Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-16
TAMMANl NJ
ARE INDICTED
TEN ELECTION INSPECTORS ARE
CHARGED WITH VIOLATION OF
ELECTION LAWS.
g,re-
NAY CATCH THE BIG LEADERS
HEARST DECLARES HE WILL
SHAKE TAMMANY FROM TOP
TO BOTTOM.
HE HAS A MASS OF EVIDENCE
REAL ESTATE MAN TELLS OF
BOXES Carried AWAY BY
TAiAMANY CAPTAIN.

New York, Nov. 12-As the result of
the evidence submitted by Attorney
General Mayer, the grand jury an
nounced to Recorder Golf yesterday at
ternoon that when it reconvenes Mon
day it would issue ten indictments
against. Tammany election inspectors
for violation of the election laws and
two indictments for assault at the
polls.
The men indicted by the grand jury,
it is said, are election captains in the
Eighteenth, Sixth, Ninth, Fourteenth,
Thirty-second, Thirty-third and Thir-
ty-fifth assembly districts. The lead
ers of some of these districts are
Charles F. Murphy, Timothy D. Sui
Ivan, Thomas Prendergast and John
Oakley.
Mr.. Mayer made vigorous argyll
ment after presenting his evidence
and produced a deep impression on the
minds of the grand jurors.
Find Two Ballot Boxes.
Two ballot boxes were found yester-
day in a barber shop at 1856 Third ave-
nue.. One of them was full of half
soiled and torn ballots, and the other
empty. This barber shop was the
polling place Of the First election dis
trict of the Eighteenth assembly dis
trict. which is the district of which
Charles F. Murphy, head of Tammany
Hall, is the leader. Hearst watchers
| found the two boxes.
Deputies from State Superintendent
! of Elections Morgan's Office took pos.
| session of them.
President John r. Voorhis of the
| board of elections said that the grand
| jury yesterday required him to deliver
to them the registry book of the Fifth
election district of the Twenty-sixth
assembly district. The official In
spectors of that election district were
arrested yesterday.
Some Will Go to Prison. '.'
| William R. Hearst in an interview
stated that evidence had been collect
ed against twelve Tammany district
leaders. Two or three of them, Mr..
Hearst thought, could not escape i'm
prisonment on the evidence obtained.
Mr.. Hearst talked bitterly about his
defeat, and said that before he got
through he would shake Tammany
Hall from top to bottom.
"There is no doubt whatever said
the defeated candidate. but that | will
be able to bring these election frauds
home to high Tammany officials. l am
getting plenty of evidence every day
, and numerous affidavits come In every
mail, from foes as we'll as friends. II
I had a fair chance there is no doubt
but that my plurality would have been
fully 10000. l know for fact that
S,139 ballots which were marked in the
circle over mine and Jerome's names
Were Not Counted.
The conditions in this city now are
every bit as bad as in Tweed's time.
81 can prove that Tammany import
!. ed men from Massachusetts, Connectl
cut, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
who voted from six to twelve times
They were paid SIS each for their vote
and they went back home Boosting
about the fine time they had while in
New York"
There is much speculation as to who
the indicted inspectors are to be
There was a rumor around the Grim
inal courts building that District AT
torney Jerome would try to secure the
= Indictment of a man very high II
Tammany circles whose arrest Wouit
cause a sensation.
Ballot Boxes Carted Away.
One of the most sensational charges
. which have been made since the con
L test over the official returns began
deals with the carting away by Tam
many captain on the morning follow
y ing the election of two ballot boXe
containing votes.
s Patrick Monahan, well known rea
. estate dealer, whose offices We're use'
as a polling place Tuesday, is author1
ty for this charge.
The Citizens union ordered report
from all it's captains and will invest
gate the charges of fraud agains
Tammany with the intention of pros
q ecuting guilty persons to the extent
] tina law