The evening world., 1894-03-30
Many Witnesses Tell Of It Before
the Lexow Committee.
SaIoonkeepers FIannery and 0'Brieu
Ordered Not to Support Bahan.
The Former Did and Soon After.
wards He Was Arrested.

room OF Common Pleas this morning
there was the usual large attendance OF
spectators and witnesses.
Counselor Sutherland stated that
about thirty witnesses had been sub
poenaed for to-day, and the inquiry
would for the present be conducted on
the same lines as In the past, the evil
dence furnished to the Committee tend
ing to show undue interference Of the
police at the polls, and a pernicious ac-
tivity on their part In furthering the in
terests of. Tammany candidates on cleo
sion day.
Chairman Lexow was indignant at the
manner In which Wheeler II. Peckham
had critized the Commute in his speech
before the Good Government Club, OF
Harlem. last night.
Mr.. Peckham said hat the Committee
eould not get a good lawyer to conduct
the Investigation, because the Commit
Zee Zee hampered n him n,c and Gircum 1ss ed
was absolutely powerless.,
Mr.. Peckham seems to have lost his
s sss.a s Mas Chairman ~ Mas re Eeae~.s BY an ,as sen to
. number OF reporters who asked him
Tor an opinion on the speech.
and Robertson were the other member
Of the Committee present when the pro-
seedlings opened at IL o'clock.
i land was John La Fonde, a shoemaker.
Of Isl Spring street. He told the Com
mittee that on election day In November.
ii tain In a polling place In Vartck street.
Theodore Snyder, a policeman, on duty
there. ordered the witness, out of the
4 place, and when he refused to go took
bin by the collar and threw him out
II didn't get back till 2 o'clock in the
II = ffarpnnn uhan Alderman AlfrpI rnnk.
4 What did you see at the last cleo
tion?"
'sThere wasn't any interference at the
( say what they didn't do.
an day 1 long, knG sallo 1S~% were ""G passed. ssaf into into
4 the booths; heelers were allowed to go
n In with voters without taking n oath.
n and although i Kept Directing all the
time the police would never listen to
me, and took no trouble to stop the
4 violation OF the law that was going on"
~ under the absolute control OF the in
Il spectors? 2" asked Mr.. Nicoll.
Chairman Lexow objected to this
tie Election law was.
8 do 4 Mr. chairm1n'h put in the
one Of those policemen in jail"
Mr.. Nicoll stated tnaI nearly all the
N Testimony taken so far had only shown
suspicious circumstances, and none Of II
&ssuch a state Of affairs as would Justify
|ta policeman In making an arrest unless
Ri he had teen ordered. to do SO by an
III Inspector, OFT voter himself had made
Chairman Lexow disagreed very en-
pn ns rS,sS MI NTH RI Mr. aue NtSSli 90 on 10 ah tse p %itt
ness knowledge OF the election laws.
3 District-Attorney Fellows walked in
during the morning and took a seat near
ia The witness went on TO tell how he
had been nsulted by the police and said
tsIn he or az ma Peli ne G fHm9ia,nf 70 the cap
81 left II all In the hands OF Mr..
conkiing. / thought ne was the person
al 70 attend to IT," said Mr.. La tondc.
~ liquor dealer, testified that last Summer
he was ordered by several Tammany
men in his district to give up support
ing Walter II. Bahon, and work for the
tfTammany ca 1didate for Assemblyman.
III Arnong the men who approached him
IL were George Loughlin and Alderman
8HKeon. The witness said he refused to
Asupport the Tammany candidate. and
not long afterwards he was indicted for
yiolatlon of the excise law.
The case was called for trial just be-
fore election at Special Sessions, with a
f41ot Of others. II did not come up till
t3without having to testify"
Chairman Lexow began to ask the wilt
csss some Questions about the manner
Nas conducted. when Mr.. Nicoll pro-
n Itested that the Committee was exceed
@g its powers in trying to cast discredit
II am not afraid to have my orice
{tnyestigated.,' he said, "when the Com
srittee gets the proper power from the
&S-No further questions were asked by
ano,S Chairman I1nanr s snd Joh M w 4; 3,hrisn;
I3end Perry streets. was called. O'Brien
48testified that on the morning of last
election day. Ward Detective Brennan,
o/<of the Charles street tation. came to
u BIN with q marked paster ballot. which
what aid he say to you?'
|ft II said i must vote It,"
..pid you take it?"
l1Nt O'Brien said he was a Tammany man
e p ad had ea fop Sss sahaT, t Will ind asp dstea.
n tive wanted him to vote for MCDer'
.I4mott. the regular Tammany man. Bren'
h HIM c the . r aster ib befo neS a lot Of I'm" pee epE.
.N8but he could not remember the names
III OF any Of them.
- ticket. and said he thought he still hac
4itt IN his safe.
EHSEL. B. Rafeison, the uncle OF Lawyer
tee on the Republican ticket last Fail,
had n ~dry-goods store in Division street,
MI II had q Autograph OF my nephew II
II felection q policeman came in and toll,
'4 me I must take 1t down"
.5Nf did you do SOP
Not by a long shot. They struck tn
wrong place"
DO you know the policeman wh'
It11 .No. I would not know him now
|t. Henry Kuster, who voted in Naricl
street told the Committee that just az
ter be had given his vote to the inspec'
t1r 10 deposit the policeman tapped hin
me SHOULDER and told him he had lief
I 3ocne1hing In the booth.
Nv. He Turned around and did not see hi
ItHfe deposftrd He did not know whethe
tItff3a vote had been changed or not. l
III E1gh1 have been The policeman ha,
|-4IEres1n1k5g fos6ed the witnesses ballot
~ ~ AIR n the booth
/<| Eev- Woodruff HzlE=y. OF 8 Charlton
mel pastos u The Spnng Street Pres
81 XVfsrGzn Chnrch. voted In the same plaC
= q Oe5oeL, AID had somewhat the sam
rDEr<eDeE Ab0gi an hour afterwards
<stensd = L NeCgiatDck called at IN
<farzaGis h01s< and told him he IA
I'D e1ue fnp1 ths pctinR place, an
N ~ h@zr1 h o6,e=rr calling out h!
MeC1snnnek 1oH NJ h hzi IDokA
o<XX Qr1uDd. b1t HDGAd E<% re EOWhAr@
EhkEkxng socssbD5T must u vHt.n