The evening world., 1894-03-05
FINES FOR TWO MORE.
Harding and Gegan Plead Guilty
and Pay 5000 and $3.50.
Inspector Humphries's Bail For
feited, but Execution Suspended.
Rumors that Moro Indicted Election
Clerks Have Fled.

Only twenty-one out OF the seventy
five indictments for frauds at the
last election remained to be disposed OF
this morning before Justice Barrett In
the Court Of oyer and Termner.
All these cases were set down for to-
day. and 1t was expected that they
would be cleared up without any further
trials. 1t was said that number OF the
indicted men would plead guilty and
throw themselves upon the mercy OF the
Court.
The rumor was also current that sew
eral persons who are out on bail would
fail to put in an appearance when called
or the fifty-four cases already dis
posed of thirty have been dismissed on
the recommendation OF the District-At-
tOrney or judgment has been suspended.
while twenty-four persons have either
been convicted or have pleaded guilty
and have been sentenced.
OF the twenty persons yet to he
tried five have run away and their bail
has been forfeited These are James Col
Inns. Meyer Marks. Thomas McMahon, Ed
ward O'Donnell and Edmund Leppier.
All OF them were under 900 bail with
$500.
The first man called to the bar this
morning was John Harding, an inspector
In the Twenty-eighth Election District
OF the Fourth Assembly District. the
same in which Peter Neville the first
of the indicted men to be convicted. was
an inspector.
Harding pleaded guilty to the charge
OF neglect of duty when arraigned, and
Mr.. Wellman said that the evidence in
some doubt as to Hardings equal COM
plicity in the guilt of the other in
spectors and there were some tigating
clrCumsl..nC,.
Justice Barrett also took this view of
the case, and instead OF sending Hard
Ing to prison let him off with a fine OF
ss0 which he paid before he left the
The name OF Joseph Humphrles was
next called by the Clerk. He was indicted
Tor making false canvass as inspector In
the Second Assembly District. He had
been called last Friday. but had not re.
sponded, He was missing again this
morning.
man, Hugh Frecl. was present Free
said he did not know where Humphries
| was, but thought he could produce him
within day or two; ~
! the bond forfeited, and would order judg
ment to be taken against Mr.. Frcel. but
would stay execution for "A week, so as
to give him a chance to bring Humphrle:
into court.
Tarque ]. Gallagher, Inspector OF tht
Eighteenth Election District of the Sec
ond Assembly, who was indicted for neg
lect of duty. withdrew his plea OF tot
: guilty and pleaded guilty to the charge
He is an old man. sheventy-three year
OF age and very feeble In, his appearance
Mr.. Wellman recommended "A suspension
I of sentence in his case.
B This Justice Bartlett consented to, bu
he told Gallagher that he was too ole
to have undertaken to serve as an cleo
! tion inspector when he could not se,
/ what was going on, and he ought Il
! have known 1t.
Gallagher thanked the Court. and tn,
Judge bid him good morning. Sentence
was also suspended in the case OF Jane.
same district, Assistant District-Attor
ney Wellman stating that the evidence
showed he had not been guilty OF an ag
gravated offense. Hyland had als'
pleaded guilty.
The next person brought before III
bar was John :. Gegan. who Is charge'
with unlawful electioneering within II
feet of the polling-place. In the Twenty
| seventh District OF the Twenty-third AS
scmbly District. Gegan pleaded guilty
and Justice Barrett fined him $50, whic'
he paid.
The Justice said that as he had in
nicted no severer penalty than a fine II
other cases where this offense had beer
charged, he would not make an eXcep
tion in Gegan's case, but he deciare'
that at any future term where thi
crime should be proven against an of
fender. the latter would surely he sen
TO the penitentiary. The Offense wa
one which deserved severer punishment
than fin.
Gegan paid his fine and got out of III
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