New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-13

".o>.s INJECTION. DID As THEY PLEASED
TESTIMONY GIVEN AT TRENTON.
Try TELEGRAPH 10 THE TEiBrxHi
,.,or March l2-Assemblyman Storrs's In
ting Committee. which is inquiring into
,e''9o,hods bv which William J. Thompson the
-, Of Gloucester" and his gang of racetrack
.I,au.ors conduct elections in Gloucester City.
i,,ad the election officers in the racetrack
1T, to-day and exposed frauds equal 10 those
.d in paddy" DIVERS district or in John Y.
.,-1-ora,s former kingdom. Election officers were
.,.,idated repeaters and thugs crowded the
u,.c- r,acos more ballots We're cast than there
- oHlcial envelopes received from the cry
r,.rp seventv-ive or eighty reputable ciuzehs
.,ore turned away without being permitted TO
-. their votes. because the thugs OF the race
lacks had voted on their names ana D"he
r,on,pson himself supervised the taxing oi 'o'eS
q, tho polling booths pointing out 'he ha'"eS vi
,hs registry list when one of his CONSTITUENTS
neo rcd with a ballot in hand On the registry
49, u.ars l 900 votes when the city cahNasserS
ND hut 700 on their rounds. the Registry Board
oont,ng the name Of any one presenting NM
Nc without induirng too carefully INTO MS regal
.sht 70 vote. Repeaters were frequently chai-
,nnsed and ordered from the polhng-ooo'h' pu'
""e Ar... v.hateyer was made to arrest any of
them for the crime. ~ :, A.,
ceorec c. Cub5er judge Of election IN the
cooord Precinct was the first witness ne hau
oonveniently faulty memory when certain ques-
go ,.oro asked. and he could not tell how many
,as had been received or returned. lie
,..u,s the law required that the unused envelopes
.o,,,d no locked in the baloj-boX, but did not
,.-.n, whether this was done or not Ex-senator
~, W Cr.gCs. counsel for the committee
rafrash Cuhbler'S memory.
n,,a, w lane clerk Of Gloucester Ciiy. sWore
Az, no rocaived the balj0t-boX Of the racetrack
a,s,rict the day after election lie also receive"
. bundle Of unused envelopes. The box was "n-
~.,,ad as the law requires. when he received H.
~, later he had put the sealing wax on the 'op
=. the suggestion OF Assemblyman thompson
IL d,d this because he afraid he would be
asked about II. r,ou,
"cns' Stein. the Democratic clerk Of the Board
,ou,d not tell why he had not placed the uhuS'u
.,ve,opes in the ballot-box. lie did not kno" 'he
eide Of the tox could be lifted out by simply nun
,ha ton There were many names scId'S"r" ~
.hs registry books This was done "Heh my
n.os we're challenged. The Repupllcdh Cnd'-
,snsers were most active. Ihefe "tic t'e'.H
..,,es challenged and scratched OH me ,,,,
lie hea I'd nothing about arlestlhs Wy IiIoo''l
he he was kept busy writing LII names
anS addresses during the day. IT was o ciVvh
,n the morning when they got through Vo"''''"s
the votes . .,,o, oloc,ion office did
-. ,hSnk the ballot box was as badly DAMAGE
~ Election Day as IL is now. fie ftCtlNou 80
nvsIones and receipted for them ana ne Co"u
-, evnlain how Iii votes came 10 DE cou"'cu
IL ohiacted vhe Michael Mclaughlin came Wy
40 vote a second time, but ms 0pJTV 'io'i
yorruled and the vote was received he 'ou' IN,
Vr.' asactlx how many men voted twice nor now
man, attempted 10 vote twice. pue ne -
~, that some Of those votes offered W.
counted He knew Joseph Disw"r'h anu .di ~
O,Weara could not vote when they came ~ ny
yolling- booth. because repeateis nau ohat ca
!o n,n oonoas He thought ii strange that so
then r'en we're voting on other mems names
mo- S. ,haro was very little challenging on tnat
ous There was no fuss made about niue
sh,ny like that Mr.. Thompson was IN anu
~ me booth all day directing anu nun Ei'e 7
the election officers. It'll, .o.t,c ,,,ice -
.,, NJ IIS~1lear "Thomas Lennoy told me 10
go my, r,,,.,.h shut, and did so. ,,.
IT, witness saw many others IN the po'e
.,ans and there was long row OF NV'e i9 -.
pc oil day They came 10 the poiis III coa0"7'
furnished by Thompson. ,,.,,cs sv,ore
'Another officer William h liuhhss, sM', =.
that he had challenged TWO men toi S ia
.aaa an the names Of Michael Coyle ana ftet re
VIZ ~ Ruoev He scratched elghty-two names OIL
.ha hooks IN all. There were many mn Mn
sr;ad m vote and were not reglsteEeu III -
60 mr. Ave try to vote on other men ; ia =
us had lived in the precinct nVe years ou' g."
majority OF those who Noted VIZ trto,,,sor
s.5 Tn,s was willing witness for thompson
MID Of the house-tO-house canvass . m
"Dd Won find any list of names written az ~
o., anv ~ the places you called lor names
asked Assemblyman Lewis. 49,. ,.,u To-
"yes sir we did" The committee VIII 10
morrow examine the ballots cast IN TINS precinct