New-York tribune., 1902-02-05

Harlem police court. arraigned before Magis-
trate Pool. charged with committing a felony
in aiding prisoners 10 escape and held for ex-
animation, after being identified by De Tour as
the men who had assaulted him.
When the men again arraigned for pur-
poses of examination De Tours memory had
failed him. Mr.. McCullagh declared. for he failed
to identify the prisoners when ne saw them
again A charge of perjury drawn against
Policeman De Tour. Last Wednesday he was
indicted, and later suspended from duty by
Commissioner Partridge. Brasier. it Is said.
was to have voted under the name OF William
Kelly.
The superintendent said that Williams,
Brasier and Glaser had confessed. but that
SlNidmore, Levine and Rosenfeld refused TO talk
Five rough looking men who were arrested by
Mr.. McCullagh and his deputies late on Monday
night and early yesterday morning were ar
raisned before Magistrate Olmsted at the Es-
sex Market court yesterday. The prisoners said
they were Michael j. Levine. Joseph Skidmore.
Joseph Brasier. Max Glaser and William j.
Williams. all living in houses near First-st and
the Bowery Emil A. Fuchs. deputy OF At
torney General Davies at the court to rep
resent Superintendent McCullagh.
1t was explained that the prisoners were con-
cerned in a colonization scheme by which Illegal
votes were cast at the Democratic primaries in
the XXXIId Assembly District At the pri-
maries there a fight against j. J. Ryan. the
Tammany leader of the district, led by ]. J.
Frawley. and it was successful Ryan after
ward said he had been defeated by ballot box
stuffing
Levine and Skidmore were held in $1,000 bail
each for examination. while Brasier. Glaser and
Williams paroIed in the custody OF Nc
Cullagh's men. 1t was said that Brasier, Glaser
and Williams would turn States evidence
nSf he fhAr fuyo
said. had been active in colonizing Illegal
voters in the Bowery, and Skidmore had in
duced the men to go to the XXXIId district and
vote for Frawley at the primaries.
Levine and Skidmore were represented by
George EngeI. Of the law firm Of Sullivan. Gold
smith & Engel. The senior member of the firm
is Alderman Sullivan, nephew OF State Senator
Timothy D. Sullivan.
Mr.. Fuchs referred inquirers to Engel. say
ing:
''Engel knows more about the gang than L"
Engel denied that he knew anything OF the
case
Deputies Archer and Connolly. Of Superintend-
ent McCullagh's staff, at o'clock yesterday
afternoon made a sixth arrest in connection
with alleged election frauds. The prisoner, Sig
mund l. Rosenfeld. alias "Beansey." was ar
rested after trouble in the back room Of a
saloon at Fourth-ave. and Twelfth-st-, known
as the Antique Hotel When Resented was told
that he wanted he made dash for a door
in an effort to escape and then struggled and
fought to get free. The presence Of thirty-1ve
men in the room. whose sympathles were plain
ly with the prisoner made the deputies fear for
their safety. and TO avoid any further trouble
they produced their revolvers
RosenfeId taken to Superintendent Nc
Cullagh's office where he gave his pedigree
and then to the Macdougal-st police station.
He will be arraigned in the Essex Market police
court this morning. The deputies say that dur
ing the disturbance at the time of the arrest
Rosenfeld passed a roll of several hundred dol
lars in bills to a friend