Smyrna times., 1903-11-11
FORMER SMYRNIAN BADLY
TREATED ON ELECTION DAY
THOMAS S. START ARRESTED AND TAKEN
To THE TOMBS IN NEW YORK CITY.
Tammany "Grafter" Accused Him of Illegally
Voting, but Mr.. Start Proved His Resi-
dence After a Short Imprisonment.

ueuCe hIteF a S10rt Imprisonment.
New YORK, Nov. 1O-Last Tuesday
will long be remembered by thousands
of citizens here. 1t is doubtful il
BabalOn in its worse days made more
noise and saw more drunken men.
women and boys, I saw on my way
to business on Wednesday. three
women dead drunk lying in Railways.
No one can imagine the awful sights
in the Tenderloin last Tuesday night
after the bad element saw that Tam
many was again to return to power.
How that power is regained may be
imagined by a little personal exper-
ience Of my own. At ten O'Clock l
went to the place of voting, where |
have been going regularly for the last
tve years. | had registered two
weeks before, as the law required. I
gave my name and address, and thew
were found on the books of registra-
tlon. When a ballot was handed me
a Tammany "grafter" challenged my
right to vote. asked his reason, and
he said [ did not live at the address
given. L told him not only resided
there, but had been there for the last
i've years. He still insisted. [ took
the ballot, went in the booth, marked
1t and came out to deposit it. 1 was
compelled to take oath that the state
ment on the books were correct. This
did, and my ballot was placed in the
box. L was then arrested by police
man, who escorted me at the head of
mob of hOodlOoms to a beer saloon.
to await the patrol wagon. In half an
hour the wagon arrived, and I was
pushed in among fifteen Italians and
negroes. The wagon was driven to
the Tombs, and we were landed like
cattle with several hundred other nm
fortunates. 1 was among that filthy
crowd for hours when 1 was released. |
The lady and gentleman in whose
house lived heard of my trouble and
came to my rescue. Magistrate Poole
after hearing them, discharged me.
This is only one case. There were
many more, met man in the Tombs
who had been arrested, having lived
III the same house for eighteen wears
He was released also. l learned after
that 1t was ''spite'' case where I was
concerned. The Fusional had made
kany arrests of Tammany repeaters
that tl--r. ,~mTned to get even.
They knew my politics, as 1 had voted
at the Primary election, and as I was
a marked man" became the victim.
My vote was counted just the same,
it did very little good.
TenderlOin Gives Way to DeIirious Excitement
At night when times became in favor
of Tammany, elated at the prospect of
a 'wide open town" and prophesying
a return of the ''good old Tammany
days" the Tenderloin gave itself up
to a widely delir1ous celebration.
Not since the election of Van Wvck
has such a night been known in the
district. In all the well-known re-
sorts along Sixth avenue aud off
Broadway from Twenty street
10 Forty-second street there were
crowds of men and women drinking,
dancing, singing and shouting, while
along Broadway the jubilant partici-
patton of an element that for the last
two years has kept dlscreetly out of
sight sent thousands home disgusted.
All the riotous jubilation on the East
Side came from the bands, bowling
shrleking women of the streets,
dive keepers, saloon proprietors and
In women's shame. The
of the tenement houses were
closed tight and the respectable resi- ,
dents huddled behind the closed
doors of their humble quarters. fear
tul OF the misfortune that had come
upon them again. Marching through
the district, which will again bespeak.
the shame of the city at the head of
the released cadets and keepers of
disoIderly houses. concert halls and
other sinks of lniquity, "Florie" )
the Tammany leader of the
Eighth district, a gambler and owner {
Of houses of i'll fame, blazed the wav {
for the red lights that are to come {
Even women, sodden-faced and hag- c
gard, joined the procession, reeling
from curb to curb, uttering oaths for
the defeated and loud hiccoughed /
screams for Tammany Hall and the f
red lights. i
Iammany Supporters Swept All Before Them.
All OF these unsightly supporters of
Fammany swept everything before
them in their raid on the district I
Men and women were pushed brutallv
into doorways and crowded off the
the sidewalks to make room for the
band which will shortly lash them into