New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-27
ONE PLOT NIPPEDIN THE BUD
CAPTURE OF BATCH OF TAMMANf
HEELERS ILLEGALLY REGISTERED
THEY HAD BEEN HIRED TO PUT THEIR NAMES
on NUMEROUS LISTS ~ THE NTH Dis
TRICT-ABOUT 400 UNLAWFUL TAM
MANY VOTERS HEADED OFF

MANY VOTERS HEADED OFF.
The Tammany tiger was "persecuted' again
yesterday, and Justice Grady will have a mag
nincent opportunity the next time he shouts lor
the gang to rail against the infamous cur'di-
mcnt Of personal liberty by Superintendent
Byrnes In stopping wholesale Illegal registration
I'm the XIIth Assembly District The Tamnany
tiger met one Of the surprises Of its life yester-
day when one OF its gangs Of "touGhs, wnlch
had never been moicsted before. was nabbed by
the police and locked up at Police Headquarters.
The Statesmen" who We're arrested are typ
zeal East Side election repeaters. 1t makes
mighty little difference to them that they re-
caught but 1t makes difference OF several
hundred votes 20 Tammany Hall.
Their names are John Downs alias Ripper"
a well-known thief. Joan Duffy. alias Bowden;
George King also = thief Thomas Donovan.
Patrick sullivan. "nim-ham' man; George
Young. alias Linderman; Daniel Sweeney, also
said to be- "crook," and James Otis.
THE SUPERINTENDENT ACTS PROMPTLY.
Superintendent Byrncs received information
yesterday morning that an attempt was to be
made 10 cause fraudulent registration in the
XTIth Assembly District which is bounded by
Seventeenth and Twenty ninth SITS. Fourth ave.
and the East River. II" s'nt Tor captain ''aI-
lacher Of the East Twenty -second-st station, and
station. and told them what TO %.
As "A result the prisoners mentioned w"r" ar
rested In the possession Of the man Oiis was
found a list containing twenty names. OTIS had
registered In several places under the names
contained on the list Tn" prisoner king had
ais, registered several times When klnB was
arrested he threw a slip II paper away. De-
tcctivc found it. however II also contained
iyi f names. and King admitted having used
some of them in registering In several erection"
districts In the NIGtE Assembly District
a
nerlntendcni Byrnef and Inspector Mclaughlin.
nying bare the scheme II Illegal ana iraudu.eh'
registration.
OIL said so a day bad been offered him for two
days by a man ne knew VOL by sight. but not by
name t. & with others ana register. ms I,.In %
assured Otis h" would hc fully protected. V'i9
mo, the man Yesterday morning and received
list Il twenty names He was 10 x win IoW-
ORG and register under thes" names. Inc man
told OTIS that when he went {" IN" rrElsrE
,J,.o ne vas to put bis f1rcingor under tn" zap
- his waisiCoat and his hand across ms W'iS'-
coat. II anything was wrong ne '"P.H'i,, -. ~
election district who would b" their' W'u' ,-, r's
~ ,,i,ss vou belong {, som" other district Ihat
would indicat, something was Wr.hE ,
In Ots's pocket was iouni p."lt"E .'' , '
th. f,.a u which was pasted \ lls' ~ every "I.'
ZION district in the X1lth Assembly District In'
,th.~ prisoners corr 1b'rtict oils's STORY. IN
rr.s,ner g rge Young is Nh" crook VINO S',"'
time ael attempted suitlI" ""''' "'''H Wv
fore Recorder Smytn.
WHO THE PRINCIPAL AGENT WAS.
last night i was learned that The man who
gave the printed slips around was George puny
auas uo,l.n. twenty-sx years Old. of 81 81
rbird.avo sullivan was the "go-between' Tn"
mon cnRagei by Duffy and Sullivan were -
/ nav. mot last night a. 9.30 o'clock. In peterson
saloon nj Houston and Chrysue sts, Wh'ie nc
were to have been PAID and return 'hr p"P''N
Thry were arraigned ycstcriay afternoon IN
Essex Market Police Court. justice Slihu'S ~,
n.a,Iod no nrisoners until this uMrning. \ book
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