New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-30
MURPHY AND COLONIES"
WORK AGaTNST CARROLL.
4fTdGJ1ts Tia. Fraudulent Trans
ferS H-crc Wade IN a .SaIoo,

sensational af'6avifs D-ere zex.ersa, ,,,,,.
Nsned By the Citizens Union IN the h.sts :.
Which the followers II charles y nr,,--,r.. -.
'h7rEed 18th attempting Ia defeat John = car
Toi ~ ne MIME Assembly District hv forging
transfers oolonizing and other oha-ac.sris,,o
TaITrnanF methods Evidence Of c,lonizinr and
illegal transfer ~ voters Is contained 3, ,bs.a
sfhdaFl'S. The Fnion in its statement ernpha-
Sizes The necessity Of frustrating in the ,rAse--
election The same sort of Taurlanv tactics that
7ere enlioyed against Carroll in the primaries
y WIZ pe recalled that as the result Of these
efforts 10 oelest him. Carroll declined to vote
for Murphy as Cookers successor He ma 1e 4
public charge that men had been sent into his
district IN large numbers 'sho voted i'm the pri-
Iraries illeEsly-
The first affidavit contained N the Citizens
Unions statement IS made by Mrs Glass she
declares that on August II. 1892 man who
gave his name as Walsh came 10 No - East
E.ehty-t ourth-st. where she was ca-etaker. and
announced that he had hired the premises. thar
rs family vas away and his furniture in stor-
see. hut that he would send beds the next dav
which would Re occupied by his cousins. and
BROTHERS Next DAY man Who gave his name
IS cane appeared and soon afterv-ard a. furni-
t,-e van drove up and unloaded tventy-four co.'s
and three double beds According to Mrs Glass
cane to'd her 20 tell the iuspector II he me
around. that the house was q lodging house and
-ni~ty dodgers we're staying there Nus Glass
replied that she would ten no lies She saws
rhe man then said.
This is political and have these places all
around" or August q Walsh. according 70
Mrs Glass came hack and tried TO have her
move She demanded five days notice and dur
i0g these DAYS sayT large number Of men ar
rived. whom she describes as noisy. filthy and
t-awPish.~
other hatches ~ dodgers were quarted ~ Nos
e95 and 1o12 Psrk-ave To these three houses
-es7e-riveiy seventeen. fifteen and twenty voters
were transferred. fraudulently. according 20 the
statement = the Citizens Union. which declares
that they came largely from Nu-phy's district
she XTIIIth
The statement then proceeds - deal with The
relations e Charles r Murphy 70 this coloniz-
I-E scheme ana calls attention q the fact that
Re appointed Patrick Hennessey. Of No }9l SEQ
o06-ave.. cock master. not under Civil Service
rules bur under temporary appointment
when Herressey was dismissed under the new
lav Murphy reappointed him at salary ~
$500 wear This man was captain Of the
Twentieth Election District in Murphy's own
Assembly district Concerning this man Hen
Messy. the Citizens Union statement offers the
following af5davit made by Thomas F Com
r7e-ford.
entered the saloon of John J. Murphy. CharI.~ ?.
the hack = the stOrr- In this room
mere were seated sable Patrick Heu1esseE
d. hs-les r Murphys appointed Donerty = pool
room employ iD Mu-pir's district and Maurice
Murphy la-1narN assistant foreman IN the
.Shzsy De apartment. Close enough 20 He-neSSeF
have signed - his Vouchers. and on the
RE -herr lot u transfer enrolment
r'--tS Tho three parties Just mentioned
Engaged iD signing these transfer
blanks different James. ano a. the time vas n
--r -n.- room - the saloon the said transfer
blanks still they had just been signed
e- the various PARTIES mentioned There Here 1T
-ez-t -vo hundred and hftH transfers on the
Honneszet said - ne 81 Gown here a5H
~ = couple ~ The transfers We are writ
looked - al The transfer slips that they had
fr-. scu-uc a~5 J said - HernesSey- How about
~o-a-z~- and said. -1Oh. dcnt bother about
.. r.f---z Wen &C. him afue-wsr9
WIS entering tho room they were signing
-..-z- ----~rr~r .lfFererr names quickly IS
-..-- Ole examined three ~ Four y the
+-rsr=- e-.-~ md tles had been recently signed
-.-- --r sin vet then
The s-e-@ue~t closes Vifh Jbe suggestion
---- fr this way hundreds IF Mu-phy's r1er II
--- NEITIrh we're transferred Illegally TO the
[NIEtr and that the time OF COUnorforos
.-e-erte al ne writing q the transfers cor
responds almost exactly with the time % the
dumping - TIE cots al Mrs GLASS;