New-York tribune., 1902-02-05
LATTER DIETZ AND FRAWLEY
ALDERMAN AND 7AMMANY LEADER WANTED BY HCUL-
LAGH FOR ALLEGED BALLOT FRAUDS.


Deputies of John McCuIlagh. the State Super
intendent of Elections in the Metropolitan Dis
trict. were searching last night for Alderman
John j. Dietz and James j. Frawley the new
Tammany leader in the XXXIId Assembly Dis
trict under orders to arrest them sight for
completely in alleged election frauds Six men.
three of whom made confessions to Superintend-
ent McCullagh. were arrested on Monday night
and yesterday. Last evening Mr. McCullagh
made statement about the frauds, in which
he said the six men under arrest and Dietz and
Frawley had been concerned. The superintend
ent said:
The men arrested are some of the members Of
a gang of repeaters who were organized by Sig
mund L. Rosenfeld alias "Beansey. and
Joseph Skidmore. known as "Jo-Jo, from the
dives and gambling houses the Bowery for
the purpose of voting for James J. Frawley as
leader of the XXXIId District in the primary.
which resulted in the deposition of the former
leader, Aqueduct Commissioner John j. Ryan.
of that district, at the last primary election:
Altogether eleven men were taken by "Beansey
and "Jo-Jo" to the Miami Club, in Lexington
ave-. between Observation-Disclosures and One
hundred -and-second SITS, on the day OF the
primary They were delivered by "Beansey''
and "Jo-Jo'' to John ]. Dietz, the present
alderman from that district, and man by the
name of Burke.
These men voted upon names furnished to
them by Dietz at the primary, and were paid
for voting illegally. Some of the men refused
10 work at the price fixed for their pay, and
did not attempt to vote. The work performed
by the men so satisfactory to Dietz that
he invited them to return to the district on the
days of registration for the general election, and
they did They registered in the various
election districts of the XXXIId Assembly Dis
trict upon names and addresses furnished TO
them by "Schemer" Ryan, who acting
under the instruction of Dietz. The principal
work done by this gang was during the last two
days of registration. for which work they were
paid money.
At the conclusion of their days work on the
last day of registration, Ryan and Dietz in
vited them to return to the district Election
Day to vote upon the names under which they
had registered. The men did return to the dis
tr1ct on Election Day, and, acting under the
guidance of Ryan and Dietz, voted upon slips
containing the names of alleged voters who had
been registered. Two of the members of the
gang were arrested on Election Day for illegal
voting. upon orders of arrest issued by One
succeeded in making his escape from the Off
ce1 and the other was taken to court, but sub
sequently was discharged by the justice because
of perjured testimony.
At the close of their days work on Election
Day the men assembled at the headquarters of
the Democratic organization, known as the
Miami Club, in LeXington-ave., where they
were paid for their days work by Alderman
Dtetz and James ]. Frawley. the leader of the
district. The arrests made resulted as a conse-
quence of the espionage kept by us upon the
members Of the gang and the facts learned by
my deputies led to the arrest of several mem
bers Of the gang, and some of them have made
a full confession of their participation in the
frauds perpetrated.
Leader Frawley and Alderman Dietz will be
arrested without warrants located
by my deputies If their arrests do not take
place before tomorrow they are at liberty to
surrender themselves to City Magistrate Ohm
sted, in the Essex Market court tomorrow. to
answer charges of bribery and aiding and abet-
ting Illegal registration. Other arrests will n
doubtedly follow
Mr.. McCullagh said that the man he referred
to escaping Joseph Brasier. The pris-
oner he said, was arrested Election Day at
the polls in the Third Election District of the
XXXIId Assembly District by Policeman De
Tour. Brasier's name, the superintendent said
was of a list of suspicious names he had
furnished the police AS De Tour taking
his prisoner to the police station he set upon
by two men, and Brasier escaped. The two
rescuers were arrested. They were taken to the