New-York tribune., 1898-11-05
M'CULLAGH DEMANDS AID.
CALLS ON THE POLICE BOARD FOR HELP
IN SERVING WARRANTS.

WILL BE PROMPTLY EXECUTED.
John McCullagh the State Superintendent OF
Elections yesterday sent the following letter to inc
Police Board
Gentlemen: In the prosecution Of my duties as
State SUPERINTENDENT Of Elections for the Metro
poli,an Election District through, my deputies a
mass OF evidence has accumulated In ms depart
been issued by the MAGISTRATES Of the city Of New,
York. well OF the counties lying outside am
for violations Of the Election law and ne ne fenal ,n
chise. The warrants already granted are Iaige u,
number. and the Indications are, from the eViuI,v ,
be issued prior to the day Of the general eiec'o'
next ensuing. ~, .A,,
Department am authorized. whenever necessnIEy Eo
to call on any person or any public oiicerh hH, wHp
shall render such assistance as may ,e be re-
o AcinS tbs dT IN oreT usn o a9n2
provisions Of Chapter 676 Of the Laws of sss snail
nf tbe cy ty OF" of YORK iSe CHIEF Of Police and
their assistants deputies and suborlnates IN exc.
the city OF New-york and in apprehending ne ne
persons charged therein with crimes against lS ,ns
elective franchise. therefore formally hendWI
that such aid and ass'stance shall he given TO nr me
and my deputies and sha Gsver df gT waprsn ants
rs I'm my opinion my deputies cannot executr ", ",
cause Of the labor IN NAV be issued
retaining those which In my judgment my depnue'
ga Assnrine YOU Of my deep consideration for The The
courfeses heretofore shown me by your hoho'dp'e
Board. beg TO remain yours rI5oYitT YitgTs MG"TiLAGH.
State Superintendent. Of Elections for the Me''"-
politan Election District
The letter was considered by the Board at Its
meeting yesterday ctternoon ana 'Ne '"'i'''7
ers sent the following
The Police Board state that they are Preparsesa 10
cause the execution of any warrant duly SSH ib
elective Franchise when the same IS placed IN me me
possession Of this Deparment. If you nave ,h,S ,IS
such warrants and will deliver the same ,, 20 'iiis us
Board through the Chief Of Police they VIII De
promptly executed In ihis conhectOn' ~ tSa ac
cused statement should accompany "H,' ~ a ahe
showing the residence or ALLEGED residence 0l 'he he
accused party IN each case. warrants s"ou'" W
delivered to this Department at once
The Board passed his resolution. and sent cory
OF It with the reply to Superintendent McCuliash'
Resolved. That the chief of Police be ara ~
hereby directed to cause specia ro'ofm r ~ splI
Superintendent ot Elections 10 De maze at:r az so
tilted to the Board daily ana that & Sr'1 m nn,d sfa,e
Superintendent Of Elections to be executed p'ohP"y
and without delay
Chief Deyery submitted 10 the Board long re-
port IN answc. to the communication sent to the
poord bv Slperiutendcnt MeCulagh fortnight
ago IN which sir McCuagh declared that he had
reliable information that colonization had been
nractlsed In a large number OF houses on me last
Side and that he had every reason to he'l'Ve '""t
"A horde Of noaters and repeaters would be Sent
forth t. the polling places to register as voters.
superinteudeut's letter. chief Deyerys report on
IT told az great length IN the eghty-siX houses
mentioned hts men had been able To ma ohN TWO
cases OF Illegal registration. and that Inc po''9'
force OF this Department has, under my drec'iVh'
bee1 ycry active In their work OF preventing fraud
ulent registratio., and Will continue TINS ACTIVITY
up to and including the day Of election
The commissioners seemed to think that thls
settled McCullagh's charges.
Captain Hasslacher, Of the East Twenty-second-
St police station; Captain Kane. Of the East ft'y
nrst-st police station. and Captain Donahue, or
the East Sixty-seventh-st police station, appeared
In the Yorkville Police Court yesterday Win
number Of their detectives. TO try 70 get warrants
for persons alleged to have registered illegally. IL
was found that Superintendent McCulash ana ms
denuties had already secured warrants for most OF
the persons the police wanted to arrest. Magls.
trate Meade said he hoped that all offenders woud
be caught between the police and the deputies
.
Edward A. Bond, of Watertown. was nomi-
nntcd for state Engineer. not because he
souuht the office, but because thcre WINS
much inquiry at Saratoga for an honest
cnpable engineer, and when his name ""S
.uggested 4; recognized Dy ni rs u" ca
ceIient one. Ii wns u case of the nomination
seckinu the mnn. support him, ana Keep
Edward Murphy's Martin schench from '"e
control of State enterprises.
SYMPATHY WITH POLICEMAN MHCGHES.
MAGISTRATE KUDLIcH CONTRIBUTES TO THE
MOVING EXPENSES OF THE MAN WHO WAS
TRANSFERRED AFTER DOING
HIS DUTY
A few davs ago Policeman James j. Mcllughes,
OF the Eldridge-st. station arrested man named
bernstein for interfering with a Republican meet
ing at Forsyth and Canal SITS. Bernstein was ar
raigned before Magistrate kuIlch In the Essex
Market Police Court the next day and was hned
SO Immediately Policeman Mcliughes was trans
ferred 20 Richmond by Chief Deyery with otheT
policemen sent there to watch the polling booths
1t was said that he sen. on this detail Tor MS
activity IN arresting Bernstein
Magistrate Kudlich yesterday sent the following
letter 10 Policeman Mcliughes:
Association Of the Bar. No. AZ West Forty
New-York November L. 1895
James J. McIughes formerly attached TO the FL
drldgc-st. statton) So
Dear Sir: lnciosed pease ma my ensch , ior 70 90,
which YOU will please apply toward deirayms tLe
EXPENSES OF removing your nQusehold SooGs 10
the rural precincts Of Richmond.
You and partners IN crime, ana 90 not
wish that you alone should suffer. lou arrested
and arragned before ne loater wh% exepSiseu nS
Your temerity IN interfering With the personal lin-
r! Of hqss 6 ISaFs cye Gmq rd nto commns % ns
crime because you rightly assumed that l. or any
other Magistrate would assist you III your high-
Your Your captain now deceased. caused your exile
within hours aref you Irlt my Co"tt His
death does not expiate his offence Both you and
I however. may rest assured that If between now
and the close Of Election Day bloodshed and riot
shall rule at public meetings ana the election
booths such things may not b" charged up TO us
If any one darcs state that YOU were removed
from the post OF your duty for any other reason
than that you performed your duty. ana performed
II well / say he utters that which he must know TO
be- untrue. -
H. c. KTDLICH. city Magistrate.
CHANIER AND THE MONEY QUESTION.