New-York tribune., 1905-11-08
RIOTRUMORS PROVE FALSE
Hearst Men Not Hurt-RepubHcan
Inspector Dies at Polling Place.


Reports that there was a riot in progress at the
ollng place No. 25s Madison-st.. in the 10Th
ION District OF the 4th Assembly District and that
exJ,Idse Palmier and Joseph w. Cody, Hearst
candidates for judge Of General Sessions and
sheriff had been hurt seriously reached several
,oIiticaf headquarters about the time the polls
,Josed Yesterday afternoon They proved to be
s,,5ed except that there was trouble at the poll
Ing place. Mr.. Palmieri and Mr. Cody not
a,,en al the scene of the disturbance.
roseph I.evinson Republican leader in the 4th
r,;strict complained to President Halpin of the
pan1bIican county committee in the afternoon
,bat jeremiah Hermann, Republican inspector of
slartions al the polling place in Madison-st. had
cold ont TO TammaEy Hall and working
onanlv for Tammany candidates. Mr. Halpin sent
pe,.aunin Mayed. OF No PAS Henry-st-,' to the
roard Of Elections with request to have him
no;rted an inspector in Hermanns place. but in
fead of getting certificate of appointment Mayed
~o. only a blank form to be sworn in on He
carried that to the polling place. but Hermann
-of,sed to get out The result was long wrangle
s the stopping Of voting. until the police inter
,srea at 3 o'clock and ordered the polls closed
e-at a,elated voters wanted cast their ballots,
and the Tammany inspectors wanted to let the
o,e in This caused a disturbance. but the police
oueued it and ordered the count of the vote to
proceed
ryexes n such a high pitch of excitement. after
,.an hours of work, under trying and exciting
conditions that his heart gave way, Matthew
purtz twenty-five years old, Of No. SlS East 9TH
Ct a Republican election inspector in the polling
MACE of The I'd Election District of the 10th Assem-
h, district at No 635 1st-ave, died suddenly there
yesterday afternoon just after the polls closed. at
Z o.cIook Hernorrhage from aortic aneurism.
broken by the long strain. is supposed to have
osused his death Kurtz was slight young man,
and the work too much for him
DYING MAN SOUGHT AIR.
rA ballot t,o1 had Just been closed. and Kurtz and
his fellow inspectors were preparing for the count
biIo : great crowd gathered outside. when he sud
s,-crie5. INV God I must have air. 1t very
lose and stuffy voting place every one had
,ean smoking all day. Patrolmen hesselmark ana
yandeIphi of the East S5th-st. station, who We're
m suv at the polling place, heard kurtzs cry, and
ssw him totter. They hurried to his side, and he
FELL into KesseImark's arms. The two policemen
carried him white and inert. into the hallway, TO
get fresh air him. The crowd nlunineo py a
bura bonfire built in front of the place sWarmed
about to see what the matter. In the glare
., the FIRE, and amid the cries of the crowd kurtz
b-esthed his last. An ambulance, with DE- PETERS
ms called from Bellevue Hospital, but when the
surgeon arrived he said that Kurtz had lived only
2 moment after his seizure
Klrtz was unmarried, and lived with his mother.
His body was taken the East 35th-st station. and
after examination by the coroner, was turned over
- bis yootber Another inspector sworn In to
Au Kurtzs place. and the counting of the votes
on.
Mr. WINS issued a request in the late afternoon
to all the Republican judges and inspectors OF
elections that they insist on having all ballots
where circles under the Republican and Jerome en-
hems had both marked with crosses counted
for both the Republican ticket and Mr.. Jerome
In all such cases if the Democratic judges and IN
spectors declined 10 make such count the Repub-
Icans were asked to make a deadlock and stop
the count.
CUTTING APPEALS TO MADOO-
TDi0 vesfe
day sent a letter to Police Commissioner McAdoo
asking him to order the police to enforce the law
prohibiting electoneering within the limits of the
polling places. Mr Cutting had learned that such
electioneertng being done within the limits of
the polling places against the law. AS soon as
Commissioner McAdoo received Mr.. Cuttings letter
re took Immediate action He ordered Instructions
telephoned to every sergeant at the desks in the
various precincts of the city to give notice to the
policemen duty in the polling places OF the re-
spective precincts to watch closely for such cleo
tioneering Mr.. Cutting alleged and to arrest
any person who attempted it
Some excitement was caused in 14th-st,
1st-ave- in the early afternoon by the overturning
OF transparency wagon advocating the election of
Jerome. A Jerome watcher out to protect the
wagon, but he set by the mob and COM
PEELED 10 beat hasty retreat without leaving his
name No attempt made by the police 10
his assaiants.
There was hot time in front of The Nc
Manuss headquarters. in the 18th Assembly Dis
tret, about 0 clock in the evening. At that time
the leaders and others the number OF about six
hundred were being paid off. Two of the leaders,
with their morIey still grasped in their hands got
into in the street and started fight.
One Of them knocked the other down and then
knocked out himself by outsider. When
the went down others grabbed their money
and disappeared This caused a free for ALL but
this ended by the cry of Police No arrests
made.
Fer the greater part of the day the election in
the city proceeded quietly. although there We're
many arrests the charge of illegal voting. Up
the count of ballots, the serious trouble had
the S9d Assembly District.
LAWYERS BRUTALLY ASSAULTED
In several election districts east of the Fowe-,,
rCffans working in the interest of Tanmany Hall
used slungshots and brass knuckIes in committing
assaults to intimidate voters for Jerome Henry
De Forest Baldwin and Charles Webster. LAWYERS.
who were acting watchers for Jerome were as
fauited in the afternoon the polling place at
40. = Christie-st. Mr. Webster had been AT the
Poihg place the greater part of the day and had
sent word 10 the Jerome headquarters that voters
were being kept away from the polls by the Tam
many thugs"
-i- Baldwin went to assist Mr. Webster They
started to go 10 another polling place where
- was reported. when Mr.. Webster was struck
" mead from behind by a man who welded =
siuhgShot He fell stunned at MIR Raldv,;p,e foot