The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-18
JIIS7JCE'S VOTE CHALLENGED.
u,rJItGH NENTED 4 FLOATER
n HT\Ri BISCHOFF.


t,.#,. Henry Bi-chor Of the Supreme
Io,t, v,. challenged when he attempted
- ,,,.-t.. AZ a voter yesterday morning
uo liyc- a. IN" SAVOY Hotel, which. in the
.,s Sl,9rrinirudent of Fleet ions McCul-
,,el t- u-, q l.dging houst'. To he treated
ike ary ui b'''.
III. tact that the Justice had lived az
Il, s,y,y only since Sept IL got him a
,lace ON th. l-t Of suspected fioaters which
= forwarded hy NIcCulagh to Police Conn
missioner Partridge Yesterday when tho
Ju.tic... went to- f"glSte" he was confronted
9TH gfaurng. Il was Withdrawn in n
,u,-,. ,lautn. a. soon a. Justice Bischoff
.s-an ,o do things about it.
tn. Justice I"f' the Savoy about $50
,,.o.k Yesterday morning and went around
,t, conner zoo q cigar store at - Fast Fifty
,i,.l .'rr.' 90 enter his name on the voting
H,'
Pm Hanrv Bischof. living AZ the Savoy
Lotto, said he to Chairman Robert Brown
Il .he district board of registry
.Ir, sorry sir. said Brown. but | must
,tsu.nr., vour vote according to this order, y"
ard ne handed 10 the Justice n notice from
Nc,t,I.gN 80 Commissioner Partridge.
which read a. folow-
n. follow ns named persons alleged To be
-.sdrs A. the addresses sol opposite their
,s,.,, must be- challenged II they appear 10
register - voters. for the reason that have
srse TO believe they are not legal voters Of
m. election district in which they claim TO
rad"
y,~. Adirrv r. n. A.
Hon, B,scho-. Jr 7s1 5'h avenue -
r,s,ic, Bischofr read the notice Then he
'Ittr .ItnS
,i,a FOR fourteen wears and have voted
ever since ! came Of age. don't blame
van Young man. for This. You are only
lonr what YOU have 20 do, but III have
,b,. fixed before The day is out
The justice, hurried TO his office in the
County Court House and sent his secretary
IN SOC Sup' McCullagh. What happened
q, the interview il not known. but in a
few minutes a messenger was hustling 20
Police Headquarters with request from
N-Cullaeh to Commissioner Par,r ridge that
,ba challenge no withdrawn II Is probable
tha, the request bore some such word az
Rush for a little after noon policeman
hurried over TO the polling place from the
las, Fifiv-first strcet station, carrying the
order 10 tho chairman Of the board o.
registry.
said Yesterday afternoon that he supposed
he might have asked the Justice TO I'LL
out challenge affidavit.
.Bt / didn't have the nerve 10 ask hin,
some Of the questions on that AFFIDAVIT
N didn't do it, said he.
The lie, Of questions he produced con-
,ains such queries as these:
Where do YOU actually reside'
Under what name are you known az ths'
What is tho character of the house in which
vow reside?
Hs,o Won ever been convicted Of felony?
i.d 70 ,pSH ygn 6 been traGHsGp ana
Have Won made any, bet or wager. or nrs
vou directly Interested In any bet or wager
depending on the result OF the electlonf
Su,t McCullagh. when THE Sun reporter
Jaw hun seemed to think II was ~ mite
importance that Justice Of the Suprem'
Court had been subjected TO the indignit J
OF A challenge
I don't 500 that il amounts to so much
no said. We didn't recognize Henri,
B-choT Jr ~ tie Justice. that's all
Here's how. il happened census OF al
hotels and lodging houses IL taken in july
and the proprietors furn ish US with
lis@ If all voters living IN their places
Thirty DAYS before election the proprietor
give ". another list Justice Bschof !
name was ou m" latter list but not on tha
furnished w july.
That caused his name 10 be put on thu
li,t to- b. Investigated. and We treat &C
his casc INST az We did the Others. W.
hadn't reached the Savoy Hotel in our in
vostiGa'ions 30 Wa hadn't discovered thai
h" was all right
When | heard this morning that thu
Justice lad been challenged had his NAM
taken 90 hav" explained tho matter t.
Justice B~choN and have expressed m,
regret that he was subjected To the incon
vonienc" | think he * satisfied. He vii
certainly be- allow cd 10 register now
The reporter asked Supt McCullagf
tho Savoy and similar hotels.
Il treat EN- an alike" was all he woult
say.