The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-11
T |LLED BALLOT
BOX IS + 0UND.
A jerome Detective Un,
covers One Hiddenin
a Barber Shop.
GRAND JURY DRAWS
TEN INDICTMENTS
Aid in Seeking Evidence q
Frauds and Charges Of Fla
grant Debauchery Of the
New York Returns
Are Increas-
ing.
tBy Associated Press.l


NEW YORK, November 1o.-Ten ir-
dictments for violations Of the elections
law and two for assaults committed az
the polls at the election last Tuesday,
were to-day drawn UP by the grand
jury 81
It was said Wright that Attorney
General Mayer lad Instituted searchs
Ing investigation of the alleged eectio1
frauds which would bs continued unen
the Legislature meets.
The Acknowledgement ana Mr.. MorgaA
tonight examined number Of wtnessea
in Connection with tho frauds and nlsd
conferred with Henry u. onge, special
counsel for MIR. Hearst and discussed
plans to prosecute persons against whom
charges may be brought.
After District Leaders. 5s
The situation to-day was described b1
William r. Hearst> as follows: #
The Law Committee has discovered
some very amazing things. and the
deeper we go into this thing. the uglies
1t looks. We have evidence against
twelve district leaders ana I am con fis}
them to prison. am Just as much i,l.g
terested in the criminal prosecution of
this case T am in the recount. In this
case 1t makes no difference whether il
am elected or not in comparison with the
greater duty of sending criminals to jail
was for this purpose, Mr.. Heurst9
added. and to strengthen the evidence
against certain district leader that al
made nn offer Of $4,000 reward to-day
for such evidence. We have at least
sufficient evidence to prove the necessity
of q recount and blieve that recount
will show n difference OF 10000 votes IN
my favor" g
Colossal Repeating.
Here Mr.. Hearst said that many lette ere
had been received by his managers, pi1r-3
porting to show that men from Con-
Snecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey
had come to New. York on election day,8
and, after voting fifteen or more time13
for. the Tamnanv ticket, for wh,chsthaY
received Il five dollar note each time, rex;
turned to their homes 8s s sg%
IS President Voorhs. of the board offelec-s
$tlons. to-day snid the talk about missing
ballot boxes was foolish The board, he9
said knew how many boxes It gave out
and as far as he knew all that should
have come back have heen received. EIes
declared that the story about ballot
boxes being found in the river Is all
false 9fs8
It was announced at Tammany Hall
to-day that Tnn1mnny district captains
have secured evidence showing frauds
committed by Hearst's supporters on
election day. Several leaders said that
while recount night lessen McCiel-g
slan's vote, the counter charges OF fraud
which they intend to bring against tho
Hearst organization will likewise bring
about the lessentng of the Hearst vote
and that In this way an equal reduction
will he made In the votes. which would
not effect the result.
An Offer was made In Wall street tn-5
day to bet $4,000 against $4,000 that
Hearst will ho seated MS the next MAYOR
Of New York.
Two ballot boxes were found to-day in
n barber shop at 1S6 Third Avenue, one
of them full OF half soiled and torn bal-s
lots and the other empty. This barber
shop was the polling place OF the. first
election district OF the eighteen assem-
bly district. which is the district oe
which Charles r. Murphy, head of TAM
many HALL is the leader. Hearst Watc:ll,-#$
.crs found the two boxes