The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-11
BROUGHT ON REPEATERS.
orIy LEADERS IMPLICATED IN BAL
IOT BOX STUFEING.

,..,, ~ Men Taken to philadelphia from
Warrington to Vote on Last iussohS-
wa.h,ncton Police Ofncinl also Charr-
', iii Being n Member of the Gang.
,r,,putI Nov. 1O-A story OF whole
.,,a fraud at the ballot box in connection with
s0 .I.c,l5n Of last Tuesday was told this
u".,noon before Magistrate Elsenbrown.
s.n,usl s,ter. deputy coroner, and leading
~ worker in this city. was connected di-
s ,i, x,th tho conspiracy by a witness. and
s s.I.., councilman Charles seser. one OF the
onsy leader. and the right-hand man OF In
49, ,s,rc. Com missioner Israel W. Durham,
w.. brought into 1t indirectly. The wit
w.. who made tho allegations In
.,,,,inv the men arrested on Tuesday
YIN, /, hon about to boar 4 the train for Wash
,'s.or un, George Kirkland. alias Wright. who
80. ,r,m Washington with the party. having
w., Engaged 10 the same kind OF thing be-
W.. and acknowledged that he was employed
s"p N Johnson OF the North american to
". mar, in the fraud and afterward reveal
"a, vas done. Tho men held were John f.
,n..han, Joseph II, Green. William Cook and
~, McC.b,. who were each required to
Utah hail I'm the sum OF $1,000. Kirkand's
hail was aIcd at $1,000.
a, ,hs conclusion OF the hearing sK-Judgs
Gordon who represented the prosecution
..,oupced that he Intended to have warrants
.uorn out for the arrest OF others who had
.nmeutioncd In the testimony OF kirkland
,nd that he would also cndsavor to have
u,ssrs sItraditsd from Washington and that
,,.rs were others In the national capital who
you'd be brought here. The case against the
Attendants was so conclusivsJ shown that
,s.,r attorney. John Il. X. Scott. admitted that
- L. hall ~ haA q
r,nv.d and asked that the Court be mercitul
IN tho imposition OF bail. In his speech op-
no,,ps decreasing the amount OF bail. Mr.
,;o,don suggested that it was not at the de-
t.pt.uts present. that the strength OF the
rro,,cution was to be- directed. but TO those
,.o b.tched and eng inesred tina conspiracy.
srCl.rk David AcKane OF the prothono-
,,,,. ONCE had shown the tally sheet and re-
,urn sheet Of the thirteenth division OF the
ssysnth ward, upon which were the names L.
T Rankin as luIge. John Silbernan. inspec-
Tor and Clarence Boyd. minority inspector.
Mia May Ross was called She said she lived
At 1914 Naudain street. 1t was from this house
that these men were registered. She was forced
TO admit that she had never seen any OF the
men and did not know they had ever slept In
the house William Ross. brother OF Miss
Ros, at frat said that he had known Boyd
three years but when asked TO describe him
finally admitted that he did not know the men,
hsbad gone to Washington. returned to Phila-
dsphia OIL .ast Monday night aud saw the de:
f,nd,nn on the tram that arrived at Broad
that he new Boyd and had conversso with
him Boyd or Wright. a. he was known or a,
be properly 10. Kirkland, said that he had lived
in Washington since Is|2. and that he had
been here before with gang OF repsaters and
ballot. yoI stun Ms the last time tsisg n ls''S.
-. hoe tNFN.Ha n FaEA Af
who. he said. had frequently brought reporters
here. He said that he hal BEEN engaged
By Johnson 70 ns s1Ils yr.g Yin "a IN. gang
On Sunday before .Iecton he had seen shse.
han. who told him that he was com ng here. but
asy he met Rogers. who. he said. is lieutenant
OF the police force OF Washington; ID. c.. and
asked HIM y he vas soInE to take anybody
on McLday he again saw Kor.rs at the station.
and after being tod that there was no ticket
there would 10 a, chanc. for him. and that
whether he worked or not he would get $40. ha
bought his ticket and came over with the band
Sns he named not among The defendants was
Rogers He said M others we're strangers to
seo, Ho".. 1 fss .rS.t h h 'S M:
were ~, en- the register aud no aren't the
evening with shs.h9n. They arose at $40 i.
pthe houss. 52+ South sixteenth street, which
Sttnes.oali was the home q samuel salter.
n.
told them the names they were TO take. In tho
house they also saw Silberman. who went with
them later and acted as majority inspector.
them . packet Of ballots which were sealed.
aad. telling them that there were 200. in
.ructsd them TO put them In the ballot box rs
hoon as they got In the polling place. These
instruetions they carried out. Later in the
Jay when ls5 ballots had been use on sheet.
i,s fifteen wsnt. into a booth and he presumed
marked them. Tor when they came out they
were sealed. These were put in the box
sealed and marked twenty-iour spec M en- hai-
.o's. The latter were taken out and destroyed
I the SoSI Ia, W'9e said sS' tn. tally
bit that there actually only IA legitimate
Roger. who 'I paid N si5 p This moSsy s Tss
Put 10 evidence. Later he. Sheshan and Cook
vent TO the senate Club which Ia on LON bard
street and H. resort Tor white as well as co.,
ored men. There he saw Rogers again. He
and the other defendants were arrested as
is we're about % bosrd train for Wash
r Graham. c.rE Of the Hotel Scott. testified
that defendants; with others, were IN a party
Knew none Of them. The " Il. id..taed Il. .isn ne
lures on the hotel register. Asked who paid
Inc ,'I PILL he hs.itatsd and then said they were
.nov personally but whom he had sssn about
Yes. said Judge Gordon. he paid the bills
election. did he not :"
The witness thought that such was the case.
shed
William Hamilton. 5O4 South Sixteenth
street. said that he was the man who was
sectsd to act "a Judge A. the Thirteenth
division OF the Seventh ward hut that he did
not KNOW that he was on tho ticket. Later he
aald that tho reason that he did not act was
mat ne was sick but could not recall exactly
Nhat the nature OF his indsposition was. He
S,n NOT rememfer how many times before he
mad been elscted to serve ns Judge aud had
conveniently aps-ntsd himself from the
alvlNon house He Is employed as a lnhorsr