Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-25

Result of the Extraordinary Grand
JurY,K Session nj New York.

Result of the Extraordinary Grand
Jury's Session at New York.
Central office detectives of New York ar
rested late Saturday afternoon and evening
forty-four persons against whom the ex-
traordinary grand jury handed down in
dictments on Friday for violations of the
election laws. The indicted persons were
arrested on bench warrants. The warrants
were turned over to Superintendent Byrnes,
who directed Inspector Mclaughlin to de-
tail detectives to execute the warrants.
Inspector Mclaughlin sent out detectives
early in the afternoon to hunt for the men
named in the warrants and the search for
some Of the men was still in progress late
at night. At 10 pm. forty-four prisoners
had been locked UP, and Judge MARITIME had
admitted sixteen of them to bail in 81, 500
each. The judge was in the detective bu-
reau for that purpose, and the bureau was
crowded with prisoners and men who were
willing to act bondsmen. Many Of the
prisoners were inspectors of election, who
were charged with making false returns Of
the canvass of the votes in the election,
with reglecting to perform their duties as
election officers, or with receiving illegal
votes at the election.
District Attorney Nicoii conferred with
Judge Barrett in the morning about the
amount of bail to be required. The judge
decided that $500 would be the proper
figure in cases of felony and 81 900 in mis-
sums were to be larger The Indictments,
which numbered sixty in all. were for vari-
GUS violations of the penal code. Only the
tools OF the real cobSpiratorS against the
suffrage were indicted. The leaders who
were really responsible primarily for the
wholesale frauds escaped scot free. Abso-
lutte proof Of the guilt Of at least one of
them vas adduced.
The reason why more arrests were not
| made was, according to John w. Golf,
that some of the accused men had received
rvafrn nf hair fvadf ofv E-kF
who, with Wheeler H. Peckham Alfred r.
Conkling and other lawyers of the commit
tee Of fifty, prepared the evidence and pre-
sented it to the grand jury, learned that
were handed in one of the men whose ar
rest was demanded had fed from the city.
Others who may surrender themselves later
probably kept out of the way, so as to re-
| main at liberty during the holidays
MIR. Goff and Mr.. Conkling called on Dis
| trict Attorney Nicoll in relation to the
cases. but would not say what the exact
subject of the Interview was. Mr.. Goff,
however. said: Proof was presented of
frauds in all parts of the city. In many
polling places no oaths Of Office were ad-
many captains told the inspectors to hold
| the polls open longer. Men were sent to
| collect tramps who should vote in the
names of registered persons who had not
appeared. In some cases more ballots were
placed in the boxes than the record showed
| to have been cast. Indeed, in certain cleo
ton districts the number of ballots cast ex-
| ceeded the number Of voters registered. In
| some places, where the booths were placed
against the wall, holes were torn in the
| backs OF the booths, through which work.
ers handed folded ballots to voters In an
otner district have proved that as fast as
tramps went In and voted, they were plac-
co IN the line again. to vote once more"
| Proofs were also laid before the grand
| jury that IN districts in which the in
spectors certified that not a republican vote
was cast dozen men had handed in re-
publican ballots