New-York tribune., 1902-08-19
PRICE THREE CENTS.
BIG ENROLMENT FRAUDS
INQUIRE INTO
1HE CHARGES.
ALLEGED BOGUS DEMOCRATIC TRANS
FERS IN THE NTH. XXyITH AND
XXIXTH DISTRICTS.

The Tammany Hall triunvirate yesterday took
M the charges of wholesale primary frauds
which have been flying thick and fast between
the opposing elements in all the districts where
there contests for the leadership. and
ga ged David y. Carva1ho the handwriting ex-
pert, to examine all the questionable transfers
that have been filed with the Board OF EIec-
tions. As result it said last night that
warrants would be issued for number of com
missfoners of deeds and notary pUblics who are
alleged to have forged the names Of voters to
transfer blanks. 1t is said that AR Carvalho
found hundreds of transfers upon which the
signatures of the applicants and those of the
commissioner were in the same hand
A majority of the frauds found In the
IXth District. where there is a three cornered
fight among William s Devery. Frank J. Good
win and John G. Sheehan; the XNI&th where
John f. Carroll is being opposed by Thomas z
Rush and Myer J. Stein the Greater New-1ork
Democracy candidate and in the &ANIth- where
ex-Sherif Thomas J. Dunn is threatened with
defeat by James J. Walsh. A number Of fraudu-
lent transfer blanks were also found in the LIST
District whe1 Battery Dan Finn is trying
to unhorse Michael C. Murphy former Police
Commissioner
John F Carroll who has been in Saratoga for
some time paid a hurried visit to New-fork
last night Whether or not his appearance IN
town was caused by the stories of primary frauds
he would not say when seen by a Tribune re
porter at the Grand Central
The story is perfectly ridiculous" was all
he would say
Senator Tim" Sullivan who has also been in
Saratoga. is expected in town to-day. Sullivan
is the leader of the Croker faction in Tannrnany
Hall. whence the charges spring II is said
that startling disclosures may be looked for
within a few days.
MCULLAGH At WORK
John McCulIagh. state Superintendent ot
Elections. had number Of men at work ex-
arnining the applications for transfer at the
Board Of Elections yesterday Mr.. McCulagh
himself paid visit 10 the elections of1ce, but
refused 10 discuss the charges Of fraud John
r Voorhis president Of the Board Of Elections
when seen last night by a Tribune reporter, said
that it was impossible at this time TO say just
how many spurious transfers had been fled
To-day was the last day for fling applica-
tions for transfer" said Mr. Voorhis. and We
have not even counted them. They must be
sorted into Assembly districts. than according to
election districts and finally entered up in the
books before We can pretend 10 say just how
many transfers there are In order to have the
right TO be transferred man must first have
registered and enrolled from his former ad
dress Many men make application TO be trans
ferrsd when they have not become enrolled
These we must throw out We have been ex
trerleIy careful with al applications for enrol
r1ent and transfer II there was any question
as 70 it's regularity transfer would be laid aside
until the notary's signature could be verified IN
the County Clerks Office We have means of
knowing whether the signature Of the voter 70
the transfer is genuine OF not 7 will be IN
a position 70 say tomorrow afternoon how
many applications have been fled with Us
The Tribune has already printed the charges
that have been made in the IXth District
Devery declared that the Sheehan men had
transferred thirty-one Democratic electors into
the vacant floor OF house in Twenty-stxth-st-
between Seventh and Eighth aves- He said
that the Sheehan people had brought q vanlosd
of cots 70 the house. and had provided tempo
rary lodgings for the men so that they would
be able 70 vote the Sheehan ticket at the pri-
maries Louis Munzinger, who IS managing
Sheehan's campaign IN his absence. last night
admitted that cots had been placed in the house
One OF our friends has hired the house under
a five years lease said Mr.. Munzinger. and
has put lot Of cots in il It is true that thirty
one men have been transferred into the house
from outside OF the district Some of them are
here now. Many of them poor men without
homes and they are glad to get any kind OF
shelter. The place is going to be turned into a
lodging house Our action has been perfectly
legal. I understand. though. that Devery has
transferred 573 voters into the district This
looks suspicious l nave no CouoL Jhau a great
majority of the blanks will be returned to him
as no good. We have been extremely careful
with al our transfer blanks. Every one OF them
is signed by the applicant
Frank ]. Goodwin also regards Devery's largs
number of transfers suspicious. He said
The Waverly lodging house. at Eighth-ave.
and Twenty-eighth-st.. in former years. never
had more than forty-two enrolled voters This
wear there are over one hundred Where do
they all come from? The enrolment in this
district in former years has never exceeded
: 800 This year il will be nearer $500. Dew
erv's transfers alone this year have been more
numerous than Sheehan's and ours combined in
rravious wears This is a very suspicious cir
cumstanCe.
DEyERY DEFIES THE TRIUMvIRs.
When Devery was informed that the triumvirs
had instituted investigation into the charges
of primary frauds. he said
The trlumfers had better be investigator
themselves to find out how they became Nc
n,aborized and Caffneyized. II I am elected
leader a this district. which 1 don't think there
is any doubt that Will my first move will be
to make them gents step down an out an give
the Young men a chanst. The triUmfers is just
waEin' up. seemin'Iy. They have been dead TO
the world for a long time. Let EN- investigate
this district all they want to- They'll have to
get up early in the mornin' to catch me az any
crooked deal 1 personally seen that all the
we filed was q n.
said a we'll known politician at the Fifth Ave
nue Hotel last night
These charges of fraud " hat might have
been expected Here we have a crowd of Tam
many poIiticiaus who have been disSracing the
cit,, for vears calling one another vile names.
tn. 49, s,Iap ont among themselves The