The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-18
10TH DISTRICT FRAUDS.
COLLECTOR BIDWELL KEEPS HIS
PROMISE NOT TO DROP THEM

-Flonters Confess Private Detectives Re.
ported 500 Cnses to the Colleotor-TbirtJ
Cases Prepared for the Grand Jury,
The Spec al Grand Jury drawn TO investigate
election frauds will consider to-day the colo
mixing by Tammany NJ tho Nineteenth Assem-
bly, district wherein Robert Mazst was beaten
by n lew hundred votes. IL Ia alleged that over
four hundred Illegal votes were cast In the dis
trict Collector Bdwell. the Republican leader
OF the district. said previous to election day
that he would employ detectives to get evidence
against the colonizcrs for the purpose OF send
ing them to prison. Some OF the Tammany
lenders said that Collector Bidwell was bluff
ing that election fraud cascs were never pros
ecuted after election day. and even II arrests
were made Mr. Bidwell would not follow up the
eases.
But true to his word. Collector Bdwell om-
ployed a corps of detectives from l.. A. New
comes agency and these detectives went to
work In Mazots district two weeks previous to
tLe election. They worked independently OF
McCullaghs men and collected lot OF evidence
on which Collector Bidwel will make an effort
TO commit the rlngeaders lie hopes to land
high game from the Tammnny reservation and
possibly TO secure the indictment OF some
public officials.
Former Assistant District Attorney Philip
Carpenter has ucen employed by Collector Bid
we'll to get III" cases into shape for presenta-
tion to the Grand Jury. Out OF three hundred
cases submitted to him by Newcome's detec-
tives he se elected thirty. Ton have already been
sent to the Grand Jury. which body on Friday
last fled ten indictments. or the ton mon in
dicted only two have becn arrested. One OF
these was released on bail and has left town.
He sent word Yesterday TO the authorities
stating that he does not intend to come back
to stand trial The Others who were indicted
will probai ~ lr arrested to-day
Collector Biwrii meant what he said before
election. that he would prosecute these cases.
said Lawyer Carpenter yesterday; Hiis dctec-
covered enough To- show that Mazet was de-
feated by c"inn,zers. In the Ninth election
district alone the detectives scared away sixty
forty-five illegal ballots were cast there. We
hsye one instance where man from the
Eighth Assembly district and tour times In the
Nineteenth He cot $50 to divide among five
These men were crooks who are frequently
employed 10y the po.ice to do stool-pigcon
work. We have other sImi lar, cases aside from
Ate. claiming =, re 80 there OF
psrents oTT att oSston street. 's His Srothas
"a employed In the Rsgister's office. and lives
Up to- to his Erothers house and r.mSin~d there
was told ihnt i he voted he would be arrested.
who was scared on had n wife aud ch If living
In Fiityslxth street Thirty days before .l"c:
street and Registered from there. leaving hs
wife and child. AMI saving that they we're liv;
he vent t lack S to Nv" with his wife Vie a' '''e'
Among the cases tina! will be submitted to
the Grand Jury this week are those Of two po-
claiming that as their residence. These will
be test case- TO decide whether station house
gan bea polIcepan's Legal nlac" o. residence.
who registered rom 22iS broadway. Mr.. BID
Of a lot. People living. there declared that
the man who had registered did no. i've
that he had lived Mt the address
sine IA; ,spr,ng Of he y cG,r sleeping every
home. He has been Indicted. In the Seven
teenth election district we found n white man
When Se T c s n% nronnd to yo he %a
chased out % the pollin. place. Several OF the
fioatefs who reside down town. went to room
vote, Then We caught man who moved uto
Residence. He registered but was scared away
from voting. We will proiucr the cxpressman
will testify as witness before the Grand Jury.
Ih n" man who was indicted aud jumred his
%e. sNcE rce wh2 aid he rS%
there with hi. bro,hcr.!p.law. but we have an
a 6aS a ir tSa hs denyng
made confession duplicating several men who
are high IN the ranks u Tammany. Hartnett In
employed oil Hu English cattle ship. He went
up to Ma2et's district and registered from PSI
West Fitch street Mr.. Bldwell's detectives
learned that Hartnett did not i've there. but
simply lOi,cred around q First avenue
saloon. 50 they arrested him. In his
confession h" says he was employed 10y
Tammuuyite to get i've hoaters 10
register ~ the district. He got five
men from Chatham. ,Squarr. He and three. OF
them reg St"rci N o." second Election district.
Tho lo "'rrt woaItu "rc"rt the other two
mon b"r'H-H they looked IKE two tramp- and Rt
the same ,ir," oN"Tritp rcelatcr from llue
nous" IT, Las mad" an AFFIDAVIT giving the
iessicn mud tv ilu,t"r who has done time
IN Sin" sing for burglary. This man SAYS that
he was met on H." iowery by . stranger
on thu second DAY of registration. The
stra4.cr asked him into saloon 70 have
drlIS ""a thor" Introduced him to Tammnny
ieaie". WIN uaioIi'u The scheme to him,
The IH'nmnny inuu lrpnilsei TO give him SO
10 hrn" Jour il"H'orS ~ 70 the Nineteenth.
gave hin Il dollar uu account for ear iarr aud
. told hinl To- bring h. pr i,oat"rs tothe Tam.
many headquarters II I'll" district, He brought
Tour mon IN rom me BowCry nrd he
I'VE wer" lniIciuned t. one of the big Tam
many leaders. Then they got their instruc-
tons. They wcT" sent around N the Ellis flats
ami tod to siZ np he apartments thcy wore
TO register from, ~ ~. 30 and - West Sixty
n - ~. IA ina A.