The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-31
CHIEFS MARES NEST.
He Only Finds Six Hundre d
Questionable Names in the
Entire Registry List.

The police of Jersey City have COM
pleted the verification of all the registry
save those Of two precincts in the Twelfth
Ward. In all. $40 names have been found
which Were Illegally entered either
through error or intent to defraud
Chief Murphy says the number Of ille-
gally registered will exceed six hundred
by the time the verifieation has been COM
pleted. This morning James F.. Larkins,
OIL NO. 1o4 Central avenue, and John Prout,
Jr., OF Bergen road, were arrested for IL
legal registration. They both registered
more than twenty men with whom they
mad no acquaintance. OF the men regis
tered, two who had been vouched for by
Larkins could not be found, and six of
Prout's supposed friends are among the
missing Both men are held for examina-
tion by the Grand Jury. Chief Murphy an
nounced this morning that in going over
the registry lists he has found the names
of ffty-hine eonvicts on the lists. Not
one OF the men has been pardoned, and
ad consequence are not entitled to vote.
Among this class are men who were con-
yieted of ballot box Stuffing. The men
committed a crime by registering, Chief
Murphy says, the penalty of the offense
being two years Imprisonment Some Of
the convicts have been voting for years.
but this time If they attempt to vote they
are to be arrested. Due notice has been
served on the men. AT the polling places
where those men are registered the po-
Ice detailed to do duty on Election Day
are to be furnished with certificates of
conviction Of each man, so that no mis-
take would be made in making arrests.
Il DO not propose said the chief this
morning to have the vote Of an honest
man nullified by the vote of a convict
who by his own action has deprived him.
self of the right to vote. Since the police
have been verifying the registry lists
some men who wilfully padded the lists
have left town and at least one hundred
semi-respectable men who registered fic-
titious names have come to me and stated
that they made mistakes, while others
said they registered the names at the re-
quest of friends. While it was an Illegal
act on their part l do not believe fraud
was contemplated. In those cases no ar
rests were made, but / warned the men
never to register men again unless they
have personal acquaintance with them. -
The case of Thomas C. O'Reilly who
registered Hugh Palmer IS in Just as COM
plicated a state as ever. Hugh Palmer
does not exist, but it has been found that
the man who desired to be registered was
Elkanah Palmer. He is now living at No
1885 Arch street, Philadelphia. Palmer
has lived in that cfty year, and his
name appears on the assessors list. Chief
Murphy has been unable to ascertain
whether or not Palmer has registered
from his Philadelphia address for the
purpose of voting. Chief Murphy says
there will doubtless, be a great many ar
rests made on Election Day for Illegal
voting.
The boarding or engagement of gold to
provide against contingencies has far sur
passed all records, and in exchange
bought ahead gold actually withdrawn.
probably exceeds in amount sfb0, 900, ,0O0-
DunS Review of Trade.