The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-15
Much CroOkedness is Being I'm
covered in New York.
Ballots Taken in Many Precincts and
the Records Are Gone Or
Badly Doctorcd.
BOTH SIDES ARE VERY BUSY

New York, Nov. l5.-The discov-
cry was made today that more bal
lot boxes from Tammany districts are
missing. Expert accountants are I'M
earthed vast amount of discrepan-
cies in the tally sheets, the registry
books of Manhattan and the Bronx.
The ~ highly capable mathemati-
clans employed by the municipal gov
eminent league are getting substan-
tlal results from their careful search
of the election documents.
All of the errors so far discovered
by the expert accountants are favora-
hle to Mr.. Hearst.
The check of the returns and the
records will be used as basis for
the municipal league law committee
for their plan of action. Where Grim
inal intent to falsify has been found
the result of the investigation will be
turned oyer to the attorney general
and Superintendent Morgan and tn.
election inspectors will be prosecut-
ed. This check and reports of the ex-
pert accountants will also be used to
bring the actions in the civil courts
for recounts in the various districts.
The attorneys for the municipal
league stated today they could not at
this time make public the amazing
results that the investigation had
brought out so far. They stated, how
ever. that the guilty persons, where
ever fraud was found. would be pun
ished to the full extent of the law.
An example of what the expert ac-
countants are finding was made pub
lie. In one election district of an
assembly district the returns showed
1.151 votes for Kennedy, Socialist
Labor candidate. and none for Hearst
Yet in the same assembly district the
records show that the total vote for
Kinneally was less than 80. Another
example of the same kind showed
that in one election district the in
spectors certified to rs votes for Kim
neatly and the whole assembly dis
trict in which this election district
was located showed that Kinneally
received only 10 votes in all. In still
another election district the records
show that zoo ballots were voted and
that there were 200 blanks ballota.
yet the returns gave Mcclellan 1874
votes
Never after an election has there
been such activity at the office aof
the superintendent of elections. Mr.
Morgan has been forced to retain a
large number of deputies to make ar
rests, serve subpoenas and gather ev-
idence, so as to assist Attorney Gem
eral Mayer in the prosecution of the
election frauds.
The attorney general, District At.
torney Jerome, Superintendent Nor
gan and all the Hearst attorneys are
working in harmony in the gathering
of evidence and preparation of the
prosecutions. IL is expected that the
number of indictments that will be
asked for from the grand jury will
be asked for from the grand jury
will be the largest that have ever
been procured for Illegal election
acta.
Attorney General Mayer announc-
ed today that the cases and reports
of Illegal and crooked acts had been
reported TO both his and Superinten-
dent Morgan's Office in such number
that he had appointed Jay S. Jones,
of Brooklyn, and James S. Lehmaler,
OF Manhattan as special deputies to
the attorney general to assist the reg
ular staff in the investigation and
prosecution of the election. cases re-
ported.