The sun., 1903-09-23
TELLS OF "FLOATER" SCHEME.
Burke Says He Was Asked to He One at
the Primaries.


An alleged scheme to vote "hoaters" in
the Twenty-fifth Assembly district, where
Herbert Parsons won the leadership from
Henry Birrell last Tuesday, which is de-
tailed in a re port made by r. H. Burke of 800
Madison avenue to State Superintendent
Of Elections Morgan, led to the arrest yes
terday Of Charles O'Brien Of PAS West Fiji
teenth street. 1t is charged that OBrien
procured, aided and advised Burke to vote
In the First Election district Of the Twenty
fifth Assembly district, knowing that Burke
was not qualified to vote there.
In his report, which is now in the hands
Of Deputy Attorney General Collin, who is
prosecuting O'Brien, Burke says that he
'and two friends set out to catch the buyers
OF votes and visited a saloon at Seventeenth
street and Seventh avenue the night be-
fore the primary elections There they
met william Goodwin, TO whom they said
that they were cor conductors from Buffalo
and were looking for work.
Goodwin, the report says, told them that
he could show them how to make $50 or $40
II they were willing to take chance. and
asked them to meet him the following MORN
ing. Burke says that he and his COM
panion met Goodwin at Seventeenth street
and Seventh avenue the following day and
that Goodwin introduced them to o Brien
and left oBIien in, in charge, cha The he report re. 8
companion would be required to cast votes
for birrell in the Twenty-fifth, Dooley in
the Twenty-third and Devery in the Ninth,
and that they would get So for each vote
they put into the ballot box. The fol-
lowing names to vote for Birrell were given
n Z yN.,< - Nr,at
eth street; Peter B. Chapman OF 154 West
Eighteenth street and James Corrigan OF l22
West Eighteenth street
Burke SAYS that while he was talking
to O'Brien in front of the polling place
at 151 West Fifteenth street, man named
Iondrigan. who had been talking to George
r. Manchester, secretary Of the Republican
County Committee, walked over and spoke
to O'Brien.
Il then asked o Brien who would guaran-
tee the payment of the money, says Burke
in his report, -and he pointed to Mr.. Man
chester and said: He will give you the
money
Burke says that when he attempted
to vote under Corrigan's name he was
told by a watcher that he had better leave
because Corrigan was an old man we'll
known in the district, When his COM
panions attempted to vote they were chal-
ienged. Then the three protested to
O'Bren, Burke says, and were told to get
down to Deverys district and vote. They
refused TO accompany him and went away.
O'Brien was arraigned before Justice
Wyatt of Special Sessions, sitting as a
Magistrate, and was held in $500 bail for
further examination Friday. He pleaded
not guilty and refused to say anything about
his arrest.
When Mr.. Manchester was told in what
manner he had been mentioned in the case
he said:
This is a conspiracy on the part OF the
Parsons people to injure me. They were
sore because went down into the district
and worked for Brrel. ! prevented
several attempts at fraudulent voting
while was there and took every precaution
to prevent any one from voting who was
not entitled to vote. ! don't know OF any
the persons mentioned in that report. Mr.,
Morgan told me over the telephone that
this man Burke was brought to his Office
by Parsons. Parsons has threatened to
force me out of the secretaryship OF the
county committee and ! suppose this is q
scheme to carry out the threat