The evening world., 1894-03-16

lie others.
was a Republican watcher In the
twelfth Election. District of the Third
assembly District.
He said he challenged a man whom he
tnew was voting Illegally. when a man
cane up and struck him In the face. He
The crowd yelled: Give 4, to him.
md I was hustled out. ] asked the po-
iteman there to protect me, but he told
Some Of my friends told me I ought
not to go back. but ! did,
Capt. Devery's Advice.
The Tammany captain, witness said,
1t once made a complaint against MIN,
and he was arrested and taken to the
Eldridge street station. Capt. DeVery
What did he say to your" asked Mr..
He said I was In business and ought
10 the Essex Market Police Court. and
Justice Ryan fined me SO"
Mr.. Goldman said no opportunity was
lean 1r. c. ean ID for ASSEMBLY in the
Assembly District. testified
district last election. When asked what
be saw the police doing. he said:
II found that they were very obliging
|o the Tammany heelers."
The then went on to describe how. in
Inc election district, he had found a po-
eman in a booth with a voter. and at
pther ,ppl laaEie a bs1,ot fnr n w yaser inside
asked him what he was doing there,
d he told me 1t wal none of my bust
Fl insisted that he SHOULD come out
lie, and he refused to do so, saying
"a Chairman of the Board of Inspection
Id told him to stay there, and he would
BIT get out until the Chairman ordered
m to do so.
~ went to the Forty-seventh street
tation-house and made a complaint to
he sergeant in charge. That was the
hst ! ever heard of the matter"
The policeman's humble was l.255, and
he election district vas in Ninth avenue
between Fifty-tifth and Fifty-sixth
Streets.
DR.. Duffy told of several other in
stances of the failure of the police to
20 their duty on election day.
knocked Down and Kicked.
Watcher, who lives at 6 spring street.
hold the COMMITTEES how, he had been
Knocked down, thumped, kicked and
Hover part of the Third Assembly Dis
trio, because he had challenged "A man
land had ordered the police to arrest the
defender.
The police refused to Civ protection
plant against the. policeman. whose
number he obtained, nothing had ever
During the examination of, the last
witness Senator's Saxton and Robert
son entered the courtroom and took
their SEATS with the other members or
the Committee.
\ The next witness was Charles II. Muir
'<ay. Republican candidate for D-strict-
{Ei orney In the last election, and super
tndent OF the Census in New York CITY
der of the laird assembly Disirlct;
long the polling places in that d strict;
Hts Chief complaint was tnat IN al,
L polling places IN the Third DISTRICT
e Republican watchers were excluded
aces the watchers were thrown out
oddly.
No Men Disciplined.
MIR. Murray. who refreshed his memory
om a memorandum book. said he had
i'd several visits to Police Headquar-
rs during H. day to ask f9r prote ch
Sc Supt. Byrnos had sent an Inspector
Police 10 investigate the complaint
nee Inspector Williams had accom-
The policemen at the various polling
b.aces We're directed, by these inspectors
Q do their duty and prevent any viola
on OF the law. The witness said that
no case was any OF the policemen
SC pllne1, so far as he knew, and ncne
those he had complained against was
A ep!acei by others.
Julius Sto!lmeyer, who has a commits
f'ol store at 4G5 East Fifth street, was
| Iei az the request OF OTTO kempner,
n testified thai two men had gone to
- store the week before election and
Ii HIM he must take down the lltho;
raph of Mr.. Kempner, which he had
his window. He said he ;ook it down,
although ne did not know the men who
Gna r1ed Il. He did not know they
e oollcemen, as they wore citizens
Ines. Neither Mr.. Murray nor the
Foi H'"eS was
Police with Ballots.
kdam R%einhardt, a shoemaker, of East
ven.n street, said hat on last election
, he went to vote at GS Columbia
ret a policeman named Mplligan
red the place, and went into the booth
tn him.
frne witness said he saw the name of
AWARD on one of the ballots ani he
j the policeman he would not vote
e Tammany ticket.
He had not asked the policeman to &C;
n, mpa al ve MN mt! The eh po, GSoan ar rafn 'Sad
go. and insisted that he should vote
2 ballot he had prepared for him.
After ordering him out threo times
kliots he had in the policeman's face
I'D went. out OF the booth. refusing to
pie at all. One of the election officers
Z " lhhutt MN W l'iult dlu NSAt,
y he refused to do so.
Mr.. Kempner interpreted for this wit
tss. as well as for the following one.
d remarked u the Committee that If
> services were in such demand he
tould claim n part OF the appropriation,
Louis Berger, IA sausage-makar. of 50
plumbia street. who also went to GS
olumbia street to vote, said a police
fan there insisted on going into the
poth with him, although he had not
ked for any assistance.
The policeman. he said. stood inside
e railing n opened the door of the
poth as he came up n went In with
n, The. policeman took the bunch of
Plots which the poll clerk had given
n and began folding them.
The witness said he was feeling u
Pile sick that morning and had a slight
9adache. He told the inspector so.
IBID you tell the policeman the ballot
Sou wanted to vote?" asked Senator
mo, sir. l did not"
He said he took the ballot the police
nan gave to him and voted II. He did
ot know the name of the policeman.
Thrown Out by IL Policeman.
August Abel, n truckman, of PIG Fast
Nventy-seventh street. who was Re
polican captain In the Sixth Elec-
ON District of the Twenty-second AS
embly District in the special Congress
Ional election in anuar said that