New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-10

! police sutton could not have permitted Mr. Nc
Murray to give bail for Decker at the station. be-
cause Decker had been arrested on the charge OF
| committing a felony. Mr.. McMurray said he did
not know that Illegal registration was felony, but
the senators said there doubt about that.
Senator Bradley asked Mr. McMurray If he had
made any complaint against the policeman, and
/ MIR McMurray gad no"
"Do Won think It would have been OF the slightest
Use FOR Won to max" such a complaint 10 the Com
misslonerso' Mr. sutherland asked But Senator'S
Bradley and cantor objected to the question and it
was Withdrawn.
HE FEARS To LIVE ~ NEw-YoGN NOW
+. H. wolfertz. who now lives ia i-oohlyn but
was a Republican voter in the Forty-thrd Election
| District OF the Xth Assembly District IN this city
| At the election last fall and watcher and
challenger IN the polling place on Election Day told
his experience in stopping a repeater.
II was ia thu polling place AT 3 80 p M" he said.
when a man came IN and tried 10 vote i'm the name
OF Thomas Bolgor. | knew the not Bolger
and called out to the policeman 10 arrest the man.
! Before the Republican inspector had time TO say a
! word however. the Tammany chairman % the
! Board Of Inspectors took the mans ballot and |
doat know II the ballot went into the box or not.
/ | insisted on having the man arrested. and the
policeman there made the arrest. As the police
man started to take the man ont OF the place. "A
/ lot ~ rommauv 'heecrs' jumped on me. caught me
10y the throat and pushed my collar button into my
]
appealed t. III" policeman and be tod the men TO
in the street the policeman let the man go and
/ The man started 10 run aMdy. SAID; Othcer.
! there goes Your prisoner Tn" policeman ran in
the other direction n Little way and came back
laughing. | asked him for his number and he gave
H. went 10 the police station 10 make complaint,
and was told 70 Eo 10 the Central ONCE and see
/ Inspector Williams. The Inspector took my com
plant but ther" were several APPOINTMENTS before
| the ease came before m" Commissioners and the
complaint against the policeman was dismissed
Senator Bradley asked Wolfertz why he had
moved to Brooklyn and the witness replied. BE
cause heard II said around the place where lived
that tn police would Kill me"
I'm answer 10 a question Of Senator O'Connor the
witness said that nine or ten Tammany heeers
the man vote In The name Of Boiger Wofertz To-
max" clear the manner in which he was assaulted.
got on his feet and made some motions which caused
III there is cause Tor laughter in this" said sena-
tor O'Connor Il am glad do not live in this city
where men who are trying % prevent fraud I'm vot-
policeman I'm such fashion"
In reply TO questions 10y Mr.. Nicoll the witness
said that the man who assaulted him and cut his
eye in the polling place had been arrested but had
been discharged in the police court
did not protect RE until / appealed for protection
Q.-The man who assaulted you arrested 2
Q.-Anl tho case was heard in court? A-Yes
az I IT., was the prsSnSrs testimony against yours
discharged
HE THOUGHT FRAUD a JOKE.
Mr. Sutherland next called James Johnson to the
stand. The witness said he lived at No 1866 East
Twenty -fourh-st., and a steam and gas filter.
lie voted In the Twentieth Election District OF the
XIIth Assembly District He knew the policemen
there by sight. When he into the polling
place at 1890 a. m. he saw two policemen there
one was two feet away from the booth farthest
from the door. The second officer by
Johnson saw voter 30 into the last booth The
Tamnany captain kneeled down and received the
nan hd p, ballots from under ne door OF the booth
one OF them 10 the voter with these words: Take