The evening world., 1894-03-10

In court 40 he would call Gen. c. II. T.
| Coils to the witness stand.
| Gen. Coils haid that he had always
taken great Interest in election mat
ters. bu; had only once looked after mat.
tiers ter, at the ,ss, polls This was in the elec.
watcher in the Thirty-second Election
District Of the Second Assembly District
This was in oliver street
81 went down theli." said Gen. Coils
men In the room A pol ceman vas also
there - , .-,-
" me TIL the Tammany Inspector, who
seemed to dominate things at the polling
place. took the policeman by the lapel
OF his coat and lei hun over to the cor
er Of the room.
Then they held whispered conversa
TO me and asked me what ! was doing
there. ] replied that WAS the Repuhli.
can watcher duly appointed. and he shi1
that ! had no business to be there TIL
to stay there. ] had a right to remain.
Then the captain said to the police
man; man L., If you don't put this man out
~ offered Z, read the warrant Of my
appointment. btu; he would not listen I
II. He finally said he would put me out
Il /! didn't go. ] thought 1t best to go.
and when got out on the sidewalk there
was {. crowd there who iostled me and
told me 10 step lively and Get move
the street. I went right up to Police
Headquarters and saw Supt Byrnes.
He called Inspector Williams and the
latter Immediately took n cab and we
went back to the polling place in Oliver
I'VE got back there about I o'clock.
Inspector Willians said to the policeman
on on, duty WY. there Why did you not pro-
The policeman said that there had
been no interference with me and the
entire election board corroborated him.
you're yns % .as s'"f inspector s%a yGS %n%. h"SS
i shall be back again during the day.
After that - said the Genera, "the
fntsri.rsd G1ieer was v;,s f.; mild as pie was not
Gen. Coils further stated that in that
district during the day he saw forty-one
Rble-bodied men brought In who swore
that they we're incapacitnted, and help
ers were allowed to 60 In with them.
II challenged three people, but 1t was
no use" said the witness. They were
all perfectly able to arrange their bal
their names were licked Off BY the Tam
many captain at the door. l couldn't
swear that they were fraudulent voters,
name that he had been told TO give
when he went up to vote.
suppose that all the men were told
yt9 What names to give when they came n
this. and did not seem to notice what
was going on. During the day ] went
around to the polling place In oxford
same state Of things The Republican an
watcher was perfectly helpless. ~
who. was .Dlstrict-Attorney then7"
asked Mr.. Sutherland.
81 was" replied MIR. Nicoll.
Gen. Coils was not cross-examined
and left the stand when he had finished
his direct testimony. -.
Davis listened to the testimony for the
Mr. Mcintyre came anne 'lk",Sd n and too took hi. his
place They said they Intended TO take
Thomas r. Harrington, Republican
watcher IN the election of 1891. told how
a policeman refused 70 arrest man
The Tweniy-thlrd A ssembiy District Of Of
the Second Assembly District in that
This man gave as his address $50
vacant lot. I immediately challenged
him n -rn, and called S on the policeman present
piled the ssTs RstsaGs nss is ss csn Sttf &
The man was talking to the Tam
n any Captain. and after whispering a
few seconds. he made a rush for the
Il followed him for several blocks and
called or an officer l met in the street
to arrest him, but he reftsed to do so,"
some further experiences At the polling.
place. when voters were interfered With
and bulldoEad by the crowd there, and
the policemen present refused to protect
them. ---.....-...,..
The next Witness was Robert J. Gro
nile. a talkative young man. who was a
Republican ui n,yi Watcher in the Torty.seeopd
k,est,Sn ssnnv RiEr.nt eirin, OF the Twenty-slxth
He said that when he went to vote in
the morning on Nov. last, as he
PASSED BY the Tnmmany booth in the
which insuited him all the way to the
polling place.
When ne entered the place to vote
pisc who jostiei and showed him, and
one knocked on his hat. He complained
20 the police. but they would not do
ANYTHING to protect him.
vember the Witness said he took great
interest In the voting. and was around
He said that Police Justice Burke was
Ing and he hehrd him tell the ne distriet ui
captain there that he would lose his
head 4 he dta ofT nss carry r y.,h TIE district
complained to tie police they told him
they had nothing to do with It.
Other wltnessss examined were Leon
Cohn. OF l23' West FIfty-fourth street /;
James 8. !ernaire: a lawyer. of 2os West
One Hundred. and Third street; Robert
\. Machin. of +36 Ninth avenue, n CHIEF
Deputy Marshal. and Fred Morgenw ork.
Of 233 East Seventy y-fifth street. all OF
whom testified that the police had re-.
fused to interfere with violators Of the
law and make arrests when asked to do
so. or had arrested men without cause,
ssulted ana knocked him down withou,
provocation.
The Committee then adjourned till next
Friday morning at 1890 o'clock.