The evening world., 1894-03-09

Election District Of the Eleventh
Assembly District.
Decker was arrested on warrant by
police officer. just as he was going to
vote, the witness said
II protested, because / knew the man;
He had lived In my house, and had voted
from there for two years.
THE officer wouldn't listen to me,
but insisted on taking Decker to the sta
tion at once. j wanted to swear In his
vote. but even this was not allowed,
II went to the station with the officer
and offered to 81 bail for the prisoner,
but the Sergeant In charge would not
take It, He said 1t was not bailable
case"
Mr.. McMurray got very much excited
while telling this story. and the crowd
In the courtroom frequently smiled aud
IDLY as he told OF his experiences. He
vent back several years. and described
the action of the police In interfering
/ with voters.
The Grand Jury indicted me once for
trat was what It amounted to. The
case was never brought up
you didn't regard it as the. fault Of
tae n'l'eS SeG 9'iGeT t NISsi tssi he had war
mo, / suppose he did his duty" said
the eX-Aldarman.
Mr.. N!col read the law on the subject
Of taking bail. and II appeared that Il
police sergeant had no authority to take
ball In the case of a felony.
Did you make a complaint agalns:
ator Bradley, who had put the same
question in the case OF the two preceding
witnesses.
mo. / did not" was the reply. N was
the same az in the other cases, and the
witnesses all showed strong aversion
10 telling the names OF the derelict po-
licemen.
WOlfert Snys He Was Beaten.
f. II. Wolfert a Republican challenger
In the Forty-third Election District of
the Tenth Assembly District. was the
next witness.
Il challenged @, man who attempte1
to vote under the name of Thomas
Bulger. l knew Bulger personally.
IAN the other election officers wanted
this man to vote, and | protested, and
called upon the policeman present to
arrest him.
This he finally did after the mans
vote had been sworn in. and walked him
out OF the place. followed them up
| the street abou. block till they got to
the corner OF Eighteenth street. when
the nr.soner started to run down the
street
II said to the officer. Your prisoner is
| getting away He only smiled at me
and started in the opposite direction.
II then went to the station to make
crowd OF Tammany heelers set on me,
and / had my head smashed and my
face cut"
Did you maze a charge against the
polceman?' asked MIR. Sutherland.
"Yes, but after the case was ad-
journed several times ! heard that 1t
had been dismissed
The following questions and answers
then ensued:
o-Is the same man on the force yeti A,--Yes.
o.-where 40 you live now. AIN Brooklyn.
o,-when did you move there' AIN the lat
| ter part Of November
Q.-Why did you from New York? A.
because heard that the police were going To XIII
ma II didn't get out
platter and polisher.
Spectators Laugh.
Several times the spectators broke out
| into laughter at Wolfert's account OF his
| election experiences, and Chairman Lex
were interrupted any, further ln, that
| manner the room would be cleared.
ITS fine commentary on the state
OF public sentiment In New York" said
Senator O'Connor. 'if they laugh down
| here at the account OF such outrages as
| the witnesses describe
IT'S because they know that those
stories are not true" put in Mr.. Nicoll.
Senators Cantor and Bradley fire.
quently asked questions II the witness
on cross-eNam!nation. and once or twice
ment. when the alleged doings Of
| Tammany's workers and captains were
described by the witness
| The next witness called was james
| Johnson, OF 236 East Thirty-fourth street
who was Republican watcher In the
| Twentieth Election District OF the
| Twelfth Assembly District last election
day. He said he saw the Tammany cap
| tain OF the district in the polling place
give n ballot 10 voter. and tell him to
| vote II.
| There were two policemen in the place
at the time. and one OF them, the witness
| said, looked out of the window and
smiled, while the other stared at the
wall while tkis was going on.
| lie protested against this, but neither
officer would pay any attention 20 his re-
monstrance. and the man took the ballot
| into the booth, and probably voted It.
Mr.. Nicoll then asked:
| Q-what did you say the policeman did when
you called hP attsniion to thisf A.-oh he
| sImply amilsd q ios1-hsArtsd sort OF smile
/ Q.-DowA-hsITtsd. was ~ DId YOU ever make