The sun., 1894-10-27
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Nine Prisoners and = story that duplicates
Eieetion District Captains :. the T-eifth-
sto Dsy for Resisteri.e Twenty Times
A gang Of knaves who were operating a
scheme Of wholesale false registration and
colonization in the Twelfth Assembly district
were discovered by the police yesterday and
before noon nlno men were in custody at Police
Headquarters. Several Of them made confess
sions, duplicating others and giving in detail
full particulars Of the scheme. The prisoners
we're:
Thomas Donovan.
John Downs, alias The Ripper" an old thief.
John Duny alias Bowden.
George King, thief
Joseph Otis.
Patrick sullivan, q shell game man.
Daniel Sweeney.
James Walsh
George Young. alias Linderman, thief.
All were remanded at the Essex Market Police
Court until this morning, when, Superintendent
Byrnes says, every other person who had To do
with the job will be under arrest.
In telling the story yesterday, Superintendent
Byrnes said that he received certain informa-
tion early in the morning Of the operations Of
such a gang In the Twelfth Assembly district,
which is bounded by Seventeenth and Twenty
ninth streets, Fourth avenue, and the East
River. Police Captains Martens and Gallagher.
whose precincts embrace the district, were
summoned to headquarters and ordered
to begin at once canvass OF the dis
trict in search of fraudulent registration.
Meanwhile the Bureau OF Elections had
been notified and had put the election officials
In every election district in the Assembly dis
trict on their guard. Finally thirty detectives.
under Detective Sergeants Valley. Titus, Hol-
land, and Crowley, were sent into the district.
The nine prisoners were all arrested in the
streets. When arrested King threw away n slip
Of paper. The detectives recovered II and found
that 1t contained twenty names and addresses.
At Police Headquarters similar list was found
Oh Otis
Otis was the first man to confess. His confess
sion, as given out by superintendent Byrnes.wns
Last night Thursday was standing on the
corner of Second avenue and Houston street
when man that know very well by sight. but
whose name do not know, approached me and
asked II wanted to makea few dollars. said.
sure do Then he told me what was to do.
morrow friday at several places and on Satur-
day also; and / VIII glye up SlO day ac-
cspted ths oiter; T. and no told me ne to meet him him
there would be several other people. too. and
that we would be instructed by a man who would
guarantee us protection. lmet him this morning
and was taken to another man, who gave us
each uhere were ten of us there slip OF paper
peope He H dreeted us to go to each o residence
and look at the place, so that IL we were ques-
toned we could describe the place. He told us
had to do when entering registry place was TO
put our forehngers under the lapels OF our vests
and our right hands across our breasts. If things
were not all right the captain of the election dis
trict would say; guess you are In the wrong
without n word He assured us that there would
be no trouble. but II there was that the people
behind him would get us off all right. Then he
on the slip We should say that we lived on the
third. In addition To the list of names he gave
saGh IN % Of
the Twelfth Assembly district
- Then was told by the mar met Thursday
night to go up town with another man and
register When got through at night was to
meet him at Second avenue and Houston street
zone of the prsonersI, between 4 and 0 O'Clock
and registered at FIVE places. do not know the
seen him half dozen times. The man received
the instruction from was stout, smooth-fa
man, He was lame in one hand. and he kept
Subsequently, Otis identified Pat Sullivan as
the man who had hired him and Duffy AS the
one who had given the instructions.
King in his confession corroborated Otis's
statement, and in addition said that sullivan
where he met Duffy and received instructions.
He registered several times and was to have re-
ccivcd his money last night from Duffy in a
saloon at Houston and Chrystie streets.
The room where the men met is In the apart
ment Of Dan Sweeney. In his statement Sweeney
said that sullivan approached him several days
ago and asked for permission 10 meet several
people In Sweency's house. II was given and on
Thursday night and again yesterday morning
sullivan brought In a lot OF men. Dufy came
on the second occasion, and, Sweeney stntcd.
instructed the men how to register. Sweeney
stated that some few men demanded $40 day
FOR their services, and because they could not
get II refused to have anything to do with the
scheme.
ON Duffy, who says he Is a5 years old and lives
at 377 Third avenue was found small book.
which contained the names OF all the other
prisoners
rests. and one OF his assistants will be ON hand
at the Essex Market Court this morning To
prosecute the cases.
Superintendent Byrnes said that he believed
registry list by tonight II the job had not been
discovered. He refused TO say that he knew
what election district captains were in the
scheme or In whose interest the fraud was com
said he knew most OF them to be professional
crooks.
james Monahan. who was indicted by the
teenth election district OF the First Assembly
district. was arraigned Yesterday before Judge
COwng in the General Sessions He pleaded
default Of s.. 900 bail 10 the Tombs Monahan
said that he would like TO be tried Immediately,
because he could prove his innocence. He had
lived; he said, for thirty years in the district in
William Allen OF 70 Market street tried to
register last night AT 80 Market street under the
name OF William Curtin. He was already reg
istered as Allen. ile was arrested. The, police
the polling place tried to rescue him.