New-York tribune., 1905-11-09
BALLOT BOXES SHUNTED.
POLICE WORK QUICKLY.
No Place to Deposit Totes-Re-
turned to Station.

In compliance with Justice Gaynor's order
upon Commissioner McAdoo TO turn over the
election ballot boxes to the Bureau of Elections
the work was begun by the police at p1ldnlsht
So quickly did the order go into effect that there
was no provision for the reception of the boxes
at the Bureau of Elections 42d-st., near 'th-
ave. when the first consignment arrived
The first load came from the East 51st-st
station 1t was under the escort of six reserves
loaded i'm the patrol wagon with the boxes
when the wagon arrived the sergeant in charge
of the reserves, seeing the building eiosea'
turned bout ana ieokzths boxes back 70 the
station He said ne had received orders not
to leave the boxes unless provision had been
made at the bureau to receive them.
The order concerning ballot boxes was granted
at 1O:3O O'Clock last night after justice 1aElioi
had reviewed the affidavfts submitted oy MI
Hearst's attorneys. Half an hour later Coiohei
Alexander s. Bacon and f.. W. Brown repre-
sentine Mr. Hearst drove up to Police Head
quarters to serve the order. on Commlsslohel
McAdoo.s The Commissioner wasn't there at tie
time and Captain Cruise who was IN charge'
had expiained to him the nature of the mission
and the absolute necessity Of speedy action
He quickly comm Inicated with Commissioner
McAdoo by telephone, who suggested that INC
order be Immediately served on the captain
This was done and Cruise then sent out gen
eral order to every precinct in greater NC"
York instructing the captains. sergeahts Vi
roundsmen or whoever might be in charge, u
send the ballot boxes straightaway 10 the bu-
reau of Elections in Manhattan
The officers in command of the stauons
tbrorebout the city were not told of the Su-
,,,.a,,a Court order bur were merely conrnaldeu
to lose no time in having the boxes 1or"arueu
to the Bureau of Elections
All dav Yesterday Mr.. Hearst Clarence D.
Shearn. the defeated candidate for DiStrlc' az
tornev on the Municipal Ownership IlcNe' ~
Mr. Hearst's personal counsel Win
attorneys got the necessary eVldeIlce' III '
oninion warranting them to make appii
far the order Afidavits were drawn up anu
MIR. shearn presented them 10 'uSt'I'
lost niebt After reviewing the evidence SUD
-,,it,ad The Justice quickly granted the ordet-
~ si,r,i,,, tI.a order Justice Ciaynor said:
o,;oo bo,a nothing whatever to do with
.ba haIIot boyes and it is most astonishing 1l,o.
thev should have possession OF lher, IT, drSer
have no right even to touch 'iiC
is granted.
The granting of the order came uheAp
and caused no end of surprise 1t was '''oush'
:. ..o,,tioo1 circles especially among TammanE
- that Mr. Hearst would have poor Sho"
IN SECURING a writ or order to show cause
,,h1. the ballot boxts should not be taken away
from, the Police Department out Win tie
opirio, of Justice Gaynor. VINO MAINTAINS ma.
~ tic have no right to them and should
'i'e a,, .orcb them. new phase is taken OF
the case o- a,,or
This is the first time such an oiuei
- tIor.+ofore. in years gone by and IN the
,,,o,,,or, of men who have been voters fof Two
7 ,t,rea score wears the police have Always
h.5 charge of the ballot boxes after the count
bae haan taking at the polling places ln7S
. -ar,,vA1 TO the stations Immediately ai'e'
rho tnsnectors have counted up the BALLOTS
Although the order returnab'e al NOON
+o-5a,, C.aptain Cruise didn't wait. but imfne-
diateIv instructed the telegraph bureau 10 NO.
+ifr all the precincts throughout the greater CITY
+i,at the ballot boxes should he returned l" tne
E7uraa, of Elections in Manhattan.
The order would have been served ON Com
missioner McAdoo had he been at headqua'-
ters but it also stipulated thar any ollcel ~
charge of Headquarters on whom the order was
served should Immediately. without any delay
obey its provisions. :.
vildered when Colonel Bacon and Mi Brown
handed him the order. and he telephoneG com
missioner McAdoo for instructions Ine con-
missioner. on learning of the nature OF the oIuet,
suggested that Captain Cruise, as the oTTlcer 1T
charge OF Police Headquarters comply with "
and send out the instructions 10 the precincts
and see 10 il that every commanding oHlcer
+ tbroi, ehout the city oheyed it in every detail
The Telegraph Bureau then got busy and every
sergeant on duty there had his hands fun trans
niftinz the instructions 10 the precincts
AS soon as the order was received at each sta
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