The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-19
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY CITIZENS
G UE CONVICTED OF FRAUD.
County Clerk Crumb Throws Ont the Bogus
Petitions NominntinE y Mongrel Ticket-A
Petition Nominating an Assemsiyuan
Changed AFTER Leaving Notnries' Hands.


Petition Nominating an AssemSlyunn
Changed After Leaving Notaries' Hands.
WHITE PLAINS, n. ", Oct. 1s.-There 10
n twin brother in Westchester county TO tho
Citizens Union Of New York county. 1t 10
known as the westchester County Citizens
League. AT n hearing to-day before County
Clerk Leverett +. Crumb the testimony OF un-
impcached witnesses demonstrated that the
twin brother organization Of westchoster
county, like its wicked brother In New
York county, has been guilty of gross
frauds in obtaining signatures to petitions
for nominations. County Clerk Crumb. after
reviewing the testimony, threw out the fraudu-
lent petitions of the Westchester County Citi-
zens' League, and tonight it IL openly stated
that several prominent politicians VINO are sup
posed to have stood behind tho Westchester
County Citizens League stand an even chance
OF going to Sing Sing. They certainly will go to
Sing Sing. it was declared. II prosecutions for
forgery are brought against them.
The petitions for independent nominations
circulated by the Westchester County Citizens
League were ostensibly for signatures for indie
pendent nominations for Assemblymen in the
Second and Third districts, and for Independent
nominations for county officers.
The Republicans nominated a short time ago
>AN h' h"ii vi Cih lldu III LILO COC-
ond district. The Republican county ticket con-
sists OF William ". Molloy for Sheriff and DR..
Charles Il. Birch for Coroner. The Democrats
nominated for Assemblyman in the Second dis
trict William j. Graney. The Democratic
county ticket 10 John Broderick for Sheriff and
Charles Hilbert for Coroner. The Democrats of
the Third Assembly district nominated John
Gibney for Assemblyman. Tho petitions of the
Wsstchester County Citizens League. cir
COlatg0 Tor the nnrnnaA nf obtaining aip-
natures for independent nominations, wero
filed with County Clerk Crumb last Thursday
The Republican County. Committee Of West
chester looked over the siiSnatpres and through
entered q protest. Mr.. Willard charged that
the, certificate which accompanied the petitions
had been changed after it had been executed by
tions. as put in by the westohester Citizens
League, read that William, J. Graney. the Demo.
district. had been nominated by the Citizens,
and that, iurthermore, Edward 3. Long had been
bb BEEN nominn n9e Sh for Coroner sna ch1 Tbis w ail q a1e h oid
ticket. Long was the defeated candidate for
the Republlenn nomination Of Sheriff and
shs WssscSestsr Citizens League eas tAl had ai noml:
mated Gibney. the Democratic candidate for As
semblyman. and had also nominated Long and
The Republican GSpnty COMMITTEES. through
that the Westchester Citizens League petitions
were circulated by William II. Z. Ely Of Tarry-
Robertson, ormeriy u Republican and now the
Democratic President OF the village Of Peekskill.
Al to,day'e hearing before County Clerk
for Mamaroneck, who had circulated some Of
the Westchester Leagues petitions, testified
that he secured about 200 signatures. and that
when the petition left his hands the only nomi.
nation which appeared on it was that Of Graney
for Assemblyman. The petition as filed. Mr..
McCabe went on to testify. bears the names of
Long for sheriff and Hilbert for Coroner, as
well as that OF Graney for Assemblyman. Ek-
Supervisor Henry ID. Phelps of New Rochelle
e sRa str I 1ths q .i'n p]s.i,ion Thq 3.s sifassd s ssS w ~.
Crumb that when they signed their namos tho
petition was only in the interest Of Mr.. Graney
name nor that OF Hilbert was ON the petition.
William II. Du Bois. Thomas H. Fitzgerald,
Silas Owens OF Peekskill. all notaries public, and
Notary Public Capron OF White Plains ali testi-
ned before County Clerk ,Crumb that the Ger
tifcates acknowledged by them had all been
natures. Investigation. Of the Westchester
Leagues certificates to-day demonstrated that
the changes had been, made by taking the
tition and pasting them onto the Graney
ney. protested before County Clerk Crumb that
there had not been enough signatures added to
the original Graney petition to vitiate it.
Notary Public Fitzgerald testified that he had
taken the petition which he was asked TO Ger.
tify to to the Grand Union Hotel in New York.
where he met Mr.. Ely and Mr.. Graney. The pc.
tition. he testified, was for Long and Hilbert FOR
sheriff n and Coroner ron respeetively; that he left
one his sG return 10 G fsi sG' $ nsme had e Been eH added shs 10
the petition. There was more testimony OF this
down his decision. which rejected the certificate
OF the Westchester Citizens League on the
ground OF specific proof OF fraud.
ticket, as no has been nominated by the gold
Democrats.