The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-08
MORE THAN 200 ARRESTS.
POLICE COURTS BUSY WITH ILLEGAL
VOTING CASES.


Lodging House = Several Tried to Vote
When out on BaiI-One Up Three Times.
More than 200 persons were arraiRned in the
| police courts In Manhattan on charges ofvolat-
| ing the election law. but comparatively few OF
them were held. Magistrate Flanimer. in JEFF
| ferson Market yesterday heard forty-ono
cases. but held only three prisoners for further
examination. Nlns-tenths OF tho prisoners
here were from Capt Chapman's territory.
which contains large colored population.
An imposing procession marched into tho
| court room about o'clock In the afternoon. IL
was headed by Police Inspector Thompson
and Included three detectives OF his stan.
Capt. Chapman and two OF his detectives. two
uniforms cd policemen. three Tammany workers
| and one prisoner. He was Anthony Holly. a
Republican challenger from the Twentieth
election district Of the Fifth Assembly distrlct.
| Kelly had registered and attsm pied to vote
| from 135 West Third street and swore that
for the last three months he had rented q room
there from William johnson. the Tammany
captain OF the district. Johnson. who had
| challenged Kslly's vote and caused his arrest.
| denied that he had been living with him and
| Kelly was hold under $4,000 bail
Magistrate Flammor was Indignant when
Policeman Burke arrsiened Charles O'Connor
| OF 1S3 West Houston street. for whom the
Magistrate the day before had refused to issue
| a warrant.
Il have acted under special instructions
from headquarters" Burke explained. Chief
| Devvry sent US word yesterday that IL a
magistrate refused to issue warrant in a case
OF this Kind. We shonld make the arrest my
| how"
OConnor was discharged at once. tho Mag
istrnte having already examined the Evidence
and found that thero was no case against him.
Harry hsiytila n Ia la, L.
represent the Republican Club. was placed
under arrest In tho course OF the day By Ser
Reant Foody OF the court squad. but was dis
! charged.
| In the E.seI Market court two-thirds ofthe
, members OF the Martin Engel Association and
oil Of the members OF the Essex Market Bar
Association were on hand early In anticipa-
ton OF Wholesale arrests In de Ate" by Supt.
| McCullagh's deputies. One OF the reasons
for this vas that the money for Tsmmany's
election district captains was not distributed
until o'clock In the morning. In explanation
Martin Engsl said: There is not a man in
this organization l wouldn't trust. but at the
same time II I gave the money out the
night before. some OF my captains might
run up against a stuss game hsiore the polls
soup, It's always best 10 DO on the sale side"
Just before the polls opened Lawyer Henry,J.
m ,H dii n red carnat!on, 70 The
|
When Mssstrate Crane took hi, sent the
many III. Mas "irss. bad d'tsh The. sjestod hut
representative and allowed him to taxs a pIscs
on the bridge E;g- Later in the day Paradise
Gs court ard ON
Oliver and LAWYER Walter , BIrdssll OF 5s5
d. ,SsdTsr a SSs TO OoT oy:r wa:
street who wa. charged with illegal regis;rs.
ton on IN affidavit made By one @: sGrt.
hssS.r had Told nj him ' thst Hat iast
s.r,y had T no, LIVED thirty day. 10 tho election
II would take this landlad,', word ten
fT to s; paid
ia sneak" shouted Lawyer Birdsall.
| Several policemen got between tho lawyer
ssp T oy; and The latter at ,n EXCLAIMED ,hs,
io %t sap, Tn 2cta RR..na was as
punched In Ne polling place Ht IS Lud-
Tsnni'on q q Tidrids. street on a Charge q
Sf 1as hold foP tPa Ths sT H.s.
wM not seriously tniured; Il was agreed ,h,t
mani, owlpg to the activity Of supt McCul.
ever held In de Ate" The deputies made
about MY arrests.
Assembly district was Aaron {. Allen. who has
been clerk IN the Bureau OF Elections Tor the
Tw.ny.sish,h Election district rom i5W w ,ns
L.eh,tsth street. When he wen, 70 vot. he
R-puOl,can captain. who declared that Alien
| bad not lived in the house thirty DAYS Al
n sHa 'ns MS.n Sson hay yepr.S in ii. vote
H. wac Pool nr !. aSI taEeg before
tn. house was his legal residences. but he had
aot actually moved IN until Oct II. the deco,
ysrR "9t ssyHS Sn htR that
dny, He was held In 5000 Rail for s1amina-
GH PfS.afs '% variant. issued Gy Msa.s,.
Pool forty four were executed yesterday. Most
q them we're Tor Tsmmany loaters in u.
cnsss were adjourned.
f."Tt teen ALLEGED ,TsUdnsp' voters were ar
S2.Ei,. payroll wsr. h.a in 500 bail cash Ss by t;
The Magistrate held that the men could not lose
their Old residences nor gain new ones by be-
man. jeremiah o Ksefs, Hs" "i GAM GAIN and and
John Clark. after having been arrested. re:
sss sG the place wno 99 on bal
again arrested and were again held.
Ozark o4 board TH0 and e.,S.. rd n'gsT wGIf
tn. penr pass and .ncr. sfSn Biz yc saFn Ha
c"inau. s Of liz East fs: h,ra tim.
en,n strsst. rho Esye tS Tor Clark told Mag
| y'HlSt'u " WIS worm every cent,
| rs Clark's vote was polled finally. Bail under
| tho three charges was hIad at $4,000
| Thirty-two arrests were made among the
| Inmates Of the city lodging houses at 3!iS First
| avenue, Nearly nll OF the men voted. and
| voting wsro made against them.
-, tn. arrests OF the day Included Major Ebert
7 NcCrystNl OF the SiIty:nnth Regiment,
| he lid not live AZ lOeo Third avenue which h.
| had given as his residence. but lived with his
| mother at lao West siKty-sixth street The
| Major swore in his vote. In court he said that
| while the Hixty-ninth was In camp IN war time
| he had married, and since January had lived
with hi. wife at the Third avenue address lie
| Twenty men were arraigned before Macis-
| trats Mayo IN the Centre street police court
snd Magistrate Lsiler, who held special ,ssS:
| OF tho cases came from tho Sixth Assembly