The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-08
.TAMNANY'S BOGUS VOTERS.
rrypREDS VIII BE ARRESTED TO-
DAY IN THEY VOTE

-.o., Number of Italians Have Bean
waiting for Years on Spurious NRturRli-
,.,Ion Papers - story of the Frauds.
~ sooner had John McCullagh been APP
..In,od Superintendent OF Elections for the
sS.,ropolitan District than his attention was
~ IN an alleged wholesale fraudulent nat
s,.iization OF Italians in the counties compris-
w. his district. He was informed that the ma
;.r,,v Of tho papers which had been issued
.,n.s 1904 we're fraudulent, and that the mon
.h,s illegally made citizens had voted right
.Ionp and would vote again this year. It there
sors deyolved upon him to prevent this. and he
~, about the task. He found It q most difficult
Az. The persons with whom he had to deal
-,re clannish, ignorant and resentful OF inter-
,.rsnce by the authorities in their affairs. Be-
htnd them. as the sponsors for their wrong
so,nU. stood Tammany Hall. which was profit
me by this wholesale prostitution OF the rights
oicitizenship'
nat the Superintendent kept at the work.
M found, to begin with. hat most Of the men
holding these papers were employed In clean
,ng Tho streets and on other city contracts.
This was In itself a violation OF the law. which
,,ouires that all persons employed on public
rorks shall be citizens OF the United States.
Not however. until ten days ago did he get
.y,dence enough to convince him that the
vboesale charges made with reference to
,bs procurement OF the papers were true.
Mis- frat arrest along this line was that OF
Michael Lorasso. who was taken into custody
mat after registering by Deputy Becherer
,harqed with registering on bogus naturaliSa-
,,on papers. Lorasso was held for the Grand
Jnry and the cnse is now pending. Through
him superintendent McCullagh was enabled to
carry on his work, and last night two more
Italians we're arrested. They we're locked up
IN ludlow Street Jail on warrants obtained in
Tho afternoon from United States Commits
,ioner Shields. charged with obtaining natural
iz,,ion papers by fraud. The prisoners are
Rosnrio Calecione OF 1S6 Hester street. and
Giuseppe Marone of 80 Hester street. Both
oi them are henchmen of Tim Sullivan. the
Tammany leader in the Sixth Assembly dis
trict. and they were bailed out by him last
night,
superintendent McCullaGh was very careful
not TO say that the frauds perpetrated had been
instigated by Tammany. He specifically de-
clored that he didn't care who was behind
them. But it Is notorious that one source of
Tsmmany's strength in the Italian wards has
been due to these frauds, and Sullivan's haste
IN get his friends out the moment they were
Jailed proves that Tammany was their ao-
complete.
As soon as Lorasso had been disposed OF Su-
from him enough additional Information so
that the whole plot could be laid bare. He
kept at him, and. a few days. ago, succeeded in
Iorasso told him that he had come to this coun-
try twenty-three years ago. and that he had
never even applied for naturalization papers.
This is the way he came to get them lu October.
1891. while pla wing cardswith Giuseppe Curchio.
Michael Angelo Marrone and yicenzio Spero.
al Of l%G Mott Sba street 1 he h expressed eSss a desire nnnTg
pay Tor them. aud lorasso said that he would
give $40, II was finally agreed that the price
should he Sl3. Iorasso borrowed the none
from Curchio. and a few days later Spero
bought him a certificate OF naturalization bear
Ing his name; 1t wouId pass muster unless ex-
the seal was bogus and that the signature OF
Thomas Boese. the thon clerk of the old Supe-
ror Court, was forged. The forgery was very
Certain other facts which Lorasso disclosed
put the superintendent so hot on the trail OF
i ssea hOIde iriS Il thess Spurious e sot P mold Of fh non 1hey
lmhrelle of III Mulberry street. and under
pressure the Italian confessed what he knew
tens. He said that he and Pietro DevIto OF 40
Mott street had formerly been associated In the
Junk business Pietro zane here three Or four
Ttn Gaetano FiscettI Of 100 Mott street in the
fr Rssfa Gt ff Fi.estt i'e eRaTssa p ast"5a si5. aSd
last April got him his papers from the Supreme
Court in Kings county by paying a man TO per-
that Fiscetti gave Devito the papers in his
presence, and that, when asked how he got
them. replied that he could. get them for any
KScetti, but he scented danger and ESCAPED;
Then McCtuliagh got on the track OF Nicholas
Farrie,lo Of 2Q4 Hester street. the mar who
swore to The inform alton upo which the war
rested last night. The evidence against
him w. was very str 99ae as being implicated
told everything he knew. implicating
story the practice OF Obtaining these fraudu-
lent papers has been going on for several years
u the most braZen way. After the price was
was capable Of passing the examination OF he
court as to the applicants qualification
iSr citizenship The dummy would assume
American and go with the dealer in the certih-
Gates either TO The United States Court or the
Supreme IPl, Court our in this city and often to the
would pass the exa@innationn, 2iter" t the fees
were raid, the dealer and the dummy
iRC directly connected both Caiecionc and
SMlsro9s with a lot Of frauds through Ferriello.
Attorney Burnett. who advised. the Immediate
procurement Of warrants. which were granted
y Commissioner Shields on Particles deposit
FNN9H
r The yarrants were given over t9 Deputy
TnGl arrested tho two men. On being lodged in
VINO got the Commissioners To go to the Jail and
rteleease the prisoners on $500 bail each on
suilyanS surety. Their eases will come up
iT examination a week from Friday.
these arrests are but the preliminary
70 what will follow to-day. Having fallen
upon the, men who have been turning
St lraudule nt citizens. the notifications
Srhnch result are endless. Last night Nc
yquagh had F~arriello go over the reg
SS{Ltatl0n lists and pick out all the Italians |
mn9m ne knew TO have been fraudulently nat |
Stslzed. AS he has been intimately connected
MN the business for several years. his revela-
Nv0OmmsS, were astounding. The superintendent
mouiu hot disclose how many names had been
thha a py him. but he said that arrests by
~ nHndfed would take place to-day as
iSn,ooesuit OF Farriello's disclosures. and OF
e. or5mdatG M from other quarters which
Jtt sII.rts vii be sworn out this morning, Tho
moo. but they will be Immediately arrested
spS'h leaving the polling places.
u,.ahy man who wants to swear his vote in
HTb 10 80. said the superintendent last night.
otbsrss apples to these. men. as well as to
NV MAJ 4, H., NV they must take the consequences.
ara ssSclosqres In these naturalization cases
pec,s ads..ouhdlng to mo. although 1 had sus-
'SSSiHSu something OF the sort"
on~s yoG attribute the frauds to any political
'1hffniIaatlon 2 he was asked.
uvar. law. hothlng to say as to that" he an
ma IL Is a matter OF no consequence to |
msttsyr 1n mere simply to prevent frauds. no