New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-11

MARCH II, ls94.-TWENTY-FC
for tho United States Stamping Company for two
q. (by Senator Bradley)-Dld the policeman release
you when ne had queled the disturbance A.
q. Cby Senator Cantor)-was a blow struck? A.
MIR Sutherland then called Robert j. cromie'
whom he examined an He Is ye toSws No. 20 West One
'o.NHow Ions. have sSss you lived there7 Al moved
o.SSWhere dd YOU live before that? AIN One
o.UHave you always lived in this city Ayes,
,a 4D & YO Sd go to the polling place 10 vote last
On what district do you live? EN- the
o'MWhere was the polling place? Alt One
| hundred and seventeenth-st. and Park-ave.
EVERY ONE INsULTED.
o-Wbat time did you go there? Alt o'clock.
| Tammany Hall had little booth where they gave
| ont masters in the middle of the block. About ten
| members OF the Stuyvesant Club were standing
around it. They all Stuyvesant Club badges.
They insued every one who came along.
Q.-was there any policeman there? Ayes
but he did not interfere with them
Odd they speak to you? Ayes, they wanted
me to take a Tammany paster
Odd Won take Il? A.-No sir. / refused 1t.
The policeman said: Bob, why don't you take the
p1ser senator sd my o GSEf the policeman
In Uniform? Ale was ~ ,, .,oo
Mr. r S ynt %s came ou one Of the
Stuyvesant Club men pushed another against me.
YOU later daughter Ever since then have
taken an interest In the organization OF my us
a IlS' Joined h0d the Morton Nor Club -, ,,.o
Odd you have any experiences MIN enr
| did That was January 3d. There had peeh
complaints headquarters about the way IN wn aR
around the district Then 1 went home for break
fast Afterward went to vote While i, Was Shs
Assembly District came up and said to the lam
many captain OF the election district
HIS HEAD IN DANGER.
'If yon don't carry this district you lose your
head" The Tammany leader was Police Justice
Burke. president OF the Stuyvesant Club. made
I'D my mind tina. when police justice sald 'n's
there use in having any one at nf ,bs wit
nesss Judgment Mr. Sutherland said 10 'ro''e'
"Go on" He did so az follows ,, r, tho
rdll,mg Mac Of the Second Election District, in
nd-nfth-st.. near Third-ave. "a"
| Tammany man standing inside As entered lie
ns5u We're s,e there any policemen there? Ayes
so owh or We're they? A-stting in the window;
Q.-Iiow far from you were they' N'-'''''
Q.-facIng the booth? Ayes srr .,. ,,,s tho
q a.
wsy business Is getting done here" One policeman
| SAID: II don't know anything about IT, repleh.
That man mas no rgnt 10 How G in the he'll do
you know" | told the Inspector that II ,nG r"h h
head head OF Of remarks Then asked the policeman,
TO put the Tammany man out He said he , nam nj
| the ns,liceman went with him when they were
| outside heard the policeman say to the Tamm many,
man: You damn fool: you ought TO know 10 WHOM
@. tBy MIR NicolD-what is your occupation?
NoIlWhere? AT No 30 West One-hundred-and-
o"How long have you been a painter7 A.-Ten
o~what did you do before that? Al Vas, was a
| fireman on the elevated road and on the fennsyi-
't % DO 5o'I Won give much attention to politics?
You t. took an interest in the welfare Of your
country? A-Yes sir and in an honest ST D yar or
ganlzauon only FOR short time? As =, S ,,k,r,
an Interes, in your organization? A.-only last
| autumn. when | had that experience with tne
Suyyesan club men T Tim b ma up Ought to
take interest in politics 1890 ..no,.o
| Yes. sir | don't know whether he knew my last
name or not good many pe2 Ro IN or How ' do
'S QH d. you travel around Harlem much? Ayes.
| sir in course OF business.
q"Eyer go out Win the boys; AZ .; sir am an
home man | think great deal OF nome al
! ways an
| WHY THEY CALLED HIN bob"
| O-Why do they call you Bob" II you are such
| home man? A-Well. I've lived there all my
| life went 20 school there. Guess II you always
| lived there and went to school there. they'd call
you Bob too. II that was your name daughter)
| Mr. NIcol was a Bit dlsconcerteI. Then he went
| back 10 the incident OF Election Day. 1898. Cromie
said he thought that when the Tammany man
| pushed him the policeman should have protected
| Q-were you hurt? A.-No sir but my hat was
| knocked on. m
| vas a crowd OF members OF the StuyVesant club
abou, the booth where they gave out Tammany
| pastors There voters. The men pushed me
| when | went In and when came out OF the
polling place 8. ,,O,, ,o,, comrl,in ofq A-yes
| sir | thought the policeman had "A right TO pro-
| iect me when jostied. but he only stood and
Q-Ani man who has always lived in Harlem
Mr. sutherland objcctcl 10 this sneering remark
| He said he thought witnesses should be protected
and Mr Wico re,ortei. lightly: Well rather than
hur, any ones feelings VIII Jet the witness 20.
| Next Mr.. Sutherland called Leon Conn., whom he
Q"Where do you live? AIT No 1913 West Fifty
| Q-iow long have you lived there? A.-one year
| Q.-Where did you live before? Alt No S25
| o~Have you always lived in New-York? Ayes
| U-Where did you vote at the last election? A
| In the Eighth Election District OF the NXist AS
| semby District
| rAMMANY POLITICIAN INTERPRETERS.
| Q.-Tell what you saw or the police on that day?
| Al was a Republican watcher. and was at the
| polling place from $50 a. to p. m. when they
| finished counting the ballots Previous TO the count
| | officer standing near "A booth. voter
| said he didn't know how fold his ballots. The
| officer said: "lll show you" | said that not
| right A Tammany politician here exclaimed: you
have too much to say" l persisted however. and
| finally the baot-clerk showed him how TO vote
| When the votes were first counted there were 2l2
ballots, but when they were opened and reeounted
| there were 2i3 TWO ballots had been folded to-
| gether. they said There were about twenty Tam
| many men there and | the only Republican
| watcher. The Tammany men demanded that the
| two ballots be destroyed. The officer said: GIVE
| them me" | said that he had no right to take
| Them but the crowd said: Let him hold them" |
| said he had no business with them that the in
| spectors alone had right to handle the ballots.
The crowd swore and said had too much To say.
| | replied that was there Republican watcher,