New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-27

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A. S. JAMESON SENTENCED.
TO SPEND EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN THE
PENITENTIARY.
sTINGING WORDS FROM THE JUDGE-sIXTEEN
GRAvEsEND ELECTION INSPECTORS PLEAD

GRAvEsEND ELECTION INSPECTORS PLEAD
GuILTY-To GO TO PRISON TO-DAY.
Another Of the Gravesend officials guilty OF
crime in connection with the election last tali
was sent 70 the Kings County Pententiary yes
terday and sixteen more will follow him to-day
Andrew Scott Jameson constable Of the town.
was sentenced to term of eighteen months Oi
the eighteen election inspectors, sixteen pleaded
guilty to the indictment charging them with
conspiracy to cast fraudulent ballots in Graves
end and will be sentenced to-day. They can be
;rnnr,soned for q year and fined $500 each. The
Indictment against one, Patrick II. Tighe. was
ouashed by consent of the prosecution, and one,
Frank T. Clarke pleaded not guilty. The TAX
Collector of the Town, Charles l.. Morris, was
arraigned but asked for a copy OF the lhuict-
ment against him and will plead to 1t to-day.
The courtroom where Judge Brown presided IN
over and Terminer crowded In every part
many residents Of Gravesend being present. All
the counsel who have appeared in any Of the
election cases present. The prosecution
was repro serted by General b. r. Tracy H. VI
Shepard J. A. Weinberg and A. f. Lamp for
the defendants George w. Roderck James H.
Troy. Foster L. Backus. Charles D. patterson
and Hugo Hrsh appeared
\ LENIENT SENTENCE ASKED FOR
ARRANGEMENTS had been made for the great ma
toriy Of the indicted men to plead guilty IN view
of the fate of McKanc. Sutherland, Newton an"
Jameson. The case Of the last named for SEN
tence was first called. His counsel MI la'.''
sor asked for as lenent a sentence as possible
and Mr. Weinberg, for the prosecution asSen'e",
saving that the prisoner had been the tool OF
Others and that the jurys Recommendation ~
mercy should be Observed
rr,uounciut, sentence Judge brown Stlu'
.'The crime Of which YOU have been coh'c'eu
tho lau regards as very serious. The maximum
nurisbnent Of II Is ten years imprisonment \
few wears ago all minimum mprisonmentS were
abolished 1t being left TO the discretion ol tne
Judge 10 say what punishment other ''l' VIZ
ma ximum should be inflicted. In ms case |th-
ing into consideration the character "I lne ".
fen,lant I'm the town Of Gravesend. though an
not ignore the offence. II Is proper 70 rs'"t',oI.
that he was simply instrument IN thr H'"uS
Of men ADLER ana more intelligent th'h ni'iS1''c
Il was not his mind that conceived th' pans W
fraud He IS not "a guilty as Newton or Su'ncI-
land and they are probably not as gulI'N IL NJ
Kane Sutherland was sentenced 10 me p',l''II-
tiary for a year and - pay a me "i $'p'' Nv"
toms sentence was practically the same ,lilT
months being taken OF on account oI MS p'td'
Ing ,,,,iltv This defendant being found guHty o.
fclony / cannot impose ine 80 must % auu ~
the term of imprisonment AFTER cohSiu,Il'.s - . .'.
matter very carefully. the sentence oi me 'ou'1
ts rhat the defendant shall bc confined III 'lu
Kings County Peuitentiary for eighteen months.
The Stiffness which had prevailed in the c"u,,-
room was broken by thr loud applause "heh lhe
term was set showing the relief felt by many
THE INSPECTORS ARRAIGNED.
rheso election inspcctors were then arragnel:
Michael J. Ryan. Patrick II. Tghe. victor Bau-
scnwcln. william Lyons. James II. Cropsey John
II Brownhill benjamin Cohen Frederick Bader,
cn,,llcs .torrts John w. Murphy. Morton Nor
rio Conrad Stcubcnbord. Garretson Morris. W ash-
,nctgn l. Tuttle John l.. Cuhliffe. William H.
Stewart Frank r. Clarke. Nicholas j. Johnson
and Harlan Crandall
The nrs six were in custody Of Sheriff Butt
ling having been surrendered by their bondsnen.
and the others were on bail. All were indicted
on this charge jointly with McKane. Newton and
Sutherland: Being such inspectors Of election
aforesaid and we'll knowing the premises. and
rhat they and each Of them were bound fa!th-
fully to perform the duties enJ1ined upon them
and pertaining to them and each ~ them as such
inspectors OF election aforesaid nevertheless be-
irg persons ~ evil mind and disposition. did men
and there fraudulcntly. malciously. unlawiuly
and corrlpily cunspire. confederate and agree
together. and with the said john Y. McKane, X.
V. Il. Newton. Kenneth +. sutherland ana
Charles Morris. . 10 commit a crime name
ly that the said all the inspectors are here men,
toned should knowingly and willingly permit
and suffer persons To vote who were not entitled
to vote at the general election held as aforesaid.
I'm the said town. on the said 1th day Of Novem-
ber. I'm the year 1893"
All pleaded guilty. save Charles w. Morris,
TiPhe and Clarke. The hrst-namcl asked for
copy OF the indictment. Mr. shepard said that
there was no proof against Tghc. and he re-
leased Clarke pleaded not guilty. Another,
Cunnc. did the same. but aftcrward changed
his plea to guilty. The men who pleaded guilty
will be arraigned for sentence to-day. and spent
last night at Raymond Street Jail. Jameson
was taken to the penltentiary yesterday after
noon and set 10 work in the tailor-shop "Dick'
Newton is making chairs in the same institution.