The Springfield herald., 1904-12-16
DENVER ELECTION

cratic and made their returns accord
peaters impersonate Republican voters
and vote their names for the Demo
cratic ticket. In some places the bal
lots were prepared and stuffed into the
box at the last moment or placed with
the pile after the ballots had been re-
moved. In the Fourth ward alone 1t
has been found that nearly 1000 ficti-
tious votes were cast for the Demo
cratic ticket.
In one Republican precinct the
| judges, all Of whom were Democratic
but one-and he went home because
they delayed the count and tired him
out-the count was turned in all right
except for four candidates for the Leg
islature, each of whom was cut off
about 100 votes. This was claimed,
when discovered, to have been a
| clerical error"
Fake Crosses.
In the boxes SO far opened it is dis
covered that Peabody was scratched
very lightly; in one he ran ahead of
his ticket. Much of the scratching
done was fraudulent. 1t is claimed that
the committee, which has taken an
enormous mass of evidence against the
crooks for use in the local courts, has
evidence proving that a stamp was
made and used to put crosses opposite
Mr.. Adams name either before the
ballots were voted or after they were
taken from the box.
In one precinct a fountain pen was
used, it is claimed, to scratch Pea
body, the scratches being uniform and
easily detected as made by one pen.
The result of the exposure is that a
large number of professional ballot
box suffers will land in Jail. The Re-
publicans elected their district attor-
ney, George Stidger, vigorous and
courageous man, especially fitted for
uprooting crime and it is expected
that he will, after he takes office jan
uary LIST, bring every election thief.
high and low. against whom evidence
has been secured, to the bar of justice
and put an end to the outrageous
frauds upon the ballot which have
been committed by the "Savages" Of
the lower wards of Denver for years.
Only Contempt Cases So Far.
The Supreme Court cases so far
tried are all contempt cases and the
offenders will all have to be tried upon
criminal charges later on by the Dis
trict Court In addition to this the
United States District Court has taken
jurisdiction as regards presidential
electors and congressman and many of
the culprits will go to the peniten-
tiary through that court.
A Significant List.
An idea may be gained of the "possi-
BILE" connection of the Adams police
machine" with these stupendous
frauds by casual glance at the "occu-
pations" of the following election
crooks who have been arrested and
some of whom have been sentenced by
the Supreme Court:
Frank Kratke, license inspector. SEN
fenced one year.
Ed O'Mailia, policeman. Sentenced
six months.
Charles Kofsky. ex-policeman. Sen
fenced three months
I Eugene Cummings, policeman. Await
ing trial.
John ]. DOGGY, police sergeant.
Awaiting trial.
Max Shradsky, policeman. On
trial.
William H. Green, city detective.
Awaiting trial.
E. G. Wigginton, clerk police court.
Awaiting trial.
John Sullivan, Jail guard. Sentenced
nine months.
I S. S. Barker, assessors Office. Sen
fenced nine months.
William Reid, assistant Justices
court. Sentenced nine months.
Mike Dowd, deputy constable. Sen
fenced two months.
Mike Geary, constable. Awaiting
trial.
Len Rogers, deputy sheriff. Await
ing trial.
James A. Harris, clerk County Court.
Awaiting trial.
James p. Mullins, county treasurer's
office. On trial.
Pat Ried, constable. Justice Hynes'
| Court. On trial
John p. Kendrick. assistant Justices
Court. Awaiting trial.
Mike Mahoney. alderman. Bound
over to Federal Court.
| And there are more of them to be
heard from soon.
Verify, the way of the election thief
is no longer rosy in Denver county.
There were also frauds in two or
three outlying counties which, when