New-York tribune., 1900-10-24
HONECK HELD IN BAIL.
THE ASSEMBLYMAN CHARGED WITH
COLONIZING AND PERJURY.

Henry c. Honeck, the Tammany Assemblynan
OF the Xxth District, who is a candidate for re-
! election, was held in $1,000 bail at the York
vile Court yesterday for examination on the
charge Of perjury He must also answer the
charge OF colonizing illegal voters in his hotel
at No pa East Twenty-eighth-st. He is
! charged not only with ,iding and abetting the
illegal registration of the men who were colo
niLed at his liquor store but also with perjury
In making false return to the Superintendent
Of Elections as TO the time the men had lodged
| at the place.
The Assemblyman was not arrested. but was
produced in court according TO promise by his
counsel Stephen J. O'Hare, the former Assistant
District Attorney. He was paroled by Magis-
trate Deuel. in the custody of Mr.. O'Hare on the
colonization charge, after being held in 81. 600
bail on the parjury charge His examination Is
set down for tomorrow. Mr.. O'Hare would not
permit Assem- blyman Honeck to make any state
ment yesterday, but ne said he thought Honeck
would be vindicated later. Honeck seemed to
De much ag1tated by the proceedings in court.
Some of his Tammany friends said he would
have the proceedings against him delayed until
efter the election. If possible.
The complainant against Honeck is Chief
Clerk Patrick H. Dunn, of Superintendent Nc
Cullagh's Office. Arraigned AT the same time
with Honeck were two Of the men accused in
connection with the charges against the Assem-
blyman. They are John Scanlon, who regis
tered under the name Of John FIannigan from
Honecks hotel" in the Fifth Election Dis
trct OF the XXth Assembly District. who Is
charged with Illegal registration. and Joseph
Williams, better known as Scar Faced Hen
messy" who is alleged TO have been the go-be-
tween used by Honeck, and who is charged with
having aided and abetted Honeck in his actions
Scanlon was held for further examination in
bail Of $500 and Williams in bail of $1,000.
The evidence against Honeck is secured by the
confessions o. three men. who acknowledged
having registered from Honeck's place without
having been residents Of the election district the
length Of time required by law. Edward Coote
and Edward and John Scanlon are the men.
They allege that they were approached by Will
Jams in Bowery dive and taken UP to Honeck's
liquor store, where they registered in the books
on October s They were told by Honeck that
they could register and it would be all right
they declare.
John Scanlon registered on October 13 as hav-
ing been in the district the required time when
in reality ne says ne has for four or five years
been a resident Of No. 1O5 BOwery. On October
- COote registered under the same conditions.
Honeck is charged in the affidavit, made by
Deputy Attorney-General John H. Hammond.
with having committed perjury under the Metro
politan Election District law in having on Octo-
Der last made a sworn statement to the effect
that the three men named, the ScanlOns and
COOte, had lived at his hotel for sixty and thirty
days, respectively, when such was not the case.
Richard Croker, when asked about the Honeck
case yesterday. said with warmth, "NcCullagh
is the head of the Republican colonization bu-
reau in this city" Then he said: I believe that
Assemblyman Honeck will be cleared. but If he
is guilty of COlonizing Illegal voters at his place
he ought TO be punished. I think anybody who
tries TO commit frauds at the election should be
sent to jail
How about the Tammany colonization in the
XIXth District last year?'' was asked
'Tammany didn't do it was his reply.
Superintendent McCuuagh's deputies yester-
day arrested E. c. GOggins and four other men
for what the Superintendent considers ( viola
ton of law. At the August primaries, when
State Senator COffey was being fought in Brook
lyn, Superintendent McCulagh says a number
of Taumany men in Manhattan moved 70 Brook
lyn. They applied for and received regular resi-
dence transfer papers They were transferred
TO the COney Island district. Now they have
registered in Manhattan again. and have en-
rolled in the Democratic organization.
Superintendent MCCulagh says he watched
the primaries. and he alleges that these men who
had been transferred all voted against Coffey.
He took their names and kept them, and he now
says that these men have come back 70 Man
haitian, and their names appear on the registry
list. The law requires that man must be
resident Of the county four months before the
election to be entitled TO register and vote
The Irand Jury yesterday returned two in
dictments IN cases Of alleged Illegal registration
presented by deputies Of Superintendent Nc