Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-07
A NUMBER Of ARRESTS
TEMPTED VOTING WE'RE MADE
YESTERDAY.
OTHER WARRANTS ISSUED
And More Arrests VIII Follow To-
Day-Considerable Excitement at
Several Voting Precincts in the
County-Excitemen In Several
Voting Precincts.

A number of warrants for the ar
rest Of illegal voters were issued by
United States Commissioner Geo. E.
Boyd, Jr., in nearly all, If not
every case, at the instance of Demo-
cratic challengers and workers at the
polls. There can be no doubt that the
Democratic announcement OF an inten-
ton to promptly arrest and prosecute
illegal voters, had a deterrent effect
There were many strangers in the
city, undoubtedly brought here for the
purpose of casting fraudulent Repub-
lican ballots, who did not vote through
the fear of arrest.
There was more excitement over the
| matter of illegal voting in Clay district
than in any other district of the coun-
ty. The Democratic workers had blank
warrants containing the provisions OF
the Federal statutes pertaining to ille-
gal voting, and it was charged by Re
, publicans that these were issued for
intimidating colored voters.
Commissioner Boyd passed Clay dis
trict voting places on his way to din
ner, and was stopped by Republican
! workers who called attention to the
presence CT blank warrants in the
hands of Democrats, accusing him OF
issuing them. Mr. Boyd denied that
he gave out the warrants, and said he
saw nothing wrong in anybody having
the blanks which contained the adver-
Using of the publishing firm upon the
reverse side. If they were used for the
purpose of intimidation, Mr. Boyd said
| it was an entirely different matter.
Mr.. Boyd's language was misconstrued
| by the Republican workers, and he
was subjected to some unjust criticism.
| The warrants issued by Commits
sioner Boyd were based upon aff1davits
properly made. The first was issued
about 1870 o'clock, upon complaint OF
! c. w. Rixey for A. X. Wagner, charg-
| ing that he resided in Washington, d.
/ c., and voted in precinct No. in Cen
| ter district. The warrant was not ex-
ecuted, as Mr.. Wagner left on train
| for Washington.
| The next warrant was issued for
| Louis Nightingale, colored, upon the
affidavit of William Henke, Democratic
challenger in precinct No. 3 in Clay.
Henke protested against his voting,
and Nightingale defied him to prevent
| it. Nightingale claimed to have been
a resident of Wheeling for several
years. An effort was made to secure
warrant from Justice .Srolowitz, and
| later the warrant was issued by Com
missioner Boyd, and Nightingale was
arrested and committed to Jail, in de-
| fault of bond for his appearance at a
| hearing to-day.
| The third warrants were issued for
Frank Miller and Frank ]. Miller, upon
| the affidavits of J. g. Gillespie. They
were charged with voting illegally in
precinct No. in Clay. These war
rants had not been executed last
night
| Mr.. Gillespie also sWore out the
warrant for j. William Kennedy, son
the late Judge Kennedy, of this city,
who is alleged to be a resident of
| Washington City, and who voted in a
precinct in Clay. The arrest had not
been made up to last night.
| Louis Laskaris, a Greek who con-
Quoted fruit stand on Main street
below Tenth several years ago, was
arrested at the instance of the COM
missioners in precinct No. / in Union
and committed to jail to await hear
| ing 1t is alleged that Laskaris made
| the attempt to vote in three separate
precincts in other districts before go
! ing to Union. The Democratic chal-
! lenger insisted that the commissioners
order his arrest.
During the afternoon Democratic
workers brought to the United States
| Commissioner the names of persons
alleged to have voted illegally, but war
rants were not issued because they
were not accompanied by the proper
affidavits. One negro was brought
down from the second ward by Con-
stable Stoehr. When he was told that
an affidavit was necessary he left the
negro in the commissioners Office and
the negro secured counsel and under
| his advice left, as there was no war
rant upon which to hold him.