Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-07
THUGS TO BE IMPORTED.
Warrants Will BE in Readiness for
the Arrest of Repenters at
New York Polls.

NEW YORK, Nov. Estate Superintend-
ent of Election John E. McCullagh sent a
letter to the board of police commission
ers to-day in which he says:
Il am reliably informed that it is pro-
posed to import into the Sixth assembly
district thugs, crooks and panhandlers
from New Jersey, Connecticut and the city
of Troy, prominent among those of that
city being some of the men identified with
what has been generally known as the
Bat Shea gang
1t is desired to notify you that it has
been reported to me that fioaters have
reen registered from the so-called Raines
law hotels and cafes in the Second, Fifth,
sixth and Eighth assembly districts, who
nave surrendered their registration GER
tflcates for a consideration TO certain per-
sons in such districts and that other float
erS and imported crooks and ex-convicts
VIII be given these certificates of reSistra-
tlon upon which to vote during the day
OF election. l also desire to notify you
that l have every evidence of a. consider
have been driven out of Chicago by the
reorganization of the police force of that
city, and from Philadelphia, Pittsburg and
other nearby cities, who have settled with
in the boundaries of what has become
known j.. as the Tenderloin district, and an
Gated in the Twenty Twen-
ty-eishth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth Thirty
hrst and Thirty-second streets by the de-
L
convinced, lead to the apprehension and
conviction of many of these violators of
the law.
Il shall deliver into your custody for
service before. the day of election addi-
tional warrants granted by the magistrates
OF the city of New York against persons
accused of violations of the election law.
My deputies have been instructed to make
no arrests upon election day for any al
legged oifense committed against the elect
i've franchise until the person SO accused
shall have cast his ballot, if he shall de-
nand the right to do SO, and have no de-
sire to interfere with the rights of any
citizen entitled TO exercise such right, but
ercise of his right"
The Republican county committee gave
out the following statement tonight:
After careful consultation with each cf
the assembly district leaders of the Re-
publican party of the county of New York
and with their authorization the estimated
vote TO be cast in New York county for
Roosevelt is 13S,000. In view of the de-
creased registration we believe that the
Democrats will not be able to poll a vote
for Van Wyck in excess of 10000. We be-
heve that the greater city of New York will
give Roosevelt a majority. We shall carry
the Fifth. Eighth, Tenth, Nineteenth,
Twenty-firSt, Twenty-thrd, Twenty-fifth,
Twenty-seventh. Twenty y-ninth, Thirty-first,
Thirty-fourth and Thirty fifth assembly
districts. We believe that we will elect
four members of congress and four state
senator's in the county of New York. We
belfeve that the entire judiciary ticket of
the Republican party will be elected. Re-
ports from election district captains show
that the vote for the judiciary ticket will
exceed the vote for the state ticket by from
10000 to- 15,0o0. The estimates here made
are based upon the closest canVasSeS that
to be made in the election districts If
them to be. Roosevelt will carry the state
Of New York by not less than 10000