The sun., 1901-10-21

IL IL 10 be noted that the Twenty-ninth
Assembly district - that In which squire
Croker votes He lives when in hi. Man.
haitian pocket borough a. Ol7 Fifth avenue.
but for voting PURPOSES be retains a nomi.
nal residence at s Fast Seventy fourth
street. The Hon. John p Carroll il the
leader Of the Assembly district. and votes
| In IN" election district in which the CIR, atrr
New York Dcmocracy's Headquarters aio
located The voting and registration place
ot this election district is IN a barber shop
In the basement under the headauarfcrs
The banner before described IL strctchNi
directly above the barber shop 10 that tie
Prospects were tnat 10 would confront
Mi croker and Mr.. Carroll when they
came - vote.
That may or may not have had any.
lay ahS :" oa@,sen, a2 se A' rGs3% scs on e s. s,
dav afternoon when Mrs Gerard's two
sons wer" at home alone taking "A bath.
th"y were alarmed 10y "a violent ringing
81 the front door b"ll followed hv a vigorous
rafting and banging a. the door. They
thought that T,prsilly there was a flr. Il.e
elder son rung himself into bathrube
AMI went tu "a" door, where a man in PLAIN
clothes. who declared himself to ~ Cap'
Brown, the C,mmaI.der - the police pf,,-
Cinct demanded 20 bo let in and uf1rin,-d
take that banner down forthwith SIR
Gerard said that he had nothing 10 do with
the banner and that tho captain might
SEQ the officers Of the organization at \
@ clock Ia the evening
According Ia the account ~ Mrs Gerard
and h"r son. the captain was insistent
upon having tho yourg man remove tho
banner at once, or upon finding ssrne one
whom he could compel Immediately to
remove u However no went avav Int
lKaTF hAIlga "a mt
squad of patrulmcn In uniform Tho |
sergeant came several times Ia the door |
90 ascertain II any Of tho organization |
men had arrived yet, and crowd II |
pa-s"rs-hy haltsl on both sides of tho |
str'-'' 20 find out Il there was a police raid |
going oa Mr.. Gerard came homo and. |
not hTiug able 20 got n clear idea Of what |
was wanted, -"nt her younger son out 20
one ot the policcmcn 20 ask him Ia como
in and S.e her The ofiicpr rrt.atad 10
her the demands which Capt Brown Ind |
made To her elder son. but -hc replied that
she had no right To enter her t.naut.,'
quartcr. and remove their properly
III" policeman told her tina, the presence
Of the banner was a violation of Section lOs
Of the Election law, which he then Rad To
her lie explained To- her. Mn Gerard
said yesterday, that the pulice had bsen
booking for the section for two days, and
that th" only reason they hadn't been
around l,eforo To demand tho removal of
afternoon found thr section. The section |
say that there shall ia no political han
ncts IN or upon polling placc on a
day of registration or election, and TINT |
no election"oring shall To done witmn
100 feet
Myer J. Stein. the chairman OF the dis
trict Organization Of tie G. y y. ID, raid
yesterday that when tho police made no
Roadway with Mrs Gerard they went into
tia" harher shop and told tho proprietor.
. A N..T l... IL. |
down and that IL ho didn't they would
revoke his lease Of hi, shop for a polling
place The haTler refused to touch the
hammer falling back upon the ground
I hat II was not on his property and that be-
had nothing 10 do with Il Mr Stem said
thai the police went then to John F-unrH,
a THird avenue painter who had Iaint.d
The banner. and finding fcnnel.'- -ons at
his place told them that thoy waut.d To-
arrest hs father for not taking down ia"
banner Fennell went around 20 ssn Mr
Stein and told him that he wasn't ro.pon-
-ibie for the hammer bsyond the painting
of Il and that h" wouldn't take II down
In thu meantime worl of tho doings IN !
front of the Lexington avenue headguaT-
'crS had hesn telcphoued Ia Mr. stein and
Mr. Stein. with William Hepburn Russell.
ISaac OiutCnstciu. Gustav Gross pulc.,
Magistrate and bonisman. went tu the
t.a.t SiNty-sevonth street police station
iAN "Nh'h 'hlN p'Nu u H' NdilfNl |
anybody cunn'~rtcd with tho organization.
he captain said he did not The captain
leClarel however, that what be- did want |
vas that that hannsr bc taken down, and ,
lat u would have to come down Mr. (
't"in and his party rrturt~d tia, II wouldn't
ono down The uIshot Of the discussion
va that the q. y Y -. representatives
gr'ct 90 NEST III" captain Ia the lorkVille
olCe court this afternoon to have an
djt q cation of the issue ,
Mr.. stein said that the captain would :
n, tell him what the charge To le made !
Ia" police Cuurt would ts, only saving | I
hat thu order that the tsnner must cotne a
own had come TO him from tho Election | /
oard ~ Police H"adeusrtcrs I
CAPT BrowD said That he proposed 20 {
M uut Who was responsible for the hammer Y
ia have u taken down. lie said that tho a
spcctors Of clection were the complain I
lts A