New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-23
POINTS TO MANCHESTER.
His Name Mentioned scith -1tLeged
Primdrg Frauds.

In The arrest Monday night Of Charles
o'Brien. at No os5 West Fifteenth-st George
W Morgan. state Superintendent OF Electiohs'
believes that he has unearthed an election traun
OF large magnitude. o'Brien was arrested oy
Deputy State Election Inspectors Archer ano
Rynders He is charged with violating Secuon
Il OF the Metropolitan Election, laws IN secur-
ing men 20 vote illegally at the primaries ne
was arrested on a warrant issued by justice
Wyatt. the presiding Justice In the court %
Special Sessions. M,
r,enu,v Tnrpector r. II. Burke. OF No. 3od
Na5ison-ave collected the evidence, and this
was presented 20 the court by Superintendent
Morgan and the warrant issued. Burke mace
q report. including his evidence to Mr. Morgan
and the report is now in the possession OF Cor
uelus F. Collins. Deputy State Attorney zen
eral. who made the report public
In the report made by Burke he says that
few DAYS prior to the primaries. on September
u. he went 10 Seventh-aye. and Seventeenth-st
and there met 4 man who said his name was
Goodwin. At the time Deputies Bray ana "eoO
were with Burke. The three Burke says repre-
scented thenselvs as former conductors In buI-
falo and said they needed money or they eouiu
NOT get back home Goodwin. Burke alleges
told them that they could make punch OF
money" il they would come around on primary
Il u
Goodwin told them that they needed men 10
vote in Dooley's 1.-THE NXIlld), DeNerys V'le
IN--hl and Birreil's tthe XXVth) districts.
Burke continues 10y saying that Bray "eo'
and himself were at the corner at the time
mentioned on primary day. but Goodwin old
not appear. They got into conversation With
q man who Burke alleges was o'Brien- q Brien'
Burke alleges. told them that Goodwin had TO
go TO Devery's district and that he (O'Brien)
had been told to give them their positions. Burke
alleges that three names were given each, and
that they were told TO go TO the First Election
District Of the XVIII Assembly District. and
there cast their ballots for Henry Birrell. the
Republican leader at that tine Of the district
Before they started. however. Burke says,
they asked O'Brien about the money they were
70 receive. and were told that they would get
IS for each vote cast a man, Burke alleges,
who o'Brien said was George r. Manchester,
the secretary Of the Republican County Com
rnittee. was pointed out 10 them and they were
told that he would pay them. Burke alleges
that the man pointed out as Manchester was
standing talking with man who Burke al
leees was named Lcndregan. At this point,
Burke alleges. 10 the three deputies were gwen
additional slips OF paper and they were tolu
first 20 vote q 80. Ill West Fifteerth-st- when
the men tried 70 vote under the names gwen
them they were held UP. il is alleged and
thrown out. 49,.
,0'Brien vas arraigned before Justice Wyatt.
sitting as a magistrate in chambers or the
I-o,,~f OF Special sessions yesterday afternoon.
The defendant was held In $500 bail for further
hearing on Friday afternoon de was COM
fr7frrfd 10 the TOnbs at the request OF Deputy
state Attorney General Collins