the co,"rnmcni. management,
l-add in the pN oi Nc" "tk, Whlch r. III W"
rhr election district Of n" N\NIlth assembly, d.,
time ~ his complaint the p"r-ons b"lo" named "er"
and -til are. kept ni ~d hospital at Randall ~mnf
Iitl.ff- public expense. -dld hf NthHl hflUE
plac.. boo which uo prr-on whp !, kept ~ public eN
pcf.e ,ai .1in residence fIr the purpose of voting.
utuiiou of DO" stat" Of Nev lorh. which i - fol
lows. Tor tIc uurpp-- of voting p',un shall p"
deemed 10 have gained or lost rcsdcnc" by reason
ny alm ,house or any other ,lum at public cApcn,c
nor while confined in any public ru-un.
The ulmo, oi MD patients arr a- folio" irrh
Lynch Nirlar fi,un. John Bnnuan. Walter
Wouifer,. rlona. harrington. laMrcn.' 'ro"lcy WI.
a~ick Brown. Cpiuelu, okc"fe. Daniel Becker. VIII
lau leonard. Frank knccland. Ihonm, 'rnlc"'
Iercu'ah crowley. William Mar hall. John Pearson.
rs hara an Jncque. lame, lncrty. Jam"s Carey, John
NU.r. faVrouc- Ntrhcy. said hospital Is an a~NlIm
sithn the meaning of snd provision ~ the 'onstliu-
I'nor TO tho l,lrecoth day Of October. isos the
NJ The Raidalls i'iaad Hospital were entered In
hook Kept ~ sld hospital and entitled Record oi Ia
iieH'' e1t ih''' names w"rc no' IN any paSr'h o'
Iicrciot'r and or about The thlicenth dss 20, Of
october 1902 the said Charles l.. simmons and th
ward g. Shccly together with Henry H. Porter. IN"
pre- deni ~ the Commissioner, Of the Department oi
tuhiic Chnit,, and Correction sitting j., Board u
fhe Comml-. Snor, ~ snld Department. adopted an
order. witch aid order IS IN tho words and figures
each Institution shall contain the name, 81 all EN-
plo,e. Uho.c compensation i board anf clothing -
boari g. +. HRlTrON. s"creiar'.
,i ovo named 80 kept ~ the public expense we're
nnt ON the pay.rnll ~ tho said department nt Ran
aG hospital or Raudas Island and to vs., the city
u NcW- York and ~aid passes w,rc given In the eN
cr~c ~ the powers of The ad commissioners Of said
Department of Inhlc Charities and Correction above
ref rr'd 10.
said patients 50 kept NJ public expense. whilc >,
visiting The CITY of Ncwiork such passes reei,crcd
election district ~ the XXvl1th Ass mby District OF
the city ~ Now YORK ut regstmtIon OF voter. ilr
an election for Representatives I'm the Congress ~ the
ncd state 10 be- held on the eighth day Of Novein
bcr. lr"2 said patients above named NOT having ' =
have , been indicted by the Tinted states Grand Jury
Tor fh-" gs'rat'on In violation OF section o''l2 o'
the Unit,i -i.rc~ Revised Statutes.
aud lu consequence oi the order OF tho Commissioners
made ana such passes were issued for the purposes Of
ifng .ad patients hcrcinbeiorc named 10 make such
alsr reel .trdtlon "A, herein set forth
Heretofore and IN the aforesaid district and on or
the manner and means aforesaid the SAID tharcs r.
simmons and Edward 6. she'hy did nnlawfully. know
ncnt. S @ above named to irduientiy register at the
ac q IN tn tc'i e'fGo M @,,1 G'l d Ic NJ
Yorh. a. a.'rc-nll, Sal patients having th'Nupon
re-, t-rcd contrary TO the form Of the sniutc Of the
hnd this dcponcnt further says that the source OF
hl- Information and the grounds Of his belief are an
Hospital aiorcad, OF the order of the Commissioners
above rof.rred t.. the statements which have been
hosniai information rom the registry OF the voters
kert by an Inspector Of election In said election lis
init. and he indictments presented by the United
? tafcs 6Tanu Jury.
Conn ssiouer Shechy happened TO visit Com
missioner Sh"ldss flee Yesterday, being in search
of John McQuadc. the rammany contractor. who
II .cs NJ 40. 80 lcAiagon-aye Mr. McQualc
was Giving bail for Democrats arrested for regis
tcune lraudulcntly. Commits ioncr Shields { II
Shechy that "A charge had been made aganS'
him The Commissioner was informally placed
under arrest Bail was fixed AT - 1000. and was
given at once by McQuade, who swor" that h"
,yas worth $500, ,00O. Commissioner Simno was
sent for and r on arrived. lie. too, WAS bale
bv NcQuadc commissioner Shcelv sail that tho
indicted men werr not inmates Of the hospital,
never having been committed to IL, but wer'
cmployea, even If they received wages in
money. -,
Three. Of the indicted paupcrs of Wards Island
we're arrested Yesterday morning. They were james
Mct'uc james Mills and Arthur Harris Ihey
thn nineteenth election lisfrict %