The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-25
BAREFACED COLONIZATION.
MGURKS BoUNCER HhRDISG ILLEGAL
VOTERS nv THE IOTH.

Caught with = Lot of Slips Giving Bogus
Names and Addresses Boston Boy He
Had in Tow Gives Evidence-ConvictF From
Third Avenue on tho Registry Books.
M'Gurks Bowery dive and neighboring
saloons appear to be headquarters OF the
colonization plant which 10 stufflng the Nine
teenth Assem- bly, district with men employ ed
to vote for Perez NJ. Stewart for the Assembly.
In this district Police Commissioner John Is.
Sexton is the Tammany leader. and 1t 10
Richard Cookers especial comm and that AS
semblyman Mazet, the Republican candidate.
shall be beaten. On Saturday morning last
Harvey Gardner, II years old. arrived in this
city from Boston on the steamer Puritan to
look for work He wandered along the Bowery
finally dropping into Flynn's saloon at 12l.
There he fell into conversation with Charles
Moon, houncer in McGurk's dive. Moon eN-
pressed great interest in all young men out OF
work and in Mr. Gardner in particular. He was
q peace officer. he said. showing a shield
marked, Special Officers Shield. L." and
could often find work for young men. Finally
the conversation drifted around to election
affairs.
Are you reGistered2" asked Moon.
why. no." said Gardner. I'm not old
enough. and haven't been h ere long enough"
That's all right" said Moon. Just say you
are twenty-five: RENE m Der what tell you. and
II will be all right. There 10 dollar and a half
In 1t for you. maybe more. and you're hard up"
Moon led the way to McGee's saloon at 20
Amsterdam avenue. Two doors above. at "a.
was the registration ONCE OF the Ninth election
district. Nineteenth Assembly district. Moon
gave Gardner u slip OF paper with notes on it in
ink. The slip read
George Fuller. 20 West Sixty-flfth street.
first floor. west side. family OF Mrs Lewis
Ninth election district, Capt Lang. Three
months"
Three months meant three months resi-
dence In the district. Moon explained and the
rest was to be carefully comm tilted to memory
by Gardner. that he might know who he was"
whom he came to vote and register.
Gardner visited several other saloons with
Moon. He drank soft drinks while Moon drank
clearness OF thought and language: Moon
doors. held v hispered conversations, and dis
appeared; he gave out many paper slips, He
e reS sRa
ness sense which would lead him to see that
over and @ that Re was s1 Dot IN
but did not register. When he came back
Moon forgot to ask him about Il @p and walked Wake,
over 10 the BOuleNaTu ana Sl1ty-Httn street.
There he gave out more paper alps.
Isaac Simon. deputy, o. John McCullaEh.
state Superintendent Of Elections, had been
Moon. Gardner and third man took a down
town car about I O'Clock on saturday he also
Second avenue. Moon and his com panic got
off at Forty second street. Gardner went on
a.. d o%sry Ss sos d
Gardner. Gardner seem ed worried and fright
1 I'D nd ri An all
Noon had Sesn dens san
~hes he dsrdne Sed as
poious person. the boy making no special OBJ
Capt. Diamond called up supt,, McCullaCh
on the teIephone. telling him Of the case and
that Moon might be found At McGurk,s:
sspt. MI &ccusEhs oiiies. whers he made
Sa. 20 shf Sefs .hs
MSe o a5d
captured By deputy on the Bowefy. He was
taken over to the Mercer street station. whore
Gardner was, and Gardner identified him:
ts; ny" Yss.erday Mssi.trate Grams dis dis
Noon snd ss
in $500 bail for yiSst,o9 OF th. election law
On Noon when he was arrested were found
memorandum slips similar to that given, to
Gardner. giving names. addresses ana other
data. list OF names was also found marked
Friday night" Among the names were those
Of many men known to be crooks and PAN
we believe, this is a very clear case, Of at
s%p ss nsS b. sp maay othsIs
this case we find It was very carefully worked
SH GuTs w man nt as% %si FasF
ioT him would be very likely 70 be tod he did
sss Ts.d sSa er mSht
got into trouble for voting in some other dis
deputies. arrested William Heating on Mon
asy night for reEsng Got N Tx
j. IN a store at "a Columbus avenue. When
the prisoner was arr4lgned In the e. YoSkvIle
trate that Keating. when h. registered. mad
given his residence as l37 West SiItieth
b.e% Of oSs TEe dspu saS se
had since discovered that Heating had served
Ave years in States prison. but had since been
III he has been restored to citizenship he
has right to vote and to register said Mag
Yes, no doubt: but he committed perjury In
swearing that he had never been in prison."
the deputy rstors.d ,orno, o,n,.,n.
dence, as ia Third avenue, Which is far from
held in $1,000 bail for the Grand Jury. Bail
Joseph p; Roberts, negro. who gave his ad-
arraiRned before Magistrate Brann IN the
Harlem police. court Yesterday on the, charge
learned that Roberts has served term in tho
ks 9un by MG4 Ss IA sId no
IA In the Fourth election district Of the Thirty
fourth Assem- nix district Magistrate ,Brann