The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-09-16
Combination Too Much for Ex.
Chief Of New York Police. !
LOST DISTRICT BY sSS VOTES
Big Hlll vIIlfIed Opponents Made Charges
Of Bribery and Got In Fight.

New York. Sept. le.-Primary day
brought defeat to Devery in the Ninth,
giving Charles r. Murphy the leader OF
his choice there, and defeat. too. for John
b. Sexton, who stood so long as the lead
er OF the Nineteenth. Warden Hagan
OF the Toombs, who beat Sexton, is a
Murphy man.
Joseph F.. Mulqueen. who was deslg
mated by John F. Carroll TO succeed him
In the leadership OF the Twenty ninth.
won by a small margin over Thomas e.
Rush. who had Murphy's support. Ex-
Police Inspector Thomas +. McAvoy car
ried the Twenty, third against the musical
First and Isaac A. Hopper In the Thirty
first had no difficulty In winning over
their opponents
Three Republican district leaders went
down 10 defeat. Henry .Birrel was out
voted by Alderman Herbert Parsons I'm
the Twenty-hfth. Jacob Newstead beat
John Stielbling In the Twelfth. Deputy
Excise Commissioner George Hillrad In
the Sixteenth was beaten by s. 8 Koenig
by $50 majority.
Devery was beaten in the Ninth by the
Alderman Frank l.. Bowling's forces.
which named the same tickets. but tran
sposed the names so as 10 ascertain
which Of them cast the larger vote and
was entitled TO leadership II this union
had not been made Devery would have
won as he wan last year when Shee-
hans vote and Goodwin's together would
have beaten him. As IL was he lost by Sss.
The vote stood: Devery, 1885, Goodwin,
11e1 Dowline. 545. Last year Devery got
1905 votes. Sheehan 1910 and Goodwin 73s
The total vote was 6e9 less than a year
ago Deyery says that 1900 voters have
removed from the district since last year.
DEvERY WAS IN UGLY MOOD.
Devery was In high temper all day.
and made no effort to conceal II. He
went through the district like a mad
bull. shouting epithets at the District
leaders OF his opponents. seeking quar-
rels. ordering the police around. threat
enins men with prison as illegal voters
and storming Charles +. Murphy and
Tammany hall
II was evident from the ex-chiefs tone
early in the day that he expected TO be
beaten He was then complaining cf
Murphys interference. charging that he
had sent $4,000 into the district to carry
IL for Goodwin. and also 1000 repeate-s
"a vote on the names OF dead and re-
moved voters.
Leader Murphy did not deny that he
was interested in beating Devery. and
enrly in the afternoon his brother. John
J. Murphy and Alderman James Gaff-
ney from Murphys district appeared in
the Ninth. where they remained most
Of the day.
big Bill S1l out VI dn 'Bth NhA' ioe
10 make n tour Of the 25 election dis
tricts a little after the polls opened
He was accompanied by his assembly
man. Richard Butler Under his direc-
tion his men had been challenging nj
most every voter who came up and was
known TO be for his opponent
Eight policemen were on duty at each
voting place Wherever Devery went nc
issued orders 10 the force as n he stu
ruled IN Mulberry street. and almost IN
variably his orders were taken.
The weather had wilted big Bills col
lar and lnfa med his temper so that he
was in ugly mood when he got 10 the
polling place In Ninth avenue. between
Tw.ntv.t third and Twenty-fourth streets
where Thomas r. Smith secretary oi
Tammany hall. lives. and was working
for Goodwin. big Bill walked up "
Smith and shook his huge fist In his face
lie said. Il ought to punch your -----
head OF You're n CRATER. You've gone
hack on your friends I ought TO punch
you. | say
PUNCHED HIM IN THE JAW.
punch ahead" said Smith. moving
IN 20 big Bill And number OF stalwart
fellows. Smith men. moved forward i'm
nuls,veiy. do YOU know where I got
nav money!" asked Devery. sti;l shaking
his nst II say. YOU CRATER do you
know where got it7'
Il don't" said Smith. hut II your
conscience n easy. keep your money"