Evening star., 1905-11-10
RECKLESS WITH BALLOT
REMARKABLn D1sPos1rIoN OF
BOXES IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. November 1O.-Attorney
General Julius Mayer before leaving his
ONCE after midnight this morning arranged
to appear before a magistrate in the crimi-
nal courts building today to prosecute sew
eral persons charged with violation OF the
election laws.
Arrests. It was said. would be the re-
suit Of the accidental discovery OF an un-
locked and unsealed ballot box, full of pro-
tested ballot, In the rear of barber shop
that had been used as a polling place In
an election district in the twenty-first as
sembly district. Today the matter may be
put before the grand jury. 1t Is said that
It will not be q question OF John Doe pro-
ceedings. but that direct evidence will be
presented.
The first information regarding the find
Ing of the ballot box came to the district
attorney yesterday through policeman
who walked into Mr.. Jeromes Office with
bunch Of ballots and said that he knew
where more of the same kind were to be
found. but that he had not dared to bring
in all he had found until he had been as
sured OF protection.
He was sent back with a county detec-
tive. whom he escorted to the barber shop.
where the ballot box was found.
When the policeman returned with the
ballot box wrapped up in piece Of ordi-
nary newspaper he was taken into Mr.. Je-
rome's private office. where were also A.
torney General Mayer and State Superin-
tendent of Elections Morgan and several
Sanford and several stenographers were
called in. Six Morgan deputies We're sent
out soon afterward with subpoenas.
So far as could be learned this morning,
the police have not reported any ballot
boxes missing since the election. At the
same time there have been reports that
unlocked and unsealed ballot boxes have
been found in out-of-the-way places.
Nhar I.
boat picked up four ballot boxes floating in
the river early yesterday Attorney Gen.
eral Mayer was asked if he had received in
formation of the finding of rour ballot boxes
In the East river by the tug Robert White.
II have not had any such information"
Mr. Mayer said
Have you been told of the finding of
boxes in the North river? he was asked.
After some hesitation he answered:
Yes; the North river. L have had such
information.
Boxes Found in Tailor Shop.
At the headquarters of the Municipal
Ownership League 1t was announced that
two ballot boxes had been found In a tailor
shop window next door to the old town hail.
Gravesend. This shop was used as a poll
ing place on election day. The boxes, it was
the league who reported that one contained
mutilated ballots and the other, supposed to
contain the ballot stubs, was empty
Evidence of gross carelessness in the care
of election returns developed yesterday
when the official envelope containing the
official returns and tally sheet for the sew
enty-thfrd election district of the thirty
fifth assembly district was found In q baby
carriage in the cellar of a house In the
Bronx
The tally sheet showed that 26 votes had
been cast for William M. WINS, 90 for Mayor
Mcclellan and 1S9 for William R. Hearst.
Both Mr.. Jerome and Attorney General
Mayer at once began an investigation L.
Archibald Hassell. poll clerk. who signed
the tally sheet, said he sealed the returns
and gave them to the chairman of the cleo
tfon board. The latter when found said he
had turned the returns over to a man named
Dawson. who was to take them to the
proper place. Dawson could not be found
last night.
w. r. Hearst announced today an addi-
tional reward of $4,000 for evidence lead
ing to the arrest, conviction and imprison-
ment of the first Tammany district leader
to be convicted of fraud against the ballot
in Tuesdays election.
This is in addition to the other rewards.
aggregating $4,000, for proof of crimes
against the ballot and the registration laws
in the election. This makes the total of re-
wards he has offered 81. 600.