The evening world., 1893-12-27
LAlLY is TAKEN, TOO.
He Is Charged with Interference
at the Polls.
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Forty-nine OF the Indicted Men
Plead To-Day.
They Will Probably BE Called TO
Trial Next Week.

Two additional arrests in the election
fraud cases were made this afternoon.
Michael L.aliy, ex-bridge policeman and
at present under indictment for assault,
was arrested by Detective Phil Reilly
at 1880 o'clock at the corner of Park
Row and Pearl street. He was taken to
the observation-disclosures office, where he
was held to await a bondsman.
The indictment charges Lally with
committing a misdemeanor in interfering
at the polls of the Eighteenth Election
District OF the Second Assembly Dis
trict.
Lally gives his residence as 6 Dover
street, and his occupation as that of a
m
Peter Neville. OF CT Market street, was
also arrested this afternoon. lie was an
election inspector in the Twenty-eighth
Election District of the Fourth Assembly
District, and is charged with neglect Of
duty. which is a felony.
or the sixty-ive men previously
arrested on Indictments brought by
the Extraordinary Grand Jury for
forty-nine were in the Court Of
Oyer and Terminer this forenoon await
lux dlIdlRlIlltlll ~ JubllCt dIlfN
only two of the men had been unable
to secure bail. and since their arrest they
nave fingered in the Tombs. They were
Jefferson Joseph, colored, or l6 IL Down
mine street.
Deputy Sheriff Brown took Joseph and
Roche from the Tombs to the Oyer and
Terminer Court about 1890, at which
hour 1t was expected. Justice Barrett
would cali the cases for pleading,
Assistant District,Attorncy Francis l..
report that Justice Barrett would not
reach court until u o'clock or later. He
was informed that such WAS the fact.
ments on his desk, which included in
dictments fgainst the fo%rty-nine prison.
ers. Their. names, were:
Asher Bernstein. %Jeffsrson Joseph, Pat
rick Roche, r.. g; Gallagher, two in
dictments; Dennis J. BUCKLEY six indict-
Gfousa. Charles Cross. william II. Ku-
bic. Philip H.. Hargrave. William
John f HleFdlns. 'liohn s. os & I hsrnsfd
Mcmahon. j. Rague. Edward J. Nelson,
Bernard 7; kennsy; Louis p; Roth. Ed;
r. Waters. Albert G. Kirk. Charles j..
Glsyin, William H.. Rooney. Charles
MoKenna, Michael J; Cannon. Henry
~berllHBnOII, SndS NllCTHel, MytT AliThS,
| Marrony, William II. Blair, Francis o..
Woodruff. Thomas f. Marion. Harry
Peyton; Peter Marron,, James z; pooleX,'
Francis r. Lynch. Edward Kafferburgh
and John Murphy.
Justice Barrett. took his seat at 1915 p;
Patrick Roche. were called first. They
were told by Clerk Walsh that they had
been indicted for perjury;
Roche's Counsel, Charles schampaiin, so
pleaded. with the privilege Of changing
his plea. He moved for a reduction OF
Rochc's bail OF $4,000, and Justice Barrett
In speaking for his client Attorney
Schampain referred to the offense as a
light matter, and Justice Barrett sharply
, AtSe oifense n, Charged Mssa Is ise by S'a no mean saa a
light affair. 1t is a most grave affair.
Yon might as well destroy the entire
All the prisoners. as they were called
In patches OF four and five, pleaded not
| guilty. Some were represented by law
yers, and others were not. The privilege
and demurrlng to the Indictment was
claimed In every case.
Justice Barrett instructed the prisoners
and lawyers that such demurrers must
be made within p week. He instructed
them that he would not permit any ex-
animation of the minutes OF the Grand
| Jury.
When William II. Rooney. OF 81 East
Houston street. was called, he was sur
rendered by his bondsmen. and after
pleading Roone' was handed over to the
custody OF Deputy Sheriff Brown.
Rooney was an election inspector In
the Fifty-first Election District OF the
Seventh Assembly District.
The same bondsmen held good on the
ball bond OF the trials next week.
Justice Barrett then adjourned the
court until tomorrow morning.
The Indicted officials win be ar
raigned in oyer and Termlner on
Wednesday next.
Neville was released this afternoon In
900 bail, there being two indictments
charging a felony against him. Hts
bondsmen We're Nicholas Collins, OF IS
Monroe street, and John Kelly, OF 262
Henry street.
LaIiy's bail has been fixed at $500.
three times the amount Of the other
men indicted. This Is probably done on
account OF his reputation. .