The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-25
Election Board Is Held In
Gotham.
WORK FOR TAMMANY
Charged With Preventing Any Voting
But "Tigers" Men-But First of
is Like cases-Startling
Developments.

New York, Nov. 25.--As result of
Attorney General Mayors earnest prose-
eution of the election frauds cases.
an entire election board-that of the
18th election district of the 26th assem-
bly, districts locked up in the Tombs.
The members of the board are charged
with having Disseminated against ey-
cry voter who came before them on cleo
ton day unless he was personally youch
ed for by the Tammany captain. Tom
Dunn is the Tammany lealer in the dis
triet The prisoners are also charged
with having put "yoid" and protested"
ballots in the boxes To be counted for
Mcclellan They were given a hearing
before Recorder Golf yesterday, pleaded
not guilty and were held in $4,000
bail each.
The accused are Joseph Pokorny of
108 East Seventy fourth street; Charles
Muse Of 1860 First avenue; Gustav
Wooley of 34S East Sixty-fourth street,
and George Rice Of 416 Second avenue.
The warrants were issued on affidavits
made by Hearst, WINS and Jerome
watchers.
Similar cases have been prepared
against is other boards, and arrests
were made yesterday Under the law
dealing with this particular oifense the
men convicted can be fined not more
than $500 or sentenced to imprison-
ment for not more than three years,
or both, II is stated the evidence against
the men is such that conviction is sure.
The Hearst lawyers, who are trying
to obtain an order for the recount OF
the ballots in five election districts, as
a test case, took part in game Of bat
tledore and shuttlecock yesterday morn
ing. After going before two justices
Of the supreme court they were sent
to the appellate disvision for definite
advice al to whether that court wished
Justice Giegerich to hear the motion.
Austen G. Fox, for Hearst, said he
was ready to move before any justice.
Alton b. Parker, for Mayor Mcclellan,
objected TO Justice Giegerieh on the
ground that the motion was simply a
device to delay the examination Of void
and protested ballots, work on which
be is now engaged, and, in brief, to
prolong the mayoralty contest until af-
ter January 1st.
Personally, the success Of Mr.. Hearst
will be distastefuI to me, az it win
be 10 most Of his counsel" said Counsel
Fox in his argument before Justice
Amend Il supposed that this action
was in the interest of the people of
the city for honest elections continued
MIR. Fox, land, if you can hear the
motion, nv all means hear it now"
The first real test Of the question
whether the ballots shall actually be
iecounted came yesterday, the previous
proceedings having been merely an ex-
animation Of tally sheets, etc
After Justice Amend had decided that
Justice Giegerich was the one to hear
the motion, Justice Giegerieh, in turn,
decided that, since his power was ques-
toned, he would issue certificate call
ing on the appellate division to say
whether he should hear it.
Judge Parker at no time said plainly
that, as McCiellan's counsel, he would
object 10 the opening Of the ballot boxes.
His long argument charged that the
Hearst lawyers were merely playing for
delays; that the claims Of fraud had
been made ridiculous, and that, anyway,
Justice Gieperich was too busy to hear
the new motion. He added that, il he
did hear it, the Hearst men would