The evening world., 1894-03-01
DoOLEY GETS5YEARS.
Justice Barrett Sorry He Cannot
Reach the Bosses,
one of the Indicted Vote Iugglers
Jumps His Bail.
ou,ck Work in Sentencing Niolators
of the Ballot.

.dwsrd ODonnell. under indctmen,
ror making a false statement of the
canvass of ballots in the Nineteenth Elec
,,on District OF the Second Assemhis Dis
,r,ct, to-day failed to answer when his
case was called for trial before Justice
barrett and jury in the Court Of oyer
and Termner. The quick convictions ot
Dooley and Fay. who were his fellow.
inspectors at the infamous polling booth
ss2 Pearl street. terrified O'Donnell, and
lie, 1t is understood, preferred to jumr
lhe 81 500 hail upon which he was lib
Grated, rather than stand trial.
O'Donnells name was called three or
four times. Then Assistant District At
torney Wellman demanded the forfeiture
Of his bail bond. Bernard Golden. of IS
City Hall place. is surety for O'Donnell
A brief respite was given Lawyer j. j.
Walsh to produce O'Donnel and Jus
tice Barrett turned his attention to sen.
fencing Dooley and Ferris.
In the case OF Dooley. who was called
to the bar first, Lawyer Walsh moved
for a new trial. Justice Barrett over
ruled the motion and sentenced the pris.
oner to five years at hard labor in Sing
Sing. The extreme penalty is seven
years. In passing sentence the Justice
had caustic word for those who may
be the real instigatcrs of such crimes MS
Dooley's and Ferris s-the bosses now far
away. He said: II have no desire to be
unduly severe in these cases. and have
sndeavored to .emper Justice with mercy
] have been very careful to dinerentiate
between cases where men have been
guilty OF what has been wicked in Itself
been been no essentia al Il w!ckedness. IN n
% aay that we had Very much the wors,
OF all the cases brought before us. In
brought face to face with a crime which
Is essentially wicked There could be
nothing worse than the deliberate falsih
cation hy an in.peGt3T5 OF eishGtons
people behind you in all this they can.
not be brought here and punished ever
more severely than YOU. The judgment
Of the Court is that you be sentenced tc
the State prison at hard labor for FIVE
"Whew!' said dozen of Dooley's
friends. They had no idea the sentence
would be more than two or three years
Ferris's case was called next, anu In
sentencing him Justice Barrett said his
crime was not as bad as Dooley's. ye,
law as entirely Inadequate. He inflicted
the maximum sentence, to wit. one year
in the penitentiary and $500 fine: -.
These cases disposed of. O'Donnells
bail bond was forfeited and an order fol
his arrest followed
Rudolph Boyer was called next anC
Lawyer Howe. speaking for him. sai'
his client retractcd his former plea o
not guilty of doub.e voting. justice
Barrett thereupon sentenced him TO 8
days IN the penitentary.
John Murphy. better known as Sugar
Murphy, because of his long employment
q a frncknan for the HuNpmpEprS
tracted his plea of not guilt of procur
ing an illegal vote and pleaded guilty
Justice Barrett said the District, Attor
crime was really, soliciting vote within
~ feet of the polling booth. He though
..e law would be satisfied with fine o
Frarcis o Woodruff and Thomas +
Marion, indicted for making a false can
vas OF ballots. We're surrendered by
their bondsmen at this junctures an NJ
Deputy Sheriff Brown. The bondsmel
for Woodruff and Marion was Sugar
Murphy, himself only moment befor
fined $3.50.
Assistant District-Attornoy Wellmar
was elated at the turn affairs had taken
and he remarked eXultingly: we nav
them CT the run, sure enough.
Assistant District-Attorney Wellmal
offered a motion that three additional In
dlCtments against Dennis J. Buckley
now serving a sentence In the penitcn
tlhTN 1Or receiving an lllcPdl DHIlOt, u
dismissed. and Justice Barrett assented
Indictments against Charles Michael
Thomas Harold, Edward Kauffenber
and Frincis Lynch, for neglect Of dut
were also dismissed by Justice Barret
on the recommendation OF Mr.. Wellmar
These defendants. II was explained b
The The, Assistant District. a Attorney, ,,o weT
perform in regard 10 the compilation O
the false statement of ballots.
After the excitement attending Jus
t!ce Barrett's denial Of the McKane ar
plication this afternoon, the trials in tn
Weiss, Of % sixth avenue, charge
With perjury IN sw"arins he was wa; l,i1, bin,
end pleaded guilty at the snggesti3n 9
sail he WAS satisfied Weiss's eyes wer
blind Justice Barrctt suspended SCI
tenCe in Weisss case, and instricte
counsel to inform Weiss that it was a
extraordinary exercise OF clemency O
the Courts part.
Aschor Bernstein charged with pei
jury In swearing he was blind. va
given until Tuesday to secure n ccrtil
cat" cat from DR. Knapp, the oGulist As +
explained to the Court that DIR. knaT
Informed him that he had treated Rcri
STEMS eyes fifteen years ago, and the
thought his eyesight would last bat
nGustave Heyman. Charles Gross M
William he Shousa, charged with mel
lect of duty In not properly destroyI
extra folded ballots. all entered pleas
guilty in place of their original pleas
not guilty, and Justice Barrett fine
each 800.
LAWYER Walsh made an applicable
mis- afternoon for a stay in the case
Michael Cody, who voted, giving h
residence as the Tomhs, and .1ustit
RRarrett granted the ,applicatlon. =, NJ
Tor reversal of verdict in Jam'
j. Dooloy's case.
ON motion of Mr.. WellmaA the indie
ment against Frank j. Davis for admit
st"ring a false oath was dismissed