The times., 1899-11-11

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10-A story OF
wholesale fraud at the ballot box. in con-
nection with the election of last Tuesday.
was told this afternoon before Magistrate
Eisenbrown. Samuel Salter, deputy cor
oner and leading Quay worker in this
city, was connected directly with the con-
spiracy by witness, and Select Council
man Charles Seger. one of the Quay leaders
and the right hand man of Insurance Com
missioner Israel w. Durham was brought
into it indirectly. The witness who made
the allegations discriminating the men ar
rested on Tuesday night, when about to
board the train for Washington, was
George Kirkland alias Wright, who came
from Washington with the party. having
been engaged, it is charged, in the same
kind of thing before, and who said that he
was employed by r. NJ johnson. of the
North American to take part in the
fraud and afterward reveal what was
done. The men held were John f Shee-
han, Joseph R. Green, William Cook. and
Harry McCabe, who were each required 10
furnish bail in the sum of 81, 800 Kirk
lands bail was fixed at $1,000.
After Clerk McKane of the prothon-
otary's office, had shown the tally sheet
and return sheet OF the Thirteenth division
OF the Seventh ward, upon which were the
names e. b. Rankin as judge; John Sill
herman, Inspector and Clarence BOYD
minority inspector, Miss Mary Ross was
called. She said she lived at 1914 Naudain
Street. She was forced to admit that she
mad never seen any of the men and did
not know they had ever slept in the house
William Ross, a brother of Miss Ross. at
first said that he had known Boyd three
years, but when asked to describe him
finally admitted that he did not know the
man.
Mr. Johnson. of the North American. g"
said he mad gone TO Washington and re-
turned to Philadelphia last Monday night
He saw the defendant on the train that
arrived at the Broad Street station. about
3 p, m. He admitted that he knew Boyd
and had conversed with him. Boyd, or
wright, as he was known, or, as he prop
erly IS, kirkland, said that ne had lived
in Washington since 1882, and that he had
been here before with gang of repeaters
and ballet box suffers, the last time being
in 1898, when he came here under charge
OF Rogers, who, he said had frequently
brought repeaters here. He said he had
been engaged by Johnson TO enlist with
the gang of repeaters and had agreed TO
expose them.
On Sunday before election he had seen
Sheehan, who told him he was coming
here but he did not know with whom
On the same day he met Rogers. who.
he said is lieutenant of the police force Of
Washington, d. c.. and asked him if he
was going to take anybody over. Rogers
replied that he did not know yet On
Monday he again saw Rogers at the station
and after being told that there was no
ticket for him, but that if he chose 10
pay his own way there would be a chance
for him and that whether he worked or
not he would get SO. He bought his ticket
and came over with the band ten in num-
ber including himself. The only one he
named not among the defendants was
Rogers. He said the others were strangers
to him They arrived at O'Clock went
to the Scott House. on FiIbert Street, their
names were put on the register. and he
spent the evening with Sheehan They
arose at $50 a. m. Tuesday. and he and
William Cook went to the house, 524 South
Sixteenth Street, which, witness said, was
the home of Samuel Salter. There they
met Salter aud SilbeTman Salter told
them the names they were to take. In
the house they also saw Silberman who
went with them later and acted as ma
jority Inspector
Just before they left the house Salter
gave them a packet of ballots which were
sealed, and telling them that there were
200 instructed them to put them in the
ballot box as soon as they got in the poll
ing place. These instructions they carried
out. Later in the day, when 185 ballots
had been used on a sheet, Saiter, Silber-
man, and Cook took the remaining fifteen,
went into the booth and he presumably
marked them. for when they came out
they were sealed. These were put in the
box. There were also placed in the box
after being sealed and marked twenty-four
specimen ballot. The latter were taken
out and destroyed after the count Witness
said that the tally sheet showed that 337
ballots had been east, but that there act
ually were only 124 legitimate votes
After the closing of the polls kirkland
saw Rogers, who paid him SIS. This money
was put in evidence Later he, Sheenan
and Cook went to the Senate Club, which
is on Lombard Street, and is resort for
white as well as colored men. There he
saw Rogers again. He and the other de-
PENDANTS We're arrested as they were about
to board train for Washington at mid
night on Tuesday